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Simon Murray scored a double, while Fraser Murray and a Brian Graham penalty secured the win.
"The squad is thin so we need to bring two or three in," said head coach Lennon. "It's a slow process sometimes, but we'll see what this week brings."
In the other Group D game, Ross County were 2-0 winners over Alloa Athletic.
Marcus Fraser and Craig Curran scored either side of half-time for the Premiership side, who host Hibs on Friday night, against their League One visitors.
Hibs had announced the signing of Steven Whittaker before kick-off, but the former Norwich City right-back was not registered to face their League Two visitors.
"We were without him, Efe Ambrose, Paul Hanlon and we gave Marvin Bartley a break, so we're very strong at the minute," said Lennon, who says an additional striker is now his priority.
Hibs are preparing for their return to the top flight and Lennon said he "got everything that I wanted from my players".
"It was excellent considering where we are in terms of our start to the season," he added.
"It was a good game for them in terms of working on their fitness going forward.
"Even though it was a competitive game, in my mind it was a pre-season game.
"We weren't going to learn much from it, but the important thing was to get the win and win well.
"The lads will get the benefit from the game today."
Match ends, Hibernian 4, Montrose 0.
Second Half ends, Hibernian 4, Montrose 0.
Corner, Hibernian. Conceded by Craig Johnston.
Corner, Hibernian. Conceded by Graham Webster.
Goal! Hibernian 4, Montrose 0. Brian Graham (Hibernian) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Penalty conceded by Graham Webster (Montrose) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
Attempt missed. Oli Shaw (Hibernian) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Graham Webster (Montrose) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right following a corner.
Corner, Montrose. Conceded by Ryan Porteous.
Foul by Ryan Porteous (Hibernian).
Craig Johnston (Montrose) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. John McGinn (Hibernian) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Kieran Thomson (Montrose) is shown the yellow card.
Dylan McGeouch (Hibernian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kieran Thomson (Montrose).
Fraser Murray (Hibernian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Liam Callaghan (Montrose).
Substitution, Hibernian. Oli Shaw replaces Simon Murray.
Attempt missed. Brian Graham (Hibernian) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right.
Foul by Ryan Porteous (Hibernian).
Craig Johnston (Montrose) wins a free kick on the left wing.
David Gray (Hibernian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Gary Fraser (Montrose).
Attempt missed. John McGinn (Hibernian) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Fraser Murray (Hibernian) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Liam Callaghan (Montrose).
Attempt missed. Graham Webster (Montrose) header from the left side of the box misses to the left.
Corner, Montrose. Conceded by John McGinn.
Foul by John McGinn (Hibernian).
Kyle Willox (Montrose) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Montrose. Kyle Willox replaces Paul Watson.
Attempt missed. Paul Watson (Montrose) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left from a direct free kick.
Foul by John McGinn (Hibernian).
Kerr Hay (Montrose) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Darren McGregor (Hibernian).
Kerr Hay (Montrose) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Hibernian. Brian Graham replaces Liam Fontaine.
Foul by John McGinn (Hibernian).
Liam Callaghan (Montrose) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Montrose. Kieran Thomson replaces Martyn Fotheringham.
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Neil Lennon is still looking to add "two or three" new faces to his Hibernian squad despite opening with a 4-0 League Cup win over Montrose.
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The trial allows people who have signed up for a special card to use Portslade and Woodingdean libraries.
A phone line to a security company will be available in case of emergency and library staff can be contacted via a dedicated helpline.
Brighton and Hove City Council said staffing will not be reduced.
The libraries are normally closed on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Alan Robins, deputy chairman of the council's culture committee, said if the pilot was successful it could be rolled out across the city.
"It's monitored by CCTV. If you go in using your card people are watching you.
"You couldn't just walk out with a load of computer equipment."
Our Little Sister tested positive for nandrolone after finishing last in a race at Wolverhampton on 14 January, which had prize money of £2,500.
Morrison, who could lose his licence, said he is "totally innocent" and has no idea how the drug was administered.
"For me to do it would be professional suicide," he told BBC Sport.
The 56-year-old, who has had 780 winners in a 20-year career, was charged by the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) on Thursday with breaching rules and is appealing for help from the public.
He believes there has been a malicious attempt to sabotage British racing or his training operation in East Ilsley, Berkshire, and has informed Thames Valley Police.
The force said it had been contacted by Morrison's lawyer, but said it was a matter for the BHA.
A BHA spokesman said the case would be considered by a disciplinary panel and anyone with information could contact its confidential helpline on 0800 085 2580 or visit the RaceStraight website.
Morrison says whoever injected the filly must have had a thorough knowledge of racing and the implications of a positive test.
He said the horse had been left unattended for a significant time at Southwell races on 2 January after an injury to another of the stable's runners.
"The onus is on me to prove my innocence. I wouldn't be offering such a generous reward if I didn't think there was something out there," he added.
BHA rules of strict liability for prohibited substances mean he faces a ban from training of between one and 10 years if found guilty.
The BHA introduced a zero-tolerance policy on anabolic steroids after the case of Godolphin trainer Mahmood al-Zarooni.
Zarooni was banned for eight years in 2013 after admitting giving an anabolic steroid, stanozolol, to 15 horses.
Morrison has been a vocal critic in the past of people using performance-enhancing substances.
"I'm so violently against steroids. Why would I give anything which would destroy me career overnight?" said the trainer who has won six races at Royal Ascot and three Group One contests.
"I have so much to lose and nothing to gain. This was a very moderate horse which gave my young staff experience in races.
"I just want to find the truth and tell the truth. We have a few questions which remain unanswered from the BHA."
Our Little Sister raced once more, when down the field at Southwell on 26 January and has since been retired.
Morrison said his yard was raided at dawn by the BHA on 3 February, when blood samples taken from all 77 horses, including Our Little Sister, returned negative results.
Morrison said he had hired a leading American toxicologist in an effort to uncover what has happened.
"People have been incredibly sympathetic but we have been through hell over the past three months. It's been a pretty traumatic time," he said.
"No-one likes to be accused of something one hasn't done. It's rather debilitating when you are totally innocent."
Morrison fears for the future of his yard, which employs 25 full-time staff.
He revealed news of the positive test in an interview with the Daily Telegraph.
"Our Little Sister was a horse of limited ability, in a race with hardly any prize money, and there was no unusual betting on it," said the trainer.
"Racing is my life. My reputation is everything. I might annoy a few people, but everyone knows my integrity is 100%. I would never, ever do anything to besmirch the good name of the sport," he told the newspaper.
BBC racing correspondent Cornelius Lysaght:
I don't think Morrison would argue with the analysis that he's not everyone's cup of tea. The word "outspoken" could practically have been invented for him, as all kinds of racing participants - including racecourse officials - will testify.
However, no one disputes his abilities as a trainer. Success at the top end of the scale has come with horses such as Pastoral Pursuits and Sakhee's Secret, both of whom won the Group One July Cup.
But he's also gained a reputation for being an astute 'placer' of horses, - not sending one to, say, Ascot if a lowly handicap at a less fashionable outpost might provide a better winning opportunity.
As the Old Etonian brother of a Lord, Morrison fits racing's establishment stereotype neatly but, unlike some similar trainers, he cut his teeth in commerce, running a lighting business in Manchester.
The Irish government amended the law in January, cutting the duration of bankruptcy from three years to one.
Prior to 2013, the Republic of Ireland had an even more onerous regime, in which bankruptcy lasted for 12 years.
The system has been extensively reformed in the last few years, in order to reduce delays and costs.
The changes came in response to some of the problems thrown up by the Irish banking crisis and property crash.
Many people were saddled with huge debts and mortgages they could not pay.
Because of the tough 12-year regime, several Irish people, including some high-profile property developers, opted to declare themselves bankrupt in the UK, where they could be released from the restrictions in 12 months.
The process was referred to as "bankruptcy tourism" and led to calls for reform.
On Friday, 793 people who were made bankrupt on or prior to 29 July 2015 were released from the process, according to the Insolvency Service of Ireland (ISI).
The government-backed organisation was set up in 2013 to help tackle personal debt problems.
Its director, Lorcan O'Connor, said: "As of today, almost 800 former bankrupts can have a fresh start without the burden of unsustainable debt."
He also welcomed a new state-funded scheme that enables borrowers with mortgage arrears to access advice from a personal insolvency practitioner.
The ISI said the aim of the scheme is to "find a sustainable solution that keeps a person in their home, where possible".
Mr O'Connor said it "should ensure that anyone in difficulty can now get the help they need".
The new alert level rates the risk of an attack on the UK "highly likely", although Mrs May said there was no evidence to suggest one was "imminent".
It is the second highest of five possible UK threat levels.
David Cameron promised new legislation would make it easier to take passports from those travelling abroad to fight.
The home secretary already has the power, under the Royal Prerogative, to withhold a passport if it is in the public interest to stop somebody travelling.
That power has been used 23 times between since April 2013 to stop people travelling abroad for alleged terrorist-related or criminal activity.
In a Downing Street press conference on Friday, the prime minister said Islamic State (IS) extremists - who are attempting to establish a "caliphate", or Islamic state - represented a "greater and deeper threat to our security than we have known before".
He said that "learning lessons from the past doesn't mean there isn't a place for our military" in combating the threat, but did not commit to any military action.
He added the "threat is growing" from Britons travelling to fight with IS, saying at least 500 people had travelled from the UK "to fight in Syria and potentially Iraq".
Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley, the Association of Chief Police Officers' lead for counter-terrorism, said security and protection measures were being increased following the raised threat level.
And efforts are continuing to identify a suspected British jihadist who appeared in IS footage of the killing of US journalist James Foley.
Analysis by Dominic Casciani, BBC home affairs correspondent
The raised threat level may not lead to visible signs of change on the streets - but it is a sign of the increased concern and security activity behind the scenes involving all of the UK's intelligence and security bodies.
The last time the level was this high was between January 2010 and the summer of 2011. This may have been linked to attempts by an al-Qaeda affiliate to smuggle bombs on to planes heading out of the Middle East.
The highest level is "critical"- meaning an attack is expected imminently. Officials have twice put the country on such an alert - in 2006 after the discovery of liquid bombs aimed at airliners and then the following year when extremists attempted to bomb Glasgow Airport (pictured) and London's West End.
In other words - if security chiefs had knowledge of a clear threat they could not contain, the level would already be one notch higher.
Mr Cameron said the murder of Mr Foley was "clear evidence - not that any more was needed - that this is not some far-off [problem], thousands of miles away, that we can ignore".
He did not give extensive details on what the changed threat level would mean, stressing people "should continue to go about our lives in the normal way".
Mr Cameron said other measures to tackle the threat included:
More steps to deal with the threat would be announced on Monday, Mr Cameron said, which would include details on how to stop would-be terrorists travelling abroad.
He said there were "gaps in our armoury" which needed to be strengthened.
Earlier, in a statement, Mrs May said: "The increase in the threat level is related to developments in Syria and Iraq where terrorist groups are planning attacks against the West.
"Some of those plots are likely to involve foreign fighters who have travelled there from the UK and Europe to take part in those conflicts.
"The first and most important duty of government is the protection of the British people."
Mrs May said decisions about the threat level were made by the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (JTAC).
She added: "JTAC's judgements about that threat level are made on the basis of the very latest intelligence and are independent of ministers."
AC Rowley said: "From this afternoon we will begin to increase our levels of visible patrols and implement other security and protection measures.
"We will also build on existing community relations to provide reassurance and seek their support and assistance in keeping the UK safe."
He urged communities and families to report anyone who is "vulnerable, a danger or escalating towards terrorism" by calling the anti-terrorist hotline on 0800 789 321.
Baroness Neville-Jones, a former chair of the Joint Intelligence Committee, said the higher threat level was "justified", adding it was "not something you do for the sake of it".
Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said the government's decision to remove control orders - to restrict the movements of terror suspects - should be reconsidered, adding there should be "proper powers in place when there is an extreme threat".
She said the government needed to support communities, and families in particular, and that more could be done through its anti-terrorism Prevent scheme.
The terror threat level was made public in 2006.
The level last changed in July 2011 when it was reduced to "substantial".
The threat level in the US has not changed. US secretary for homeland security Jeh Johnson said he had spoken to Mrs May about changes to the UK threat level but that he was not aware of any "specific, credible" threat to the US.
What is the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre?
The line between Tonbridge and Hastings is being closed after 21:00 GMT on Monday and Tuesday to allow worn out components to be replaced.
It is understood the work will take several months to complete.
Greg Clark, MP for Tunbridge Wells, said the work had been poorly publicised, however, Network Rail said there was "no good time" to do it.
Mr Clark said: "To do this just before Christmas without consultation is completely wrong.
"It will be a terrible shock to many of my constituents travelling home after a long and busy day."
Network Rail's route managing director for the south east, Alasdair Coates, said: "There is no good time to do this work and it is almost impossible to do so without impacting on passengers.
"However, I'm confident that this will plan keep the railway open as long as possible, while also improving journeys for everybody."
A rail replacement bus service will run instead of trains while the line is closed.
The St John's hospital ward in Livingston has only opened between 08:00 and 20:00 during weekdays and closed at weekends since 9 July.
It assessed patients on weekdays but transferred children to Edinburgh if they needed to be admitted.
First Minister Alex Salmond and West Lothian Council criticised the temporary move at the time.
Additional staff have now been recruited to support the team at the hospital in the future.
Three new consultant neonatologists and two consultant paediatricians will take up post in the next few weeks.
Trainee doctors will also return to the children's ward, with two due to start in August.
Dr David Farquharson, NHS Lothian's medical director, said: "The medical and nursing staff at St John's made Herculean efforts in order to maintain children's and maternity services.
"Despite this, for the three weeks in July, we were unable to ensure that adequate back-up was in place if there was an unplanned absence.
"The alternative, of crossing fingers and hoping for the best, was not good enough.
"I am delighted to say now the department is stronger than ever and we are back to full strength to provide the high quality of care associated with St John's Hospital."
The Irishman deputised for suspended Mark Oxley in Saturday's Scottish Cup semi-final win over Dundee United.
Making his first appearance for 16 months, Logan kept a clean sheet and stopped two penalties in a shootout.
But manager Alan Stubbs confirmed that Oxley will return at Easter Road, saying: "Ox is my number one."
Logan, 30 on Monday, thwarted United in three one-on-one situations and made a smart save from a John Rankin shot in a game short on thrills.
He saved his best for the shootout, stopping efforts from Blair Spittal and Billy McKay as Hibs went through 4-2 on penalties.
"Conrad has come in and done magnificently and was rightly named man-of-the-match," Stubbs told BBC Scotland.
"He's done himself no harm whatsoever, pushing for a place. Every manager wants competition for places and he has raised the bar.
"We're delighted to have him. He's been great since he's come here and he needs to keep putting Mark under pressure."
Wednesday's match at Easter Road is a rehearsal for the Scottish Cup final on 21 May.
While Rangers have already wrapped up the Championship title, Hibs are in need of points as they bid to overhaul Falkirk - who are six points ahead, having played two games more - in second place.
"It's three huge points for us," said Stubbs. "It's a game that we must be looking to win.
"But I don't think there will be much relevance in terms of the cup final. Will the winners have an edge in the final? I don't see that one."
Rangers have had the best of the head-to-heads this season, with three victories, while Hibs won 2-1 at Easter Road in November.
Should Hibs finish behind Falkirk and then progress to the play-off final, it would mean a gruelling schedule of 11 games in 36 days for a side that looked exhausted during extra-time against Dundee United.
"When you have a goal that you've worked towards all season and a cup final, as a player, it doesn't get any better," said Stubbs.
"And then they can go away after being successful, if that's the case, and have a long rest. I'll give them extra time off in the summer.
"Yes, it's a lot of games but success is the thing everyone strives for in football and, when you've got something so close, tiredness isn't an issue."
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Benn, 53, and Collins, 52, were once among the biggest names in the super-middleweight division.
Dublin-born Collins has twice beaten Londoner Benn, who retired after their second fight in 1996.
Details of the third fight are yet to be agreed but Benn expects it to take place in October or November.
Benn, nicknamed 'The Dark Destroyer', held the WBO middleweight title and the WBC super-middleweight belt before retiring as a fighter following his second defeat by Collins at the Manchester Arena in November 1996.
First fight - 6 July 1996, Manchester
Collins ended Chris Eubank's unbeaten record to win the WBO super-middleweight title in 1995, and successfully defended the title seven times, include twice against Benn.
Benn came into the first fight in July 1996 having lost his WBC World super middleweight title to Thulani Malinga.
Collins stopped his opponent in the fourth round, with Benn suffering an ankle injury, but the pair then had a rematch just four months later.
Second fight - 9 November 1996, Manchester
Benn went into the rematch seeking revenge, but Collins was relentless in his attacking strategy.
The Englishman battled through to the end of round six before retiring in his corner. Collins had two more fights, retaining his WBO title, retiring in July 1997.
Benn, whose son Conor made his professional debut in April 2016, has talked up the possibility of a return to the ring before.
An attempt to organise a rematch with old rival Eubank came to nothing, but both Benn and Collins have indicated that they are ready to fight each other again.
If the British Boxing Board of Control refuses to sanction the bout, both fighters have said they would seek a boxing licence from abroad.
"It's about the final chapter," Benn said. "It's about closure.
"I was going backwards and forwards with Chris and I thought: 'I wouldn't have a problem with Steve.' So I asked him if he wants to fight. He said yes. No mucking about."
Collins has not fought in almost 20 years, with an attempt to come out of retirement in 1999 halted when he collapsed during a sparring session.
The Irishman has also talked of fighting again in recent years, saying in a 2013 interview that he wanted to take on Roy Jones Jr.
Collins, whose son Steve Jr has been a professional boxer since 2013, said his motivations for taking on the fight with Benn were financial.
"It's just about money, a payday which will allow me to buy some more land," he said.
"I have no problem with Nigel. I have a lot of respect. I like him."
Since his retirement, Benn has helped train young boxers, and has also made a career as a DJ - while in 2002, he appeared as a contestant in the first series of ITV's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here.
He said that he feels in the best shape of his life, comparing himself to Benjamin Button, the F Scott Fitzgerald character who becomes younger in appearance as he gets older.
Benn added that he felt fitter now than he did at his professional peak, a time during which he said he was smoking cannabis and struggling with troubles in his personal life.
"I'm not angry any more and I can have everything I ever want," he said. "I am Nigel 'Benjamin Button' Benn. I feel like I am in my thirties."
Collins, nicknamed 'The Celtic Warrior', has worked as an actor since his last professional fight, appearing in the 1998 film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.
He is confident that he will be cleared medically to fight Benn, despite the collapse that prevented his comeback in the late 1990s.
"I am not fighting a 20-year-old-guy," he said. "I'm fighting someone the same age as me. There's no disadvantage to anybody.
"I get medicals every year and the most impressive part is my MRI. 'Excellent' was how the neurosurgeon described it. I'm very healthy and very fit."
The NatCen British Social Attitudes Report found 77% of 4,328 people interviewed thought the class divide was either fairly wide or very wide.
Just 26% of people thought it was not very difficult to move between social classes, compared with 35% in 2005.
NatCen said the poll showed the UK class divide "was alive and well".
The social research specialists found that people who identify as working class were more likely to believe the divide between social classes was "fairly wide" or "very wide" (82%) compared with 70% of those who describe themselves as middle class.
The British Social Attitudes survey has been carried out every year since 1983, with questions repeated periodically to assess how opinions change over time.
This 2015 study aimed to find how people had responded to government austerity and how it affected perceptions of class, public spending and the workplace.
Kirby Swales, director of the NatCen survey centre, said: "The class divide is alive and well in Britain and the economic instability and austerity of recent years seem to have sharpened our belief that it is difficult to move from one class to another...
"Our findings certainly show that people who believe themselves to be working class are more likely to believe in a class divide than those who say they are middle class and more think it is difficult to move between classes than did in the past."
The report also found the majority of people considered themselves to be working class (60%) compared with 40% who identified as being middle class - the same proportion as in 1983.
This is despite the fact it is estimated that only a quarter of the population are in working class occupations, the report's authors said.
Some 47% of people in jobs classed as managerial and professional consider themselves working class.
NatCen said class identity was closely linked to attitudes in other areas, with people who say they are working class being far more likely to be opposed to immigration, one of the defining issues of the EU referendum.
The authors of the report's chapter on social class, Geoffrey Evans and Jonathan Mellon, said there appeared to be a "working class of the mind".
They said: "Those in middle class occupations still think of themselves to a surprising degree as working class, and especially so if their family background was working class or they have never been to university.
"And this sense of working class identity apparently means that they are less libertarian and less pro-immigrant, but not necessarily more left-wing - even though those with a working class identity are particularly likely to think that class differences and barriers remain important."
But 45% of those surveyed back a cut in benefits for unemployed people.
Elizabeth Clery, research director of NatCen social research, said: "We have witnessed a big rise in support for higher public spending; support is now back to a level not seen since before the financial crash.
"After seven years of austerity the public is clearly worried about the funding of the NHS and reckons that, for some groups at least, spending on benefits should be increased."
"I want to be clear, we will be punished severely," Jean-Laurent Bonnafe said in the internal memo.
The bank could be fined $8.9bn (£5.2bn) for allegedly violating sanctions rules as early as Monday, reports suggest.
The Financial Times and New York Times also report that the bank will, unusually, admit guilt.
The bank is accused of breaking sanctions against Iran, Sudan and Cuba between 2002 and 2009.
"This is good news for all staff and for our clients," Mr Bonnafe said.
"It will enable us to remove the current uncertainties that are weighing on our group. We will be able to put behind us these problems, which belong to the past.
"The difficulties that we are currently experiencing must not affect our future plans."
There have been months of speculation about the fine, which could force BNP to slash its dividends and issue billions of euros of bonds, reports say.
In April, BNP Paribas said it had set aside $1.1bn to cover the cost of US penalties, but warned that the "amount of the fines could be far in excess of the amount of the provision".
The bank's share price has fallen more than 15% since the beginning of April.
If the latest reports are correct, the fine could almost wipe out BNP's entire 2013 pre-tax income of about $11.2bn.
Earlier this month, one of the European Union's top officials intervened in the controversy.
Michel Barnier, the EU's internal markets commissioner, said any penalty on the giant French bank must be "fair and objective". Reports at the time suggested the fine would be in the region of $10bn.
France's President Francois Hollande has also raised the matter with US President Barack Obama.
As part of the deal with US authorities, BNP may be suspended from converting foreign currencies into dollars, reports suggest, which would hit its ability to operate in international wholesale banking markets.
Reports say US authorities are keen to make an announcement on the settlement on Monday afternoon.
Gateshead grabbed an early lead after Bowman's poacher's finish.
But the visitors were level on the stroke of half-time, when Richard Brodie scored from the penalty spot after Kaine Felix was fouled in the area by Jamal Fyfield.
Heed regained the lead just after the break through Danny Johnson, before Bowman netted his second after 56 minutes with a fine finish, latching onto James Bolton's flick on.
Substitute Toby Ajala slid home after 74 minutes before Fyfield and Sam Jones joined the rout to secure the points.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Gateshead 6, York City 1.
Second Half ends, Gateshead 6, York City 1.
Goal! Gateshead 6, York City 1. Sam Jones (Gateshead).
Substitution, Gateshead. Sam Jones replaces Wes York.
Goal! Gateshead 5, York City 1. Jamal Fyfield (Gateshead).
Goal! Gateshead 4, York City 1. Toby Ajala (Gateshead).
Substitution, York City. Jake Wright replaces Shaun Rooney.
Substitution, Gateshead. Toby Ajala replaces Danny Johnson.
Shaun Rooney (York City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Goal! Gateshead 3, York City 1. Ryan Bowman (Gateshead).
Goal! Gateshead 2, York City 1. Danny Johnson (Gateshead).
Substitution, York City. Matt Dixon replaces Clovis Kamdjo.
Second Half begins Gateshead 1, York City 1.
First Half ends, Gateshead 1, York City 1.
Richard Brodie (York City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Goal! Gateshead 1, York City 1. Richard Brodie (York City) converts the penalty with a.
Gus Mafuta (Gateshead) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Goal! Gateshead 1, York City 0. Ryan Bowman (Gateshead).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Samples from 10 victims had been analysed at four laboratories, OPCW head Ahmet Uzumcu said.
The attack on rebel-held Khan Sheikhoun killed at least 87 people.
The Syrian military denied using any chemical agents.
Its ally Russia meanwhile said an air strike hit a rebel depot full of chemical munitions - but this suggestion has been widely rejected.
The US responded to the attack by launching air strikes on a Syrian military airfield.
Footage following the incident showed civilians, many of them children, choking and foaming at the mouth.
Mr Uzumcu said samples had been taken from three people who died in the attack and were analysed at two OPCW designated laboratories.
Another set of samples from seven people being treated in hospitals were also analysed in two other laboratories.
"The results of these analyses from four OPCW-designated laboratories indicate exposure to sarin or a sarin-like substance. While further details of the laboratory analyses will follow, the analytical results already obtained are incontrovertible," Mr Uzumcu said.
An OPCW fact-finding mission was ready to deploy to the town if the security situation meant it was possible, he said.
The team was continuing to conduct interviews and collect samples, he added.
Syria had been obligated to give up its chemical weapons arsenal under the terms of a deal agreed between the US and Russia in 2013 following a deadly chemical weapons attack in Damascus earlier that year.
The UN said sarin had been used in the attack which killed hundreds of people in the Ghouta agricultural belt to the west and east of the capital.
The protesters chanted "Park Geun-Hye resign" as they waved candles and placards above their heads.
Ms Park is accused of allowing her friend, Choi Soon-sil, to manipulate power from behind the scenes.
The president has apologised twice on national television, but has so far resisted calls to resign.
This is despite South Korea witnessing the largest protests since pro-democracy demonstrations of the 1980s.
Organisers said as many as 500,000 people attended the candlelit rally in the capital this weekend, which brought streets to a standstill for the fourth consecutive Saturday. Police put the figure far lower.
Lee Won-cheol, a 48-year-old IT expert, told Agence France-Presse: "She is a criminal. How can we have a criminal as our president? She must step down."
Ms Park, whose approval rating as dropped to 5%, apologised earlier this month for putting "too much faith in a personal relationship", and has pledged to co-operate in an official investigation into the scandal.
Prosecutors are expected to bring charges against Ms Choi, along with two former presidential aides, on Sunday. She was arrested earlier this month.
Ms Choi is accused of trying to extort huge sums of money from South Korean companies, and suspected of using her friendship with Ms Park to solicit business donations for a non-profit fund she controlled.
"If deliberate, this attack may amount to a war crime," he said.
Russia has said neither it nor Syria carried out the attack in the village of Hass in rebel-held Idlib.
Syrian media and a monitoring group meanwhile say rebel fire killed several children at a school in government-held western Aleppo on Thursday.
State news agency Sana said three children died when shells hit the school in the Shahaba area. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said six children were killed in both that incident and rebel shelling of the government-held district of Hamdaniya.
It came as the UN warned that the coming winter could be the worst yet in Syria's five-year-long civil war.
The head of the UN's humanitarian task force for Syria, Jan Egeland, said the brutal conflict had become "more ruthless" and was affecting increasing numbers of civilians, including children.
Five Syrian schools, including the one in Idlib, have been targeted since 11 October, the UN's children's fund Unicef said.
Emergency workers in Syria and the SOHR said on Thursday the death toll from the Idlib attack had risen to 35, and that most of the victims were children.
It appears the bomb fell in the village, about 75km (45 miles) south-west of Aleppo, as children were getting ready to go home early because of air strikes.
The BBC has not been able to independently verify the details of the attack.
A spokesman for Russia's defence ministry, Maj Gen Igor Konashenkov, said the claim was a fabrication and that a Russian drone had found the school's roof still intact on Thursday.
But the SOHR, which gathers information from a network of people within the country, said "warplanes - either Russian or Syrian" had carried out six air strikes on the village.
Activists shared photographs of dead bodies - many of them children - on the floor of a makeshift treatment centre.
Mr Ban said: "If such horrific acts persist despite global outrage, it is largely because their authors, whether in corridors of power or in insurgent redoubts, do not fear justice.
"They must be proved wrong."
Unicef chief Anthony Lake said the incident might be the deadliest attack on a school since the war began.
"Children lost forever to their families, teachers lost forever to their students, one more scar on Syria's future - when will the world's revulsion at such barbarity be matched by insistence that this must stop?"
Idlib is one of the last strongholds of the Syrian opposition, and the province has been repeatedly bombed by the Syrian and Russian air forces.
The US-led coalition against so-called Islamic State (IS) has also targeted rival jihadist fighters linked to al-Qaeda who operate there.
As part of efforts by the UN, the people of eastern Aleppo are being offered safe passage to the province, the BBC's James Longman in Beirut says.
But as these latest attacks demonstrate, he adds, nowhere in rebel-held Syria is free from violence.
Ireland play Wales at Donnybrook on 6 February as they begin their attempt to win a third successive title.
"We have a squad full of talent and the vibe in the camp has been very positive over the last few weeks," said Tierney.
Ireland, who lost 15-5 in Wales in a warm-up game last weekend, will again be captained by full-back Niamh Briggs.
Queen's University and Ulster back Claire McLaughlin is one of seven uncapped players included in the squad.
Munster players Zoe Grattage and Ciara Griffin are joined by Tralee club-mate Ciara O'Connor, who plays provincial rugby for Connacht.
St Mary's and Connacht flanker Grainne Egan is the other uncapped player in the pack.
Munster wing Liz Burke and centre Elise O'Byrne-White are also yet to make their first appearance in an Ireland shirt.
"We've had the opportunity to see a lot of the girls play and we've looked at a number of combinations. The newer members of the squad are doing really well," enthused Tierney.
Ireland will play all their home games at Donnybrook, but face testing away trips to France and England.
The Irish side won four of their five fixtures last year, while Wales finished in a disappointing fifth place.
Ireland Women's Six Nations 2016 squad:
Forwards: Elaine Anthony (Munster), Ciara Cooney (Leinster), Ailis Egan (Leinster), Grainne Egan (Connacht), Paula Fitzpatrick (Leinster), Orla Fitzsimons (Leinster), Zoe Grattage (Munster), Ciara Griffin (Munster), Claire Molloy (Bristol), Cliodhna Moloney (Leinster), Heather O'Brien (Munster), Fiona O'Brien (Leinster), Ciara O'Connor (Connacht), Ruth O'Reilly (Connacht), Lindsay Peat (Leinster), Fiona Reidy (Munster), Marie-Louise Reilly (Leinster), Sophie Spence (Leinster).
Backs: Niamh Briggs (Munster), Liz Burke (Munster), Nikki Caughey (Ulster), Mairead Coyne (Connacht), Aine Donnelly (Leinster), Mary Healy (Connacht), Claire McLaughlin (Leinster), Larissa Muldoon (Skewen), Sene Naoupu (Connacht), Elise O'Byrne-White (Leinster), Jackie Shiels (Richmond), Nora Stapleton (Leinster).
After four seasons of solid performances with Williams, the 27-year-old Finn has been rewarded with every driver's dream - a seat with the best team in Formula 1.
Barring a remarkable slip in form for Mercedes, Bottas will morph from being an occasional podium visitor to a race-winner and possibly title contender this year.
But in new team-mate Lewis Hamilton, Bottas faces an adversary far beyond anything he has experienced so far. How he measures up will likely define the rest of his career.
Bottas might not be the most exciting of choices for Mercedes. Fans around the world would have loved to see Hamilton battle McLaren's Fernando Alonso again, or take on Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo or Max Verstappen, or Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel. But his appeal to Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff is obvious.
Bottas is Wolff's attempt to find a like-for-like replacement for German Nico Rosberg, who dropped Mercedes in the mire by announcing his retirement last year, five days after clinching his first world title. And it's not just about their blond hair or Finnish ancestry.
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Bottas shares many of Rosberg's characteristics. Both are calm, unobtrusive characters, who are generally pliable and understanding in terms of working with the team and lack the demanding nature of a Hamilton or Alonso.
On the track they are consistent, largely error-free performers. And Bottas has proved himself a resilient and hard racer.
Wolff should - he hopes - be able to plug Bottas in and carry on pretty much where Mercedes left off in the past few years.
Wolff rates Bottas extremely highly. But now he has joined Mercedes, the big question is: how good is he?
There have been flashes of brilliance - such as qualifying third in the wet in an uncompetitive Williams in Canada in 2013 - that suggest a real talent.
And overall, the general perception is Bottas' record against Felipe Massa at Williams over the past three years is similar to Alonso's against the Brazilian at Ferrari before that.
But the facts do not bear that out. While Bottas and Alonso beat Massa in both qualifying and races, the Spaniard's advantage over the Brazilian was significantly bigger.
Directly comparing the data suggests Bottas is as much as 0.2-0.3 seconds per lap slower than Alonso and considerably less effective in races.
Neither Massa nor Bottas have been team-mates to Hamilton. But Alonso has - at McLaren in 2007. They finished tied on points, with four wins each, and Hamilton edged qualifying by the tiniest of margins. By any measure, it was - and is - very difficult to separate Hamilton and Alonso.
If 2017 follows the trend of those results, Hamilton can be expected to be comfortably quicker than Bottas.
Perhaps more surprising is that those comparisons suggest that not only is Bottas not a match for Alonso and Hamilton, but he might not equal Rosberg either.
However, drivers' form does not always directly translate across teams and rivals in as linear a fashion as might be expected.
It is up to Bottas to prove the comparisons wrong and grab the opportunity with both hands.
Bottas was always the only realistic option once Wolff decided against Mercedes junior Pascal Wehrlein. Bottas is quick, dependable, has had a management relationship with Wolff, and raced for a team that had Mercedes engines, and with which a deal therefore might more easily be done.
All the A-list drivers - Alonso, Ricciardo, Verstappen and Vettel - were not available. They are under contract to leading teams that would have been left in a similar position to Mercedes had they allowed them to leave.
But if they had been available, Wolff may not have wanted most of them anyway.
Part of the decision to sign the same type of driver as Rosberg was a desire to retain the team dynamic.
Rosberg and Hamilton worked for Mercedes because only one of them saw it as a right and expectation to be in front. Spoken or not, there was a natural order. They were, as one senior Mercedes insider once put it, "a great driver and a very good one".
This is a way of keeping the rivalry manageable and under control without the need for too much team interference.
The faster driver - Hamilton - knows he will win most of the time as long as he performs at his best. And the other one - a different personality - is able to keep defeat in perspective more easily when it happens.
As Wolff put it on Monday: "Valtteri shares our values and passion, and he's modest, humble and hard-working."
But there is a possibility the team dynamic will change anyway.
Daimler chairman Dieter Zetsche recently provided an amusing insight into Mercedes' relationship with Hamilton.
Talking to Autocar magazine about how he heard the news of Rosberg's retirement, Zetsche said: "I was stepping out of the shower lacking any clothes and my phone was ringing. And I saw it was Toto and I thought: 'Oh, again something with Lewis!'"
His remarks confirm the open secret that Hamilton is not an easy driver to manage.
Like all drivers of his stature, Hamilton can be awkward over PR appearances and other such matters that are expected of drivers but they find tiresome. And he has repeatedly bucked against the authority of the team.
In ignoring orders to speed up while 'backing' Rosberg into rivals in the title-deciding race in Abu Dhabi, Hamilton was metaphorically sticking two fingers up to team management.
Wolff initially said he would consider what actions to take. Then, Hamilton spoke of feeling "disrespected" by that call. Following Rosberg's retirement, Wolff and soon-to-leave technical boss Paddy Lowe said the orders should not have been issued.
Throughout last season, Hamilton repeatedly brought up the reliability disparity that was giving Rosberg an advantage in their title battle.
In Malaysia - after his engine failed while he was leading, costing him the championship lead and, as it turned out, the title - he went as far as saying "something or someone doesn't want me to win this year".
Many interpreted that wrongly as a suggestion there was a conspiracy in the team. But even as a reference to bad luck or divine intervention, it is a statement that causes Mercedes problems.
After Hamilton refused to take questions in a news conference at the Japanese Grand Prix last year, Wolff called such incidents "collateral damage", and insisted "his performances in the car justify" it.
But sometimes - if very rarely - Hamilton is not phenomenal in the car. And some in F1 question his 'off' weekends and occasional problematic behaviour as directly linked to his decision to pursue a Hollywood lifestyle. This, they argue, restricts his ability to perform at his absolute best all the time.
They see his jetting back and forth to the US as a lack of focus and blame it for weekends such as those in Baku and Singapore last year, where Hamilton quite patently, and for reasons that are not clear, just did not bring his 'A game'.
And they believe it is facilitated by Mercedes' choice of a team-mate Hamilton knows he can handle.
Wolff and Hamilton, meanwhile, insist it is the freedom Mercedes give him to be himself that allows him to perform at his peak - and everyone has a bad day once in a while.
And it seems more likely that the 'off' weekends are just part of him, and related to specific aspects of car behaviour, a set-up he cannot get right, or which he refuses to adapt to because he feels it is not working for him.
His occasional unpredictability is one of the reasons Mercedes need a strong team-mate for Hamilton - and not just to score regular points in the constructors' championship, the main reason Bottas was preferred over Wehrlein.
While Rosberg was not on Hamilton's level as a driver, he was close enough to give Mercedes a viable alternative as a counter-balance.
The likelihood is Bottas will slot in and be - at least - a direct Rosberg replacement. While that is the case, Mercedes might not want a driver with a talent comparable to Hamilton - and the attitude that tends to come with it.
But if he can't challenge Hamilton regularly, Wolff might, for a number of reasons, wonder whether signing another superstar alongside Hamilton is not such a bad idea after all.
Vettel and Alonso, both out of contract at the end of the year, will be watching this with interest.
Bottas will go into Mercedes aiming to win races and titles, but he will be as aware as anyone of the challenge facing him.
Hamilton will likely already feel emboldened, his position strengthened by Rosberg's departure, and a weaker team-mate would only enhance that feeling.
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The published extract is authoritative, balanced and, in parts, far from flattering.
Those around the future king - who invited the author in - cannot now complain as she holds a mirror up to his court.
The book's greatest value will probably be the light it sheds on how Charles intends to behave once destiny calls.
The serialisation suggests the Queen's eldest son wants to continue the work he does now - which includes a focus on the environment and architecture - as well as taking on the role of head of state.
Some in royal circles believe the two are not compatible.
We know the prince's reign will be different from his mother's. This biography may help us understand just how different it will be.
An inspection of Swinfen Hall prison near Lichfield, Staffordshire found almost all areas have deteriorated and the prison is "not safe enough".
The report also found inmates at the prison and young offenders institution were not having daily showers.
A spokesperson for the prison said the problems reflected "operational pressures".
The Chief Inspector of Prisons, Peter Clarke, said: "Basic standards to improve".
The report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons found:
The Chief Executive of the Howard League for Penal Reform charity, Frances Crook, said: "For the second time in as many weeks, we read of a prison where men are so frightened for their safety because of rising violence that they are refusing to come out of their cells.
"Many prisons are overcrowded, but Swinfen Hall is not, which makes this report particularly concerning."
Michael Spurr, Chief Executive of the National Offender Management Service, said more prison officers will be recruited to Swinfen Hall and an action plan is in place.
Inspectors noted the prison was working hard to address offending behaviour and work to resettle prisoners back into the community was "reasonably good".
In August 2015, the prison was put on lockdown. In December of the same year prison staff were taken to hospital after being attacked by inmates.
The unannounced inspection of the prison, which holds 600 male prisoners aged between 18 and 25, was carried out in October and November 2016.
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Bolt, an eight-time Olympic champion and icon of world sport, will retire after this month's World Championships.
The Jamaican, 30, will run in the 100m and 4x100m at the Worlds, which begin in London on Friday.
"Hopefully athletes will see what's going on and what they need to do to help the sport move forward," he said.
Referring to the McLaren report, which uncovered evidence of a Russian state-sponsored doping programme, he added: "Personally I think we were at rock bottom. After the scandal on Russia I don't think it gets any worse than that.
"Over the years we're doing a better job, it's getting clean and we're catching up to a lot of athletes. There's an understanding that if you cheat you will get caught. Over time the sport will get better.
"I said a couple of years ago it had to get really bad, when there's nowhere else to go but up. Doping is always a bad thing and it's never pleasant because you put in the hard work and the sport starts going forward and then you have other guys bringing it back, it's hard.
"It's going in the right direction so hopefully it will continue in that direction."
The men's World 100m final is on Saturday, 5 August, while the men's 4x100m relay race - which will mark the end of Bolt's career - is on the following Saturday.
Bolt has won 100m, 200m and 4x100m gold at the past three Olympic Games - Beijing 2008, London 2012 and Rio 2016.
However, his unprecedented 'triple triple' of nine gold medals was downgraded to eight after Jamaican team-mate Nesta Carter, who was part of the quartet that won the 4x100m in Beijing, tested positive for a banned substance. Carter has appealed against the decision.
Nevertheless, Bolt's exploits remain unprecedented and he also holds the world record in the 100m (9.58 seconds) and 200m (19.19).
Asked if he still believes he is the fastest in the world, the Jamaican replied: "Yeah, without a doubt.
"The last race I ran was a 9.95, so that shows I am going in the right direction. After the two rounds leading up to the 100m final, which always help me, it's all about who keeps their nerve.
"I have been here many times. I know I am ready."
Asked in an interview with BBC Sport whether he believes his world records will be broken, he replied: "I hope they're not. No athlete would ever wish for that - I want to brag to my kids when they're in their 20s: 'See, I'm still the best!
"There is no-one around now, in this era, who can do it. No. Maybe in a couple of years, 10 years, but my records are safe for now."
Bolt was also asked which of the current stars of track and field could potentially replace him as the pre-eminent force in the sport.
He named South African 25-year-old Wayde van Niekerk, who will be competing in the 400m and 200m in London.
"Wayde van Niekerk is proving he is a world star. He has broken the 400m world record, he ran the fastest 300m ever, and now he's doing the 200m also. For me, he's proving that he can step up to the plate," said Bolt.
"I'm watching him, we've had discussions and he's a cool person but I've told him to open up his personality a little bit because he's really laid back."
Bolt says he will miss the "thrill" of being on the track but that it is time for him to slow down and enjoy himself.
"The energy when you first walk out on the track and the people go crazy, that's what I'll miss the most," he said.
He might manage to replace the buzz of competing with one of his hobbies, though.
"I ride quad bikes, that's an adrenaline rush," he said.
"But I think it's time for me to slow down a little, relax a little bit. Enjoy myself as much as possible."
He says he does not think he will re-consider his retirement as he has nothing left to prove - and of his legacy added that he wanted to be considered among the greatest sports figures of all time.
"I just want to be one of the greats," he said.
"Whenever there's a conversation about the greatest sports stars, I want to be part of that conversation. I want people to say: 'Yeah, Usain Bolt was one of the greatest'."
Asked if it was his mind or body saying 'enough', he replied: "It's the body, definitely.
"Over the years, I've got more niggling injuries than anything else, simple little things, but it's just because I'm getting older. The pounding means my body's just deteriorating now, so for me it's just time to go."
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Yanic Wildschut crossed for Will Grigg to head home, before Ryan Colclough lashed in a fine effort in a breathless opening 10 minutes.
Grigg completed the scoring on 21 minutes from the penalty spot, after being tripped in the box by Bury keeper Ian Lawlor.
Grigg was denied his hat-trick by the smallest of margins, as his 20-yard effort came back off the crossbar.
Second-placed Wigan are now just two points behind League One leaders Burton.
Wigan manager Gary Caldwell told BBC Radio Manchester:
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"I think we were incredible the first half.
"We thoroughly deserved to be 3-0 up, if not more at half time.
"At times we were a bit sloppy in our defending, but overall, I'm delighted with a magnificent display."
Bury manager David Flitcroft told BBC Radio Manchester:
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"We've seen them (Wigan) progress this season and learn about the league and get better as the season's gone on.
"It's been a tough afternoon but one that we've got to shake ourselves down quickly.
"We have been looking for a centre-half for four or five weeks now and have been unable to recruit one."
Damon Kelly has been distributing the leaflets since 2012, but he was eventually charged for harassing a lesbian couple in the street.
He subsequently delivered a distressing letter to their home in Leicester.
The 54-year-old, from Northamptonshire, pleaded guilty at Leicester Magistrates Court to harassment without violence.
Kelly had also sent several letters to online newspaper PinkNews, describing them as "the Devil's disciples", although he has not been charged with any offences in relation to this.
Lisa Morris, from the Crown Prosecution Service in the East Midlands, said Kelly's right to free speech must be balanced with the need to protect the public.
"Damon Kelly has caused offence when distributing his leaflets," she said.
"The right of free speech is extremely important in our society, but when this crosses the line into harassment, it is important that the public is protected."
Kelly calls himself "Brother Damon Jonah Kelly" and dresses in monk's robes.
As well as condemning homosexuality, his leaflets condemn sex outside of marriage, contraception, "assisted fertilization", abortion, pornography, divorce, transgender people, euthanasia, atheism and humanism.
He has distributed them at various locations across England, including the East Midlands, Brighton, Cambridgeshire and the West Midlands.
Many people have reported him to the police after being upset and offended by them.
The leaflets were described by witnesses as "vile", "offensive" and "upsetting".
Damon Kelly was given a five-year Criminal Behaviour Order prohibiting him from:
He was also given a 12-month community order requiring him to do 170 hours of unpaid work and ordered to pay a £60 victim surcharge.
The CPS has asked people to contact their local police force if they see Kelly breaching the Criminal Behaviour Order.
"It is important that communities are aware that he has been banned by the courts from these activities," said Ms Morris.
The 35-year-old, who has been racing for Red Bull Honda's World Superbike team this year, is being treated at a hospital in Cesena.
The American competed in the latest round of the World Superbike championship in Italy last Sunday.
He won his only MotoGP championship in 2006, preventing Valentino Rossi from winning a sixth successive title.
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April the Giraffe, whose prolonged pregnancy has been watched by millions of amateur zoologists online, has delivered her fourth calf.
"We have a baby! Everything went absolutely perfect. This is great!" park owner Jordan Patch said.
Since a live feed of her enclosure started in February, April has become an internet celebrity.
April lives at the Animal Adventure Park in Harpursville, almost 200 miles north-west of New York.
The park has given no details on the gender of the calf yet. The mother, whose every move has been closely followed, and baby are said to be fine.
The delivery does not mean they are going away from the public's eyes. There will be a competition to determine the calf's name.
Now April will raise the calf, and weaning could take between six to 10 months, the park explains.
The young giraffe will then be moved to another facility for a breeding programme.
April's delivery has not been without (virtual) hurdles.
Her live feed was briefly removed from YouTube in February after it was flagged as being sexually explicit or having nude content.
The park blamed animal rights activists for reporting the video as inappropriate, a move that infuriated her followers. But, to their relief, the ban was short lived.
Speaking at a conference in Washington on his first US visit in his new role, Mr Johnson said the UK would lead a campaign to bring the group to justice.
He warned of the potential dispersal of IS fighters around the world after they are pushed out of Iraq and Syria.
Mr Johnson proposed a UK summit to examine how to tackle the new threats.
Addressing foreign and defence officials from about 30 nations involved in the fight against IS, Mr Johnson said more needed to be done to collect evidence in territory the group has lost.
Witnesses would need to be identified and data collected so individuals could be held to account and prosecuted, he said.
Later, in a TV interview, Mr Johnson said: "We've got to deal with the whole cancer and its ability to spread and to metastasize, to pop up all over the world in the way that we've been seeing...
"There are thousands of them and we need to start setting in train the process of gathering evidence, of getting more witnesses, so that ultimately they can be prosecuted and held to account for their crimes against humanity and that's something that I said today to everybody and got a large measure of support."
Mr Johnson also defended Nato's principle of mutual self-defence following a suggestion by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump that the US might not always come to the aid of the group's fellow members.
Outlining a foreign policy strategy aimed at reducing US expenditure and involvement abroad, Mr Trump said as president he may abandon a guarantee of protection to fellow Nato members unless they have "fulfilled their obligations to us".
Mr Johnson said Nato's "doctrine of mutual defence is incredibly important. It is something I have repeated several times in the last week to people around Europe, to representatives and my counterparts, the Baltic countries and elsewhere.
"It is something that the British government believes in absolutely fervently and something we stand behind four square."
Gross domestic product grew at an annualised pace of 1.5% between July and September, according to the Department of Commerce, down from a rate of 3.9% in the second quarter.
The slowdown was partly due to companies running down stockpiles of goods in their warehouses.
On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve kept rates unchanged and said the economy was expanding at a "moderate" pace.
Analysis: Andrew Walker, economics correspondent
Yes, it's a sharp slowdown compared with the previous three months. But the biggest reason for it was companies running down stocks - meeting demand by selling stuff they already have in the warehouse.
That is a process that has a limit. Sooner or later, they will feel they have sold enough and may want to start replenishing those stocks.
Consumer spending remained fairly robust. Yes, it too did slow, but not by all that much. It grew by 0.8% in the three-month period, or 3.2% in the annualised terms that the US official statisticians prefer.
The big question for markets is, when will the Federal Reserve raise interest rates? Will the central bank think the economy is strong enough to take it? The markets seem to think the new figures have, if anything slightly increased the chances that the Fed will move at its next policy meeting in December.
Low oil prices have hit US energy firms so far this year. But lower fuel prices have been good news for consumer spending, which accounts for more than two-thirds of US economic activity.
Consumer spending grew at 3.2% in the third quarter, down from 3.6% in the second but still a strong reading.
Analysts said that the running down of warehouse stockpiles in the third quarter was likely to be a temporary effect and they expected growth to accelerate again in the fourth quarter.
"The headline number isn't great but this masks underlying strength," said Luke Bartholomew at Aberdeen Asset Management.
"Inventory adjustment was a drag but final domestic demand is much stronger suggesting the fundamentals of the economy remain solid."
For several months there has been intense debate about when the US central bank will raise interest rates, and now the focus is on its last meeting of the year in December.
The Fed has said in past statements that it expects to raise rates in 2015, and that labour market participation, inflation and the global economy would be the key factors in its decision.
In its latest statement on Wednesday, the Fed said: "In determining whether it will be appropriate to raise the target range at its next meeting, the committee will assess progress - both realized and expected - toward its objectives of maximum employment and 2% inflation."
However, the Fed dropped comments, which had been used in the previous month's statement, that weaknesses in the global economy could affect the US. Financial markets interpreted this as a sign that the Fed might be more likely to raise rates in December.
The Windows system-maker had alleged its rival had infringed a way to let applications talk to a handset's radio communications hardware.
The German court's ruling ends a run of three previous patent victories scored by Microsoft over Google this year.
However, it has little practical effect since Microsoft has already secured bans against several Motorola products.
These include sales restrictions preventing stores offering about a dozen devices including the Droid Razr and Razr Maxx handsets.
The latest case involved software application programming interfaces (APIs) used to allow software developers to write a set of code guaranteed to work with different mobile devices' radio antennas.
Potential uses include letting a mobile phone select a network operator; transfer a call; send and receive a text message; and access individual files stored on the Sim card.
Microsoft laid claim to the methodology in a filing submitted in 2002.
The judge did not explain his reason for rejecting the claim.
Microsoft had previously won German cases based on separate patents related to SMS messages, a way to handle user-input and use of the file allocation table (Fat) file system architecture.
"This decision does not impact multiple injunctions Microsoft has already been awarded and has enforced against Motorola products in Germany," said David Howard, associate general counsel at Microsoft.
"It remains that Motorola is broadly infringing Microsoft's intellectual property, and we hope it will join the vast majority of Android device makers by licensing Microsoft's patents."
A spokeswoman for Google said: "We are pleased with today's favourable outcome for Motorola Mobility, but won't be able to provide more specific information on this matter."
While Microsoft dominates the PC operating system market, it is a relatively small player in the fast-growing smart device sector.
Thanks to the success of its Android software, Google's system powered 68.1% of global smartphone handsets in the April-to-June quarter, according to a study by Canals.
By contrast Microsoft's Windows Phone system had a 3.2% share.
But Microsoft makes money from most Android device sales as it has struck patent licensing deals with other handset makers, including Samsung and HTC, for the use of its technologies in the system.
When Google decided to buy Motorola it said that the action was chiefly driven by a desire to own its 17,000 patents.
The move has allowed it to directly challenge Microsoft and others' claims to set a precedent for other firms using its software, albeit with mixed success.
Motorola has scored its own victories. Earlier this year the division won the right to prevent Germany's stores from selling Microsoft's Xbox 360 games consoles, the Windows 7 operating system, the Internet Explorer browser and Windows Media Player.
However, it has not been able to enforce the ban and faces a related hearing next month.
Meanwhile the two firms are involved in a series of other intellectual property fights in the US. These have already led to an import ban being placed on some Motorola devices.
About 10,000 people have been rescued in worst-hit Uttarakhand state over three days, PM Manmohan Singh said.
Tens of thousands of pilgrims are still stranded in Uttarakhand, where more than 100 people have been killed.
Flood-related deaths have also been reported in Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh states and neighbouring Nepal.
At least 22 people have been killed and 18 are missing in landslides and floods triggered by heavy rainfall in remote parts of Nepal, home ministry spokesman Shankar Koirala told the AFP news agency.
He said that more than 100 homes - mostly in western Nepal - had been damaged by the floods and the government had agreed to step up relief efforts at an emergency meeting.
By Shalini JoshiDehradun
The scale of devastation in Uttarakhand is staggering. As rescuers establish contact with more of the affected villages and settlements, they say many have been flattened to the ground.
On Wednesday, Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna flew over Kedarnath, Guptkashi, Govindghat and Joshimath areas to assess the damage.
Most of the temple town of Kedarnath - apart from the main Shiva temple - is buried under mud and debris. There are scenes of devastation everywhere. Officials said it would take at least three to four years to get the town back on its feet.
Many of the villages remain cut off with emergency workers unable to reach marooned villages. There are are reported to be groups of people stranded in remote areas without any supplies. Most roads are still closed and many bridges, homes, schools and hotels have been damaged, hampering the relief operation.
The monsoon season generally lasts from June to September, bringing rain which is critical to the farming output of both countries, but this year the rain in the north of India and parts of Nepal has been heavier than usual.
On Wednesday afternoon, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi flew over Uttarakhand to assess the damage caused by the floods.
Mr Singh later described the situation there as "distressing" and announced a 10bn rupee ($170m; £127m) aid package for the state.
"The maximum devastation has been in [the temple town of] Kedarnath and its vicinity," he said. "The priority is to rescue the stranded and provide urgently needed succour to those most needing it."
Mr Singh said in Uttarakhand, 102 people had died, but he feared that "the loss of lives could eventually be much higher".
Meanwhile, more than 5,500 soldiers and hundreds of paramilitary and disaster management officials are working to rescue and provide emergency supplies to thousands of tourists and pilgrims stranded in towns and temples.
Military officials said five airbases were being used to help speed up rescue operations.
The situation in Uttarakhand was "really very bad", top disaster management official Piyush Rautela was quoted as telling news agency AFP.
The floods have swept away buildings and triggered landslides in some places, blocking roads. More than 20 bridges have collapsed.
Portions of a Hindu temple in Kedarnath were washed away and the shrine was "submerged in mud and slush", Uttarakhand disaster relief minister Jaspal Arya said.
India's Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said more than 62,000 pilgrims were stranded at various places.
Most of the pilgrims - bound for local Himalayan shrines - are stranded in Rudraprayag, Chamoli and Uttarkashi districts after roads caved in and bridges collapsed.
Some of the pilgrims who are stranded in a guest house in Joshimath town spoke to the BBC Hindi's Shalini Joshi about their ordeal.
"We were stuck in the car for 14 hours, we spent the entire night there. The mountains were collapsing above us, while a river in spate was raging below us," Delhi resident Asha Mahajan said.
"There was a huge traffic jam, we could neither go forward, nor move back. Anything could have happened. It was raining heavily and we were afraid that there might be a landslide. Thank God we are all right," she added.
"This is the first time we've come to the mountains. But we're now stuck in Joshimath. We are so close to the holy shrine of Badrinath, but we've been told not to go there. It makes me really said, but what can we do? If I survive, I'll come back here," said Dineshbhai Kishanbhai Patel who is visiting from the western state of Gujarat.
"It's been a harrowing trip for us," said Trilochan Singh from Mumbai city. "We hear the roads are all broken, cars and shops have been swept away. It is frightening. We are very lucky to be alive."
Local officials told the BBC that the number of dead was expected to rise as rescue workers had still not reached many affected areas.
In Himachal Pradesh, where at least 10 people have been killed in landslides, Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh was himself stranded in Kinnaur district for nearly 60 hours.
He was evacuated on Tuesday by a helicopter hired by his Congress party, reports said.
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The three will be scrutinised over their account of a meeting with Andrew Mitchell in October 2012, over claims - denied by the then minister - he had called Downing Street officers "plebs".
A West Mercia Police-led investigation ruled the men had "no case to answer".
However, the IPCC has now decided to conduct a fully independent probe.
It follows a High Court ruling in October which found there was no proper final report prepared for the investigation - conducted by West Mercia Police but supervised by the IPCC.
The court also ruled that the decision of the three police forces - from Warwickshire, West Mercia and West Midlands - that their officers had no case to answer was invalid.
Following the "plebgate" incident at Downing Street in September 2012, then-Chief Whip Mr Mitchell apologised for using bad language but said he had not used the word pleb when having a row with police officers guarding the street's main gate.
He later resigned as chief whip as the row continued.
A month later, Mr Mitchell held a meeting in his Sutton Coldfield constituency with Det Sgt Stuart Hinton, Insp Ken MacKaill and Sgt Chris Jones from the federation.
After the meeting, the three officers - who represented police in Warwickshire, West Mercia and West Midlands respectively - briefed the media.
But a transcript of a recording Mr Mitchell made of the meeting apparently contradicted the officers' account of what was said.
The matter was then referred to the IPCC, which decided not to conduct its own investigation but directed the forces which the officers represented to launch their own inquiry.
When all three police authorities concluded the officers had "no case to answer", Deborah Glass, then the IPCC's deputy chair, decided in October 2013 that the investigation into the officers' conduct should become "an independent investigation" conducted by the IPCC itself.
All three officers applied for a judicial review at the High Court in London and at hearing in July, asked two judges to quash the decision on the grounds that the IPCC had no power to re-determine the case - changing it from a supervised investigation to an independent one.
Lord Justice Davis and Mr Justice Wilkie found decisions made by the police forces were so legally flawed that they were "invalid and of no effect".
But while the judges ruled that the IPCC did have the power or re-determine the case, they also ruled that Ms Glass's decision must be quashed following allegations of apparent - though not actual - bias and a fresh decision taken.
That fresh decision has now been taken by the IPCC, which has reached the same conclusion as Ms Glass.
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The 38-year-old, making his Open debut, briefly led the Championship with his two under par score in tough conditions at Royal Birkdale.
"I thought par would be a decent score on my first attempt," a delighted Manley told BBC Radio Wales.
Manley finished strongly with and eagle three on the par five 17th and a birdie on the last.
"To finish off the way I did a couple under par is great," he added.
It was a strong recovery from a shaky start which saw him drop a shot at the first after hitting his first drive at one of golf's majors into the rough.
"I was very nervous on the first tee, I was shaking a little bit with the weather was horrific," he said.
"I didn't warm up well and didn't have much rhythm with my waterproofs on.
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"That's probably the most nervous I've ever been on a tee shot but at least I know what to expect for tomorrow now and I'll have a better game plan I guess."
Manley, who turned professional in 2003, is the only Welshman at Royal Bikdale and had a good following around the course.
"I have quite a few guys up from my local golf club, Mountain Ash, and my family is here so it's nice to put in a good score for them.
"It hasn't sunk in yet. Maybe tonight when I watch a little golf it'll sink in but I'm pretty chuffed."
The world number 520 will tee off at his second round on Friday at 11:47 BST but isn't re-evaluating his targets for the week after his positive start.
"You have to just plot your way around the course, with the links so tough so I'm not going to let my mind wander," he said.
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Welshman Stuart Manley says his opening round of 68 at The Open exceeded his own expectations.
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The majority of the stillbirths occurred at Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert.
The health board said the review had not identified "any significant issues or concerns" to date.
It added it was arranging an independent external review.
NHS Forth Valley said in a statement: "We monitor the level of stillbirths closely and, as the number in the first half of 2016 was higher than the national average, we took the decision to carry out an internal review.
"Although the total number of stillbirths in 2016 was higher than the previous year, the numbers fell consistently throughout the second half of the year during which time they were similar to previous years.
"The number of stillbirths in Forth Valley has also been consistently below the national average during the previous five years."
The health board said a number of the cases being reviewed occurred outwith the hospital.
It said: "Stillbirths can be caused by many different factors including accidents, such as falls and trauma-related injuries, fetal abnormalities, genetic and medical conditions.
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"The review to date has not identified any significant issues or concerns and we are committed to the ongoing delivery of high-quality, safe and effective maternity care."
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It is the plunge over the past month of Chinese shares - whose value has dropped by around a third since the high of 12 June.
So to make an apple-and-pears comparison: the loss in the value of Chinese companies at more than $3 trillion is about 20 times what most economists expect the write-offs of Greek government debt will ultimately turn out to be.
The difference, of course, is that the $3 trillion loss is divided among around 90 million Chinese people, rather than a handful of European governments.
But not to be sniffed at is the political significance of 90 million Chinese - who number more than membership of the Chinese Communist Party - feeling a lot less wealthy.
Which is why Beijing has been throwing everything at trying to find a way to end the rout - including cutting the cost of money - and has been failing miserably.
One of the so-called solutions to this market disaster is that an astonishing 1301 companies have had trading in their shares suspended. Their prices can't fall any more because the shares can't be bought or sold.
But this means that a further $2.6 trillion of wealth, tied up in these shares, is completely frozen - which adds insult to investors' capital-loss injury.
Here's the chilling thing. What's going on in China is madly redolent of the 1929 Wall Street crash.
Here's why.
The 150% rise over a year in the Shanghai Composite Index to its mid-June peak was largely driven by investors borrowing to buy shares, or margin trading in the jargon, just as happened in the US during the Roaring Twenties.
And the subsequent self-reinforcing collapse has been driven by China's indebted investors being forced to sell shares to meet their debts.
As for the economic significance of what is going on, well these very big stock markets in Shanghai and Shenzhen are no longer serving their core purpose of supplying equity capital to businesses - which will have a significant negative impact on Chinese growth.
And the collapse completely undermines Beijing's attempt to shift economic power from State Owned Enterprises to the private sector and markets.
The public sector is once again all powerful and all important.
And if the market rout leads to a further significant deceleration in the growth of the world's second-biggest economy, we will all feel the after shocks.
The 20-year-old Rhondda swimmer missed out on 200m breaststroke bronze by 6/100ths of a second in Rio.
But Adlington, who won 400 and 800 freestyle gold medals in 2008, says there's more to come from Tutton.
"I'm sure we'll be seeing her on the podium at World, Commonwealth Games and in Tokyo," she told BBC Wales Sport.
"Chloe is definitely the future, 100%.
"She's only 20 years old, she's come into her first international global meet and she's come fourth.
"I think she should be very proud of her achievement.
"She's got such a bright future ahead of her and more British records between her and Molly [Renshaw] I'm sure."
Tutton said she was honoured by Adlington's description of her as the future of British swimming.
"That's really nice, especially coming from Rebecca Adlington. It's such an honour.
"It's been an incredible experience, it's been a roller-coaster lots of ups and downs, but I'm really proud to be on this team.
"I'm sure it won't be normal for the rest of my life after this as I'll be able to look back and think 'I'm an Olympian now' and that's always been my dream.
"Tokyo 2020 was always my target so hopefully I can pull that off as well."
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Adlington was delighted by the success of another Welsh swimmer, Jazz Carlin, who claimed silver medals in the 400 and 800m freestyle.
Carlin missed the 2012 London Games after illness and Adlington has been impressed with her commitment.
"She's had to fight back, but that's what makes Jazz the world-class swimmer she is," added Adlington.
"She's so resilient, so determined and dedicated to prove to herself as much as everyone else that she is this world class athlete.
"And it's so nice to see her reach that potential because I've known it from racing her back in '09.
"She's got that hunger and that 'I want to succeed mentality' and she's so lovely.
"It couldn't go to a more deserving person as well.
"It's been a long time coming - a few missing the teams, a few finishing fourths.
"But this is the one that you want to do well at, the Olympic games, and for her it is fantastic."
Hear Rebecca Adlington's interview on Radio Wales Sport, 19:00 to 21:00 BST, Monday, 15 August.
Andy Hayhurst, 52, of Worsley, Greater Manchester spent the money on lavish restaurants and luxury holidays, Manchester Crown Court was told.
The ex-Lancashire, Somerset and Derbyshire all-rounder admitted the fraud while working as a £50,000-a-year Lancashire Cricket Board director.
Sentencing him, Judge John Potter said it was a "spectacular fall from grace".
The cricketer embarked on "a career of serial dishonesty... inspired by greed" when he plundered money from the LCB and the Lancashire Youth Cricket Charitable Trust earmarked for developing youth cricket, said the judge.
"Your acts had the potential to provide young people with the opportunity to play and enjoy cricket. Opportunities from which you benefitted throughout your life and sporting career."
While playing part-time for Worsley Cricket Club, where he had started as a youngster, Hayhurst used headed paper to submit fake invoices to the LCB asking for money for coaching.
He then took the board's cheques - for up to £10,000 a time - to the club's treasurer saying the money was intended for them and the rest was due to be paid to other local clubs.
When a blank cheque was handed back to him from Worsley Cricket Club, he banked the cash for himself, Manchester Minshull St Crown Court heard.
In 20 incidents between August 2006 and July 2013, Hayhurst pocketed £107,548 which he used to pay for lavish meals in restaurants and family holidays, Minshull Street Crown Court in Manchester heard.
Hayhurst pleaded guilty to fraud, theft, obtaining property by deception, false accounting and concealing criminal property.
Worsley Cricket Club received just £7,062 to fund coaching and the building of better training facilities during the seven-year period.
Summarising a statement from the club, prosecutor Charlotte Crangle said Hayhurst was "held in high regard by all members" and even seen as a "hero" by some.
Ms Crangle said: "There is a feeling the club will be tainted by his actions, it will struggle to receive grants in the future."
LCB chairman Bob Hinchcliffe said in a statement read to the court the board has "a strong feeling his actions have damaged our reputation and that of the England and Wales Cricket Board".
Hayhurst initially maintained all of the accounts were in order but he repaid £22,713 in December 2013 before the police investigation started.
He will appear before a Proceeds of Crime hearing a date to be confirmed to determine how the rest of the money will be repaid.
Hayhurst played for the Red Rose county between 1983 and 1989. He went on to become captain of Somerset before ending his cricketing career with a brief spell at Derbyshire.
He was employed by LCB from 2002 until the board terminated his contract in October 2013. He was also secretary of the Lancashire County Youth Cricket Charitable Trust.
The LCB said the police investigation into Hayhurst's fraud was launched "with information received from and [with] the full co-operation of the LCB".
The two sides were left still in the top two slots in the T20 Blast Southern Group after being awarded a point each.
Their four no-results from eight matches is just one behind their worst weather-hit season in 2012.
Glamorgan face Kent on Sunday, 30 July while Surrey are away to Sussex on Thursday, 3 August.
The Edinburgh club had been in administration since last June with debts close to £30m.
They started the season with a 15-point penalty and will play in the Championship next term after being relegated from the Premiership.
When we do hand the club over to the fans in a few years' time, it will be in the best possible shape
"We kept going and it's wonderful that we're here, eventually," said the club's new owner Ann Budge.
"There have been many days when I thought there were just too many challenges facing us but we didn't lose hope.
"We want to get a really strong management team in place - I don't just mean on the field, off the field as well - and basically ensure that this club never has to go through this again.
"When we do hand the club over to the fans in a few years' time, it will be in the best possible shape."
Budge agreed a deal with creditors to buy Hearts and quickly set about restructuring the club with Craig Levein brought in as director of football and Robbie Neilson joining as head coach.
Gary Locke, who had been manager during the administration process, left the club at the end of his contract.
The move out of administration means the ban on the registration of players imposed by the league last year will be lifted and Hearts will now be allowed to make signings.
The Tynecastle club entered administration in June 2013 with debts close to £30m, with most of the money owed to businesses in Lithuania who themselves would undergo insolvency procedures.
"It certainly has been a long year but, with hindsight, it's been a great outcome," said administrator Bryan Jackson. "For that I'm very grateful, happy and very relieved."
Jackson has successfully taken seven clubs, including several in Scotland, out of administration.
And, asked if saving Hearts had been his toughest task, he replied: "Of course it has because I say that about all of them.
"I think genuinely this one has been. It was always going to be a tough one when you saw what we inherited from day one.
"With some of the external factors, some of the third parties that were involved as well, it made it very difficult for us. New obstacles kept popping up all over the place. As we solved one, there was another one.
"So, I would say in the end it was the most difficult one and there were certainly times when I really didn't think we were going to make it this time.
"We were close to running out of money on a couple of occasions. We managed to sell a couple of players to keep us going.
"Just about everything that came in was crucial. The fans' donations were crucial as well. It was fantastic the donations we received and the support we received from them
"The income in the last few games was very important to us and I'm very grateful to the fans for the numbers that turned up to those games."
"Gaddafi's departure is not being discussed," Abdelati Obeidi told reporters after talks in Moscow with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
Last week France said it had been contacted by Libyan envoys saying Col Gaddafi leader was prepared to leave.
Meanwhile fighting has continued between pro-Gaddafi and rebel forces.
There were fierce clashes on Wednesday near the eastern town of Brega - an important oil centre that has changed hands several times during the five-month-old conflict.
In western Libya, rebel forces in Misrata say Nato air support has allowed them to advance further against government forces.
Russia has been trying to mediate a deal to end the conflict.
After Wednesday's talks in Moscow, Mr Obeidi said the Libyan government wanted to end the conflict with rebels seeking to end Col Gaddafi's 41-year rule.
"We must all work on a peaceful solution in which all Libyans would participate and not just the council in Benghazi," he said, referring to the rebel Transitional National Council (TNC) based in the city of Benghazi.
The rebels are holding eastern Libya and pockets in the west, but have so far not made decisive moves towards the capital Tripoli.
On 12 July, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said: "The Libyan regime is sending messengers everywhere, to Turkey, to New York, to Paris" offering to discuss Col Gaddafi's exit.
But he added that such contacts did not constitute negotiations.
France played a key role in launching Nato-led strikes in Libya, under a UN-mandated mission to protect civilians.
Coalition countries have insisted that the Libyan leader must stand down for hostilities to end.
Derek Laidlaw, 70, was attacked after confronting a man near the wall of his partner's house in Failsworth, Oldham.
Mr Laidlaw suffered severe bruising to his face and head during the incident at about 22:45 BST on 2 July.
Stephen Anthony Glynn, from Massey Avenue, Failsworth, is due to appear before magistrates on Monday charged with actual bodily harm.
Some 22% of people questioned for the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) said they had tossed a snail into their neighbour's garden, compared with 78% who said they had not.
Londoners were the worst culprits, with 30% admitting they had done it.
Gardeners in Scotland were least likely, where 14% admitted they had thrown a snail over a garden fence.
Snails and slugs and are regarded as the most common garden pest by gardeners, according to the RHS.
The survey of more than 1,500 people found that 80% will head into their gardens this Easter to tackle spring jobs.
It found 70% of men plan to mow the garden lawn, compared with 57% of women.
Guy Barter, head of advisory at the RHS, said gardeners have enjoyed a "great start" to spring following a "challenging" start to the season last year..
He said many gardeners have been busy improving their gardens after a wet and windy winter.
"In March at the RHS we had record calls to our advisory team and answered over 6,000 gardening questions," Mr Barter said.
"Most of the questions have been about pruning trees and shrubs, particularly those damaged by winter gales, and dealing with lawns rich in moss and with sparse grass, in this case a consequence of prolonged wet weather."
Details have been announced by Health Minister Simon Hamilton.
He said the helicopter and its crew of paramedics will land at the trauma department at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast.
The helicopter will bear the call sign Delta 7 in memory of the late Dr John Hinds, who campaigned for the service.
Dr Hinds's partner Dr Janet Acheson continued his campaigning work and was present at Monday's announcement.
A second base will be located at St Angelo Airport in County Fermanagh.
Chancellor George Osborne committed £4m to the service in his budget speech last week.
Mr Hamilton said that, in future, part of the cost of the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) could be met by charitable contributions.
A painter, Lucia lives in Corleone and gave birth earlier this month.
Salvatore "Toto" Riina, former boss of the notorious Cosa Nostra, was jailed in 1993 and now has terminal cancer.
Italy's top court ruled this month that he had a right to "die with dignity" under house arrest but there were protests and he may not be let out.
A parole board will have to decide in the northern city of Bologna, where 86-year-old Riina is in jail for his role in dozens of Cosa Nostra murders.
Two anti-Mafia judges - Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino - were killed in 1992, in Riina's "war against the state".
Corleone was the hometown of the fictional "Godfather" in Francis Ford Coppola's blockbuster films.
Lucia and her mother are the only Riina family members still living in the town, which is run by special commissioners because the previous administration was found to have Mafia connections.
The baby bonus is an allowance paid to poor families in Italy - €160 (£140; $180) a month for those with income not exceeding €7,000 a year, and €80 a month for those earning no more than €25,000.
The Corleone authorities said Lucia had put in an incomplete claim for the bonus. Her husband Vincenzo Bellomo had submitted a new claim, but the deadline had expired.
The monthly allowance covers a baby's first three years.
Toto Riina has another daughter, Maria, who lives in the southern Puglia region.
His son Giovanni is doing a life sentence in jail, and his other son, Salvo, is confined by law to Padua. Salvo wrote a controversial book, called Riina Family Life.
Some Italians expressed outrage at the court ruling on Toto Riina, which could move him to house arrest, like any other terminally ill prisoner.
Salvatore Borsellino, brother of the murdered judge, said: "The court should have remembered that the person before them is the same one who blew to bits servants of the state..."
The pass, which starts on 28 June, is an effort to minimise damage to land and help compensate affected farmers.
Under the scheme, farmers who agree to give visitors access to crop circles on their land will be given the money raised from the sale of the new passes.
Organisers said they could not enforce payment but hoped visitors would "see the benefit and participate".
By June 2012 more than 10 crop circle formations were discovered across the county.
This year, due to adverse weather conditions delaying crops by up to six weeks, there have been three.
Despite the low numbers, the Crop Circle Information and Co-ordination Centre (CICC) has warned that farmers are more likely than ever to cut formations out of their fields.
"In the past there was no structure, no co-ordination and the farmers were the last to be informed - which created a lot of chaos," said Monique Klinkenbergh, CICC director and one of the people behind the new scheme.
"They [farmers] have all those uninvited guests trampling across their fields and they have a huge loss of income because of the crops."
With the honesty box system "not working in practice" to compensate farmers, it is hoped the new access permits will "reduce the friction" between the farming community and crop circle enthusiasts.
"We fly every morning to see if there are any new formations and if there are, and if there is access, people will be able to buy passes," said Ms Klinkenbergh.
"The money will go to the farmer and will depend on how big the formation is.
"Sometimes we have formations of only a few metres in diameter and sometimes they are extremely large, so we'll have to put figures on it. But I think it will be around £500 to £1,000."
James Shepherd, from the National Farmers Union, said if the scheme worked it could be a benefit.
"Having more controlled access and things done in an orderly fashion might make it better for everybody," he said.
"But it will depend on how well the scheme is taken up."
Crop Circle Access passes ranging from £7.50 to £10.00 for a day pass and £40 to £60 for a season ticket will be available on the CICC website from 28 June.
Staff at the children's ward at Southampton General Hospital noticed the locked cupboard had been broken into and a Playstation 3 was missing.
It is thought the culprit may have been disturbed as other items were left.
CCTV on the ward, where visitors have to be let in by staff, is being reviewed. Police are investigating.
The ward's senior matron said the gifts made a "huge difference" to patients.
Cath Battrick added: "We don't have a budget for these sort of things, we rely completely on donations.
"Nobody likes being in hospital, especially at this time of year, so just having some form of distraction and entertainment makes a difference to their day.
"I hope they've got a conscious and return the item.
"Since this happened, we've had one donation of another Playstation so it looks like the children will not go without."
A JustGiving page has also been set up and has already raised more than £1,000 for the children's ward.
The controversy came in the first frame as Allen played the blue ball.
"I was playing a safety on the blue and as I'm down on the shot he's chalking his cue right behind me. There's no excuse for that," said Allen.
"He did it quite a few times in the match, even after I said something, so there's no excuse for it," he added.
"It's my shot when I'm at the table, I wouldn't do that when he's at the table. Have some respect.
"Regardless of whether it's Mark Joyce, who I dislike anyway, or whether it be anyone, it's something that we as snooker players don't do - you don't try and put your opponent off," the 30-year-old told Eurosport.
The Antrim player had been beaten in four of his five matches against Joyce, with little love lost between the pair, but the seventh seed comfortably came through their contest at the Titanic Exhibition Centre.
During that opening frame, Allen, standing at the baulk end of the table, sent a blue down onto the far cushion, which bounced back up into the middle pocket.
Allen, though, had already turned away to look across at Joyce before his effort fluked in following a double kiss off the white.
After the ball eventually dropped, he then walked over towards his opponent, complaining the Englishman had been in his eye line when shaping up to cue before Allen then moved off around the table.
Joyce swiftly apologised and sat down as Allen completed his break of 52 to win the frame. While Joyce did level the match at 1-1, Allen went on to take control after edging a tense third frame 66-52.
Earlier, there was a shock when Chinese second seed Ding Junhui went out 4-2 against compatriot Yu De Lu, despite having taken the first two frames.
Alan McManus, a semi-finalist at the 2016 World Championships, put out 16th seeded fellow Scot Stephen Maguire 4-3 in the deciding frame.
Elsewhere in Tuesday's matches, two-time world champion Mark Williams recorded the tournament's highest break of 139 in the opening frame of his 4-2 win over David Grace, while Ireland's Ken Doherty beat amateur Ashley Hugill 4-0.
Ricky Walden defeated Sean O'Sullivan 4-2 but Northern Ireland's Joe Swail went down 4-2 to Welshman Dominic Dale.
English Open winner Liang Wenbo saw off former top 16 player Nigel Bond 4-1.
Late in the evening, Marco Fu got the better of Ryan Day 4-3 and another Northern Irish player, Patrick Wallace, fell 4-2 to Michael Georgiou.
The blaze took hold of the Royal Victoria Hospital building in Craigleith Road at about 16:20 on Monday.
Firefighters remain at the scene. There were no casualties.
The Royal Victoria Hospital was closed in 2012, but later temporarily reopened to deal with seasonal demand.
One witnesses said: "The fire raged all night."
Firefighters fought the blaze externally to bring it under control. They are now carrying out "damping down operations".
Nine fire appliances, one height vehicle and two water carriers were used at the scene.
The fire was reported by a significant number of people as smoke rose from the abandoned building.
The much-travelled 34-year-old former West Bromwich Albion, MK Dons, Leicester City and Birmingham City winger has been rewarded for helping to keep the Brewers at second-tier level.
"When I signed, everyone said we were going to get relegated but we didn't. That's a massive achievement," he said.
"We have a great team spirit and that was what got us through."
Dyer played in all but four of Burton's 46 league games, scoring seven times, matching the tally he achieved in Leicester's Championship title-winning season in 2013-14.
Having scored on his debut in the Brewers' first Championship game against Nottingham Forest in August, he also netted in their victories over Birmingham City and Aston Villa.
"Growing up I was a Villa fan so when I scored that goal it was a nice feeling," he said. "And, when I checked, I found out that I had equalled the most goals I have scored in the Championship so overall it has been a good season."
Burton finished 20th in the Championship, avoiding relegation by just a point.
He will be succeeded by chairman Masashi Muromachi, with vice-chairman Norio Sasaki also stepping down.
On Monday, an independent panel appointed by Toshiba said the firm had overstated its operating profit by a total of 151.8bn yen ($1.22bn, £780m).
The overstatement was roughly triple an initial estimate by Toshiba.
The company's business empire stretches from home electronics to nuclear power stations.
"It has been revealed that there has been inappropriate accounting going on for a long time, and we deeply apologise for causing this serious trouble for shareholders and other stakeholders," the company said in a statement.
"Because of this Hisao Tanaka, our company president, and Norio Sasaki, our company's vice chairman... will resign today."
Mr Tanaka told a media conference that "we have a serious responsibility", adding that the company would need to "build a new structure'' to reform itself.
Mr Tanaka, 64, and Mr Sasaki, 66, both joined Toshiba in the early 1970s.
Mr Sasaki served as Toshiba president between June 2009 and June 2013, covering most of the period during which the firm inflated the profits.
Atsutoshi Nishida, an adviser and former chief executive from 2006 to 2009, also gave up his post.
Mr Tanaka and his predecessors are among eight high-level executives who have now resigned after the independent report found senior management involved in a scheme to inflate profits over several years.
People took to social media to express their concern at the scandal.
One twitter user remarked "It's appalling how long this cover up could have carried on", while another said "clean out the entire company! Toshiba needs to carry on its legacy properly."
He also said it was the most damaging episode in Toshiba's 140-year history. The company was created by a merger in 1938, but its roots date back to 1875.
Toshiba's accounting scandal began when securities regulators uncovered problems as they probed the company's balance sheet earlier this year.
One line that the investigators looked into was that executives set unrealistic targets for new operations after worries that the 2011 Fukushima disaster may hit Toshiba's nuclear division.
While the report did not specifically refer to Fukushima, it did say that pressure within Toshiba was strong in the accounting years of 2011 and 2012.
The findings mean Toshiba will have to restate its profits for the period between April 2008 and March 2014. It is unclear whether it will affect the company's results for the year ending March 2015.
The finance minister, Taro Aso, said the case could undermine confidence in corporate governance in Japan.
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He added the accounting irregularities at Toshiba were "very regrettable".
Japan's government has been trying to regain global investors' confidence with better corporate governance after Olympus was found to have covered up $1.7bn in losses in late 2011, in what was until now Japan's worst corporate governance scandal.
Tomoaki Nakamura, research vice president at market research firm IDC Japan, said it was not a surprise that Mr Tanaka, along with the other executives had stepped down.
"In Japan, this news has been in the media for two months already," he told the BBC from Tokyo.
"What they need to be afraid of is criminal action by the [US] Securities and Exchange Commission."
The report's findings are expected to lead to the restatement of earnings, a board overhaul and potentially hefty fines for Toshiba.
The inquiry found that the misreporting of profits began after the financial crash seven years ago, when senior managers began imposing unrealistic performance targets.
"Within Toshiba, there was a corporate culture in which one could not go against the wishes of superiors," the report said.
"Therefore, when top management presented 'challenges', division presidents, line managers and employees below them continually carried out inappropriate accounting practices to meet targets in line with the wishes of their superiors."
One business expert, Loizos Heracleous, Professor of Strategy and Organisation at Warwick Business School, told the BBC there was a wider problem in Japanese business culture.
"Corporate culture in Japan is hierarchical and based on a long history of emphasis on loyalty, doing one's best, and doing all that is possible to avoid bringing shame to one's group," he said.
"These values, combined with unrelenting performance pressures from the market, can sometimes tempt executives to take shortcuts, and can also make it difficult for employees to ask embarrassing or probing questions of executives."
While the resignations were expected, Mr Nakamura said it was still surprising that such a giant tech firm like Toshiba was still operating in the "old way of cheating today".
Regulators are believed to be starting their own review of Toshiba's book-keeping, based on Monday's report.
Shares in Toshiba rose 6% in Japan as the report into the accounting problems ended speculation as to the extent of the problem.
However, Toshiba's shares are still down by about a quarter since the company first disclosed cases of accounting irregularities in April.
Karissa Chua, analyst of consumer electronics at market research firm Euromonitor said Toshiba's struggles highlighted the problems that have plagued many Japanese tech firms in recent years.
"With the exception of cameras, Japanese firms are no longer able to compete effectively with the likes of companies like Samsung and Lenovo," she said.
"Even without the scandals, these tech firms are already losing its competitiveness against its Korean and Chinese competitors."
And whether Toshiba can bounce back from the probe is up for debate, according to analysts.
Mr Nakamura of IDC said even though it faces a class action lawsuit in the US, Toshiba's computers, heavy industry and semi-conductor businesses are strong and profitable.
"A new leader and governance structure will renovate the company," he said.
But Ms Chua of Euromonitor said Toshiba was too far behind its competitors to reverse its declining fortunes in consumer electronics, the sector it is best-known for.
"It should instead focus on speeding up its restructuring plans and divert its resources in consumer electronics into its core business - energy and components," she said.
She said Toshiba would find it a challenge in negotiating new contracts with its partners and customers, as they would be hesitant about committing to the firm because of the uncertainty around its future, including potential fines.
The blast reduced much of the end terrace property in Cecil Road, Blackley, to rubble on 16 January.
Kevin Carrol, of Cecil Road, who was injured, has been charged with criminal damage with intent to endanger life.
The 33-year-old is due to appear at Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court.
He has recently been discharged from hospital, police said.
A second injured man, whose condition was described as critical, was discharged from hospital in the days following the explosion, a force spokesperson added.
Workington Transport Heritage Trust plan to have the tram removed and restored at an estimated cost of about £15,000.
After its removal from the building near Carlisle College and restoration, it will go on display in Workington.
The tram was built in the early 20th Century and its last journey took place in Carlisle in the 1930s.
Before being moved into the building, it was believed to have been stood for many years as a garden shed.
The remains of the tram is mostly the framework of the lower saloon.
Phil Tuer, from the Workington Transport Heritage Trust, said restoring the tram was not going to be easy.
He said: "It's in a very sorry state of repair and requires a large amount of work to be carried out."
Alistair Grey is the secretary of the trust and says that the door to the building is smaller than the door that was on it when the tram was originally moved there.
He said: "Dragging the tram out will be a tight squeeze.
"It's been in the building for many years and the pigeons have left layers of muck that needs cleaning up."
Mr Grey said it could cost up to £15,000 to restore the remains of the tram.
He said: "It was a double-decker tram in its heyday and all that's left now is the wooden framework of the lower saloon, all the metal work, the chassis, the wheels and the controls have all disappeared, so it's going to cost that money to restore it.
"We're trying to create a flavour of what the tram would have looked like, we can restore this wooden saloon into a presentable exhibit and we can use it as a centre piece in a future visitors' centre in Workington.
"It will be used to tell the story of the Carlisle tramway system."
It is hoped the work on the tram will begin in December.
The bodies of Marta Galikowska, 27, and daughters Maja, five, and Olga, one, were found at a house on Sherwin Road, Stoke-on-Trent on 12 October last year.
The mother and girls were pronounced dead at the scene.
Coroner Ian Smith concluded they died from stab wounds and the girls were unlawfully killed by their mother.
He also ruled at North Staffordshire Coroner's Court that Mrs Galikowska committed suicide.
In a statement, Marcin Galikowska paid tribute to his wife and daughters.
"Marta was a fantastic wife and a loving mum who worshipped our daughters Maja and Olga," he said.
"My wife was a very special person who lit up my life. Maja and Olga were wonderful children whose smiles still shine brightly."
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The dogs race in teams, pulling along a sledge in some of Alaska's roughest terrains with freezing temperatures and strong winds to contend with.
The race, called the Iditarod, was won by Dallas Seavey who beat his Dad Mitch who was also competing.
It's the third time Dallas has won the Iditarod, beating 78 other teams in this year's race.
The children died after the vehicle burst into flames following a collision with a truck just north of the capital.
There were understood to be both primary and secondary school-aged children on board.
Panyaza Lesufi, the official responsible for education in Gauteng province, said it was a "dark day".
The minibus collided with a truck on the single carriageway R25, between Verena in Mpumalanga and Bronkhorstspruit in Gauteng, having left from Mahlenga High.
The emergency services rescued seven children before the bus burst into flames.
"It is believed the driver of minibus underestimated the speed of the truck and collided with him whilst turning," the Gauteng Education Department said in a statement.
Police later said the bus driver was also killed in the accident, while the driver of the truck survived.
Pictures show the minibus on its side, entirely burnt out.
In a statement, emergency medical service ER24 described arriving at the scene, where firefighters were tackling the flames. A number of children had already been pulled out by "members of the community", the statement said.
"Once the flames had been extinguished, paramedics found that approximately 13 children [were] lying trapped inside the vehicle. Unfortunately, nothing could be done for the children and they were declared dead on the scene," the statement added.
There seems to be no end in sight to South Africa's road carnage.
This latest tragedy comes hot on the heels of a 50% increase of road deaths from last year's Easter period.
Authorities keep doing the same thing but expecting a different result.
In a country with one of the most advanced road networks on the African continent, clearly the problem lies elsewhere.
Drivers' behavioural patterns need to be changed through a combination of education and stricter law enforcement regime amongst other factors.
The transport minister once said "we cannot have a policeman at every intersection. We are not a police state".
Could that approach be the problem perhaps?
Hopefully this latest tragedy will shock South Africans, both in and outside government, into action which will ultimately bring an end to these unnecessary deaths.
The African National Congress (ANC) later said that it was "gravely saddened" by the deaths of the school pupils following the "heart-breaking accident" on Friday.
"It is a sad day for South Africa," the statement said, adding that the ANC "extends its deepest condolences to the bereaved families".
ER24 and the Gauteng Education Department had earlier reported that a total of 20 people had been killed, with the education department adding that two of the dead were adults.
"This is a huge loss and we're deeply pained by the tragic news," the education department tweeted.
South Africa has some of the deadliest roads in the world. According to the country's Road Traffic Management Corporation, there were 13,673 deaths in the 12 months from October 2015 - which equates to more than 37 people dying every day.
The 19-year-old, who rejected a new contract at the Nou Camp, has joined the Potters squad for their matches in the Asia Trophy in Singapore.
El Ouriachi, who links up with ex-Barca players Bojan and Marc Muniesa, played for Spain at youth level but has also been selected by Morocco Under-23s.
"Moha's excited about joining a Premier League club," said Stoke chief executive Tony Scholes.
"He has seen the progress made by Bojan and Marc and wants to try to do likewise."
Stoke have not revealed the fee they have paid for El Ouriachi, or his contract length.
The Potters, who finished ninth in the Premier League last season, have now made seven summer signings.
El Ouriachi joins striker Joselu, goalkeepers Shay Given and Jakob Haugaard, defenders Glen Johnson and Philipp Wollscheid plus midfielder Marco van Ginkel in joining the club.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.
His presence here marks the first time the Vatican has attended the South by Southwest Interactive conference, and their panel - titled Compassionate Disruption - is one of this year's most talked about events.
"In a world where increasingly [we're] not invited to part of conversations, I think if people are interested in having us, we're delighted to be here.
"I want to learn and get a feeling for what are the things that are driving a generation of people who are in many ways shaping the world as we know it.
He glanced around the room.
"Really deep down, I see a lot of people looking for some sort of connectivity."
That's certainly true - though I get the sense for delegates here that means good wi-fi, rather than a strong sense of faith. So Bishop Tighe's mission is to get this industry to find real value in both.
As the Vatican's Adjunct Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Culture, one of Bishop Tighe's many responsibilities is to run the social media accounts for the Pope, as well as considering ways in which the Catholic Church can stretch its influence into our digital lives.
Five years ago, Pope Benedict decided to set up a Twitter account - @Pontifex - which is continued today by Pope Francis. It was a decision the Church at the time felt was hugely symbolic.
"There's an environment that is kinda rough," Bishop Tighe said.
"There's a lot of trolling, a lot of negativity.
"But if the people who want to use it for good withdraw from it, then the trolls have won. There is a potential here to build connections, to learn from people who might surprise us."
The Bishop winced a little as I asked him whether Pope Benedict received a warm welcome on Twitter.
"There was a welcome from many, but there was a huge amount of negativity," he said.
"There were people saying 'let's launch a Twitter bomb, lets force them out of this environment'. But we stuck with it and said 'no, this is too important a forum'."
He said the current Pope handed down a clear strategy for communicating - not preaching - on Twitter.
"When Pope Francis gave us our instructions he said 'the one thing I want you to be above all is try to encourage people. It's a tough world, it's a hard world, let's be at least encouraging'."
Ten years ago, SXSW Interactive enjoyed what's still its most significant moment - the "launch" of Twitter. The service had been around for a little while before appearing at the festival, but it was here that its popularity skyrocketed.
The Vatican was hesitant to get involved, unsure of how to interact with the new medium - and whether it should be there at all.
"Maybe for the Church this world has disturbed us, has disrupted a lot of our ways of forming community. It's making us think again about how to do our business."
Part of that business, he suggested, was in making people consider what kind of online world they want to exist in, and how to achieve it in the face of increased hostility and division. In explaining it he coined a phrase that may just resonate with his audience here.
"A few years ago, everyone was talking about User-Generated Content. But I think we also need to recover a sense of User-Generated Culture. That's the choice of individuals.
"If you're spending your day with a lot of negative stuff in the environment, it's easy to imbibe that, to take that on board. But the challenge for all of us is to try and say 'yes, I'm going to be there, but I'm not going to be conditioned by the less positive sides of that'."
While it's the Vatican's first time at SXSW, it's certainly not the first technology conference it has attended. Bishop Tighe also attended Web Summit in Lisbon last year, and there, as it is here, the hot topic was the growing power of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
I put it to him that we are living at a time when the majority of people are far more likely to search Google for answers than they are to pray. When the Amazon Alexa in the corner of my kitchen can give me immediate answers based on data, why turn anywhere else?
"All the data in the world will still leave room for choices that I have to make," he said. "If we say big data will tell us what's right or wrong, then I am no longer an agent, and my choices have been determined for me. That doesn't correspond to my experience of being a human."
More profound, he said, will be the emergence of artificial intelligence and robotics in the working environment. Money aside, he argued we should be concerned about what a lack of work could do to our sense of self worth.
"Let's not romanticise it - some of the work that might be displaced is fairly tough, dangerous work and fairly menial. Maybe it's no great loss.
"[But] we need to reflect on how human beings who work are not just economic units producing products, they're people with stories and families."
I finished by asking him whether, given the chance, he'd offer some advice to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg over how he could change the world's largest online community for the better.
To my surprise, he didn't want to change anything - but he made a plea for technology innovators and entrepreneurs to consider how to involve the Church and others in building their products.
"I think it's really a time for a good, robust conversation between programmers and people who are coming form different ethical and philosophical positions.
"We must ensure that our human values and achievements, in terms of respecting dignity and the worth of people, will somehow be programmed into the machines we work with."
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Prosecutors suspect the animals became ill through neglect.
The investigation will also look into the death of a zebra at the same location earlier this month.
Those deaths follow that of a hippo called Gustavito at the National Zoo in February, which caused outrage in El Salvador and beyond.
Staff initially said that the hippo had been stabbed and beaten by unknown assailants.
Following the death, zoo director Vladlen Hernandez said he did not believe employees were involved in any attack and added that the zoo had received no threats from any of the street gangs that terrorise the Central American nation.
Police later questioned employees of the zoo to try to establish who could have entered the premises to carry out such an attack.
But investigators later concluded that the animal had died as a result of poor care.
A detailed examination showed that the hippo had apparently died of a pulmonary haemorrhage, or bleeding from the lung, state prosecutor Mario Salazar said.
The animal had been ill for 17 days before dying.
The latest deaths at the zoo happened on Thursday night.
The authorities say puma Soberana (Sovereign) was old and ill, and being treated for a gut problem.
Reports say the baby monkey died in an accident.
But prosecutors decided to look into the circumstances of the deaths.
On Friday, El Salvador's Culture Ministry also announced it will revamp the National Zoo.
"The traditional zoo concept is already obsolete," said the ministry in a statement.
El Salvador's National Zoo will be transformed into a wildlife park, it added.
It follows three years of wrangling over the plans and a legal battle with a rival scheme.
The proposals for the facility in Northop were initially rejected by councillors, but approved following a planning inquiry.
It will now be sited on land between Kelsterton and Oakenholt Lanes in the village.
"We are currently finalising our remaining pre-commencement conditions with the hope of starting on site in July," said Jamieson Hodgson, from the Oxfordshire-based firm, Memoria.
"This means that we will aim to be open by mid-2018 so we can finally provide this much-needed public service facility to the people of Flintshire."
The world's third biggest electronics manufacturing services provider has 147 jobs in Livingston.
The £12.5m expansion, with extra 212 jobs, was announced following a visit by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to the company's headquarters in New York.
Ms Sturgeon said this fitted with recent successes in attracting inward investment to Scotland from the USA.
It was supported with a £450,000 grant from Scottish Enterprise, the government agency.
The company, which opened its Livingston site 21 years ago, supports large firms in computing, consumer, automotive, aerospace, defence, healthcare and communications.
It helps them identify more efficient processes and implement them.
Joseph McGee, executive vice president of Jabil, said: "We are pleased to be able to announce the expansion of our long-standing Scotland site and leverage the tenured team to grow and expand our global processes and capabilities."
Lena Wilson, chief executive of Scottish Enterprise, said: "Jabil's centre of excellence in Livingston will solidify its ability to deliver research and development, manufacturing and new product introduction, thus creating additional capabilities, leadership and decision-making in Scotland.
"Jabil will also be able to tap into evolving technologies emerging from Scotland's innovative company base and collaborate with our world class universities."
Shanghai's New Year's Eve crush killed 36 people and injured 47. It happened in Chenyi Square in the Bund district, where huge crowds had gathered for the countdown.
The turnout was much higher than predicted, and Shanghai police said they regretted their failure to intervene in time, state media said.
China's President Xi Jinping has ordered an investigation into the tragedy.
Blaming the Shanghai authorities for being unprepared for the massive turnout, the Legal Daily calls for rules and regulations to govern how major events are managed.
"The authorities should now focus on risk prevention as one of the most important tasks for this year," the paper says.
Echoing similar views, the Workers' Daily urges "every city and everyone to learn a lesson from the Shanghai stampede".
An article in the Global Times notes that some netizens have accused the large number of migrant people in Shanghai whom they say have "squeezed the living space of the locals".
Dismissing such opinions, the commentary says "the debate over locals and outsiders should not divert our attention from the real issues" which are the problems in our emergency response system.
In another tragic incident, five firefighters lost their lives while trying to control a blaze at a warehouse in Harbin city, in northeast China's Heilongjiang province, on Friday.
The firemen who died were aged between 18 and 22.
According to the official Xinhua News Agency, the warehouse was part of a 11-storey residential building.
It adds that the building's structure was "complicated" and at risk of collapsing, which made it difficult to determine the source of the fire.
Commenting on both the stampede and the fire, the China Daily points out that the tragedies have exposed the mismanagement of the Chinese authorities and "city leaders, in particular".
"In both incidents there were loopholes in management that if plugged would have prevented them…But it seems as if such calls and requirements are all too soon forgotten or thrown into the air," the paper adds.
"Is there an institutional defect that prevents the authorities from doing a better job in anticipating problems and addressing them in advance?" it asks.
The response of the local authorities to the warehouse fire has also drawn flak from internet users.
According to the Beijing Youth Daily, the authorities' response on social media was unsatisfactory.
It notes that "almost half of the [official] post" describes how government officials paid much attention to the incident.
Describing the official response as "stereotypical" and "clumsy", the Global Times notes that many netizens were unhappy about the press briefing post.
"It (the response) suggests that some officials care less about the public and more about explaining matters to their superiors and not getting into hot water… The key lies in erasing bureaucracy and urging officials to be practical. Local governments and official agencies also need to take action to improve their abilities in dealing with public opinion," it concludes.
And finally, papers pay tribute to He Zhenliang, a former member and vice president of International Olympic Committee (IOC), who died on Sunday at the age of 85.
Also known as "China's Mr Olympics", Mr He was elected to the IOC in 1981 and became the Committee's vice-president in 1989. He played a major role in helping China win the bid to host the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
Expressing condolences, the China Youth Daily says Mr He "served the nation and the Olympics for his whole life".
"He was also the first generation of sports diplomats who had connected the New China (after 1949) with the big family of the Olympics," it says
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The robots were built by a team at the University of Hertfordshire, and put in a cracking performance last year by grabbing second place in Brazil.
Each robot is programmed with around 50,000 different lines of code to help them to know what to do.
The RoboCup is an annual football competition, which first started in 1997.
Around 500 teams from more than 45 countries will take part in this year's contest, which kicks off in China on 19 July.
Those were the words of Singapore's Senior Minister of State Josephine Teo during a state media interview on marriage and parenthood issues.
Like many wealthy countries, Singapore is facing the challenge of an ageing population and low birth rates, so its government is actively encouraging young citizens to get on with starting a family.
The candid politician, who is in charge of population matters, was asked if part of the reason why young Singaporeans were not having children was because they were having to wait too long to get their own homes.
If they're still living with their parents, it's hard to do what's necessary to have a baby, the argument goes.
But Ms Teo suggested property shouldn't be a priority, as "you need a very small space to have sex".
"In France, in the UK, in Nordic countries, man meets woman [and] they can make a baby already. They love each other," she said.
"It's a matter of living in yours or living in mine. They also don't have to worry about marriage - that comes later," she said.
But in the case of Singapore, she said, "man meets woman, falls in love, proposes and then they plan the wedding and a house".
So what really should come first, having a baby or owning a flat?
The National Population and Talent Division didn't immediately reply for a request for more comment, but Ms Teo's words ignited fierce debate on social media.
A Facebook post carrying the interview was shared more than 5,000 times from the Straits Times newspaper's official page.
It also drew a flurry of heated comments from netizens.
"Do you produce flats faster than we produce babies? Such statements only show how much empathy you're lacking with couples," remarked Singaporean Derrick Poh.
"Did she just promote premarital sex? This is what happens when you care more about growth statistics more then citizens' well being," said Shayful Kamal.
"Our society centres on conservative moral values. In Singapore, building a career trumps having a life partner in terms of financial security - but it doesn't mean people don't want to fall in love, get married and have kids," wrote Chng Jing Hui, who also said Ms Teo's comments were "frivolous".
Other Singaporeans raised the point of financial stability and being "responsible".
"I think she's missed the point; it's not where to have sex. To have a house before a child is correct. Is she encouraging young couples to have babies and continue to depend on their parents? Having a flat also means the couple is financially sound before they can move on to the next stage of life," said Jo-Ann Tan.
Charis Mun said: "Children should be planned for when both parties are ready for the responsibilities of parenthood. And having the stability and security of your own matrimonial home is essential to raise children."
Atkinson, 19, clinched gold in the women's 200m butterfly, adding to the 50m title she won on Wednesday.
Her winning time of 2 minutes 7.06 secs also secured a consideration time for this summer's World Championships and smashed the Manx record.
"I knew I felt good and it's great to set a time for Budapest," she said.
Her winning time in Thursday's final would have placed her fifth in the women's 200m butterfly final at the Rio Olympics.
Alys Thomas, representing Swansea Aquatics, finished 0.81 seconds down in second with Emily Large third.
Earlier in the week, Atkinson became the first Isle of Man-born swimmer to become British champion by claiming the 50m title.
The Loughborough University student said: "It feels amazing. I was so determined after the 50 to get the 200 and I've still got the 100 on Sunday.
"Going fast in the 50, which isn't my main event, gave me loads of confidence in the 200 - I feel great."
She will attempt to add the 100m title to her collection on Sunday.
He added that the public and his party cannot "continue to countenance" how the DUP conduct business at Stormont.
Mr Adams made the remarks in his weekly column for the Andersontown News.
On Wednesday, Mrs Foster restated that she would not stand down.
She also said that some calls for her to do so were "misogynistic".
Speaking on Sky News, Mrs Foster also accused Sinn Féin of being on a "party political mission" to get her to stand aside in order to weaken unionism.
The RHI scheme was set up by Mrs Foster in 2012 when she was minister for enterprise, trade and investment.
It was an attempt by the Northern Ireland Executive to help to increase consumption of heat from renewable sources.
The RHI is approximately £490m over budget.
The DUP has said the assembly may be recalled next week to approve emergency legislation to deal with the overspend.
In his column, Mr Adams repeated previous calls from Sinn Féin for the first minister to step aside to "facilitate an independent, time-framed, robust and transparent investigation".
He accused the DUP of weakening "public confidence in the institutions" before the RHI controversy and that their actions since have "significantly deepened a crisis that already existed".
"The first minister is bound to know how damaging her stance is to public confidence," he said.
"Yet the DUP chooses to ignore the public outrage over the RHI affair and the potential loss of over half a billion pounds to the executive's budget during the next 20 years."
Mr Adams added that a Sinn Féin motion on the RHI scheme will be debated in Stormont on 16 January and will repeat the party's call for Mrs Foster to step aside.
"But whatever the outcome of that debate, the reality is that the political institutions have reached a defining point.
"Neither the public nor Sinn Féin can continue to countenance the manner in which the DUP conduct business within the executive and the assembly.
"Can this be sorted out? Of course it can. That would require Arlene Foster to do what Peter Robinson did.
"She should step aside to facilitate an independent process which gets to the facts of the RHI scandal effectively and quickly.
"This is a straight forward case. The first minister has been in office for a relatively short time. If she wants to continue in that office she needs to do the right thing."
Mr Adams' column also repeated Sinn Féin's desire for an investigation undertaken by "an independent judicial figure from outside this jurisdiction and with the power to compel witnesses and documents".
He said the party had taken legal advice on their investigation proposals over the Christmas break.
That advice "pointed to the need to address in clear terms the issue of compelling persons and papers in any investigation to make it effective".
On Wednesday, Mrs Foster said terms for an independent inquiry were worked out in consultation with the attorney general and sent to Sinn Féin who had not responded.
Sinn Féin MLA Conor Murphy said the proposals were "insufficient" and that there was no agreement with the DUP on the terms of reference for an investigation.
Last month, Mrs Foster apologised for its lack of cost controls but defended her own role in the scheme.
Businesses were receiving more in subsidies than they were paying for renewable fuel and the scheme became majorly oversubscribed.
The soul singer, 29, said black children were growing up feeling they were "not acknowledged in society, in media and in mainstream music".
But she told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show she may go to the awards next year if she releases an album.
The Brit Awards takes place at the O2 Arena on 24 February.
The performers at the Brit Awards, for the year's best music acts, will include Justin Bieber, Coldplay, James Bay, Little Mix, The Weeknd and Jess Glynne.
Mvula, who is from Birmingham, said of her decision not to attend the event: "Growing up my black identity is something that is hugely important to me and something that as I'm now going in to my 30s I'm thinking lots and lots more about.
"I guess the problem for me is knowing that there are young black kids growing up feeling that they're not acknowledged in society, in media and in mainstream music."
She added: "Maybe next year when I have my album out it makes sense for me to be there".
Adele is among those with the most nominations at this year's Brit Awards after being nominated for four trophies.
The conflict claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers, including many thousands of Scots.
About 200 of their descendents travelled to Belgium for commemorations at the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres.
There was also a parade in Crieff, supported by armed forces charity Legion Scotland.
Officially known as the Third Battle of Ypres, Passchendaele was fought from 31 July to 6 November 1917 in the West Flanders region of northern Belgium.
It is remembered as one of the harshest battles of the war, with heavy rain contributing to the Allies gaining only five miles of ground in three months.
About 325,000 Allied troops and 260,000 Germans died in the battle, which poet Siegfried Sassoon described as "hell".
There was a massive Scottish presence at Passchendaele, with more than 50 battalions from Scotland fighting.
Descendants of those who died attended commemorations in Belgium on Sunday.
A service for them included the traditional bugle call and wreath laying as well as music by the National Youth Choir of Scotland.
A short reception followed with live performances from artists including Dame Helen Mirren, Alfie Boe, and the cast of War Horse.
Deputy First Minister John Swinney represented the Scottish government at the commemorations.
In Perthshire, more than 150 veterans and serving soldiers from the Royal Regiment of Scotland paraded through Crieff in memory of those who died.
Also taking part in the parade was a group of cyclists, representing The Black Watch (3 SCOTS).
They arrived in the town having cycled more than 600 miles to Passchendaele.
Black Watch soldiers were involved in the Battle of Passchendaele, which is one of the many reasons why Crieff has such strong connections to the conflict.
The cyclists carried their bikes as a tribute to their fallen comrades from another era.
Also attending was James McCabe, from Crieff, whose great-uncle, David Watson McDonald McCabe, fought and was wounded during the 2nd Battle of Ypres which took place two years before Passchendaele.
He returned to the battlefield, but was seriously wounded and died as the Battle of Passchendaele loomed.
David McCabe's great-great-great nephew David McInally was on parade as a member of the Royal Regiment of Scotland band.
A wreath-laying ceremony was attended by Lieutenant General Sir Alistair Irwin KCB CBE, the President of Legion Scotland and Poppyscotland.
Festivals Crieff Chairman Alastair McClymont said: "There's a real buzz about the town at the moment and we are delighted to have Legion Scotland's significant input to the launch of our Crieff Remembers programme.
"As well as today's wonderful parade, we also have the official opening of a truly unique exhibition of First World War material loaned from local families."
The exhibition is being held at Strathearn Artspace, Comrie Street, until Saturday 12 August.
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Belgium went ahead when goalkeeper Karen Bardsley's missed clearance let Janice Cayman slot into an empty net.
It was the first goal England had conceded in a home qualifier in almost 14 years, and for a long time afterwards their performance was flat.
But with five minutes to play Scott prodded home Karen Carney's blocked header to earn a point in Rotherham.
The result lifted England up to second in Group 7, one point behind leaders Belgium.
Mark Sampson's side, who have a game in hand on Belgium and third-placed Serbia, travel to Bosnia-Herzegovina on Tuesday, when Belgium meet Estonia.
Bardsley's mistake was the game's major talking point until Scott's equaliser.
The Manchester City keeper had plenty of time to cope with a long, bouncing ball forward but failed to connect with a rushed attempted clearance on the edge of the penalty area. Cayman nipped in to slide home.
Former England keeper Rachel Brown-Finnis, watching in the BBC studio, said: "It was a really uncharacteristic error from Karen.
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"It's disappointing that tonight will be highlighted as negatively as it will be for goalkeeping in the women's game, because the standard really is much improved.
"Certainly at the World Cup last summer there were many examples of how far female goalkeepers have progressed - the standard has come on a lot. Tonight is a blip."
England manager Mark Sampson: "Change Karen Bardsley? No chance.
"She has been outstanding for this team. She is a superb goalkeeper. She has bailed us out many times. We'll give her that one and she will be back for Tuesday.
"We wanted to win, so it's a disappointing result for us. Credit to Belgium - they were well organised, physical, and showed great character.
"We came back from a strange goal to get an equaliser and were unfortunate not to win it in the end.
"On another night we could have scored five or six but we just didn't execute our final ball."
Before the match England manager Mark Sampson described Belgium as "an up-and-coming women's football nation".
Ranked 28th in Fifa's rankings, they have never qualified for the World Cup or the European Championship.
But their results against Euro 2017 Group 7 rivals Bosnia-Herzegovina, and now their performance against England, suggest that will soon change.
Ives Serneels's side hammered Bosnia-Herzegovina 6-0 at home and 5-0 away in their first two matches of this qualification campaign. In comparison, England managed a 1-0 win.
Although their opening goal at the New York Stadium was fortunate, Belgium were good value for their lead for much of the match, defending solidly and occasionally threatening on the break as Bardsley impressed with some fine handling and alert reactions.
England may have salvaged a point through Scott, but this was not the kind of performance expected of a team that finished third in last summer's World Cup in Canada.
England: Bardsley, Alex Scott, Houghton, Stoney, Greenwood, Williams, Nobbs, Chapman (Davison 78), Stokes (Carney 56), Jill Scott, Duggan (Aluko 64).
Subs not used: Bronze, Telford, Bassett, Flaherty.
Booked: Greenwood
Goals: Scott 84.
Belgium: Odeurs, Deloose, Zeler, Jaques, Van De Putte, Biesmans, Onzia, De Caigny (Yuceil 90), Cayman, Coutereels, Wullaert (Schryvers 90+5)
Subs not used: Evrard, Philtjens, De Gernier, Coryn, Van Wynendaele
Booked: Coutereels
Goals: Cayman 18.
Att: 10,550
Ref: Gyongyi Gaal (Hungary)
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For all my obsession with the probable exit of Greece from the euro and the most important social-security-cutting and tax-reforming UK budget for many years, there is an earthquake happening in China that may end up touching our lives as much.
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Libya's foreign minister has denied that Col Muammar Gaddafi's removal was being considered in efforts to end the country's conflict.
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Northern Ireland's new air ambulance will be based at Belfast International Airport.
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Crop circle tourists who want to visit Wiltshire's formations are being asked to buy an access pass.
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A thief stole a games console from a hospital during a raid on a toy cupboard full of toys and gifts for sick children.
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Mark Allen has accused his opponent Mark Joyce of trying to distract him as he won his first round match 4-1 at the Northern Ireland Open in Belfast.
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More than 60 firefighters have been working through the night to bring a huge fire under control at a disused hospital in Edinburgh.
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Burton Albion veteran Lloyd Dyer has signed a new one-year contract with the Championship club.
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Toshiba's chief executive and president Hisao Tanaka has resigned after the company said it had overstated its profits for the past six years.
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A man has been charged in connection with an explosion at a house in north Manchester.
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A mother who killed herself and her two children was depressed because she mistakenly believed her eldest daughter had cancer, a coroner has concluded.
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Hundreds of husky dogs have taken part in an annual 1,000 mile race across Alaska.
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At least 19 children have been killed in a minibus crash near the South African capital, Pretoria, emergency services and officials say.
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Stoke City have signed teenage winger Moha El Ouriachi from Barcelona.
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Prosecutors in El Salvador have opened an inquiry following the suspicious deaths this week of a puma and a young monkey at the National Zoo.
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Early breakfast presenter, Chris Hawkins, and weekend morning DJ, Mary Anne Hobbs, have picked up tips from Make Your Move personal trainer, Martin Cullen, and are encouraging listeners to get a little more healthy. See the week in workouts below.
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This is a great one for your posture as well as toning up your whole arms.
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This move particularly works the backs of the arms, also know as the triceps or 'bingo wings'.
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This move will focus on toning your upper arms.
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This move will give you definition in your triceps as well as working your back muscles
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This intense and effective isolation exercise will help to develop powerful and defined triceps.
Follow Chris as he and Martin talk you through the moves, or read through the steps on Make Your Move.
From Monday to Friday this week (18-22 July), Chris is asking listeners to take on the Breakfast Time Toning challenge during the WorkOUT song at 05:40 BST each day.
This posture-fixing, bingo-wing-busting routine uses baked bean tins from the kitchen cupboard to get your upper body warmed up and ready for the day ahead.
Chris will have demonstrations of each day's routine for you right here - just take a look below for your instructions.
You can play along by using the routine or you can do whatever exercise you want for the duration of the WorkOUT song just as long as you are moving!
Is it time to Make Your Move? Find out about our new campaign promoting accessible, physical challenges for everyone here.
Use #MakeYourMove on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram to show us your efforts. Videos or photos are welcome, we just want to see you make your move.
But there is no rest for the wicked (or for folk with good taste in radio).
Over the weekend, Mary Anne is encouraging her listeners to take a hike.
Wherever you are around the UK, Mary Anne wants to see where you are reaping the benefits of a good walk and will be asking for your most scenic pictures and videos from your morning walk.
Happy dog walking is always encouraged.
There will be a short film with everyone's contributions to the Make Your Move campaign, so you might just see yourself on iPlayer if you play along and use #MakeYourMove.
So, get up and get moving with BBC 6 Music this week!
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Officers forced entry to the house in Wood End Lane, Northolt, on Sunday night after negotiations failed.
A 46-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of explosives offences, cultivation of cannabis and affray.
About 80 people had to be evacuated from their homes for the duration of the siege.
The property was searched before neighbours were allowed to start returning, and police said officers were continuing to examine the property.
BBC London reporter Emilia Papadopoulos, who is at the scene, said residents were happy to be allowed home, with one man called Abdul saying he was relieved as he had left without his bank cards.
She added three of the arrested man's four Rottweilers had been confirmed safe, and that the final one had escaped during the raid but had turned up the following morning.
The Met's borough commander for Ealing, Ch Supt Paul Martin, said although overall he was satisfied with how the operation was conducted, the review would look at how officers responded to information they received and how they worked with others including the council and fire brigade.
"The key focus will be to make sure that we did everything to minimise the impact on the local community and to make sure that safety was paramount in our thinking," he said.
Mr Beattie, 88, has played the role of Malcolm Hamilton in the soap since the show's launch in 2002.
His final storyline will centre on Malcolm's ailing health due to vascular dementia and the impact it has on him and his loved ones.
Mr Beattie's last scenes with River City were filmed on Friday.
They will be broadcast in June.
He said: "I'm one of the original River City cast members and I've had a wonderful time working with great people who have become lifelong friends.
"It's strange to say goodbye to Malcolm but the time is right for me. River City, its cast and crew, hold a very dear place in my heart - I'm going to miss them all."
Mr Beattie's showbusiness career has spanned variety, stand-up comedy, TV and film roles and quiz shows as well as his panto dames.
His many performances established him as one of the giants of Scotland's comedy scene alongside Rikki Fulton, Jack Milroy and Stanley Baxter.
The 1960s saw the broadcast of Johnny Beattie's Saturday Night Show which ran until 1970 and his screen roles have included the movie The Big Man with Billy Connolly and Liam Neeson, Taggart, Rab C Nesbitt and Scotch and Wry.
River City's series producer Donald MacKinnon said: "It truly is the end of an era for River City and the Scottish entertainment industry.
"Johnny has been at the heart of the show from the very start and will be sorely missed by all cast and crew.
"A terrific storyteller, Johnny always had a tale to tell about his vast career and was a real joy to have on set.
"Everyone at River City wishes him a happy retirement and he's always welcome to pop back to Shieldinch anytime."
Vettel's first win since the Singapore GP in September 2015 was final proof Mercedes' domination is over after the introduction of faster cars.
Hamilton started in pole but Vettel had an advantage on pace and tyre wear.
The German pressured Mercedes into an early pit stop and benefited when Hamilton was held up by Max Verstappen.
Ferrari were simply quicker in Melbourne and the world champions were forced into a position where they had to make a decision that did not work out.
Mercedes were telling Hamilton he needed to up his pace to build a gap before his pit stop. The Briton was complaining his tyres were going off and he had no more pace.
Mercedes had the choice of leaving him out and risking Vettel passing him by and stopping earlier, or bringing him in and hoping Red Bull's Verstappen would stop soon afterwards or that Hamilton could pass him.
Hamilton returned to the track 1.7 seconds behind Verstappen. He soon caught him and was told by his engineer Peter Bonnington: "This is race-critical - you need to pass Verstappen."
Hamilton replied: "I don't know how you expect me to do that."
Sure enough, Hamilton was quickly on Verstappen's tail but could not pass for four laps.
Vettel stopped on lap 23 and rejoined right in front of the Red Bull and Hamilton, fended off Verstappen's challenge into Turn Three and disappeared off into the distance.
By the time Verstappen stopped himself on lap 25, Vettel was nearly six seconds up the road.
Hamilton could keep pace but no more, and found himself being caught by team-mate Valtteri Bottas, who had struggled in the first stint, dropping back 10 seconds in 17 laps, but closed in on the former world champion in the second stint to finish just 1.2 seconds behind. This was because Mercedes had turned down Hamilton's engine once they realised he was not going to catch Vettel.
Ferrari's pace was not exactly unexpected - the red cars had looked competitive in pre-season testing and Vettel qualified less than 0.3 seconds behind Hamilton.
Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff said on Saturday evening that his team faced "a hell of a fight" this season - and they are right in it following Vettel's imposing victory.
Mercedes accepted that the Ferrari was simply a faster race car on Sunday - something that was clear from Vettel's ability to stick close to Hamilton in the opening laps despite the turbulent air from the Mercedes costing him aerodynamic downforce.
The leaders might have made only one pit stop, which some might not like, but the intensity of the fights created by cars that test drivers to their limits for the first time in years made for a compelling afternoon.
However, the suggestion from this race is that a corollary of the quicker cars may well be that racing is harder.
As FIA president Jean Todt said before the race in a media briefing, this may have been a price the sport had to pay to return it to a position closer to its essence than the tyre-managing era of the previous six years.
Home hero Daniel Ricciardo had a turbulent afternoon. The Australian's Red Bull stopped on the way to the grid.
It was returned and Red Bull were able to get it going again, but not before the race was two laps old.
Ricciardo was sent back out and told "to have some fun" but the car stopped for good after about 30 laps.
Britain's Jolyon Palmer also had a difficult weekend, starting from the back after a troubled qualifying and suffering brake problems before an early retirement.
Fernando Alonso looked poised to rescue a surprise point for a McLaren-Honda team that came to the race in disarray after reliability and performance problems with the Japanese company's engine.
But while running in 10th place and holding off Force India's Esteban Ocon, which had been behind for a long period, the Spaniard's car suffered what he suspected was a suspension problem.
He was passed by Ocon and Renault's Nico Hulkenberg in one go and then was told to retire the car.
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An official report says the cost of rebuilding fire training facilities was "prohibitive".
Cheshire's Deputy Chief Fire Officer Mark Cashin said the decision was made "following an in-depth review".
A programme to share administrative staff between the two services will still go ahead.
Staff in the fire service's HR, ICT, finance, payroll and procurement departments will still move to the police headquarters, and become employees of Cheshire Constabulary.
But workers in other fire service departments will now remain at the fire HQ on Sadler Road.
A report to the county's fire authority said the benefits of moving training facilities to the police HQ were "significantly outweighed by cost and a number of risks", including a lack of space, noise affecting neighbours and trees that would be difficult to remove.
Officials favour refurbishing the existing fire training facilities, claiming it could cost £1.3m less than moving.
Orbital Technologies says its "comfortable" four-room guest house could be in orbit by 2016, Russia's RIA Novosti news agency reports.
Guests would be ferried to the hotel on a Soyuz shuttle of the type used to transport cosmonauts to the International Space Station (ISS).
The Moscow-based firm did not reveal how the hotel would be built or funded.
Up until now space tourists, such as American businessman Dennis Tito, have squeezed into the cramped ISS, alongside astronauts and their experiments.
The new hotel would offer greater comforts, according to Sergei Kostenko, chief executive of Orbital Technologies.
"Our planned module inside will not remind you of the ISS. A hotel should be comfortable inside, and it will be possible to look at the Earth through large portholes," he told RIA Novosti.
The hotel would be aimed at wealthy individuals and people working for private companies who want to do research in space, Mr Kostenko said.
It would follow the same orbit as the International Space Station.
The first module would have four cabins, designed for up to seven passengers, who would be packed into a space of 20 cubic metres (706 cubic feet).
Mr Kostenko did not reveal the price of staying in the hotel.
However he did say that food would be suited to individual preferences, and that organisers were thinking of employing celebrity chefs to cook the meals before they were sent into space.
It is not clear how the "cosmic hotel" would be built, but the company's website names Energia, Russia's state-controlled spacecraft manufacturer, as the project's general contractor.
Energia builds the Soyuz capsules and Progress cargo ships which deliver crew and supplies to the ISS.
Mr Kostenko said that "a number of agreements on partnership have already been signed" with Energia and the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos).
The project has Russian and American investors willing to inject hundreds of millions of dollars, he added.
Alexey Krasnov, head of manned space missions at Roscosmos, told the Associated Press news agency the proposed hotel could provide a temporary haven for the crew of the ISS, in case of an emergency.
However, doubts about the project were raised by Jim Oberg, a Houston-based space consultant and expert on the Russian space program.
"Why Russia would spend the required funds is a compelling question that has significant implications for its future commitment to the ISS," he told AP.
This latest plan is not the first time a space hotel has been mooted.
In 2009 the Barcelona-based architects of The Galactic Suite Space Resort said their orbiting hotel was on target to accept its first paying guests by 2012.
In 2007, Genesis II, an experimental spacecraft designed to test the viability of a space hotel, was successfully sent into orbit by Bigelow Aerospace, a private company founded by an American hotel tycoon.
The gas is a significant threat as it contributes both to global warming and the destruction of the ozone layer.
Intensive farming and the use of fertilisers are the biggest human sources of the substance.
This new study adds to a body of evidence that N2O is a far bigger problem than previously thought.
Nitrous oxide was once used as a dental anaesthetic but there have been growing concerns about the use of what's sometimes called "laughing gas" as a legal high. There have been worries that the chemical's abuse has been linked to several deaths.
After carbon dioxide and methane, nitrous oxide is believed to be the largest factor in climate change, accounting for 6% of the warming from human sources.
N2O poses a "double whammy" threat because it is now the single biggest risk to the ozone layer.
But accurately estimating and measuring emissions of N2O has proven very difficult.
Scientists have attempted to model how much is likely to be emitted by adding up the amounts of nitrogen used as a fertiliser, which is the single biggest human-contributed source.
But these estimates haven't tallied with measurements collected by aircraft and by tall-tower sampling.
To try and reconcile these differences researchers looked at the US corn belt region, an area with intensive farming that relies on the heavy use of nitrogen fertilisers.
The corn belt covers an area of around 60 million hectares and is of considerable importance in global food production.
In the study the scientists looked at the possibility that as well as coming directly from soils, there are significant indirect emissions from rivers and streams in the corn belt region where nitrogen from the soil often ends up.
By examining the levels of nitrous oxide in 19 rivers and streams, they concluded that there has been a significant underestimation of this source.
"Even very small amounts of N2O can be very harmful from a greenhouse gas balance perspective," lead author Peter Turner, from the University of Minnesota, told BBC News.
"We found that there was a nine fold underestimation with streams in the area, which translates to about a a 40% underestimation of the agricultural budget."
The researchers believe that their results may also be applicable to similar areas of intensive agriculture in Europe, China and India. They argue that to deal with the problem requires more efficient use of nitrogen in farming in these areas.
"Any of the discussions that centre on the mitigation of N2O in agriculture revolve around improving the nitrogen use efficiency of the crop - that's the ratio of the amount of nitrogen that's used by the plant to the amount that's applied and that's sometimes around 50%," said Peter Turner.
"The remaining nitrogen is either lost or stays in the soil and that represents the potential for future N2O emissions, so if there is any way to improve the nitrogen use efficiency, that could mitigate the emissions while not jeopardising farmer's incomes."
Other scientists in this field agree that getting a grip of nitrous oxide requires much better information on the scale of emissions and their sources. This new study from an area with detailed records of nitrogen use might serve as benchmark for areas that don't have accurate information.
"In the global context, this could also have large implications for regions of the world where there are large agricultural sources and where we may not have the measurement coverage to assess emissions using atmospheric measurements," Dr Anita Ganesan from the University of Bristol told BBC News.
"Through this study, we may be able to improve "bottom-up" models to better account for these hotspot emissions."
The new research has been published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Last season's leading scorer in the Football League headed his side in front from Lee Brown's deep cross to the far post after 61 minutes, having been denied by Wimbledon goalkeeper James Shea seconds earlier.
Taylor wrapped up the points nine minutes later, cleverly making space inside the box to beat Shea with a low left-footed shot from a Chris Lines pass.
And the striker narrowly missed out on a hat-trick, heading inches wide from a Lines cross in the closing moments.
Neither side were able to create much in a disappointing first half, with the best chance falling to Wimbledon's Andy Barcham, whose shot was blocked by Rovers goalkeeper Will Puddy after a neat through ball from Tyrone Barnett.
Rovers were restricted to long-range efforts, the best a low drive from Billy Bodin on the half hour, which brought a comfortable diving save from Shea.
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Match ends, Bristol Rovers 2, AFC Wimbledon 0.
Second Half ends, Bristol Rovers 2, AFC Wimbledon 0.
(Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Dominic Poleon (AFC Wimbledon).
Attempt missed. Matty Taylor (Bristol Rovers) header from the centre of the box misses to the left.
Substitution, Bristol Rovers. Liam Lawrence replaces Billy Bodin.
Ollie Clarke (Bristol Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Substitution, AFC Wimbledon. Darius Charles replaces Tyrone Barnett.
Substitution, Bristol Rovers. Rory Gaffney replaces Ellis Harrison.
Corner, Bristol Rovers. Conceded by James Shea.
Attempt blocked. Billy Bodin (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Daniel Leadbitter (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Dominic Poleon (AFC Wimbledon).
Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Matty Taylor.
Attempt blocked. George Francomb (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Tom Lockyer (Bristol Rovers).
Dean Parrett (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Tom Elliott (AFC Wimbledon) because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Dominic Poleon (AFC Wimbledon) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left.
Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Chris Lines.
Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Tom Lockyer.
Goal! Bristol Rovers 2, AFC Wimbledon 0. Matty Taylor (Bristol Rovers) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Chris Lines.
Substitution, AFC Wimbledon. Dean Parrett replaces Dannie Bulman.
Substitution, AFC Wimbledon. Dominic Poleon replaces Andy Barcham.
Attempt missed. Byron Moore (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
Peter Hartley (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Tyrone Barnett (AFC Wimbledon).
Attempt saved. Tyrone Barnett (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Goal! Bristol Rovers 1, AFC Wimbledon 0. Matty Taylor (Bristol Rovers) header from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Chris Lines with a cross.
Attempt blocked. Matty Taylor (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Chris Robertson.
Corner, Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Andy Barcham.
Substitution, Bristol Rovers. Byron Moore replaces Cristian Montaño.
Attempt saved. Ellis Harrison (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Daniel Leadbitter.
Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Peter Hartley.
Attempt missed. Tyrone Barnett (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Cristian Montaño (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Barry Fuller (AFC Wimbledon).
John Akomfrah was chosen for his "substantial body of outstanding work" over a number of years, including his latest video installation Auto Da Fé.
The international prize was awarded in Cardiff, where an exhibition of the six shortlisted artists is being held.
London-based Akomfrah said he was "absolutely touched" by the award.
The Ghanaian-born filmmaker is founder of the Black Audio Film Collective, whose work has involved use of archive film, newsreel and still photos.
The winning video installation, which lasts 40 minutes over two screens at National Museum Wales, was inspired while he was teaching in Barbados in 2009.
Akomfrah, 59, saw a cemetery containing 17th Century graves of Sephardic Jewish refugees who had fled Brazil.
"I was asking 'how did they get here?'" he said.
Themes of migration and global politics dominated the shortlist for the seventh biannual prize.
Welsh artist Bedwyr Williams, whose giant video installation imagined a futuristic city built on the slopes of Cadair Idris, won The Derek Williams Trust Purchase Award.
Williams' entry, Tyrrau Mawr, will now be added to National Museum Wales' permanent collection.
Karen Mackinnon, Artes Mundi director said: "The judges felt that all the shortlisted artists showed outstanding work.
"However the prize is awarded not just for the work in the exhibition but for the continued excellence of their practice over the past eight years.
"The Artes Mundi 7 Prize was awarded for Akomfrah's presentation of Auto Da Fé and for a substantial body of outstanding work dealing with issues of migration, racism and religious persecution. To speak of these things in this particular moment feels more important than ever."
The filmmaker came to prominence in the mid 1980s for his award-winning documentary for Channel Four, Handsworth Songs, made in the aftermath of riots in that district of Birmingham.
As well as films examining black British identity and the migrant experience in the UK, Akomfrah has directed documentaries on Louis Armstrong and Martin Luther King. He received the OBE in 2008.
What the critics said:
"Some might say the video is too glossy - moving away from [Akomfrah's] his more gritty presentations in the past- but the beauty of the film encourages the viewer to linger and take in the poignant message". Karen Wright in The Independent.
"There is a dramatically diverse range in this year's shortlist for Artes Mundi 7, a prize that is quietly stealing into Turner territory". Louisa Buck, Daily Telegraph
"Williams really deserves to win, not because he is Welsh, but because his is the most consummately successful and engaging work here. It really stays with me". Adrian Searle writing in The Guardian
"Although the exhibition is firmly rooted in Wales, selected artists not only represent a broad range of national identities, but are also united by their works' concern with what Artes Mundi's director Karen MacKinnon describes as 'global issues'". Gabrielle Schwarz - Apollo
Akomfrah said after receiving the prize: "I am absolutely touched by this and enormously grateful for the chance it offers to finally finish off something I have been planning for over a decade.
"Over the years, Artes Mundi has chosen some very brilliant artists for this award; all were important artists doing challenging and engaged work and to join that group is a huge honour and responsibility."
Chair of judges Oliver Basciano paid tribute to his "exquisite cinematic language in films".
"Over his long career, Akomfrah's practice underlines how art has the unique ability to reflect on and shape the human condition, in alignment with fundamental principles of Artes Mundi," he said.
The exhibition runs at National Museum Wales and Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff until 26 February.
A men-only discipline, it asks competitors to tackle the ski jump first, and ends with a race for the gold medal on the cross-country ski course on day two.
Scandinavians have dominated ever since the Nordic combined made its Olympic debut at the Chamonix Games 90 years ago.
The Norwegians are the traditional giants, winning more than half of the gold medals on offer since then, but Austria are now also a force.
Nordic combined offers a tremendous all-round cardio workout thanks to the varied style of the events involved.
Ski Jumping is a high-intensity workout requiring strong balance and flexibility, while cross-country offers a whole-body, low-impact workout. Ski jump cannot, ever, be described as low-impact.
Cross-country skiing is a possibility in some of Britain's more mountainous extremities, but to become a true Nordic combined athlete you will have to head abroad to one of Europe's dedicated ski jump facilities.
However, you should speak to a regional development officer first to see what help is available - and depending on your skill level, you may need considerable time on the slopes beforehand to brush up on your skills.
Snowsport England provides a handy club and slope finder, as do Snowsport Wales and Snowsport Scotland, for those wanting to get started. Snowsport England recommends taking out an insurance policy before you begin.
Originally, Olympic Nordic combined required an 18km cross-country ski followed by the ski jump.
More recently, the cross-country element has been reduced to 10km and takes place following the jump.
There are three types of Nordic combined: the Individual Gundersen, sprint and team competitions.
The Individual Gundersen, or simply the individual event, takes place on the smaller of the two jumping hills. Each competitor has two jumps, judged on length and style using the same rules as the main ski jump competition.
The leader from the ski jump goes first in the freestyle 15km cross-country leg, and the winner is the first man to cross the finishing line.
The name of the individual event comes from the Gundersen method, invented by Norway's Gunder Gundersen, which converts ski jumping points into staggered start times for the cross-country. Think of it as Nordic combined's Duckworth-Lewis method.
In the sprint event, competitors have just one jump on the large hill. The Gundersen method is used to determine start times for a 7.5km cross-country race the following day.
The team event consists of four members taking two jumps each off the normal hill, and the cross-country leg is a 4x5km relay, with the Gundersen method used to work out which team starts first.
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The change means two-thirds of recruits would now have to work for 18 months in the unpaid role before applying.
The rest would come from the Met's community support officers, or have law and policing qualifications.
Some members of the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) said the change could put off people from joining the police.
The proposals, which were put before the MPA by the Met's head of human resources Martin Tiplady, was ratified by 12 votes to six.
Mr Tiplady said the move was the "right way forward".
He said: "This will also deliver savings of between £12,000 and £20,000 per officer in salary costs during their training period. More importantly, our future police officer recruits will hit the ground running with full patrol status at the outset.
"This approach simply allows those considering a career as an officer to sample the job and acquire the right skills."
Kit Malthouse, chairman of the MPA, said the changes would lead to "better prepared police at lower cost" and was necessary because of the "financial jam" public services were in.
But the move was criticised by Labour, Green and Liberal Democrat representatives.
For Labour, John Biggs said the plan was "fundamentally flawed" as it would put people off applying because of the "hoops" they would have to jump through.
Liberal Democrat member Dee Doocey said the move would lead to the recruitment of middle-class people who had spare time to volunteer for the police.
Last year, the Met recruited 2,000 new officers, taking its total complement to more than 31,000.
Currently, police recruits are paid a salary of at least £23,000 during their first two years and receive 25 weeks of foundation training.
Under the revised system most of the applicants would have to work for 18 months as special constables first.
Special constables wear the same uniform as regular officers and have the same powers and responsibilities and have to commit to work 16 hours a month.
Police community support officers (PCSOs), who do not powers of arrest, and people who cannot become special constables can apply to join once they have a recognised qualification in law and policing.
The Met also wants to advertise jobs in "discrete, time-limited recruitment campaigns".
According to the briefing paper for the MPA: "The proposal will result in significant cash savings, improve local service provision and provide participants with a range of transferable skills."
Similar recruitment schemes have been piloted or are being considered by forces including Surrey, Lancashire and Greater Manchester Police.
The BBC's home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw says it is understood a review of police training in England and Wales, ordered by the home secretary, will call for a pre-entry qualification for all recruits, as there is in nursing.
Like other government departments, the Home Office - which funds the police - could be facing cuts of about 25%.
A Coastguard helicopter from Scotland and two lifeboats began searching for a kayaker in distress after a mayday call at about 16:00 BST on Sunday.
A second, linked hoax call followed, and the search was later halted.
The coastguard's Dawn Petrie said those who made the calls had been listening to communications between rescue teams.
It had been a "very elaborate and deliberate hoax", she said, adding that false incidents to which the coastguard responds were "not always on this scale".
"This particular one was unusual in the amount of resources, people's time and expense that it caused," she said.
The hoax is the 10th that the coastguard in Northern Ireland has received this year.
Searches after an initial message on VHF marine band radio - purportedly from a man in trouble kayaking near the Copeland islands, close to Donaghadee - revealed nothing.
Rescuers then responded to a second call - from a woman claiming she was on a yacht and had found an upturned kayak - but neither vessel was found.
The helicopter, which had been dispatched from its base in Prestwick, searched the area for 50 minutes.
"It would appear that he was listening to what was going on, reacting to what we were doing on and carrying it on as far as he could," said Ms Petrie.
The coastguard said it would always carry out a search if it believed someone was in danger, but people making false or misleading calls would be punished "under the full force of the law".
John Ashwood, a Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) coxswain who was involved in the search, said he believed the hoaxers had been watching the rescue operation develop on mobile phone apps that track the location of boats and aircraft.
"As the incident progressed you could see a pattern emerging - we had searched an area, then the yacht 'appeared', giving the call to say they were in a position," he said.
"We went back to that position, maybe a quarter of a mile from where we last searched - there were no vessels around and visibility was probably about 10 miles.
"Previous hoax calls have generally been from somebody using a landline or a mobile phone calling in - this one seemed strange.
"It gave you the impression that the people were watching and sending us here, there and everywhere."
Hoaxers can put lives in danger by diverting rescuers away from genuine emergencies, Mr Ashwood added, and false incidents can cost services significant amounts of money.
"It's disappointing that people feel they have to do that, especially when there could be an incident further down the coast and ourselves and the helicopter might be needed.
"The RNLI is a charity and is fully supported by the generosity of the public - the last thing we want to be doing is burning diesel for no reason."
A perceived stigma of court proceedings had been a barrier to some bankruptcy, the Insolvency Service said.
A rule change in April, and cut in cost, has led to more people making themselves bankrupt.
Individuals declaring themselves bankrupt rose 7% in the third quarter of 2016 compared with a year earlier.
Creditors, who are owed money, can also apply to make somebody bankrupt. Owing to fewer of these type of applications, bankruptcy totals in England and Wales were 1.5% lower than a year earlier over the same period.
Bankruptcy: The traditional way of escaping overwhelming debt. Ends after one year, but there is a possibility you may lose all your assets, including your house, to pay something to the creditors. Since April, applications can be made online and considered by an adjudicator. Costs £680
Individual Voluntary Arrangement (IVA): A deal between you and your creditors, overseen by an insolvency practitioner. Less chance of losing your home, but involves paying some of your debts in one go
Debt Relief Orders: Introduced in April 2009, these allow people with debts of less than £15,000 (£20,000 since October 2015) and minimal assets to write off debts without a full-blown bankruptcy
Taking all forms of insolvency - including bankruptcy - into account, a total of 24,251 people were declared insolvent in the third quarter of the year in England and Wales.
This was a 6% increase on the previous three months, and 19.3% higher than the same quarter last year.
The Insolvency Service said this was driven by an increase in IVAs, which were 29% up year-on-year.
In the year to the end of September, one in 515 adults in England and Wales became insolvent.
Jane Tully, from the Money Advice Trust, the charity that runs National Debtline, said: "Given the economic uncertainty in the current climate, rising prices and the long-term trend of an increase in consumer credit, our concern remains for the minority of households that are struggling financially or are relying on credit to make ends meet. If this is not sustainable long-term, there may be trouble ahead.
"We are therefore urging all borrowers to take stock of their household finances now - and to seek free advice."
In July, Accountant in Bankruptcy (AiB) figures showed that personal insolvency numbers had returned to "relative stability" in Scotland following the introduction of new bankruptcy legislation, including mandatory money advice for some people in debt.
The number of digital enterprises in Wales jumped by 9.2% last year, says the analysis by law firm Nockolds.
Numbers rose from 3,000 in 2014 to 3,275, although this is below all UK nations and regions except for Northern Ireland and north east England.
The report said cities including Cardiff and Swansea could "flourish" because of comparatively low rents.
The number of digital businesses in London rose by 11.6% - from 37,575 to 41,940 during the same period.
Digital businesses range from software and app development to IT consultancy.
According to Nockolds, Wales has emerged as one of the fastest growing UK nations or regions in recent years, with the digital economy a key driver of growth.
The report said the surge in new business creation in the tech sector in Cardiff was fuelling a jobs boom, which is "rippling out" to the wider south Wales region.
The Welsh Government estimates there are currently more than 600 firms in the IT sector alone, employing an estimated 30,000 people - around 3.5% of the Welsh workforce.
Meanwhile, there are ambitious plans in the Swansea Bay City Region, aiming to create up to 33,000 jobs over the next 20 years along an "internet coast".
Nicola Lucas, a solicitor at Nockolds, said the growth of the digital economy was "reasonably well distributed" throughout the UK.
"Cardiff is particularly attractive for financial technology start-ups," she said.
"The growth of the financial sector in Cardiff, which has benefited from the relocation of back and middle office functions post-financial crisis, is providing fertile ground for fintech [financial technology] businesses who have a significant market on their doorstep, along with an appropriately skilled workforce."
She added that rail network improvements would improve access while office rents in Cardiff were typically less than half that of London.
"The only concern is whether Wales can provide the funding environment to hold onto start-ups once they reach a certain scale, or whether these businesses will focus expansion in other regions, such as London," said Ms Lucas.
Warren Fauvel, founder of digital health business Nudjed and part of Cardiff Start, a collective of business start-ups, said there were lots of positive signs for the sector in Wales.
"It's a really exciting time for us in Cardiff, Swansea and across Wales and these figures back up what we probably know as a community is starting to happen," he said.
"But one of the key things to emphasise is it has to be supported by a consistent strategy that looks across the decades and not just at figures right now."
He said the digital economy was a great way for Wales to have international businesses again after the decline of traditional industry.
Mr Fauvel, who was brought up in Rhondda, said there needed to be good literacy, numeracy and science education to help Welsh people see beyond the valleys and cities they live in.
"We need continued support from government, local authorities and we need an education system that produces students with good core skills - it's not the most exciting message, but it very much comes down to the people," he said.
Inspectors criticised teaching quality, leadership, results and pupil welfare at Inspire Free School in Chatham, which opened in September 2014.
The school claimed a "very successful" first year and said it "was very proud" of its work with vulnerable children.
Its trustees said they had identified areas of weakness and found a new sponsor to help from 1 April.
The Ofsted inspection in January found poor English teaching, very poor attendance, rising rates of exclusion and low expectations of pupils.
It said some lessons were insufficiently challenging or interesting and school governors had not recognised problems.
The school has up to 50 boys and girls aged 11 to 18 with "complex emotional and behavioural concerns". It became Medway's only free school in September 2014, replacing The Oaks.
The new sponsor, Parallel Leaning Trust, has renamed the school Inspire Academy and plans a new uniform.
In a letter to parents, the school's trustees said that opening a new school was "very challenging" and blamed difficulties on staff sickness and vacancies.
The Department for Education said its regional schools commissioner had brought in a "strong new sponsor" and together they would work "to bring about the rapid improvements necessary".
It also claimed a "strength of the free school programme" was that "it could identify and deal with failure quickly in a way that is not possible in council-run schools".
The world's largest commercial aircraft maker announced plans for the 737 Max 10 at the Paris Air Show on Monday.
The new variant of the plane can carry up to 230 passengers and already has more than 240 orders from 10 customers.
Boeing says the new 737 will have the lowest operating costs of any single-aisle plane ever produced.
"The Max 10 will provide customers with even more flexibility in terms of airplane range and higher seat count," chief executive Dennis Muilenburg told the BBC.
The US company has had about 3,700 orders for the 737 Max family, which ranges from the 172-seat Max 7 to the 220-seat Max 9.
The Max 10 is 66 inches longer than the Max 9 at 143ft 8in (43.8m), but its slightly bigger passenger capacity means its range is 300 nautical miles less than the 3,515 of the Max 8 and 9.
Boeing is increasing 737 production from 42 to 47 planes a month by the end of this year and will reach 57 monthly by 2020 to meet demand, Mr Muilenburg says.
The 737 competes with the Airbus A320neo family of jets that the European manufacturer introduced last year, which has had about 4,600 orders. The neo range also offer airlines lower fuel consumption and more seats, with the A321neo carrying up to 240 passengers.
Boeing is also evaluating demand for a new plane that would sit in between the largest 737 variant, and the 787 Dreamliner, and come into service in about 2024-25 if it goes ahead.
Mr Muilenburg said the aircraft being planned would have a range of about 5,000 nautical miles and carry in the region of 230 passengers - about 100 fewer than the biggest version of the Dreamliner.
"We see a potential need for about 4,000 aircraft in that market. We have time to figure it out and build the business case so we get it right."
The Boeing boss said there was an estimated demand for about 41,000 new commercial planes over the next two decades.
Every year in Asia alone 100 million people fly for the first time, Mr Muilenburg said: "That's what is fuelling our investments in the future and our increased production."
Airlines in other regions, such as India and South America, are also buying thousands of new planes as the growing middle classes find air travel within their reach.
Although Boeing and Airbus have the lion's share of the global commercial aviation market, they are facing competition from the likes of Bombardier of Canada, Brazil's Embraer and even lesser-known manufacturers such as COMAC of China and Russia's Irkut.
However, Mr Muilenburg is not too concerned about the threat posed by these upstarts. "Aerospace is outpacing global GDP, so we should expect new competitors. In the long run, competition makes us better… it drives innovation."
Officers said there was now a "deep understanding" of Abedi's movements in the weeks leading up to the attack.
The head of counter terrorism said it was "less clear" whether he had obtained and stored all the materials or if others were "complicit".
All 22 people arrested over the attack have been released without charge.
Det Ch Supt Russ Jackson said Greater Manchester Police now had details of Abedi's movements in the weeks leading up to the Manchester Arena bombing.
These included how the chemicals to build the bomb were obtained and where he put the device together.
Police said they had an understanding of Abedi's movements "almost hour by hour" in the days before he bombed Manchester Arena on 22 May.
They said:
Early in the investigation, GMP said it could be looking for a "network" of people in connection with the attack, but all of those arrested so far have now been released.
Two were quickly de-arrested, but the other 20 were interviewed multiple times about their contact with Abedi.
Det Ch Supt Jackson said they had uncovered "a number of suspicious purchases" of materials, which could be used to make bombs, as well as contact with the attacker.
Some of those arrested gave accounts of "innocent contact" with Abedi and police were "satisfied with these explanations".
He added: "We said at the start we had to rapidly understand whether this was an attack committed by an isolated individual or a wider network.
"We have made enormous progress in this and are far more confident on who was not involved and who could still be involved."
Officers are continuing to search a landfill site in Bury, Greater Manchester, for a blue suitcase that Abedi was seen using days before the attack - it is believed to contain items discarded after the bomb device was assembled.
They said they had "found evidence of explosive material at several locations" after searching 29 premises that had links to Abedi.
Police also want to talk to Abedi's younger brother, Hashem, who left the country on the same day as his brother and is being detained in Libya.
Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley said the pace of the inquiry, which is one of GMP's largest investigations, was "incredible and will continue in the coming weeks and months".
More than a thousand officers have been working on the investigation, which has seen the seizure of about 700 media devices, including phones, and more than 8,000 entries on the police's logging system.
Det Ch Supt Jackson appealed again for anyone who may have seen Abedi in the days before the attack to come forward - especially those who saw him with the car or putting materials into it.
"This is very much a live criminal investigation moving at considerable speed," he added. "It is a terrorism investigation relating to 22 murders and multiple attempted murders.
"It will continue at its current pace as we work to understand the full extent of the involvement of anyone else."
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The 268-mile (431km) mountain top trail traditionally runs south to north beginning at Edale in the Peak District, and passes through the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria and Northumberland.
Here are some of the views captured by people walking the trail.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) is moving operations to a new North Control in Dundee.
Deputy assistant chief officer Andy Coueslant said the changes were due to come into effect by the first quarter of 2017.
The service said all testing, staff training and system integration would be completed first.
The plans were approved in 2014.
Nohad Machnouk told Lebanon's MTV television that the child's mother, who is also in custody, was now believed to be one of Baghdadi's ex-wives.
On Tuesday, Lebanese security officials said they had detained his wife and son at a border crossing with Syria.
But Iraq's government later insisted the woman was not married to Baghdadi.
It said the woman - identified as Saja al-Dulaimi - was the daughter of an active member of al-Qaeda's affiliate in Syria, al-Nusra Front.
She is also thought to have been detained by the Syrian authorities before being freed in March as part of a prisoner exchange with al-Nusra.
Late on Wednesday, Mr Machnouk told MTV that Ms Dulaimi had been travelling with two sons and a daughter when they were detained by the army two weeks ago.
"Dulaimi is not Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's wife currently. She has been married three times: first to a man from the former Iraqi regime, with whom she had two sons," he said.
"Six years ago she married Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi for three months, and she had a daughter with him. Now, she is married to a Palestinian and she is pregnant with his child."
The minister added: "We conducted DNA tests on her and the daughter, which showed she was the mother of the girl, and that the girl is [Baghdadi's] daughter, based on DNA from Baghdadi from Iraq."
It is not clear how the Iraqi authorities have the IS leader's DNA. However, in 2005 he was arrested by US forces in Iraq and spent the next four years a prisoner at Camp Bucca, near the southern town of Um Qasr, before being handed over to the Iraqi authorities and then released.
Mr Machnouk said Ms Dulaimi's children were staying at a care centre while she was being interrogated at the defence ministry's headquarters.
IS has not commented on their detention, but al-Nusra has condemned it.
One Lebanese official has said it is a "powerful card to apply pressure" in negotiations with IS and al-Nusra, who are holding more than 20 Lebanese soldiers and police hostage. They are threatening to kill them unless militants are freed from Lebanese jails.
Leigh Griffiths' 35th goal of the season and a second from Callum McGregor put the visitors in command.
But a Sean Welsh penalty for Thistle with six minutes left made for a nervier finish than anticipated.
"It's never nice when you are hanging on like that but overall I felt we deserved the win," Mackay-Steven said.
"In the first half we created a lot and if we had taken a few more chances, we could have made it a little more comfortable for ourselves.
"But this is never an easy place to come and win, so it is a crucial three points for us.
"It is nice to get them on the board but we know how well Aberdeen are going. This league is going to go down to the wire. But if we look after ourselves, that is all we can do."
Celtic briefly extended their lead to four points, before Aberdeen closed the gap to one point again after beating Kilmarnock 2-1 later on Saturday.
Manager Ronny Deila felt his side "should have killed the game much before" but was pleased with their overall display.
"It got a bit edgy in the end and their penalty seemed very easy to me but I don't care right now," he told BBC Scotland. "We won the game and that is the most important thing.
"I think we controlled it quite well so there were a lot of positives. We created a lot of chances and should have killed it at 3-0 before they scored.
"But we know we have got finishers in the team. We just have to keep on creating and have a lot of energy in the team. We won ball in a lot of good situations and hit them on the break and created a lot of chances.
"The boys are hungry - you could see that. I am very happy for the team - they performed well."
It was a third successive defeat - against the top three sides in the league - in the space of eight days for Thistle, but manager Alan Archibald refused to use their punishing schedule as an excuse.
"I think it told mentally (rather than physically) after the second goal went in," he told BBC Scotland. "Then nobody wanted the ball as much as they did before.
"I felt the first half was pretty even and we had a couple of half-chances, but we lost a poor goal and that took the wind out of our sails a bit."
Partick, who remain eighth, six points above the relegation play-off place, now face matches against Hamilton, Kilmarnock and Dundee United - all below them in the table.
"We have got four cup finals before the split," Archibald added.
"If we can apply ourselves in the same manner as these last three games, we will take something from them but we can't have the defensive lapses we had today."
For decades, penitentiaries here have been criticised by human rights organisations for allowing serious human rights violations to take place behind their walls.
Although the government has introduced reforms to improve living conditions, some Venezuelan prisons are still among the most violent and overcrowded in Latin America.
None of that has stopped this missionary, who belongs to the Mercedarian Order, help teach inmates some of the basics of life, like literacy.
"I'm very happy when they learn to read and write. I can see their excitement.
"It also means they can understand what official documents say about them and their trials", the 52-year-old nun said.
"I have always seen the face of God in their faces", she said on our way to Venezuela's General Penitentiary (PGV) in Guarico state, a three-hour drive away from the capital Caracas.
We accompanied Sister Neyda to one of her workshops after the BBC was granted rare access to the prison.
Although the exterior of the prison is guarded by the Venezuela's National Guard and it has a prison director and staff from the Ministry of Penitentiary Affairs, effectively it's the inmates who are in charge on the inside.
The prisoners have weapons, a clear leadership structure and a strict set of rules.
Those who do not follow these rules often pay with their lives, human rights groups and former inmates say.
The PGV was built to hold 750 prisoners but at the time of our visit there were around 3,000 inmates.
With her charisma and perseverance, Sister Neyda has won the inmates' trust.
It is a very dangerous and unpredictable place where violence is rife, but she walks around unafraid, as if she was untouchable.
"I am sure they will never shoot me. God is with me. They will never do anything against me. In fact, they protect me", she says.
Although she acknowledges that many of the inmates have committed serious crimes, she cannot stop seeing them as "God's children".
"They've lost their freedom, but not their dignity. As a Mercedarian missionary who works in a jail, I have to serve them every day."
When I asked her how she felt around the inmates, she touched my arm and told me with a kind smile that they were close to her heart.
"Many of them have been abandoned. But they have us. I am the voice of men who have no voice."
Two armed young inmates were guarding the entrance the day I entered the prison with Sister Neyda.
"Good morning, my son, and God bless you," she said, looking them in the eyes and shaking their hands.
They replied "Amen, Sister" and waved her in, no questions asked.
She is known as La Gota Blanca (The White Drop) because of the colour of her nun's habit.
As she walks through the jail, you can hear prisoners shouting: "Put your shirts on!"
Like lightning, every bare-backed prisoner obeys, out of respect for the visiting nun who, for years, has been part of the jail's teaching staff.
"Come and spend a nice afternoon with me. I'll expect you in the classroom," she says gently but firmly to the inmates.
One prison leader, who is serving a 17-year sentence, greets her fondly.
"I used to have a tiny heart," the man told me.
"But because of Sister Neyda, it's now huge. She teaches us humanity and spirituality" he said.
Minutes later, the noise of repeated gunfire sent a chilling reminder that we were inside a very dangerous place.
Sister Neyda quickly came over to reassure me and the inmate who was with us told us: "Don't worry, they're just testing their weapons. It's okay. "
Thanks to her appeals and intercedence, many inmates with serious illnesses have received medicines and had their sentences commuted.
Sister Neyda recalls one diabetic man who had had both legs amputated and did not have a wheelchair.
"It was so beautiful when I was able to hand him to his family," she says.
She says the prison has given her the chance to feel maternal.
One of her fondest memories is the time when one of the female inmates went into labour and Sister Neyda delivered the baby.
Another time a woman handed her her baby in a shoebox. The baby girl had inherited syphilis.
She also had intestinal worms and Sister Neyda had to beg doctors to help her save the baby,
She visited her in hospital every three hours and asked new mothers if they could breastfeed the little girl.
The girl is now 18 years old. She says that she has three mothers - her biological one, who died in prison, her adoptive mother and Sister Neyda.
But her memories of tender moments and the morning workshop she is teaching are ended abruptly when the prisoners received the order from their leaders to return to their cells.
They rush back looking worried.
Sister Neyda meanwhile calmly packs up her things and leaves the classroom saying "God willing, I will come back later".
She did return, and no doubt will do so again.
Despite all the crime and violence inside this prison, Sister Neyda has also found respect and hope in what so many call "hell on earth".
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The Wales International Convention Centre will have the capacity for 4,000 delegates, making it the largest of its kind in Wales and south west England.
Newport council's planning committee backed the detailed plans at a meeting on Wednesday.
The centre will create 250 jobs and could be open by 2019.
More than 200 jobs will also be created during the three-year construction of the centre, which will have an auditorium for up to 1,500 delegates and a separate exhibition hall.
It will also have 13 meeting rooms, outdoor terraces and an entrance plaza with potential for an outdoor theatre.
The so-called "ground-scraper" will include two storeys of basement parking for 700 cars underneath the main hall, as well as a new multi-storey car park over four floors with another 290 spaces.
It is nearly two years since the plans were first unveiled, while outline planning permission was granted last July.
The resort has already hosted major events such as last September's Nato summit, which saw 60 world leaders including President Barack Obama descend on the venue off the M4 under tight security.
The hotel and golf complex - owned by telecoms billionaire Sir Terry Matthews - also hosted the Ryder Cup golf tournament in 2010.
ANALYSIS by BBC Wales business correspondent Brian Meechan
Wales needs a convention centre to compete with the likes of Edinburgh, Birmingham and Liverpool.
On that, everyone agrees. But where to put it is a different matter.
The Celtic Manor has beaten Cardiff to deliver a venue that could host international business functions, political party conferences and major events like sporting tournaments.
There has been talk for a long time about Cardiff building a convention centre and it has not happened.
So many hoteliers in the capital are very happy that the Celtic Manor will be going ahead with it.
They will certainly receive a lot of business from events held at the Newport site.
If an event has 4,000 delegates and the Celtic Manor has 400 rooms, that is a benefit not just for other hotels but also restaurants, taxi companies and various other firms.
The Welsh government has set targets to improve tourism by 2020.
The capital has to play a major part in driving that increase.
One of the problems Cardiff hotels have is that they are packed at weekends, but much quieter in the week than they should be.
That is because of a lack of business travellers, which is a result in part of there being no convention centre in the city to host major events.
Cardiff council says it will now focus on creating an "international multi-purpose arena".
You do not have to read between the lines of its statement to sense its frustration that the Welsh government chose to financially back the Celtic Manor convention centre.
In fairness to ministers though, it seems they backed the most solid plan on the table that was likely to turn into something more than a talking point.
The incident happened at Kilclare Crescent in Jobstown at about 15:00 local time on Thursday.
The teenager was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead.
A post-mortem examination is expected to take place on Friday.
There have been no arrests at this stage.
More than 80,000 people are being looked after in emergency shelters, with torrential rain leaving low-lying areas underwater.
Rescuers are using rubber boats to reach stranded people, but some have refused to leave amid fears of looting.
The flooding - neck-deep in some parts of the city - forced the closure of offices and schools.
More than half the amount of rain normally seen in August has fallen in the capital in 24 hours, reports say.
In the worst reported incident of casualties, nine members of one family died when a landslide hit shanty houses in Manila's Quezon City.
Others died from drowning and electrocution, according to the country's disaster response agency. A state of calamity has been issued in at least four areas, it added.
By Kate McGeownBBC News, Manila
The head of the Philippine disaster response agency has described Manila as a "waterworld", in reference to the Hollywood movie about a completely flooded planet.
It feels like that out in the streets. Last night, I had to drive all over the city to find a route back to my apartment, which if the roads hadn't been flooded, should only have been a few blocks away.
This city has not seen anything like this level of rain since the devastation of Typhoon Ketsana in 2009.
But there's a common feeling here that the government's evacuation procedure has been more organised this time.
This is probably being helped by modern technology.
People stranded on roof tops are texting for help, and the Twitter hashtag #rescueph has quickly been adopted by both those who are stuck and others trying to find them.
Benito Ramos, head of the country's disaster response agency, said that at least 60% of the city was underwater.
"We're still concerned about the situation in the coastal areas," he added. "It was difficult to distinguish the sea from the flood waters."
President Benigno Aquino called for the public's co-operation, warning that the government did not have "infinite capabilities" to deal with the natural disaster.
People are said to be stranded in homes all over the city.
Soldiers, police and volunteers are trying to reach them by boat, says the BBC's Kate McGeown in Manila. But some people are refusing to leave, scared their possessions will be taken by looters.
"The flooding has impacted everyone here. Even if your house did not flood - and ours didn't - the streets flooded badly and so much of Manila has been impassable and people have been stranded," Julie Green, an Australian currently living in Manila, told the BBC.
"All businesses have been closed except for 7-11s and some sari-sari [convenience] stores. Everyone's stocks are getting quite low now so you have to wake up early and battle the rains to get some food.
"It rained hard again all last night, but it seems now that the rains might have abated. People are starting to come out again."
Officials have warned that more rain is expected, however, and are urging people to consider their safety first.
Manila and the northern Philippines have been hit by severe weather since Typhoon Saola struck just over a week ago, killing more than 50 people.
The government is better prepared this time than when typhoons hit the country previously - tens of thousands of people have been evacuated, says our correspondent.
Typhoon Ketsana hit the Philippines in September 2009, causing flooding that killed more than 400 people and Typhoon Nestat and Nalgae struck two years later, leaving more than 100 dead.
The current rain and floods are said to be the worst to hit the country since 2009. However, the state weather bureau has said that weather conditions may get better later this week.
Telusa Veainu and Jack Ram crossed for Tonga, but Namibia's Johan Tromp pulled a try back, before Latiume Fosita's try helped Tonga into a 22-7 lead.
Ram got his second score soon after the break to secure Tonga's bonus point, although Namibia captain Jacques Burger was then forced over to keep it close.
But Veainu's second try secured Tonga's first win of this World Cup, despite a late consolation score from Burger.
Following a shock 17-10 loss to Georgia in their opening game, the win lifts Tonga to second place in Pool C, although their meeting with Argentina on Sunday is a must-win if they are to have any hope of progressing to the quarter-finals.
A first ever World Cup win still eludes Namibia, but they scored three tries in a match at the tournament for the first time.
In front of a capacity crowd at Exeter's Sandy Park, it was clear that neither side wanted a narrow, forward-orientated game, and the outcome was a thrilling clash.
Namibia's Danie van Wyk got the crowd going with a dangerous run before Tonga hit back a minute later with the first try.
Veainu broke from midfield and surged through the Namibian defence before going over despite some desperate last-ditch defending.
Flanker Ram showed a great turn of pace six minutes later as he skipped through the Namibian line to score after breaking down the blindside.
But the African underdogs ensured they would not go down without a fight as Tromp got his first try of the World Cup following an excellent run through Tonga's defence by second-row Tjiuee Uanivi.
A try from Fosita and a penalty from Lilo increased the lead before Veainu had a try chalked off by the TMO after he dived over in the corner, having just put a foot into touch.
Tonga might have had the game wrapped up at half-time, but inspirational Namibia skipper Burger ensured they would not go down without a fight.
After Ram had extended Tonga's lead soon after the break with his second try, the Saracens flanker was forced over the line by his Namibian pack to score the first of two tries.
Namibia changed their attacking impetus, trying to play the game more through the forwards, and to an extent it worked, but Tonga looked dangerous whenever they had ball in hand.
Veainu illustrated that danger as he got Tonga's final try with 26 minutes left, going over in the left corner.
But the inspirational Burger went over for his second try after another strong maul from the Africans. Kurt Morath added a late penalty for Tonga, becoming his country's all-time record points scorer in the process.
As Tonga face a potentially decisive clash with Argentina, Namibia will look to next Wednesday's clash with Georgia as their best chance to break their 17-game winless run at World Cups, stretching back to 1999.
Tonga head coach Mana Otai said: "It was hugely important, just to get the victory, but also the five points - we wanted to win and get maximum points.
"There are two more games to go, we're getting the calculators out and working out points. We're second in our pool and we could easily go into Argentina with an advantage points-wise."
Tonga captain Siale Piutau, comparing the last World Cup to this World Cup, said: "We lost to Canada in the last one and it's the same feeling we had this week after losing to Georgia.
"We got the win but we know we're going to have to play a lot better against Argentina."
Namibia coach Phil Davies said: "I'm proud of the way we tried to play rugby. In parts of the first half we moved the ball well, but that last pass was poor at times.
"The players put a huge effort in against a pretty big and physical Tongan side, they were hard to stop when they were carrying the ball."
Namibia's Jacques Burger told BBC Sport: "I don't score many so when I did score it was a good feeling.
"They were forwards' tries, I was just at the back of it. It was great to get those tries, but I'd swap them any time to get a win."
Tonga: Vungakoto Lilo, David Halaifuna, Siale Piutau (co-captain), Sione Piukala, Telusa Veainu, Latiume Fosita, Sonatane Takulua; Viliami Ma'afu (co-captain), Jack Ram, Sione Kalamafoni, Joseph Tu'ineau, Hale T Pole, Sila Puafisi, Aleki Lutui, Soane Tonga'uiha.
Replacements: William Helu for Lilo (64), Kurt Morath for Piutau (60), Samisoni Fisilau for Takulua (58), Tevita Mailau for Tonga'uiha (63), Paula Ngauamo for Lutui (47), Halani Aulika for Puafisi (63), Tukulua Lokotui for T-Pole (44), Fonua for Kalamafoni (33).
Namibia: Janco Venter, Johan Tromp, Danie van Wyk, Johan Deysel, Russel van Wyk, Theuns Kotze, Eneill Buitendag; Renaldo Bothma, Rohan Kitshoff, Jacques Burger (captain), Tjiuee Uanivi, Janco Venter, Johannes Coetzee, Torsten van Jaarsveld, Casper Viviers.
Replacements: Damian Stevens for Tromp (67), Darryl de la Harpe for Deysel (72), David Philander for Buitendag (72), Johnny Redelinghuys for Viviers (41), Louis van der Westhuizen for van Jaarsveld (74), AJ de Klerk for Coetzee (72), PJ van Lill for Venter (42), Tinus du Plessis for Bothma (71).
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The money will be used to increase production of the Mini at its factories in Oxford, Birmingham and Swindon.
It comes on top of a £500m investment which was announced by BMW last June. More than 5000 British workers are involved in the production of the Mini.
BMW said the investment showed its commitment to Britain "as a vital manufacturing base".
"This investment is about securing jobs for the future," BMW's Graham Biggs told the BBC.
"We tend to build cars where we sell them, so the UK is a very important market for us - about the fourth largest in the world - so building Minis, Rolls-Royces and engines here makes a great deal of sense.
BMW said the investment would help its "international growth strategy" for the Mini as it introduced new models to the market.
In January it launched the Mini Roadster, a convertible version of the Mini Coupe, the first two-seater Mini model.
Both new cars are assembled at the main plant at Cowley, Oxford, which has produced more than two million Mini models since 2001.
As well as extra investment at the Oxford plant, the money will be earmarked for expanding production capabilities at the steel body pressings plant in Swindon and BMW's engine plant at Hams Hall, in the West Midlands.
However, BMW said that because of current capacity constraints at the Oxford plant, it was considering setting up "satellite production" of the Mini outside of the UK in the "medium term".
"We need to look for a flexible partner to help us build the cars and we're considering a contract with a Dutch contract manufacturer," Mr Biggs said.
The carmaker said it was in discussions with Nedcar, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi, to use its plant in Born, in the Netherlands. It will have spare capacity from 2013 following Mitsubishi's decision not to continue production of its Colt model there because of difficult economic conditions.
BMW has said that the Oxford plant will remain "the home and heart" of the Mini and will provide specialist advice on establishing the new facility.
Crews from the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) are tackling the blaze on the Ballybogey Road. Part of the road is closed.
Liam O'Sullivan of the NIFRS said there were about 1,000 bales of hay in the barn.
He said it was a complex operation, with chemicals in an outlying shed.
Mr O'Sullivan said at this stage it was believed the fire was an accident.
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Members of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) said the number of sales and new instructions both declined in April.
It said momentum was continuing to ebb, with the number of enquiries from potential buyers also flat.
One reason it cited was uncertainty over the general election.
Earlier this week the Halifax said average house prices had fallen over the last three months - the first quarterly drop in nearly five years.
However, the Rics survey points to a mixed picture on prices.
It said property values had been falling in central London for more than a year, with no increases in East Anglia or north-east England.
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"Lack of stock on the market remains a key challenge for the sector."
He also said that tax changes for buy-to-let investors were likely to mean that rents will continue to rise faster than house prices, in the near future as well as further ahead.
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I admit that consuming alcohol can be involved, just occasionally. But normally that's only after the cameras have been packed away. Not so this time.
My twin brother, Dr Xand and I have a long standing debate:
Given that blokes like us are "allowed" three to four units of alcohol a day, is it better to get a whole week's worth out of the way in one binge and give your liver a chance to recover afterwards?
Or to spread the booze across the week, just a couple every night, but never giving your liver a rest?
It seemed like a question BBC's flagship science show Horizon could answer, so we shared it with them… and walked straight into a serious challenge.
The first thing we found out as we started to look into this idea, was that there's very little medical evidence supporting the recommended daily guidelines.
This was a worry from the start - what were we going to find out, and how long would we need to find it?
Obviously you can't do this sort of thing without guidance, so we were pleased that Horizon put us in the hands of a team of specialists at the Royal Free Hospital.
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They had some experience of this kind of thing after a running a pilot study the year before.
With their help we devised a plan. Xand and I needed to get our livers to a level playing field to start with, and that lead to the first hardship … a whole month completely dry. No cheating.
After a very dull month off the booze, Xand and I went to the Royal Free for the first of many medicals, a kind of liver-MOT.
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This is actually where it started to get really serious.
As I watched Xand get pricked and poked and scanned, my mind ran through the gallons of beer and wine that must have been through my body, and the hammering my liver must have taken through medical school.
I actually grew quite apprehensive about the results - of course all I really wanted to hear was that my liver was healthier than his.
But I needn't have worried. Incredibly, both Xand and I passed the medicals with flying colours.
After one month off the booze our livers were soft, healthy, and most important for the test ahead, they were identical.
But then the drinking started.
I was pretty pleased with my lot, an enforced three units - one big (250ml) glass of wine - every night for a month.
To be honest, that's probably less than I normally drink over an average month, but I don't think I've ever gone so long without a day off.
I was genuinely interested to find out whether I'd start to go off the idea after a week or so. On the other hand, Xand was only going to be allowed to drink once a week.
Xand and I met up for the first session. While I supped my three units, he was to down a whole week's worth - 21 units - in that one night.
On camera. I think it's fair to say we were both quite looking forward to it.
We opted for vodka, as it was going to be easier for him to drink 21 shots over the few hours we had with the camera crew than eight or nine average-strength pints.
And then one of the strangest nights of socialising I've ever experienced began. Basically we sat alone in a bar, with a crew of burly camera men watching, while I suffered the company of my increasingly incoherent brother as he consumed three quarters of a bottle of vodka.
I went through so many emotions that night. It was funny to begin with. Xand really was pretty far gone. But it really made me think about what the alcohol was doing to his liver and his heart and his brain - and what it does to mine every time I overdo it like that.
By the time I got Xand home, he was pretty helpless. I had to play the responsible brother and help him get to bed. And at that stage I was starting to get concerned for him - but the next day was even more sobering.
Luckily for Xand the camera crew didn't arrive until late in the morning so he had a bit of a lie in.
But when we looked at all the readings we'd taken, he'd clearly been in a dangerous state the night before. He was actually at his worst a few hours after we'd gone to sleep, when the level of alcohol in his blood was, according to the text books, enough to put him at danger of death.
That wiped the smiles off our faces - along with his inability to recall anything about the journey home, or his descent into a blubbering idiot. And this was just the first of four binges he had ahead of him.
While Xand started his week-long recovery, I got into my daily routine of three units a night. To start with it wasn't difficult. In fact it felt odd to stop at just three units.
That's precisely the point where I normally start feeling such a warm glow I think "Ooh yeah, come on let's have another …" So it was actually quite frustrating having to stop there.
What I did notice was that my work started to suffer quite quickly. At the time, I was processing data in a laboratory, so it was quite easy to measure my productivity.
Although I didn't feel much different I was certainly achieving less, and that really surprised me.
After that, I started to find drinking a bit of a chore, like taking medicine. And so by the second week I began finding ways to add some variety - I spread the drinks out over a day, had a glass of wine at lunch for example. But it wasn't quite as easy as I'd expected it to be.
Plus, I began to feel protective of Xand, especially when it was apparent how much he came to relish his binges after six days of recovery.
The results of the final tests truly shocked us. And the medics. Sure, Xand's binges did him no good at all. But they actually affected him for many days afterwards, meaning he never fully recovered between binges.
But even more shocking were my results - which were almost as bad as Xand's. I got the feeling my liver had basically returned to its normal state- and it wasn't any better than Xand's binge-bashed liver.
So what now? To binge or not to binge? Well there are two things I learned from our test.
First, the current guidelines of three to four units a day for a man like me need looking at. It's a good job they're under review right now, and I look forward to seeing the results announced this summer.
Second - our livers can bounce back, but they need much longer to recover. This was so clear, that the medics behind our test have launched a full clinical study.
They're measuring the effects of a dry month in well over 100 volunteers. Watch this space to find out what that study reveals.
Horizon: Is binge drinking really that bad? - on BBC2 at 21.00 BST, Wednesday May 20th
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Third-top Hibs looked on their way to victory with Jason Cummings goals early in the first half and then again, from a penalty, with nine minutes remaining.
The visitors already had Aaron Muirhead red-carded with 16 minutes left.
The second-top Bairns' comeback was stunning, starting with David McCracken's header and completed by another header from sub Bob McHugh.
Against all odds, Peter Houston's team remain six points clear of Hibs, albeit having played two more games than Alan Stubbs' side.
This was a game that Hibs had to win, not just because they needed to eat into Falkirk's advantage over them in the battle for second place - and the avoidance of those extra play-off games.
But also for Scottish Cup semi-final reasons. Hibs needed some feel-good ahead of that meeting with Dundee United at Hampden on Saturday.
All they got was a sucker-punch.
They got off to a perfect start. For Hibs, Cummings' opener was a joy. For Falkirk, a total calamity.
A harmless punt downfield became a nightmarish spectacle for McCracken and his goalkeeper. Their breakdown in communication led to the defender heading past Danny Rogers as he was charging from his goal.
The ball trickled goalwards, Cummings helping it on its way. It was going in anyway, but with just one goal in eight games, Cummings was hardly going to shepherd it to the line. Instead, he rifled it into the net.
There was an aggression in the game that reflected the stakes on offer. Lusty tackles flew in, some clumsy, some cynical, some that could have brought a red card instead of a yellow long before Muirhead walked.
There were a couple of penalty appeals from Hibs that provoked anger when they were waved away. Then a row broke out. It wasn't the last one either.
Hibs were well on top, Falkirk an attacking let-down in that opening half. The home team, in truth, should have doubled their lead before the break, but Anthony Stokes wasted a headed chance from three yards out.
Stubbs' side continued to create the chances, but when Falkirk got it together there was an anxiety in that Hibs defence that was obvious and that would haunt them for a finish.
McHugh went painfully close to equalising midway through the second half, but goalkeeper Mark Oxley was in the right place to deny him.
When Muirhead got a second yellow for a daft tackle on John McGinn, it looked like lights out for Falkirk, a feeling that intensified when Cummings scored again.
Falkirk complained bitterly about that penalty decision, given against McCracken for a foul on Paul Hanlon.
It looked desperately harsh, but their fury fell on deaf ears. Crawford Allan, the referee, was having none of it. Neither was Cummings. He smashed his shot into the roof of Rogers' net.
McCracken's frenetic night continued when he sparked the comeback three minutes from the end.
Hibs' defensive frailties were exposed in that moment. Their inability to deal with a delivery into their penalty area cost them one goal and then, incredibly, another when McHugh seized on the chance and levelled it.
All of this was played out in front of the delirious Falkirk supporters. Hibs fans, by contrast, were hushed, much like their shell-shocked team.
The victory sets up a last-four meeting with number two seeds Kai Lu and Yaqiong Huang.
The Adcocks, seeded third, were beaten by the Chinese pair in the semi-finals at the All England Championships earlier this month.
Defeat meant they missed out on being Britain's first finalists in a decade.
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John Jackson from the States of Jersey environment department said there were 1,500 fewer animals in the island than 10 years ago.
He blamed the drop in the number of cows on several dairy farmers who left the industry.
Mr Jackson said more than half of the 5,000 left were used for milking and producing other dairy goods.
He said that the local market was the largest part of the dairy industry in Jersey but that was limited.
"100,000 people on Jersey can't drink massive amounts of milk, they can only drink what they need which is about 9m litres, we currently produce 13m litres," said Mr Jackson.
"The difference between those two figures go into butter, yoghurt, ice cream, all sorts of dairy products."
Afrobasket 2015 is being held in Rades, on the outskirts of the capital Tunis, having moved from the coast after two deadly attacks on tourists this year.
In June, an Islamist gunman killed 38 people at the beach resort of Sousse.
The winners of this year's tournament will be crowned African champions, as well as qualifying for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
The other three semi-finalists will go into an Olympic qualifying tournament next year.
The opening match of the event is between Egypt and Gabon.
Defending champions Angola are favourites to win the tournament.
Cambridge United supporter Simon Dobbin, 42, of Mildenhall, Suffolk, was brutally assaulted after his team played at Southend United on 21 March.
He suffered a head injury and is critically ill in hospital.
His sister Victoria Forsythe said she and her family were "not in any way upset or angry" at Southend fans.
She said that in fact, they felt "much the opposite" as Southend supporters had "supported us through this tough time and continue to do so".
"As a family, we are hopeful and are holding on to the miracle that Simon will wake up."
The grandfather remains in a medically-induced coma at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge.
He also sustained a broken hip and broken nose during the attack in the Essex town's East Street.
Police said Mr Dobbin and his friends had left the Blue Boar pub when they were assaulted by a group of men who had come out of another pub.
The fight was broken up by police using CS spray.
Det Ch Insp Martin Pasmore said: "He is a decent family man who was simply enjoying a day out.
"It is my intention to identify everyone involved in this sickening attack and bring them to justice."
A fundraising appeal has made nearly £10,500 to help Mr Dobbin's family.
Four men, aged 19 to 33 and all from Essex, have been arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm and released on bail.
The museum was housed at Waterbeach Barracks, north of Cambridge. The entire site is set to close in early 2013 as part of Ministry of Defence (MoD) cuts.
Artefacts gathered since the station was opened in 1941, including photographs and medals, were set to be dispersed before villagers got together to ensure that would not happen.
They set up a trust and the museum's contents have been officially signed over to them.
Oliver Merrington, the museum's curator, said he was extremely pleased "to have found such an excellent group of trustees" which includes retired army staff.
About 900 personnel and relatives from 39 Engineer Regiment have moved off the base and been deployed to the former RAF base at Kinloss.
The barracks site is currently being considered for development by South Cambridgeshire District Council.
Adrian Wright, chair of the Waterbeach Military Heritage Museum, said: "The museum is part of the heritage of the village and the heritage of so many squadrons that were stationed there.
"It's so good that we've had this opportunity to save this museum for the future."
The items will be stored in the village while a new venue is sought.
They include the medals awarded to Walter, Jack and Clifford Day who were born in Waterbeach and died in World War I.
The former curator, retired major David Hornby, said: "Little was known about the brothers until a local man found the medals at a Norwich auction a few years ago.
"He purchased them for the village and they were given to the museum."
The museum was set up by the Royal Engineers in 1985, to commemorate the men and women who served at RAF Waterbeach station from its opening until 1966 when 39 Engineer Regiment moved there.
It also tells the story of the regiment since its arrival in Cambridgeshire.
Much of the material in the museum was donated by members of 514 Squadron who flew Lancasters from the station during World War II.
Veterans from the squadron return to the village every summer for a reunion, and hope to continue this tradition.
Maj Hornby said: "They come from all over the world and they want to keep returning to the museum."
He said the barracks site also contained a memorial garden where the ashes of 13 squadron members had been scattered.
Bernard Yeomans, 91, who was a Leading Aircraftsman at RAF Waterbeach from 1942, has attended the reunions for more than 15 years.
"A lot of the photographs in the collection are of people I recognise," he said.
"I don't think people realise the casualty rate among Bomber Command.
"The first 1000-bomber raid by 514 Squadron was from Waterbeach - the last one was a disaster because we sent eight aircraft and we only got four back."
Mr Merrington will spend next year cataloguing the collection and creating a photographic record of each item.
He hopes the museum will reopen on the airfield when it is developed.
"We have had an assurance from the most likely developers of the MOD-owned airfield and barracks that the inclusion of a museum will form an important part of the site's heritage," he said.
Maj Hornby added: "This is 72 years of the history of Waterbeach and it's important that we retain that history forever."
Paul Terrington, who is also the head of accountancy firm PWC, said there was a stark contrast with the other devolved regions of the UK.
He was speaking on the BBC's Inside Business programme.
The crisis was sparked by the murder of a former IRA man last month and the impasse over welfare reform.
Unionist ministers have withdrawn from the executive as a result.
More talks to try and resolve it are set to take place on Monday.
"I guess there is something of a sense of fatigue in the business community around the continuing crisis at Stormont," Mr Terrington said.
"My colleagues in the other area of PWC around the UK say their business communities are embracing that whole devolution agenda with zeal and enthusiasm and a real relish to be able to grab more and more powers for decision-making to be able to shape local economic strategies.
"If we run counter to that trend I think it's only to our disadvantage."
Borko Ilincic, 33, is accused of being involved in the spectacular 11m euros ($15m; £9m) robbery of a jewellery store in Dubai in 2007.
Spanish police said he was arrested as he tried to leave a hotel in a Madrid suburb in a rental car.
He was carrying a false Bosnian passport, though police said his real nationality is Serbian.
The Pink Panthers are an international band of jewel thieves, many of whom hail from the Balkans, who are known for their daring robberies and burglaries.
Interpol says the gang has stolen over 330m euros ($450m; £270m) of jewellery since 1999, and is linked to 340 robberies in 35 countries.
Many of the robberies took place in the French Riviera, but the gang has also struck as far away as Dubai, Tokyo, and London.
The Pink Panthers were given their name when police in London made an arrest in 2003, and found a diamond ring hidden in a jar of face cream - a ploy used in the original Pink Panther comedies starring Peter Sellers.
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said the move had opened up a second front inside the Syrian city. They entered the eastern part earlier this week.
Its fighters were engaged in fierce clashes with the jihadists, it said.
The SDF, supported by US-led coalition air strikes, has spent months encircling the city.
"The SDF captured the western half of the Al-Sabahiya neighbourhood and are reinforcing their positions there," the head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group, Rami Abdel Rahman, told AFP news agency on Saturday.
"They then advanced north to the adjacent district of Al-Romaniya and are fighting IS there."
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A statement from the SDF's Operation Wrath of the Euphrates said its fighters had stormed Al-Romaniya and were locked "in fierce fighting inside the district".
Raqqa, which has been held by IS since 2014, is an important hub for the jihadist group's operations and is reportedly defended by up to 4,000 fighters.
The SDF is an Arab-Kurdish alliance that was formed in 2015.
As well as holding part of Al-Sabahiya in the west, the alliance also has a foothold in Al-Meshleb in the east. But it has struggled to advance from the city's north, which is heavily defended.
"IS has reinforced the northern approach to Raqqa much more, thinking that's how the SDF would try to advance on the city," Mr Abdel Rahman said.
"The western and eastern entrances to the city were much less fortified."
Traces of the mosquito-born virus were found in the baby's umbilical cord.
The baby had been born with an underdeveloped brain, a condition known as microcephaly, which health experts suspect is linked to the virus.
Brazil suspects most of its 860 cases of microcephaly are related to Zika.
The Panamanian baby's mother had not reported any symptoms of Zika during her pregnancy.
Her baby died four hours after being born.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a global public health emergency over the possible connection between the mosquito-born virus and microcephaly.
The current Zika outbreak began almost a year ago in Brazil.
Microcephaly cases have been centred in north-east Brazil, but the outbreak has affected people in more than 20 countries in the Americas.
Some governments have advised women to delay getting pregnant, but before now no infants with microcephaly have tested positive for Zika outside Brazil in the current outbreak.
Some cases of the brain condition were reported in an outbreak in French Polynesia in 2013.
Poppy-Arabella Clarke and her mother Rachel were struck by John Place's car as they crossed Chester Road in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, in July 2016.
Her mother was also seriously injured in the crash.
Place, 72, admitted causing death by dangerous driving and causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
At the time of the incident the traffic lights were on red and the green light was flashing for pedestrians, police said.
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Place, of Bakers Lane, Sutton Coldfield, was jailed at Birmingham Crown Court.
He told police he was not wearing his glasses and that he had not seen the red light or the crossing itself.
In a family statement, Poppy-Arabella's parents Rachel and Phil said their daughter had spent the morning "playing with mummy" and "was excited to be heading to nursery to see her friends".
The family's lawyer called for a "Poppy-Arabella's law" requiring medical professionals to report people unfit to drive to the DVLA.
The statement added Place "did not swerve, he did not brake and he did not stop".
He only stopped when flagged down by another driver.
Poppy-Arabella's parents are calling for a change in the law, requiring medical professionals to report people who are unfit to drive the DVLA.
Their call follows the introduction in 2013 of "Cassie's Law", named after Cassie McCord, who was 16 when she died in 2011.
Colin Horsfall, 87, mounted a pavement at speed in Colchester, Essex, striking Cassie, having failed a police eye test days earlier.
Police had been in the process of getting Mr Horsfall banned after he refused to surrender his licence.
A campaign by Cassie's mother Jackie led to a change in the law, giving police more power to revoke driving licences.
Police previously had to write or fax a request for licence removal, but the change means they can now telephone or email, with a dedicated email for police to use.
Email confirmation from the DVLA means the licence is revoked so police can stop someone driving there and then.
A police spokesman said Poppy-Arabella's parents "continue to suffer enormously from their loss".
He added: "Place should not have been driving that day as, quite simply, his vision was severely impaired."
Paying tribute to his daughter, Poppy-Arabella's father Phil said: "We will miss her forever, we will love her for always.
"We have been left with a life sentence without our little girl, whose entire life was stolen from her in a fraction of a second."
Place has also been disqualified from driving for five years from the date of his release from prison.
At a previous hearing, the court heard Poppy-Arabella's parents were unable to have any more children and said Place had so far shown them no remorse.
Officers were lured to Ballycolman estate on 23 October to investigate reports of a bomb thrown at a police patrol vehicle the previous night.
The alert was a hoax but then a real bomb, packed with nails, was discovered in the garden of a nearby house.
The men, aged 29 and 43, had been questioned at Antrim PSNI station.
They had been detained in Strabane on Tuesday morning.
A number of houses were searched and two cars were seized during the operation.
The nail bomb was defused by the Army, and more than 130 schoolchildren and a number of householders were moved as bomb disposal officers dealt with the device.
On 4 May councillors will face the electorate, with all 1,254 seats up for grabs in Wales' 22 county and county borough councils.
Will Labour's low UK poll ratings mean the party will take a big hit in seats here? And will the politics of Brexit hurt - or benefit - the parties?
Labour is the party with the most seats in Wales - 580 - and therefore has the most to lose.
It did well at the last elections in 2012, adding 231 seats to its previous total.
First Minister Carwyn Jones has already warned that the elections will be tough for the party, in what appeared to be an effort in managing expectations.
Labour currently has a majority on ten councils across south Wales - stretching from Swansea to Newport - and also leads the Vale of Glamorgan and Flintshire as the largest group.
But some Labour activists fear it could lose its grip in areas such as Blaenau Gwent, where the party had a scare in the 2016 assembly elections.
And could Bridgend - Mr Jones' local council - slip into no overall control if the Tories gain seats and cut into Labour's majority?
If they have a really bad night, could Labour see numbers fall in north Wales?
Plaid Cymru has the second highest number of councillors at 170.
It had a bad night in 2012 when the party lost a council leader amid the Labour revival.
The party - which has a majority on Gwynedd council - will also be aiming to take overall control of Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion, both of which it runs as a minority administration.
Plaid will also be looking for gains in the south Wales valleys.
The party will not discuss targets publicly, but there is potential for the party to do well in Rhondda Cynon Taf - where leader Leanne Wood won a seat at the assembly election last year.
Plaid will also work hard to get a majority on the Isle of Anglesey, where it is currently short by just four.
And could the party rebuild its councillor base in Caerphilly - an authority it has previously led?
The Welsh Conservatives currently stand in third place with 104 seats, and will be hoping it can benefit from Theresa May riding high in the polls.
The party - which runs Monmouthshire with Lib Dem support - could also do well in Swansea and in the Vale of Glamorgan, the local council of both Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns and Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies. Any gains might mostly be at the expense of Labour.
Newport was led by the Tories as a minority administration with the Liberal Democrats from 2008 to 2012, and the Conservatives would undoubtedly think they can take a step forward in the city again.
The 2012 election left the Welsh Liberal Democrats the biggest losers - the party lost 66 seats, leaving it with 75 seats to defend in May.
Being on the losing side of the referendum has re-energised party activists, and they will be hoping to make gains in central Cardiff, where the party had an MP until 2015.
The Lib Dems lost control of Cardiff and Ceredigion at the last local election. Both council areas voted Remain in the EU referendum.
And could the party make gains in Swansea?
It will surprise many how big the independent presence is at local council level. Independents are defending a large number of seats - 325.
They are a significant presence at Flintshire, Wrexham, Powys, Denbighshire, Conwy, Carmarthenshire, Ynys Mon, Pembrokeshire, Monmouthshire and Gwynedd.
And then there's UKIP. Its first AMs were elected in 2016, but its big issue is organisation on a local level. The former Welsh chair of the party, Chris Smart, has claimed the party is unravelling.
With no councillors in Wales currently, any seats won would be a boost.
If there is a natural home for UKIP in Wales, it may be the south east, where the party will want to capitalise on its strong showing at the general and assembly elections in Labour stamping grounds like Torfaen and Newport.
A big question at this election will be whether the EU referendum result will have any impact.
The Lib Dems will hope to rally voters around its strident pro-Remain views.
Plaid Cymru has pushed for years to expand its base in the south Wales valleys, but could its pro-EU stance damage those efforts in areas that voted heavily for Leave?
The same question could be raised of Labour, which is defending its running of councils in such areas.
But those parties may be helped by UKIP's difficulties, and the traditional weakness of the Conservatives in the Labour heartlands.
Most but not all councils count overnight. Nine out of the 22 will not start full counts until the next day.
Overnight counts:
Friday counts:
While laws are made at Westminster and the Welsh Assembly, councils operate services at a local level.
They do not run everything, but what they do run includes:
They also set rates of council tax.
Unlike the assembly elections, all councillors are elected on a first-past-the-post basis.
Voters in multi-member wards, though, would have the chance to select more than one councillor.
If you need to register to vote, you will need to do so by midnight on Thursday 13 April. You can do that at www.gov.uk/register-to-vote
Alternatively, paper forms can be downloaded or collected from local registration offices and need to be completed and handed in before the offices close that day.
If you want a postal vote and have not had one before, you have to apply by 18 April.
New proxy vote applications need to be made by 25 April.
Now the Conservative party has announced plans to scrap the Human Rights Act if it wins the next general election.
Prime Minister David Cameron wants to replace the legislation - which allows European rulings to overrule UK courts - with a British Bill of Rights.
Here's a reminder of some of the reasons the Tories and other critics want to scrap the act.
When the UK wanted to deport the radical Islamist cleric Abu Qatada to Jordan to face trial on terrorism charges, the European Court of Human Rights blocked the move.
Judges feared that evidence obtained by torture would be used against him.
Ministers in the UK fought a long and expensive legal battle until the cleric finally agreed to drop his case.
He was eventually flown to Jordan in July 2013 and has now been cleared of terror charges.
It was nine years ago that the European Court of Human Rights first told the UK it had to change the law to allow some inmates to vote.
But most MPs in the UK don't agree, and parliament still wont let any prisoners put an x on a ballot paper.
A political compromise means the saga will go on for yet another year.
Europe says it will take no action until at least September 2015.
The Ministry of Defence has had more than 1,000 damages claims made against it for breaching human rights during conflicts overseas.
Some challenges are from former enemies on the battlefield.
Others have been brought by the families of soldiers who have died on active service or during training.
All this takes time and cost money. Some say it undermines the ability of the forces to do their job and keep us safe.
But supporters of the Human Rights Act say it's essential for our human rights to be protected by the European court.
Tim Hancock, from Amnesty UK, says under the Tories' plan, "human rights would be reserved for only those people the government decides should get them."
Here are some ways people from around the UK say the Human Rights Act has helped them.
Steven Neary has autism. He was 21 when his father, Mark, put him in temporary care for a few days.
But the authorities were concerned over Steven's behaviour there and moved him to a special unit, where he was kept against his family's wishes, for a year.
Mark took the case to court and a judge decided the west London council had violated Steven's human rights to liberty, and respect for private and family life.
Mark told Newsbeat "Steven wouldn't have come home if it hadn't been for the Human Rights Act".
In 2013 a teenager known in court as ZH was awarded damages of £28,250 after it was found that police breached his right to be free from inhuman and degrading treatment, and his right to liberty.
When he was 16, he was taken on a school trip to a swimming pool in West London.
As he stood by the side of the pool, he became fascinated by the water and wouldn't move.
The pool staff were concerned, and called the police. But when they arrived, he jumped into the pool. Several police officers got into the pool, lifted him out, pinned him down, put him in handcuffs and leg restraints, and placed him in the back of the police van, alone.
Jenny and Tim Paton and their three children lived in the same house in Poole for more than 10 years.
But, their local council received an anonymous tip-off that they were lying about living in a particular school catchment area.
The local authority set up covert surveillance and for three weeks officials sat outside their home, making notes and taking photographs.
The family felt violated and took the case to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal and the council was found to have breached their human rights.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced the tour would go ahead after conducting a security review.
Nazmul Hasan Papon, president of the BCB, has offered security for players, fans, family members and media.
He said no nation is "100% safe" but no other country's board "provides such security".
England will play two Tests and three one-day internationals between 7 October and 1 November.
"The security aspect, well it's almost the same everywhere," Papon told reporters in Bangladesh. "One can't say that any country in the world is a 100% safe. It can happen anywhere.
"However, the security plan that we gave them and the Bangladesh government is providing, I don't think any other board provides such security.
"Lastly, when we handled so many teams during the Under-19 World Cup, I don't think it will be difficult to handle one team for our security agencies. So I was confident that they would come."
Papon also said safety would be provided not just to the England team, but to all those travelling as part of the tour, including relatives, supporters and media.
"We will make sure that not just the players but the fans, the family members, the reporters - if they let us know as to where they stay and they contact us, we will arrange security for them no matter where they are, be it in the stadium or next to the hotel, wherever," he said.
"We believe that there won't be any problem with regards to this England tour."
England's matches will take place in Chittagong and Dhaka, where 20 hostages died when a cafe was attacked in July.
On Saturday, Bangladeshi police said they had stormed a hideout near Dhaka and killed the suspected planner of that attack.
Australia postponed their Test tour of Bangladesh in October 2015 over security concerns.
Barnes beat India's Devandro Singh Laishram 23-18 in the quarter-final contest at the ExCel Arena in London.
The Beijing bronze medalist led 7-5 after the first round and extended his advantage to 17-10 after Laishram picked up a two-point penalty.
Barnes was also deducted two points in the final round but progressed to a semi-final against China's Zou Shiming.
I knew he would come out all guns blazing but I felt stronger than him.
Shiming defeated Barnes at the semi-final stage in Beijing and the pair will clash again on Friday.
Laishram was penalised for use of the head while Barnes received a warning for holding on the inside.
The victory takes Northern Ireland's medal tally for the Games up to a new record of five.
Barnes sparred with Laishram when the Indian team trained in Dublin ahead of the Olympics.
"I knew he would come out all guns blazing but I felt stronger than him.
"He caught me with a few silly shots although I knew I had the fight in the bag and I coaxed it to the end.
"I've trained hard and I know how good I am. I'm confident in myself.
"Let's not forget bronze is for losers - I'm going for gold," Barnes joked, referring to his comments after losing 15-0 to Shiming in Beijing.
Barnes becomes Ireland's fourth guaranteed boxing medallist at these Games after team-mates John Joe Nevin, Katie Taylor and fellow Belfast fighter Michael Conlan.
Values have been dropping since 2009, the most sustained fall in 30 years, however estate agents denied the property bubble had burst.
The average price of £375,000 for a two-bedroom house last year was the lowest recorded since 2007.
The States statistics unit said since the last peak in 2009, average prices have fallen about 6%.
Katie Falle, from the unit, said: "Since 2009 one and two-bedroom flats have held their value.
"However houses have lost more value on average. We've seen four-bedroom houses fall on average by £50,000. Three beds have come down by about £40,000."
Ms Falle said it was the most sustained fall in 30 years.
Estate agents on the island denied the housing bubble had burst.
Roger Trower, the managing director of Broadlands Estate Agents, said: "Things were going flat out in 2007/8.
"We had a 100% mortgage product in the market which was supporting first-time buyers which was pushing everything else forward, then that was removed.
"Immediately the market had to readjust, so we've been fairly static since that time."
It is one of the most complete sets ever found in the state.
The animal was an adult male in its 40s, and researchers excavated its skull, tusks, vertebrae and other bones, says the Detroit Free Press.
The discovery was an accident. The farmers were digging a drainage ditch when they hit what they first thought were large pieces of wood.
University of Michigan researchers say there is evidence the mammoth lived 11,700-15,000 years ago. It may have been killed by humans and left in a pond for storage.
Dr Dan Fisher, director of the university's Museum of Paleontology, told reporters that the bones could help scientists determine when the first humans arrived in the area.
The landowner could only give researchers a single day to unearth the bones because of a tight harvest schedule, so excavators worked feverishly until sundown on Thursday.
Only 30 mammoths have been discovered in Michigan, and it is extremely rare to find a skeleton as complete as this one, says Fisher.
Police said he died of natural causes. A report said he had retired in recent years due to Alzheimer's.
Hanson won an Oscar in 1998 for best adapted screenplay for LA Confidential. His directing credits included The Hand That Rocks the Cradle and Wonder Boys.
He also directed Detroit hip-hop movie 8 Mile starring Eminem, who led the tributes.
"Curtis Hanson believed in me and our crazy idea to make a rap battle movie set in Detroit," the rapper said in a statement. "He basically made me into an actor for 8 Mile. I'm lucky I got to know him."
LA Confidential actor Russell Crowe wrote on Twitter: "Thank you for believing in me & standing your ground. In reality you made my job a career. Love & respect my friend."
Hanson, born in Reno, Nevada, started as a writer for the magazine Cinema before moving into screenwriting and directing in the early 1970s.
"I got into the business kind of through a side door," he said in 2005. "I felt my best avenue was through screenwriting, because to write, all you need is a typewriter and an idea."
But it was only in 1992, with The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, that he found mainstream success.
He went on to direct The River Wild with Meryl Streep and Kevin Bacon in 1994, and he co-wrote the screenplay for 1997's LA Confidential, adapted from James Ellroy's novel about crime in 1950s Los Angeles.
"LA Confidential was the first movie that I produced as well," he revealed in 2005.
"My attitude was very calculated. I knew I was using up the leverage I had earned on those other two movies and making a picture I really wanted to make."
In 2000, he filmed Wonder Boys with Michael Douglas and Tobey Maguire, who described Hanson as "a generous and talented man", adding: "I'm grateful to have known and worked with him."
On Twitter, Bacon said: "So sad to hear about Curtis Hanson. great director. Great man. Riding that river with him was one of the greatest gigs of my life."
Most recently, Hanson directed the HBO film Too Big To Fail, about the financial crisis.
Actor James Woods added his tribute. He wrote: "This saddens me deeply. Great director and the nicest man. RIP, dear friend."
Rob Lowe, who acted in 1990's Bad Influence, said it was "an honour to make Bad Influence with Curtis Hanson. So smart, so kind and a great storyteller. I will miss him".
Hanson's final project was 2012 surf movie Chasing Mavericks, with Gerard Butler and Elisabeth Shue. However, Curtis dropped out during filming due to an undisclosed illness and was replaced by Michael Apted.
Actress Abigail Spencer, who also starred in Chasing Mavericks, posted: "So honoured I got to work with the dear Curtis Hanson - the most lovely and wonderful. Heartbroken. My condolences to his family."
When asked to describe his career in 2005, Hanson told the BBC: "Thematically I just go to what interests me. I'm always asking myself, is this a world I want to go into?
"To use the analogy of a traveller, I'm someone who likes to go to different countries rather than return to the same country all the time."
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Members of Unite and the GMB will vote in the coming weeks on whether to launch action after talks with the Offshore Contractors Association (OCA) broke down on Wednesday.
The move comes after union members voted last month to reject a new pay offer from North Sea employers.
OCA said it was "extremely disappointed" at the news.
In a statement, Unite said it would press ahead with preparations for official industrial action ballots, following the failure of talks which involved the conciliation service Acas.
Unite regional officer Tommy Campbell said: "Unite members gave a significant mandate to hold a ballot for strike action in this dispute with the OCA employers.
"Offshore workers are gearing up to campaign for a yes vote. It is time for all union members to stand up now, and fight back for better terms and conditions."
OCA chief executive Paul Atkinson said: "We are extremely disappointed that the trade unions appear unwilling to engage on the issues which are so important to their members.
"Our priority has always been to find ways of avoiding any disruption.
"We approached our meeting today as a constructive opportunity to take the next step in bringing this dispute to a resolution.
"We believe that the OCA has acted as a fair negotiator throughout this process and that our approach balances the needs of employees with the requirements of business."
He added: "Industrial action will only serve to make investment in the North Sea less attractive and jeopardise the long-term future of the industry.
"We remain firmly committed to doing all we can to find a lasting solution to this dispute."
The Welsh government has said it has yet to confirm the budgets for Snowdonia, Pembrokeshire Coast and Brecon Beacons national parks.
But John Harold from the Snowdonia Society said an anticipated 5% reduction represented "serious cuts" to the organisations running the parks.
They have said jobs could be at risk.
The society believes the cuts could make the parks more vulnerable to calls for local councils to take over some of their work, including planning policy.
Funding for national parks in England has been protected for five years by Chancellor George Osborne in his Autumn Statement.
But as well as a 5% cut for next financial year, Welsh national parks have been warned they could face another similar cut the following year.
Snowdonia National Park chief executive Emyr Williams said the cuts mean services and jobs could be at risk.
And last week Brecon Beacons National Park Authority said it faced cutting jobs as it stood to lose £200,000 from its budget.
A Welsh government spokesperson said: "It is essential we get the best outcome from the funds available in order to keep delivering for the people of Wales, and our national parks are at the heart of that delivery.
"We have to take difficult decisions in terms of spending priorities, but have informed partners of our spending plans throughout the process, to ensure they are able to continue to plan effectively."
The memorial service is being attended by Canadian Minister for Justice Peter MacKay and Indian Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh.
Minister for Foreign Affairs Charlie Flanagan is representing the government.
The flight was en route from Toronto to Delhi when the explosion happened mid-air about 120 miles off the south-west coast of Ireland.
It was one of the worst aviation disasters in history and Canada's worst terrorist attack.
No-one survived the attack.
Dead, jailed and acquitted
Deadly puzzle pieced together
Relatives of loved ones who lost their lives have gathered in a memorial garden at Ahakista.
For relatives - mostly Canadians of Indian extraction - south-west Ireland remains a place of pilgrimage.
A memorial service is held every year to remember those who died.
The bomb was placed in the suitcase of a man who had checked in his luggage but did not board the flight.
The attack was the work of Sikh militants who wanted to strike at the Indian government after the Golden Temple at Amritsar - the most important shrine in Sikhism - was stormed by troops in June 1984.
It says home ownership is becoming an "exclusive members' club".
The NHF, which represents housing associations, says only the wealthiest of the next generation will be able to buy a home if current trends continue.
Its report, Broken Market, Broken Dreams, says the average first time buyer needs a £30,000 deposit and to borrow 3.4 times their annual income.
The NHF says that in 1979 the average amount needed to buy a home would be 1.7 times annual income.
It points out that first-time buyers have to earn more, borrow more, stump up a larger deposit and rely more on family wealth than even a generation ago.
Two thirds of first-time buyers receive financial help from parents - a figure that has doubled in the past five years.
The report coincides with a monthly survey of property prices by Rightmove, which says prices in September are 0.9% higher than last year, the first rise for this month since 2011.
It says enquiries to agents overall are up by 16% year-on-year, at their second highest ever monthly level.
David Orr, chief executive of the National Housing Federation, said: "With the high salary, and huge deposit younger generations now need to buy even a modest home, home ownership is quickly becoming an exclusive members club. Sadly, it will depend on the wealth of the family you were born into as much as your own hard work."
The Saints, who are waiting for coach Justin Holbrook's visa to be approved, are seventh in Super League and were thrashed 53-10 by Cas in the cup.
Wilkin told BBC Sport: "It does not get much worse than we are at the moment.
"Self-belief disappears and you are in that negative spiral and we can't get out of it at the moment."
Wilkin joined the club in 2002 from Hull KR and has won seven titles, including the treble in 2006 and the Grand Final in 2014.
But the Saints have only won five of their 13 Super League matches this season and are now out of the Challenge Cup at the fifth-round stage.
And Wilkin admits that incoming boss Holbrook has a tough job on his hands.
"We need some self-reflection and we have some hard work to do," continued Wilkin. "It's a big job, it's a huge job.
"Confidence has gone. We need something to break that. We were hoping a big performance would do that, but that was not the case.
"Congratulations to Cas, they have been exceptional all year and really set the standard.
"They have played an exciting brand of rugby and throw the ball around."
Among the items for sale was a first edition from September 1923, and designs for the masthead which were not chosen.
Auctioneer Chris Albury, from Dominic Winter Auctioneers, South Cerney, Gloucestershire, said the collection went to a private buyer from Somerset.
The archive was discovered when a woman was helping her parents de-clutter.
Her father remembered a bag full of items that came from a house clearance somewhere on the south coast of England about 30 years ago.
Since then, the archive had been forgotten in a cupboard.
Among items of correspondence for sale was a letter from director of programmes Arthur R Burrows to OH Blake of the publishers George Newnes, asking for changes to be made to the designs.
One hauls flat metal cages holding oysters up from the water. Another cleans the shells, passing the cages though high-pressure water jets. A third does a manual check, then puts them back in the sea so the shells can keep on growing.
The plate-sized Pinctada maxima oysters need two years in the warm, nutrient-rich waters. But then they yield treasure - glossy South Sea pearls that are sold around the world.
Pearling has helped shape Western Australia. One hundred and fifty years ago, wild oysters were so abundant that people could collect them by wading into the sea.
At that time pearls themselves were a rare prize - it was the mother-of-pearl lining the shell that was sought for buttons and ornaments. The industry began in the town of Cossack, but it was Broome, curving around Roebuck Bay, that came to be at its heart.
John Norman's grandfather, Hugh, went to sea because of ill health. He became a partner in Robison & Norman and began pearling in Thursday Island before moving to Cossack, living on his schooner, Mist, from 1887-1901. "Pearling those days was a lot easier than it is now - you didn't have to go down 10 or 12 or 15 fathoms, good shell was still being picked up on the beach. Grandfather started to make a living and the price of shell was improving."
Joined by two brothers, he moved to Broome. "By 1910 they were employing 199 men, and they had 30 boats and two schooners, so it was a very big operation. Grandfather prospered up here. Pearling operations were based in Beagle Bay, we had a shipyard and it was very successful."
"The crew were always a mix. You might have two Japanese - a diver and a tender, the diver's eyes-and-ears on deck. In those days there was no engine pumping the air down, it was by hand pump. Then you might have two Chinese, two Koepangers [Timorese], two Malays. The theory was that if you had a mixed racial crew they weren't going to get together and throw the skipper overboard - although it did happen."
John's father started in the family business "at the very bottom as a shell opener". He fought in World War I but returned to pearling in 1919. The industry rebounded after the war but was hit by the depression. "In the 1930s the shell price went right down, the depression and too many boats in the water led to huge stockpiles of shell."
John grew up in Broome until the outbreak of World War II. "From a practical point of view our involvement in pearling ended when all the Japanese crew were interned, and that was after the first Japanese raid in 1942. The bottoms were blown out of the luggers and three were taken by the Royal Australian Navy."
Settlers came to make their fortunes, building wooden pearl luggers so crews could scour the sea floor. Indigenous skin-divers were used in the very early days but Japanese divers came to dominate when underwater suits were introduced.
Crews came from across South-East Asia and by 1914, Broome had more than 300 luggers and a diverse population of several thousand.
It was a highly lucrative, highly dangerous business. Broome's Japanese cemetery is testament to the hundreds who died, from drowning, the bends or illness. When World War II broke out, however, the Japanese divers were interned or went home.
With the introduction of the plastic button after the war, the industry that had built the town appeared to be in terminal decline.
Then came cultured pearls. Before, finding pearls had been a matter of chance. But over several years a technique in which an oyster could be "seeded" to create a pearl had been mastered in Japan.
In 1956, Australia's first cultured pearl farm was opened north of Broome by Tokuichi Kuribayashi of Nippo Pearls, with local partners. Today farms are dotted along Australia's north-west coast.
Paspaley Pearls is Australia's biggest producer, with several farms, including the one in Roebuck Bay. Its purpose-built laboratory ship carries a multinational crew of more than 50 for 10-day stints off 80-Mile Beach, south of Broome, to seed oysters.
The oysters are a mixture of hatchery grown and wild shell gathered by divers. The wild shells are rested for three months after collection, then brought on board.
Richard Mclean, Paspaley's special adviser on pearling, describes the seeding process as "like keyhole surgery". Inside the laboratory, 21 technicians - all Japanese - sit at stainless-steel stations. Using a slim opening in the side of the shell, they insert a tiny piece of Mississippi freshwater clam into the oyster's gonad.
The oyster reacts to the introduction of the foreign body by coating it with layers of nacre - crystallized calcium carbonate and an organic protein. Slowly, layer by layer, a pearl is formed.
The seeded shells are rested again, then moved to farms elsewhere on the coast. They are cleaned regularly and spaced well apart. Yields have increased with experience - about 70% of the seeded shells will produce pearls.
"We've improved over the years - we had to learn how to understand the cycle of the oyster," said Mr Mclean. But it is labour-intensive work that can be wiped out by disease or storms, he adds.
The pearls, once harvested, range from perfect spheres to irregular "baroques". A select few are sold under the company's own brand but most are sold on the wholesale market - at auctions in Hong Kong, Kobe and Darwin.
"Australia is the top-end [of the market] and usually that means really fine goods, with round, good lustre, generally larger than 12mm in diameter," said Russell Shor, senior industry analyst of the Gemological Institute of America.
"The larger the pearl the more out-of-round they tend to get - they start looking lumpy. It's really, really hard to get round pearls in larger sizes and the Australians are good at it."
But it is not an easy time for Australian producers. Figures from the Western Australian Department of Fisheries (DOF) show the industry contracted in value annually from 2006-2009, before a rebound in 2010.
Brett McCallum, of the Pearl Producers' Association (PPA), says there has been "general rationalisation in infrastructure and sharing of operational activities between operators" because of the global financial crisis. In 2010, only a quarter of the total allowed wild shell catch was taken because of market conditions, the DOF said.
Paul Bazar, president of one of the largest pearl distributors in the US, Imperial Deltah, says sales of South Sea pearls dropped for three years while the US economy struggled. "Higher-end sales suffered more than promotional freshwater pearls, which were affordable," he said.
China is the source of these freshwater pearls, smaller but cheaper offerings being cultivated on a much larger scale. Australia's production, Mr Shor said, is "almost statistically meaningless" compared to China.
The Chinese quality is also improving each year, potentially boding ill for Australia. "If China can offer a 14-16mm necklace of really fine quality pearls that look to all the world like they are South Sea pearls, they'll have a really difficult road," he said.
So the Australians are working to create a niche brand for their product at the top end of the market. "They won't win by cheap labour or fuzzy environmental restrictions," he said. "They have to do everything by the numbers… so they really need to work that high-end."
That brand, however, has been in the spotlight after an ABC documentary raised questions over safety following the death of a Paspaley diver in April. In a statement, the PPA said it rejected claims that the industry was not meeting "the most relevant and appropriate safety standards". An investigation is ongoing.
Paul Bazar says the future depends on the ability of people to buy luxury goods and how Australia competes with low-cost producers.
And he says more work is needed to educate consumers about the value of different pearls. "The lack of knowledge is one of the biggest problems that people who love pearls face," he said.
One such is John Norman, whose father and grandfather were pearling masters in Broome before cultured pearls. He and his wife Verity have written a book on the family's pearling past - which included surviving dips during World War I and the Great Depression.
"This is one of the fluctuations in the market but it will come good again," he said. "These are the best shell - look at the waters, it's pristine, it's virgin sea, there's no contamination."
"The fact of the matter is there is nowhere in the world that has these conditions. These pearls and the techniques are the gold standard that everyone would like to achieve."
The new measures mean that 90% of pubs in England will receive a discount while small firms set to lose their rate relief will see increases capped at £50 a month, the chancellor said.
A £300m fund for local councils to offer discretionary relief to the worst-hit firms was also announced.
But business groups said the system still needed overhauling.
Overall, the extra relief will cost the government £435m, Chancellor Philip Hammond said.
Ahead of the Budget, business had been lobbying hard over the issue. An update to business rates comes into effect in April and many firms - pubs and restaurants in particular - had complained that the sharp increases threatened their survival.
Business rates are based on a what is known as the "rateable value" of its property - that is a calculation based on the rental value of the space. For pubs, the latest measure applies to those with a "rateable value" of £100,000 for this year only.
The cap on small business set to lose their rate relief will apply for five years.
"Personally I feel huge relief but the bigger picture is that rates are still a problem for the High Street. There are four other places nearby who are not getting this relief and so are still getting hit by massive increases. If they close, that affects the High Street as a whole and me as well.
I was due to pay a 353% increase over the next five years. That has now been capped at £500 a year so that will be an increase of just under 40%.
Business bodies gave a lukewarm reaction.
"Measures that mitigate the short-term impact of business rate rises are little more than a sticking plaster," said the British Chambers of Commerce. "The radical changes needed to improve the broken business rates system will have to wait for another day."
Mike Cherry, chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses said the "new money is a direct and much-needed response to those facing astronomical hikes in their business rates".
But he added that the tax remained out of date and called for the creation of a simpler, fairer system.
And Jerry Schurder, head of business rates at the property consultancy Gerald Eve said the plan for another consultation into more frequent revaluations was "timewasting of the highest order".
The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers, a body representing retailers in the eating and drinking sector, welcomed the move on pub rates, saying it would "safeguard investment and jobs".
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) was pleased with the relief on rates, but said that the increases in beer duty - an extra 2p on a pint - was not good news.
"Beer tax has now risen by 43% in the past 10 years. This latest rise will mean 4,000 fewer jobs this year, mostly in pubs. Tax rises on all alcohol will add £125m to the cost base of pubs," said Brigid Simmonds, chief executive of the BBPA.
All alcohol duty will go up with the rate of inflation, as previously planned.
Business rates are in effect the commercial version of council tax, and are paid on the rental value of the space that businesses occupy. The amount depends of the size of the property and what it's used for.
This update to property values is two years behind schedule, making it a harder pill to swallow in areas where the price of real estate has been rising.
It is a devolved issue. Scotland and Wales have already announced changes to their systems.
Customers and businesses are becoming more trusting of secure internet connections - and the idea of valuable data being stored and accessed remotely.
Almost nine in 10 financial institutions now run at least one application in the cloud, according to research from Swiss software company Temenos. That's up from just 57% in 2009.
And many financial technology start-ups are building new businesses on the back of the three major cloud platform providers - Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud.
For example, Dutch-based tech start-up Ohpen has built a "software-as-a-service" product to allow firms to administer investment funds and savings accounts, with AWS handling all the data in the background.
And Norwegian firm Auka has developed the first mobile payments platform run entirely on Google Cloud.
Meanwhile, customer relationship management specialist Salesforce now allows banks to offer personalised financial advice on any device.
The advantage of such off-the-shelf products is that firms can easily plug into them, and begin offering financial services quickly and without huge capital investment.
And cost is the number one reason for tapping into the cloud.
"There's a 20 cents in the dollar saving by moving data to the cloud," says Dave Richards, chief executive of global big data specialist, Wandisco.
"Building your own data centre is difficult - it can take one or two years if you need thousands of servers.
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"But if you use a cloud provider like Amazon Web Services you can have 1,000 servers at your disposal in about 30 minutes."
For big institutions, that's a huge potential saving in time and money, with a big chunk of IT responsibilities outsourced to a specialist provider.
Tesco Bank's head of transformation, Allan Brearley, says: "The adoption of cloud technology allows us to respond to the needs of our customers more quickly and efficiently, while also offering the security standards our customers and regulators rightly expect from a financial services provider."
The potential cost savings became apparent very quickly for the bank.
"When we evaluated the solutions for a new [web] page using our traditional on-premise delivery model, it was going to cost about £3,500 and take around three months to deliver," he says.
"However, we evaluated the AWS option using exactly the same design solution and it cost £66 a month and took less than a week. We later realised we could just host these things as a static page costing 13p a month."
Another advantage of the cloud is that it is flexible - you generally just pay for the storage and services you use for a monthly subscription - cutting out waste.
For example, accounting software firm Sage offers small and medium-sized businesses access to real-time business data on all devices - including the Apple Watch - and starts at just £30 a month. Xero operates a similar model for its cloud-based accounting software.
And Salesforce's wealth management platform for banks and advisers costs from $150 (£106) a month.
With ready-to-go cloud-based solutions, you can be up-and-running within a matter of months or, in some cases, minutes.
Auka claims its cloud-based mobile payments platform for retail banks can be ready to launch within three months.
Less complex services, like accounting or sales management software, can be available to customers much faster.
Klaus Michael Vogelburg, chief technology officer at Sage, says: "Small companies can start using our software within minutes, and the longest any company would wait to get started is a matter of days."
Not all financial companies are ready to fully embrace the cloud, though - just 1% of banks are running core processing in the cloud today, the Temenos research shows.
"There is a perception that there must be some compromise on security given the cost savings. But this is simply not the case," says Ben Robinson, chief strategy and marketing director at Temenos.
"Cloud platform providers such as Amazon and Microsoft clearly have more money to spend on security than smaller or even medium-sized financial services companies.
"They also remove the need for human involvement, which is the cause of 70% of banking fraud."
But concerns about security linger on.
Bob O'Donnell, chief analyst at Technalysis Research, says: "The cautious nature of the banking sector has definitely slowed its adoption of cloud-based services such as data storage.
"In the past, there have also been some security challenges that have played to their fears, which remain despite big efforts on the data security front."
Mr Vogelburg, meanwhile, expects more financial services companies to take up cloud-based services as the benefits to their customers become clear.
"The aim of any new technology should always be to improve the customer experience," he says.
"We are already doing that, but this is just the tip of the iceberg. There is so much yet to come."
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The Lon Las Ogwen path in Gwynedd will soon be rerouted through an old 2,600ft (800m) railway tunnel between Bethesda and Tregarth, known as Tynal Tywyll.
After closing the LNWR branch line to Bethesda in 1962, the tunnel was shut.
But the Welsh Government and Gwynedd Council have funded restoration and it will re-open this month on the 11-mile path between Bangor and Bethesda.
Arfon AM Sian Gwenllian joined a group of enthusiasts to be given a preview of the new route.
Since the Lon Las Ogwen path was opened, cyclists and walkers have been forced to walk along the main A5 road for a mile-long detour and it is estimated that as many as 100,000 journeys are made on it every year.
Gwen Griffith, who represents Tregarth on Gwynedd Council, said: "There has been real desire locally to see the tunnel reopening and we're very pleased that the work is coming along on the project."
The idea is part of the Conservative Party manifesto for the Brighton and Hove City Council election on 7 May.
"The technology is there. It works in America, so why not in Brighton?" said Councillor Geoffrey Theobald.
The Greens and Lib Dems said the idea was bizarre and absurd, Labour said it was unclear and UKIP said it wanted to reduce residents' parking fees.
Parking on Brighton seafront costs up to £15 for a full day but the Conservatives said variable fees could be introduced in response to the weather forecast.
"Madeira Drive is a classic example, where it can be very wet and stormy," said Conservative group leader Mr Theobald.
"If you knew in advance, you could make your charges cheaper for people coming in.
"Car parks could work on this sort of idea as well."
Green Party spokesman Councillor Geoffrey Bowden said it was a mad scheme.
"I just don't see how it's going to work," he said.
"We have record numbers of people coming to Brighton. This is completely unnecessary."
Labour Councillor Gill Mitchell said: "It's just unclear how on earth this is going to work.
"Are the Tories going to introduce a variable tariff ranging from light drizzle to full-blown monsoon?"
UKIP Councillor Leigh Farrow said his party wanted to reduce parking costs for residents, who have to pay over £100 for permits.
"We think they should get reduced parking or free parking elsewhere for limited periods," he said.
"Residents are paying through the nose."
Liberal Democrat candidate Jeremy Gale said: "It is an absurd idea.
"It will be impossible to implement, difficult to manage and may even end up costing the council money via an appeals process.
"A far more sensible approach is to implement free Sunday parking across the city, regardless of weather conditions."
Philip Bunt accused Steve Double MP of "hypocrisy" towards family values.
Mr Bunt - who helped engineer Mr Double's victory in St Austell and Newquay - said the politician had "misled" voters with his actions.
Mr Double has expressed his "deep regret" over his affair with his aide Sarah Bunt - Mr Bunt's daughter-in-law.
Mr Bunt stepped down as deputy chairman of the St Austell and Newquay Conservative Association after the scandal broke.
He said: "My wife and I put a significant amount of time and money into Steve's campaign. We canvassed for Steve on the basis of his family values and his role as a Christian."
"He's now shown they aren't his core values and I think those people (voters) have been misled and he's acted hypocritically."
Mr Bunt said: "He's caused damage to the Conservatives and if he's damaged goods, how good will he be for the party in the future?
"I think the possibility is this will have a direct impact on future elections in the county - both nationally and in local elections."
In March 2015, Mr Double stated on his website: "The traditional fabric of family and community life is under siege as never before."
The MP has said he acted "completely inappropriately" and claimed he would work "to recover the trust and respect of those around me".
His wife of 29 years, Anne, said she was "deeply hurt" but was "committed to making our marriage a success."
He became an MP in May 2015 when he won the seat from Liberal Democrat Stephen Gilbert with a majority of more than 8,000.
Henkel will take over the firm's range of laundry detergents and pre-wash brands to become one of the biggest players in the Australian market.
The brands had sales of about €110m in the 2014 fiscal year, according to the firm.
Henkel already has a presence in Australia with beauty products.
It is the maker of recognisable products such as Schwarzkopf shampoo, while Colgate-Palmolive makes the likes of Cold Power, Dynamo and Fab detergents in the two countries.
The acquisition will also allow Henkel to introduce its laundry and home care products in the two countries, said Bruno Piacenza, Henkel's executive vice president of laundry and home care.
"This agreement is another step in the execution of our global strategy to selectively invest in attractive country category positions."
The company spent €1.8bn on acquisitions globally in 2014 to stay competitive in the consumer goods market.
It reported a 2.3% rise in net profit to €1.6bn last year, helped by growth in emerging markets.
Drilling was completed in record time, it said, but questions remain about how quickly the well can be developed.
Exxon has said it will "wind down" the project following US sanctions against Russia over its actions in Ukraine.
Environmentalists have campaigned hard against drilling for oil in the pristine region.
"Rosneft successfully completed the drilling of the northernmost well in the world - the Universitetskaya-1 well in the Arctic," the company said in a statement.
Rosneft boss Igor Sechin, himself a target of US sanctions, said the well had produced "an astonishing sample of light oil".
He estimated the well could access 100 million tonnes of oil and 338 billion cubic metres of gas.
"This is an outstanding result of the first exploratory drilling on a completely new offshore field," he continued.
"This is our united victory - it was achieved thanks to our friends and partners from Exxon Mobil, Nord Atlantic Drilling, Schlumberger, Halliburton, Weatherford, Baker, Trendsetter, FMC."
Experts said more testing would need to be carried out before an accurate picture of recoverable reserves in the region could be established.
They said it was unclear how the project would develop given US sanctions that prohibit US companies from participating in joint ventures with Russian energy companies.
The News Corporation chairman tweeted that Google "streams movies free" and "sells [adverts] around them".
In response, Google said that it fought pirates and counterfeiters "every day".
Mr Murdoch was tweeting in response to the White House's apparent opposition to some aspects of the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (Sopa).
If passed, the act would give content owners and the US government the power to request court orders to shut down websites associated with piracy.
Some opponents to Sopa are set to partake inan internet "blackout" on 18 January, temporarily removing access to their sites.
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales said on Monday the website would be "protesting bad law" on Wednesday.
Recommendation site Reddit is also said to be on board with the protest.
However, the bill's main opponent in Congress, Republican Representative Darrell Issa, is now reported to have said the bill would not be brought to a vote in the House of Representatives.
"I am confident that flawed legislation will not be taken up by this House," Mr Issa said in a statement, citing assurances from House Majority Leader Eric Cantor.
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"Google is seen by web libertarians as being on the side of the angels. If it joins the web blackout threatened by some firms this week, they will love it even more."
"Majority Leader Cantor has assured me that we will continue to work to address outstanding concerns and work to build consensus prior to any anti-piracy legislation coming before the House for a vote."
On Saturday, astatement from the White Houseappeared to side with critics of both Sopa and Protect IP Act (Pipa) - a similar bill due to be put before the Senate.
In response to an anti-Sopa petition, the White House said online piracy needed a "serious legislative response" but that it must not "inhibit innovation".
It added: "We will not support legislation that reduces freedom of expression, increases cybersecurity risk, or undermines the dynamic, innovative global internet."
The stance is likely to anger many companies who have publicly supported Sopa.
Among them is News Corporation. Mr Murdoch's Twitter commentsaccused the Obama administrationof bowing to "Silicon Valley paymasters".
"Piracy leader is Google who streams movies free, sells [adverts] around them. No wonder pouring millions into lobbying," the 80-year-old wrote.
He was referring to Google's indexing of sites offering illegal downloading of movies and other copyrighted content.
To back up his complaint,he later added: "Just been to google search for mission impossible. Wow, several sites offering free links. I rest my case."
Googletold technology website Cnetthat Mr Murdoch's comments were "nonsense".
A spokeswoman told the BBC: "Google respects copyright - and we've worked hard to help rights holders deal with piracy.
"Last year we took down five million infringing web pages from our search results and invested more than $60 million (£40m) in the fight against bad ads."
Google, an opponent of Sopa, said it believed there are better methods of protecting against copyright infringement.
The company suggested "targeted legislation that would require ad networks and payment processors - like ours - to cut off sites dedicated to piracy or counterfeiting".
Backers of the bill say it will make it easier for content creators to protect their copyrighted material in the face of online piracy.
However, critics say it will hinder freedom of speech and innovation on the internet.
If further debate on Sopa continues this month, it is still unlikely a vote will be passed before the US presidential elections in November.
The body of Michael Collings, 53, was recovered but Ken Cresswell, 57, John Shaw, 61, and Chris Huxtable, 34, were trapped when it came down in February.
Their bodies were not found until earlier this month.
John Cosgrove, 65, of Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan, was 98ft (30m) away when the incident happened.
"All of a sudden, I heard a noise, like a rumbling noise. At first I thought it was one of the scrap lorries getting loaded up with scrap metal," he said.
"And then it got louder and then the Portakabins started shaking violently.
"And it finished and I opened the door and then I knew something serious had happened because I couldn't see a thing in front of me, so I shut the door straight away.
"The dust - probably 50 years worth of dust. I just stepped outside and I just saw one of the lads.
"I don't know, I don't know who to this day, he was on the floor and I think he was crying."
Mr Cosgrove met Mr Huxtable, of Swansea, when they worked together to dismantle a battleship two years ago and described him as a "smashing lad".
After the collapse, Mr Cosgrove and his colleagues helped search the rubble before the recovery operation was later taken over by a different firm.
He said that was difficult for him and his colleagues because they wanted to be the ones to find their friends.
"We wanted to be there. We wanted to get our pals out," he said.
"We felt cheated because they were our pals under there and we wanted to get them out. The guard of honours for our pals - the last two weeks - we wanted to be at that guard of honour, but unfortunately not."
The remaining section of the Didcot A plant was brought down using explosives in July.
An investigation by Thames Valley Police and the Health and Safety Executive is continuing to establish the circumstances of the men's deaths.
It is defined as an adjective relating to circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than emotional appeals.
Its selection follows June's Brexit vote and the US presidential election.
Oxford Dictionaries' Casper Grathwohl said post-truth could become "one of the defining words of our time".
Post-truth, which has become associated with the phrase "post-truth politics", was chosen ahead of other political terms, including "Brexiteer" and "alt-right" from a shortlist selected to reflect the social, cultural, political, economic and technological trends and events of the year.
Oxford Dictionaries says post-truth is thought to have been first used in 1992.
However, it says the frequency of its usage increased by 2,000% in 2016 compared with last year.
Mr Grathwohl said: "Fuelled by the rise of social media as a news source and a growing distrust of facts offered up by the establishment, post-truth as a concept has been finding its linguistic footing for some time," he said.
"We first saw the frequency really spike this year in June with buzz over the Brexit vote and again in July when Donald Trump secured the Republican presidential nomination.
"Given that usage of the term hasn't shown any signs of slowing down, I wouldn't be surprised if post-truth becomes one of the defining words of our time."
Dr Claire Hardaker, lecturer in forensic linguistics at Lancaster University, said "freak moments" that get people talking were key to the creation of new words.
"When you look back at the dictionary, you get some words that are a spasm of history and they very quickly fall out of use," she said. "They are fashionable, they are trendy and they die.
"Others live on and become part of our language. But it is very unpredictable."
Science fiction author JD Atkin questioned the merit of some recent dictionary additions.
He said: "I'm all for progress, therefore the addition of words such as 'lol' into the dictionary as a reflection of our continually evolving language shouldn't bother me. But it does.
"Lol, for example, is not a word. It is barely splutter. It is an infantile acronym and, I secretly suspect, in most cases a lie. You might smile, you might do that weird snort of air from your nose but I bet you five seconds of human contact that you don't laugh.
"Such acronyms, mere spurts of sound, have no business hobnobbing amongst the pages of the dictionary."
Last year, Oxford Dictionaries chose a "pictograph" as its word of the year for the first time.
It said the "face with tears of joy emoji" best represented "the ethos, mood, and preoccupations of 2015".
President Dilma Rousseff posted a series of tweets over the weekend, saying the move was required to "prevent possible espionage".
She added the country's Federal Data Processing Service (Serpro) would be charged with developing the system.
One expert said the tech involved was well established but had limitations.
"There's a good precedent for this with the German provider Gmx.de," said Prof Ross Anderson, head of the security research group at the University of Cambridge's computer laboratory.
"They just need to tell a company to keep the servers in Brazil, encrypt all the traffic inside or outside the country, and only give access to Brazilian police and intelligence services.
"Bang, finished, it's trivial. It's a well understood and well solved problem."
He said that the Brazilian system could be designed to interact with Gmx and equivalent encrypted services, in which case the NSA (US National Security Agency) and GCHQ (UK Government Communications Headquarters) would effectively be shut out unless the countries where the relevant servers were based decided to co-operate.
But he added that information could still be intercepted if cyber-spies were able to install malware on their target's computers or if users corresponded with someone using an non-secure email service.
"From the point of view of people writing to each other in Brazil, they have some protection against foreign snooping, however more and more business these days is done internationally," he said.
"With Gmail having something like a third of all email traffic worldwide, that means the Americans will still be able to read an awful lot of messages.
"If you have an email [copied] to a dozen different people there will be a fair chance one of them will be using Google's service."
President Rousseff's announcement follows allegations that the NSA hacked state-run oil company Petrobras and intercepted billions of emails and calls to Brazilians.
She postponed a state visit to Washington in September after it was alleged that the agency had also targeted her emails and phone calls.
"Without respect for [a nation's] sovereignty, there is no basis for proper relations among nations," she subsequently told the United Nations.
"Those who want a strategic partnership cannot possibly allow recurring and illegal action to go on as if they were an ordinary practice."
President Rousseff has also used Twitter to announce plans to host an international summit in 2014 to discuss internet security.
The event may be used as an opportunity to renew calls for Icann (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) and other organisations overseeing the net to pass at least some of their powers to the UN.
At present Icann - which co-ordinates the internet's codes and numbering systems - is officially under the remit of the US Department of Commerce, even though it operates as an arms-length body.
The US has resisted the idea, and a clash of views over the matter contributed to the failure of a treaty being signed at last year's International Telecommunication Union (ITU) conference in Dubai.
Last week - following a meeting between Icann's president, Fadi Chehade, and President Rousseff - Icann itself backed calls for the accelerated globalisation of its functions " towards an environment in which all stakeholders, including all governments, participate on an equal footing".
Nick Crosswell, Darran Harris and Geraint Rhys Jones have also departed.
"I'd like to thank our departing players for their hard work and commitment during their time with the region," head coach Kingsley Jones said.
"We wish them all the very best of luck in their future endeavors, both in rugby and beyond."
Flanker Crosswell made 56 appearances for the Dragons since joining from New Zealand province the Manawatu Turbos in February 2015.
Prydie became the youngest Welsh international when he made his Test debut aged 18 and 25 days when he won his first cap against Italy in March 2010.
Scarlets confirmed in April they had held talks with the 25-year-old, who joined Dragons from Ospreys in 2012.
Mitchell, capped 15 times by Wales, joined from Cardiff Blues at the start of the 2016-17 season and made 11 appearances for the Dragons.
Hooker Harris joined at the start of the season from Rotherham Titans while versatile back Jones had been with the regions since signing in 2013 from Scarlets.
Ministers are also expected to delay controversial changes to unions' political funds.
The bill, which has faced fierce criticism from unions and the Labour Party, is returning before MPs after a series of defeats in the Lords.
Downing Street said it was trying to "get the balance right".
Last week the government backed down over plans to end the right of workers to pay union subscriptions by deducting them from their wages.
The e-voting review was one of the amendments made by the House of Lords when it defeated the government in votes on the bill last month.
As part of the government's response to that defeat, changes are also expected to reforms planned for unions' political levies, according to BBC political correspondent Carole Walker.
Ministers want to require Labour-affiliated union members to "opt in" to paying a levy to the party.
If an opt-in is introduced, Labour believes three million fewer members of the biggest unions would agree to pay into them, costing it £6m.
The government is expected to press ahead with the reform but to give unions 12 months, rather than three months, to introduce it.
Peers said the changes should apply to new members only.
David Cameron's spokeswoman said: "The bill is going through the usual parliamentary process in the House where members of Parliament have the opportunity to voice views and raise concerns and the government can look at those and respond appropriately."
The TUC has called the bill "unnecessary, anti-democratic and unfair".
The 27-year-old's body was found by police after they were called to a property on Central Promenade in Douglas at 09:00 BST.
A police spokeswoman said the cause of death was "unknown" but not thought to be suspicious.
The Plymouth-born entrepreneur lived in the Isle of Man for most of his life and ran a telecommunications company.
He was the youngest-ever candidate when he appeared on the BBC One show in 2010, at 21 years old.
Leading tributes to Baggs, Lord Sugar tweeted: "terrible news Stuart Baggs has died. My sincere condolences to his family and friends. RIP one of the stand out characters of the apprentice."
Insp Michelle McKillop said: "We can confirm that there was nothing in his room or anything about his condition that indicates to us any cause of death.
"Our thoughts go to his family and friends at this difficult time," she added.
There was "nothing to indicate that his death is criminally suspicious at this time", and the death would be fully investigated on behalf of the coroner, a police spokeswoman added.
Ramsey resident Baggs, who was fired in the semi-final, became famous for his one liners which included "Everything I touch turns to sold" and "I'm Stuart Baggs the brand".
The series was eventually won by 30-year-old investment banker Stella English from London.
Baggs launched his company Bluewave Communications in 2007 and had held a press conference on Tuesday to launch his latest product on the Isle of Man - a home hub.
He tweeted about the success of the launch on Wednesday.
His friend and employee Ryan Gilmour said: "Stuart was an inspirational boss - he was a friend, a mentor. He'd come in full of enthusiasm every single day to work.
"He was funny, he'd come in straight away and he'd cheer you up... he'd motivate you, he was such a great guy."
Belfast was the home port for the start of the races and hosted a Tall Ships event attracting about 500,000 people.
The races begin five miles from Portrush at 10:00 BST on Monday.
The fleet will sail past Scotland's Outer Hebrides and the Shetland Islands before crossing the North Sea to its next stop in Aalesund in Norway.
Ninety sailing trainees from Northern Ireland are taking part in the opening sail to the Norwegian port, which could take up to a week.
The races are expected to finish in Aalborg in Denmark at the start of August.
The Tall Ships festival, which ran from Thursday to Sunday, was an "amazing success", according to Belfast City Council's Eamon Deeny.
"A couple of the ships said this was a world record for them in terms of the number of people that visited them on site, so that in itself speaks volumes," he said.
"Belfast has shown again that it can hold world-class events."
Sally Titmus of Sail Training International, the organisers of the races, said Belfast had "probably been one of the best ports" the event had visited.
"We would love to come back," she said.
"This is the third time we've been here, it's getting better every time and it can only get better again."
By ruling that the right to privacy is "an intrinsic part of Article 21 that protects life and liberty", the verdict overturned two previous rulings by the top court which said privacy was not a fundamental right.
Many believe the ruling has immediate implications for the government's vast biometric ID scheme, covering access to benefits, bank accounts and payment of taxes.
Also, the verdict espouses a set of beliefs and lays down the groundwork for scrapping a controversial 2013 ruling by the top court, that upheld a law criminalising gay sex. (Last year, the court agreed to revisit the judgement.) It provides a boost to petitioners for LGBT rights. It says you cannot compel people to incriminate themselves when accused of an offence, something common in India.
"The sheer sweep means the judgement will become a reference point in a lot of areas of law," leading lawyer Rebecca John told me. "I think it will have far reaching implications on Indian life."
At a time when many Indians worry that some of their essential private freedoms are under threat - the right to eat what you want, and the way you want to dress, for example - the judges offer some stirring passages in what is a largely a cogent and well-researched 547-page verdict:
The judgement is, in parts, a rousing philosophical articulation of the right to privacy and the importance of an independent, dignified life for the individual. The verdict is remarkable because, as scholar Pratap Bhanu Mehta told me, it "asks us to look at a system of rights as an interconnected whole" rather than dealing with them in isolation.
What appears to be less clear are the implications the judgement will have on the use of state power in collecting personal information. For one, it recognises that there are compelling state interests in collecting such information.
It talks about a "careful and sensitive balance between individual interests and legitimate concerns of the state" like national security, prevention and investigation of crime and ensuring social welfare benefits reach those they are intended for, a point seized upon by the ruling BJP government in its response to the judgement. The verdict supports a "careful balancing of the requirements of privacy coupled with other values which the protection of data sub-serves together with the legitimate concerns of the state".
These caveats raise a number of questions.
How will be the biometric ID card-based litigations be adjudicated in the light of Thursday's verdict? (A smaller bench will now look into the validity of the Aadhaar scheme, the largest biometric identity scheme in the world.) Will the state agencies will be given carte blanche to make this data mandatory to access benefits? What about the information that has already been collected and shared across databases? How do you balance competing public and private interests when the government links the ID to tax returns to supposedly prevent fraud and evasion and private mobile networks using the ID to sign up consumers? Also, what about media intrusion into public lives?
"What India still needs is a detailed and transparent information architecture detailing which agency or vendor shares what information with whom, and a proper privacy architecture and how you can protect yourself if the state messes with your identity," says Dr Mehta, former president of India's Centre for Policy Research think-tank and now vice-chancellor of Ashoka University.
"And, to be fair, that's not something that the court can adjudicate upon."
Many believe Thursday's judgement is a wake-up call for the government. They want it to stop treating privacy with a cavalier casualness and realise it is a matter of crucial importance. India's top court has finally given a legal basis for all privacy-related challenges.
The Prison Officers' Association (POA) said the move comes after recent assaults on staff, and said the jail was "flooded with drugs, mobile phones and weapons".
A recent inspection report sparked claims of "Dickensian squalor".
The Prison Service said all inmates would remain in their cells and there was "no danger to the wider public".
Mike Rolfe, of the Prison Officers' Association (POA), said about 50 staff were outside the prison.
Wormwood Scrubs, located in Hammersmith and Fulham, was built between 1875 and 1891. It is a Category B prison and holds around 1,200 men.
The first group of 150,000 addresses has been snapped up by a Norwegian firm called Altibox for about £600,000.
The addresses are becoming valuable because the net has almost outgrown the addressing scheme it adopted in the 1970s.
If the UK government sells off all the surplus addresses it owns it could get up to £15m.
However, some fear that as the addresses are shared out more widely, data could go astray.
The surplus addresses are part of a much bigger block of 16 million addresses given to the Department of Work and Pensions in 1993. Earlier this year, the DWP started a project to see how many of these IP addresses could be freed.
An official report produced before the DWP began its investigation suggested that 70% of the massive block was used for the UK government's internal network, leaving about five million free for disposal.
A government spokesman said: "Government periodically reviews all its assets to consider their financial value, including options to release income from those that are not used to their fullest potential.
"The scope of the value of these assets is commercially sensitive and protected by standard legal confidentiality agreements."
The addresses are known as IP Version 4 (IPv4) addresses and are valuable because of a hard limit in the numbering system they use. This caps the total number of IPv4 addresses at 4.3 billion. In practice there are fewer available because some are reserved for other uses.
The net is in the process of moving to IP Version 6 (IPv6), which has an almost inexhaustible supply of addresses. However, technical incompatibilities between the two versions means many firms are seeking to expand their existing IPv4 networks instead of switching.
Regional caches of IPv4 addresses have all but run dry, meaning many firms have to look elsewhere for them, said Sandra Brown, president of address broker IPV4 Market Group.
Trading in IPv4 had been brisk in Europe, said Ms Brown, because the organisation that oversees net addresses in the region had approved policies that allowed transfers. In the busiest months, about two million IPv4 addresses were being traded in Europe.
"Supply has met demand but we are reaching a point where supply is about to fall short and we have seen prices escalate because of that," she said.
Each individual IP address was worth up to $11 (£7), she said, but prices were lower when big deals were done.
Trading was likely to continue for years as firms were only slowly migrating to IPv6.
"Most of the people I talk to say it will take five to 10 years to convert," said Ms Brown.
That might spell trouble, said Doug Madory from network specialist Dyn, because there were concerns about what happened when that finite stock of addresses was divided very finely.
"People typically try to deal with addresses in contiguous blocks to keep the binary math from getting unwieldy leading to errors," he said.
"As you slice it thinly the number of routes gets larger and larger and it's computationally expensive to look up where each packet has to go."
In addition, he said, delays in transferring ownership had already led to some data going astray.
"We see this as a transition period," said Andrew de la Haye, chief operating officer of the Ripe agency that oversees net addresses in Europe.
He added that some European companies were analysing how they use IPv4 as a way to help them move to the larger addressing system.
"It's a bit early to say but I have spoken to a few of our members and they are freeing up IPv4 address spaces to fund their IPv6 migration," he said. "The long-term strategy should be IPv6."
Hisham Ikhtiar is the fourth high-ranking official killed by the bombing at the national security bureau.
Clashes have continued in Damascus, with the military repelling a rebel assault in the Midan area of the city.
Meanwhile, Russia's envoy to France has sparked a row after saying President Bashar al-Assad was ready to step down.
Alexander Orlov said Mr Assad had, in effect, agreed to step down last month at a conference in Geneva which had planned for a democratic transition.
"Assad nominated his representative to lead the negotiations with the opposition for this transition. That means he accepted to leave, but in a civilised way," said Mr Orlov.
His comments triggered an angry response from Syria, where the information ministry said the claims were completely baseless.
The announcement of Mr Ikhtiar's death came as the other three high-profile victims - the defence minister, his deputy who is also Mr Assad's brother-in-law, and a former defence minister - were buried.
Syrian official TV said a state funeral was held in Damascus for the three men, and that there was a big official turnout for the occasion.
However, the report did not mention whether Mr Assad attended, and no pictures have so far been shown, itself a clear sign of extraordinary times, says the BBC's Jim Muir in neighbouring Lebanon.
The attack at the National Security Bureau came shortly after rebels declared an all-out assault on the capital, calling it Operation Damascus Volcano.
Eruptions of violence have been seen across the city since Sunday.
In the latest fighting, state media announced the area of Midan had been "cleaned" of "terrorists".
Rebels said they had withdrawn from Midan after coming under bombardment.
Journalists were allowed into Midan on Friday, and pictures showed dust-covered corpses lying in the streets, with tanks and burnt-out cars littering the area.
But elsewhere in the country rebel fighters managed to seize control of several border posts late on Thursday.
The rebels attacked crossings both on the southern frontier with Iraq and the northern border with Turkey.
Government forces have been trying to retake some of the areas since, and it is unclear who is in control of the borders.
The UN's refugee agency says it is receiving reports of between 8,500 and 30,000 people fleeing across the border into Lebanon over the past 48 hours.
Other reports suggested more than 3,000 had crossed into Iraq in the past day.
Activists said more than 300 people were killed on Thursday, making it the bloodiest day since protests against Mr Assad began in March last year.
Some 16,000 are estimated to have died in the past 16 months.
The former Kop Stand will have a 3,400 capacity and will be open in time for Northern Ireland's World Cup qualifier against San Marino on 10 October 2016.
A refurbishment of the stand was interrupted when structural problems were highlighted during work on a neighbouring development in March.
IFA Chief Executive Patrick Nelson said the new stand will be "even better than what was there before".
A refurbishment of the West Stand was included in the initial plans for the redevelopment of the ground, before the identification of structural problems meant it needed to be made safe by demolition and rebuilt.
The redevelopment is being funded by DCAL and the Northern Ireland Executive and costs will be met by insurance, meaning that there is no significant impact on the project budget.
Nelson confirmed work on the rebuilding of the West Stand will start in the coming weeks.
"With improved sightlines, more comfort for fans and one viewing platform, the new stand will only add to the noise and the legendary atmosphere at that end of the ground," Nelson said.
"As we have seen in recent weeks, the new National Football Stadium is already a fantastic sporting arena.
"When complete, it will be the envy of many other Associations around the world and will be a modern, state-of-the-art home for football in Northern Ireland."
Northern Ireland will participate in the European Championship Finals for the first time next year with Michael O'Neill's side successful qualifying campaign culminating in a home victory against Greece last month.
The team continue their build-up to next summer's tournament in France with a friendly against Latvia on Friday 13 November at Windsor Park.
The Scot, 47, began on the back nine and was two over after seven holes but carded a two-under 70 in California.
She is four behind Americans Cristie Kerr and Mo Martin who lead on six under with South Korea's In Gee Hun.
World number one Lydia Ko is two over as she prepares to defend her title at next week's ANA Inspiration tournament, the first major of the season.
England's Mel Reid and Wales' Becky Morgan - who dropped two shots in her final nine holes - are on the same mark as 19-year-old New Zealander Ko.
Four-time-major-winner Laura Davies, 53, is a shot further back on three over.
Bristol Arena, a 12,000-seat music venue, will be located at the Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone.
The arena is part of the city's plan to regenerate about 70 hectares (170 acres) surrounding Bristol Temple Meads station and is due to open in 2017.
The bidders have until 1 September to submit their applications to Bristol City Council.
They must outline how they would run the facility and the amount they would pay as an annual lease to the council.
The authority will select a preferred and reserved bidder in October, with the contract running for at least 25 years.
The winning bidder will be involved in the design of the arena and in charge of operating, maintaining and managing it for the duration of the lease.
West of England Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) will contribute £53m towards the cost of building the arena, with the remaining £38m funded by Bristol City Council.
The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) is also investing £11m in regenerating and improving access to the site.
Michael Cheek scored the only goal of the game nine minutes before half-time with what was one of Braintree's few efforts in the first half.
Sutton, who had won just one of their previous 12 away matches in the league this season, tried to fight back in the second half but found Braintree goalkeeper Sam Beasant in inspired form.
He did well to deny Roarie Deacon immediately after the break and also prevented Dan Fitchett equalising soon after from a great opportunity.
Beasant continued to perform heroics, Craig McAllister unable to beat the 28-year-old when clean through and Adam May seeing another effort saved.
Visiting striker Matt Tubbs saw a late shot come back off the post as Braintree held on to move five points clear of the relegation zone.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Braintree Town 1, Sutton United 0.
Second Half ends, Braintree Town 1, Sutton United 0.
Substitution, Braintree Town. Kyron Farrell replaces Lee Barnard.
Substitution, Braintree Town. Harry Lee replaces Sam Corne.
Substitution, Sutton United. Matt Tubbs replaces Craig Dundas.
Substitution, Sutton United. Adam May replaces Jeffrey Monakana.
Substitution, Braintree Town. Jake Goodman replaces Manny Parry.
Craig Dundas (Sutton United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Substitution, Sutton United. Craig McAllister replaces Maxime Biamou.
Second Half begins Braintree Town 1, Sutton United 0.
First Half ends, Braintree Town 1, Sutton United 0.
Goal! Braintree Town 1, Sutton United 0. Michael Cheek (Braintree Town).
Lee Barnard (Braintree Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Webb carded six birdies on the back nine to finish seven under par with a round of 65 at Dundonald Links in Ayrshire.
"Our first few holes it was really cold and windy," Webb said.
"I looked at the scoreboard and saw that Christie Kerr shot six under and thought, 'what course did she play?'"
A strong back nine, including a seventh and final birdie on the 18th hole saw the 42-year-old former Women's British Open champion move to the top of the field.
"I really hung in through the front nine and made a nice birdie to turn on one under," Webb said.
"I then started swinging well, hitting it close, getting some good birdie chances and I made the most of them.
"I just kept telling myself to keep going. I felt I was swinging well and hitting solid putts.
"I've enjoyed playing links golf for many years. Johnny, my caddy, is Scottish, and we played Troon yesterday, so he has a lot of experience playing links golf. We worked really well together."
Kerr, of the USA, was pushed into second place after finishing six under with a round of 66.
Four golfers were tied for third position, including world No 11 Sei Young Kim and USA's Stacy Lewis.
Inbee Park, of South Korea, and Thailand's Pornanong Phatlum also tied for third with three-under-par rounds
Leading the Scottish challenge were Aberdonian Michele Thomson and Glasgow-born Kylie Henry, who both finished with a round of 73, one over.
Double Ladies Scottish Open champion Catriona Matthew finished her day two over par with a round of 74.
Carly Booth, who despite scoring an impressive eagle early in her round, finished three over.
Paul Maguire, from London, was taking part in a charity bike ride when he was hit on the A5 in Tamworth in May 2015.
Dean Swift, 23, of Rosewood Park, Cheslyn Hay, Staffordshire, hit him from behind and, despite treatment at the roadside, he died at the scene.
Swift was given a six-month sentence suspended for two years.
He was convicted of causing death by careless driving at Stafford Crown Court last month.
More updates on this and other stories in Staffordshire.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said the weather conditions at the time of the collision were overcast with moderate rain and a blustery wind.
When Swift was arrested he claimed the wind forced his vehicle into the path of the cyclist.
Andy Gee, senior West Midlands Crown Prosecutor, said: "Although the conditions that day were wet and windy, Dean Swift would have had a clear sight of the road ahead of him and he would have had ample time to spot Paul Maguire riding his bicycle.
"A motorist in front of the defendant managed to complete a safe manoeuvre around the cyclist. However, Swift failed to safely pass the victim and, as a result, his van collided with him.
"The defendant's driving fell below that expected of a competent and careful driver, which tragically resulted in the death of Mr Maguire."
Swift was also disqualified from driving for 12 months and ordered to pay £2,000 in costs, the CPS said.
Mr Maguire's family, who moved to Perth, Australia, from Ireland, attended the five-day trial last month.
Speaking at the time, they thanked other motorists that stopped and helped.
Panorama found parts of Sellafield regularly have too few staff to operate safely and that radioactive materials have been stored in degrading plastic bottles.
The programme was told that parts of the facility are dangerously rundown.
Sellafield says the site in Cumbria is safe and has been improved with significant investment in recent years.
The Panorama investigation was prompted by a whistle-blower - a former senior manager who was worried by conditions.
He explained that his biggest fear was a fire in one of the nuclear waste silos or one of the processing plants and said: "If there is a fire there it could generate a plume of radiological waste that will go across Western Europe."
The whistle-blower told the BBC that areas of Sellafield - which reprocesses and stores nearly all of the nation's nuclear waste - often didn't have enough staff on duty to meet minimum safety levels. Minimum staff levels are set for both teams of workers and whole plants on the site.
It varies across the site, but in a processing plant of 60 people the safe minimum manning level might be only six workers.
Sellafield's own documents say "any deviation from the safe minimum manning levels is not acceptable".
But figures obtained by Panorama show that between July 2012 and July 2013 there were 97 incidents where parts of the site had too few workers on shift.
Meg Hillier MP, who chairs the Public Accounts Committee, was shocked by the figures: "It is incredible. It defies belief actually that anything could be working at below safe staffing levels. There is no excuse."
Sellafield says there are now less breaches of safe minimum manning levels but the latest figures show they are still being breached on average once a week.
Dr Rex Strong, head of nuclear safety at Sellafield, denied that operating below these levels was dangerous. "You make alternative arrangements, so the things that have to be done get done. Facilities are shut down if we're not able to operate them in the way that we want to."
Panorama has also raised concerns about the way radioactive materials have been stored at Sellafield.
The programme discovered that liquid containing plutonium and uranium has been kept in thousands of plastic bottles for years. The bottles were only intended for temporary storage and some of them are degrading.
Sellafield has been working to remove them, but there are still more than 2,000 bottles containing plutonium and uranium on the site.
Dr Strong told Panorama that Sellafield had been working to get the material into proper storage: "The organisation is now focusing on putting right some underinvestments of the past in order to support the hazard and waste reduction mission that the site has."
Sellafield later said in a statement that plutonium and uranium samples are "kept securely" and that "to imply that such material is inappropriately managed is simply not true".
Panorama has also seen leaked reports that suggest Sellafield had problems with emergency management and with maintaining the site's infrastructure. One report from 2013 says "years of neglect" had led to "intolerable conditions".
Dr Strong rejected the BBC's description of the site. He said: "There's been huge and sustained investment in infrastructure at Sellafield over recent years."
"Safety is our priority and we are managing a very complex site which has got a great deal of hazardous radioactive materials on it."
Panorama - Sellafield's Nuclear Safety Failings is broadcast on BBC One on Monday 5 September at 8.30PM. Or catch up afterwards on BBC iPlayer
They received several 999 calls from the public about the incident at about 22:40 on Thursday.
They reported the vehicle travelling in the wrong direction on the route near to Ecclefechan.
Anybody who saw the incident has been asked to contact police as soon as possible.
"I would speak to him, I would have no problem speaking to him," the businessman said of Kim Jong-un.
Such a meeting would mark a significant change of US policy towards the politically isolated regime.
Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton decried Mr Trump's "bizarre fascination with foreign strongmen".
The statement, delivered by one of her aides, added that Mr Trump's foreign policy "made no sense".
In a separate interview with Fox News, Mr Trump said he "absolutely had regrets" about his nine-month campaign, but that if had not conducted himself in the way he had, he would not have been successful.
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The BBC has also learned that Mr Trump could visit the UK before the presidential election in November.
Diplomats expect his visit to the UK could happen after he formally becomes the Republican party candidate at a convention in July.
Earlier this week Mr Trump said "it looks like we're not going to have a very good relationship" with David Cameron.
The British prime minister and new London Mayor Sadiq Khan have harshly criticised Mr Trump's proposed ban on Muslims coming to the US.
Mr Trump's comments about North Korea came in an interview with Reuters news agency late on Tuesday, in which he also expressed disapproval of Russian President Vladimir Putin's military actions in eastern Ukraine.
Mr Putin is a figure who Mr Trump has previously said he respects.
On the subject of North Korea, the New York property developer said he would pursue face-to-face talks and added that he would also put pressure on China, as North Korea's only major ally.
"I would put a lot of pressure on China because economically we have tremendous power over China. People don't realise that," he said.
"China can solve that problem with one meeting or one phone call."
Following Mr Trump's comments, South Korea's Yonhap news agency quoted China's foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei as saying that Beijing "supports direct dialogue and communication between the US and North Korea", adding: "We think this is a very conducive thing to do."
The South Korean media hang on Mr Trump's every word - but don't then fly into spasms of high emotion. They cover the quotes - colourful as they are - but generally don't react beyond reportage. Politicians, too, are observing but not speaking. "Bemusement" might be the best way to describe the reaction.
After all, Barack Obama said before he was first elected, that he too would be prepared to meet the North Korean leader of the time [Kim Jong-un's father, Kim Jong-il] face-to-face.
It's true that Mr Obama's promise was nine years ago and North Korea was not so far down the path to getting a nuclear arsenal. And Mr Trump has not been so cool in his language.
He recently called Kim Jong-un a "maniac" but then added what sounded like a compliment at the way the North Korean leader had consolidated his power: "How many young guys - he was like 26 or 25 when his father died - take over these tough generals, and all of a sudden... he goes in, he takes over, and he's the boss.
"It's incredible. He wiped out the uncle, he wiped out this one, that one. I mean this guy doesn't play games. And we can't play games with him."
North Korea first tested nuclear weapons in 2006, in breach of international agreements, and has made repeated threats of nuclear strikes against South Korea and the US.
Currently, any contact with the US happens between officials, not at a presidential level. The nations have no formal diplomatic relations.
Last month, Mr Trump suggested the US should stop preventing its allies Japan and South Korea from obtaining nuclear weapons, directly contradicting long-standing US policy on non-proliferation.
In the Reuters interview, Mr Trump also called for a renegotiation of the Paris climate agreement, in which more than 170 countries pledged to reduce carbon emissions.
And he said he would dismantle most of the Dodd-Frank financial regulations if he were elected president.
The Obama administration passed the regulations in 2010 to reduce risks to the US financial system and prevent a recurrence of the 2008 crisis.
Mr Trump was also reunited with his old adversary, Fox News presenter Megyn Kelly, with whom he has had a months-long feud that began after a TV debate in August.
In the Fox News interview, she returned to its source - a question about his attitude to women.
She asked him why he had frequently tweeted or re-tweeted insults about her, including calling her a "bimbo".
He did not apologise directly, but said: "Excuse me."
Mr Trump said he did "pretty well with real tweets" but that "the re-tweet is really more of a killer", adding he "could have done without'' his re-tweet of a post mocking the appearance of Heidi Cruz, wife of former campaign rival, Ted Cruz.
Ms Kelly also asked if Mr Trump had any regrets about his nine-month campaign.
He said: "Absolutely, I have regrets... I could have done certain things differently, I could have maybe used different language but overall I have to be very happy with the outcome."
He added: "If I didn't conduct myself in the way I've done, I don't think I would have been successful."
Mr Trump won the Republican primary in Oregon on Tuesday, where Bernie Sanders emerged victorious in the Democratic race.
The Kentucky primary, which was Democratic-only, was too close to call but Hillary Clinton declared victory with most of the votes counted.
Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has not named the victim, who had dual nationality, but said they had been living in Hong Kong.
The government is also "urgently investigating" reports a further British national had been killed at the Everest base camp, he added.
Meanwhile, a UK appeal for disaster victims has raised more than £19m.
The appeal total includes £14m in public donations and £5m from the UK government - which matched the first £5m of public donations.
The UK has also pledged £15m to Nepal in aid.
The victim is the first confirmed British death following Saturday's 7.8-magnitude earthquake, but about 30 British or Irish families are still waiting to hear from relatives.
Eight million people have been affected by the disaster, according to the UN.
Meanwhile, Nepal's prime minister Sushil Koirala said the death toll could eventually double, to more than 10,000.
Speaking after chairing a meeting of the government's emergency Cobra committee, Mr Hammond said about 120 British nationals were being flown home from Nepal.
In a tweet he said the flight - which is expected to land at Stansted Airport in the early hours of Thursday morning - had left Nepal.
More UK nationals would be brought home in the next few days on returning UK military flights from Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, Mr Hammond said.
UK teams in the country were working "around the clock" in Nepal to look for British people, he added.
An RAF Hercules aircraft carrying additional kit had now landed in the Middle East and will fly to Kathmandu "at the earliest possible opportunity", an RAF spokesman said.
The RAF is also preparing to send Chinook helicopters to Nepal "as soon as we can agree the necessary arrangements", the spokesman said.
Mr Hammond previously estimated there had been 500 to 1,000 British nationals in Nepal, but warned there was "no single co-ordinated list".
Susannah Ross, 20, from Bath, is among a group of trekkers stranded in the Langtang valley, in northern Nepal.
Her sister, Nina Ross, said her family had received a satellite message at about 05:00 BST on Wednesday saying the group was still waiting to be rescued.
She said her sister was not expected to be rescued until Thursday at the earliest.
"We're really hoping to get through to different embassies to hurry it up because there's still falling rocks in that area that are killing people," she said.
US medical student Dr Marisa Eve Girawong, who was studying at the University of Leicester, was among those killed in avalanches on Everest.
More than £19m has been donated to the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) Earthquake Appeal, one day after it was launched with a TV appeal presented by actress Joanna Lumley.
The DEC, an umbrella organisation that brings together 13 British aid charities to deal with international crises, also launched a website and donation line.
The Queen and Prince of Wales have made separate undisclosed personal donations to the appeal and sent messages of support to Nepal.
A team of more than 60 international search and rescue responders and specialist rescue dogs from the UK have now arrived in Nepal.
Some members of the team are already operating on the ground and travelling to more remote areas of the country, the Department for International Development said.
They are drawn from 15 fire and rescue services from across the UK and have expertise in finding deeply-buried victims, constructing timber supports to shore up buildings and providing advanced life support.
They have been joined by an eight-strong group of expert trauma medics, while more British medical crews are expected to arrive in the country in the coming days.
Rob Holden, head of the UK emergency medical team said he had heard reports of "thousands of survivors with trauma injuries who urgently need surgery".
"Doctors have been forced to operate around the clock and often in makeshift hospitals made of tents," he added.
During the day, the gleaming pipes and hard edges of modern technology stand in stark contrast to the simple huts of the nearby villages.
Oil is the new nation's greatest source of income. But in the three years since South Sudan declared its independence in July 2011, the oil wealth has not brought much development.
Now the oilfields at Paloich and elsewhere are threatened by the civil war that broke out in December 2013, and which is damaging all aspects of life in South Sudan, including the economy.
The fighting between South Sudan government troops and rebels has all but stopped production in Unity State, one of the country's two oil areas.
The rebels have said they are targeting the other area, in Upper Nile state, home to Paloich and other oilfields.
Overall, oil production is now less than half of the 350,000 barrels per day the country was churning out at the time of independence.
"This is not enough for South Sudan," economist Peter Biar Ajak says. "The financial situation is quite precarious."
Predictions that South Sudan's economy would grow by 35% in 2014 have proved to be tragically wide of the mark.
The fighting has displaced more than a million people, and as farming has been disrupted there are fears the country could slide into famine.
Even in the capital Juba, there are consequences.
"People are not earning money from what they're doing and the prices of everything have increased," says Mike Ismallah, who works at the Konyo Konyo market in the capital, Juba.
With the war rumbling on, no-one is focusing on development or growth now.
For many in South Sudan, though, that assessment also holds true for the period before the civil war began.
Independence, which came after decades of conflict with Khartoum, was expected to bring the dividends of peace to the beleaguered South Sudanese.
The years of war, coupled with an even longer period of neglect, meant the vast majority of the population was living in hardship.
As its flag was raised for the first time, South Sudan was one of the least developed places on earth.
The late rebel leader John Garang had talked of "taking the towns to the people", bringing representation, development and services to the rural areas where most people live.
The oil billions should have achieved this vision.
Yet even before conflict broke out in Juba, there was growing dissatisfaction with the pace of change.
As part of a row with Sudan, the South Sudanese leaders took the extraordinary decision, in January 2012, to shut down their own oil production.
The new country needs to export its oil through Sudan's pipelines, refineries and export terminal, but there was no agreement on how much this would cost.
When Khartoum began confiscating South Sudan's oil, the new country's leaders simply stopped the flow from their oilfields.
For more than a year, until a deal was reached with Sudan, the South Sudanese had to live with stringent austerity measures.
All development was put on hold. Salaries came late. Poverty rates grew.
A $10bn (£5.8bn; 7.3bn euros) road-building programme, vital for boosting the economy and getting goods to market, was set aside.
A leaked World Bank briefing note warned that the shutdown would probably cause a collapse in the country's overall wealth.
The note also warned of a massive devaluation of the South Sudanese Pound (SSP); an exponential rise in inflation; and a depletion of South Sudan's reserves.
In the end, the fledgling country did survive the shutdown - but it came at a cost.
"The government used some of its reserves, but also borrowed at very expensive commercial terms," says former minister Lual Deng.
According to some reports, almost half of the 2013-14 budget was used to pay back loans.
The shutdown was not the only problem for the economy - corruption is widespread.
President Salva Kiir famously wrote a letter to 75 current and former officials, accusing them of stealing $4bn.
Most of the rest of the government's money is spent on salaries, particularly for the military.
South Sudanese also complain that the country's resources have not been equally shared.
Any money left after the austerity measures has been concentrated in the national capital, and to a lesser extent the capitals of the 10 states.
Rural development has been close to non-existent.
South Sudan also suffered when Sudan stopped any trade with the new country, driving prices in the border states up.
To complete a gloomy picture, South Sudan's oil is expected to run out in the next few years.
But the country is blessed with abundant fertile land, so the plan is to diversify away from oil towards agriculture.
This will need substantial investment, not just in new technologies and training, but also on physical infrastructure.
At the moment, the roads are so bad that a surplus in one area cannot be taken to market in another, or exported for profit.
However, this much-needed diversification cannot take place while all energy and money is concentrated on the (civil) war effort, and while farmers are fleeing conflict.
Lual Deng's verdict is gloomy: South Sudan's economy is "in intensive care".
In other words, the economy is producing more than it has ever produced before - so should we not feel more prosperous than ever before?
The trouble is that overall gross domestic product (GDP) is not necessarily what makes us feel prosperous.
Since 2008, the population has grown by more than 2.5 million and the number of people in work has gone up by 1.1 million. That means that while GDP has returned to its pre-crisis level, GDP per head and GDP per worker are still well below that level, which means that productivity is also down.
Lower productivity is reflected in a fall of about 9% in average earnings since 2008, adjusted for inflation.
GDP is not the only measure that has recently returned to pre-recession levels. The employment rate rose to 73.1% between March and May this year, rising above its 2008 level for the first time.
Interest rates are still at the low rate of 0.5% - in January 2008 they were at 5.5%, so if you have had a mortgage over that period you should be feeling better, while net savers may be feeling worse.
Whether you're feeling better may have something to do with which sector you work in. It is the service sector that has dragged GDP above its 2008 level - if you work in manufacturing or construction you're still considerably below that point.
The real household income figures from the Institute for Fiscal Studies don't make terribly cheerful reading for anyone.
The income of the median household (that's the household for which half of households have a higher income and half have a lower one) has fallen by about £20 per week, after adjusting for inflation, since 2008.
The household at the 90th percentile (that's the one for which only 10% of households have a higher income) has seen its income fall by about £60 a week. At the other end of the spectrum, the household at the 10th percentile has seen a £2 per week increase.
So there is room for celebration, with the UK economy growing faster than its competitors and more people employed than before the recession.
But falling GDP per head, real incomes and average earnings mean that many households are not yet feeling the benefits.
The Israeli military said it had targeted a cache of anti-tank missiles in the hospital's "immediate vicinity".
Meanwhile, Secretary of State John Kerry said the US was sending $47m (£28m) in humanitarian aid to Gaza.
On Monday evening Israel said seven of its soldiers had been killed in the past 24 hours, bringing the number of Israeli military dead to 25.
Two Israeli civilians have also died in the recent violence.
The Palestinian death toll from the two-week conflict has now passed 560, the majority of them civilians, according to Gaza's health ministry. The UN says more than 100,000 Gazans have now been displaced.
Monday's attacks across Gaza killed at least 56 people including 16 children, Gazan health officials said.
Israel says it has killed more than 170 militants since Thursday night, when it launched the ground offensive phase of its two-week old operation to end rocket fire from Gaza.
Ten militants were killed on Monday after using tunnels to get into Israel near the town of Sderot.
Palestinian television showed footage of wounded people being treated after the strike at the Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
Doctors say several Israeli tank shells hit the hospital's reception, intensive care unit and operating theatres.
Most of the wounded were doctors, according to Palestinian officials.
Appeals have been made to the Red Cross to help evacuate patients from the building, the BBC's Yolande Knell reports from Gaza.
Israel had told residents of neighbouring areas to head to Deir al-Balah for their own safety as its ground offensive continues to target neighbourhoods to the east of Gaza City for a second day, our correspondent adds.
The Israeli army said it had "successfully targeted" a cache of anti-tank missiles in the area.
"Civilian casualties are a tragic inevitability of [Hamas'] brutal and systematic exploitation of homes, hospitals and mosques in Gaza," it said in a statement.
Israel says that approximately 131 rockets and mortars were fired at Israel on Monday, of which at least 108 hit Israel and 17 were intercepted. No casualties were reported from these attacks.
In Egypt, US Secretary of State John Kerry held talks with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to try to arrange a ceasefire.
Mr Kerry said the US is concerned about the safety of Palestinian civilians, but lent his support to Israel's offensive, saying: "No country can stand by while rockets are attacking it."
He said the US would send $47m (£28m) in aid to Gaza "to try to alleviate some of the immediate humanitarian crisis" while continuing efforts to reach a ceasefire deal with both sides.
The UN Security Council has issued a call for an "immediate cessation of hostilities", but did not endorse a strongly worded draft resolution backed by Arab states.
However, senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said that any ceasefire which did not address the question of the Israeli-Egyptian blockade on the territory would not be accepted.
"This siege, this unjust siege, must be lifted," he said.
The UN says 43% of Gaza is now "affected by evacuation warnings" or declared a "no-go area". In the past four days, the numbers seeking shelter in UN-run schools shot up by 400%.
The UN is running out of supplies, morgues run out of space, and hospital wards are packed.
As the days go by, there's a sad familiar choreography to Gaza's recurrent wars. As the news gets grimmer, the demands mount for an urgent ceasefire.
And as the chorus of concern grows, both sides know their time may be running out, so military operations escalate, and the human cost deepens.
Shejaiya assault defines grimmest day
More sirens were heard today in Tel Aviv, as rockets fired by Hamas from Gaza target Israeli towns and cities.
Compared to the state-of-the-art weapons Israel is using to bombard Gaza, this is a relatively unsophisticated assault. But the rockets spread fear, and pose a real threat to the security of Israeli citizens.
Israel does have its Iron Dome missile defence system. I watched today as one missile battery shot down several incoming rockets fired by Hamas.
But the Palestinian militant group has also begun attacking Israel on the ground. For the second time in a few days, militants used a tunnel dug under the border to infiltrate Israeli territory.
Diplomatic efforts to end the fighting are intensifying, but there is a mood in Israel of grim determination.
Palestinian emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said nine members of one family were killed in overnight Israeli attacks on Rafah, on the border with Egypt.
In Khan Younis, in the south of Gaza, at least 23 members of one family died when a building was hit by an Israeli air strike, officials said.
At least 11 people were reported killed in Gaza City in a strike on a high-rise tower.
Israel sent ground troops into Gaza after days of heavy air and naval barrages failed to stop rocket fire.
Israel says the ground operation is necessary to target Hamas' network of tunnels, which have been used by militants to get into Israel and carry out attacks.
But the UN, Palestinians and Arab states have expressed alarm at the number of civilian casualties.
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The 31-year-old understands the criticism of fans who want to see the top talent regularly in action.
But ahead of the first Welsh Pro12 derby in which Ospreys host Cardiff Blues on Friday, Jones backed the dual deals.
"It's a great invention," said Jones.
"Hopefully you can keep that player, look after him and you'll have them for longer."
Jones signed an extension to his national dual contract (NDC) in January 2016 and is among a number of Welsh players whose deals mean 60% of their salaries are met by the WRU with the rest paid by their teams.
However, the two-time British and Irish Lions tourist admits players can be "walking contradictions" over the limits on game time they sign up to when accepting dual contacts.
"There are advantages and disadvantages for the players and supporters alike," said Jones.
"Obviously players want to play a lot of rugby.
"We're walking contradictions at times. We want to play a lot of rugby, but we don't want to play too much rugby and we want to be available for all the big games.
"But then there's times when we might have to sacrifice that because of game limits etc, etc.
"But also from the supporters' point of view if you're paying money for a season ticket you want to see all the best players - or all the perceived best players - playing all the rugby all the time.
"But where we find ourselves with the game now we can't expect to do that because there are so many internationals, so many domestic games, hence the inception of the NDC.
"So the NDCs are advantageous for that."
Ospreys team-mates Dan Biggar, Dan Lydiate and Rhys Webb are among the other Wales international on national dual contracts.
Jones says players who are at a stage at which they are becoming established will benefit most from being on dual deals.
"If you're a 24 to 25-year-old player that's getting on to an NDC and you're established or getting established at a regional or breaking into your international career, you'll be playing in front of the supporters for longer, albeit less games per year, but you'll have them for longer in the country," he said.
"So if we can be as positive and see the foresight that actually we'll potentially get a player for longer, then it's great.
"But obviously we can be short-sighted in that respect sometimes because we're available for less [overall time]."
Ospreys defence coach Brad Davis hopes Wales flanker Lydiate will be declared fit after his recovery from shoulder surgery to face Blues.
The Swansea-based team are aware of the ball-carrying threat posed by Blues' number eight Nick Williams and Lydiate's defensive strengths could be a boost for the hosts.
"Dan's progressing well and hopefully he'll come into selection and give [head coach] Steve [Tandy] a few headaches in terms of the team he wants to pick Friday night," said Davis.
After their 9-7 defeat at Ulster on the weekend, Ospreys lie fifth in the table, two points behind fourth-placed Welsh pacesetters Blues.
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Ospreys captain Alun Wyn Jones has called on supporters to see the long-term benefits of leading Welsh players being dual-contracted to both their region and the Welsh Rugby Union.
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The 90-hectare refuge has been created by the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust in response to a crashing hedgehog population.
The aim is for it to be the model for hedgehog conservation across the whole of Britain.
In the 1950s, 36 million of the animals used to snuffle in UK gardens. There may be less than a million now.
Funded by the British Hedgehog Preservation Society, the conservation area stretches across a nature reserve, a public park and the surrounding streets.
More than 100 "footprint tunnels" have been created to show where the hedgehogs have been. Not only will they be placed in the wide green spaces, but also in the gardens of willing local people. Hidden cameras are being installed and volunteer "wildlife guardians" will help to protect the spaces.
According to the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust, the most important part is involving the community.
Simon Thompson is the organisation's hedgehog officer: "We're asking the local people to really get involved with the scientific survey.
"We're going to be looking at distribution using the footprint tunnels and abundance via a capture, mark and recapture scheme.
"Hedgehogs will be trapped overnight and in the morning we will give them a unique colour code. We'll aim to recapture them again, and from the results we will be able to estimate the population numbers in the area."
Hedgehogs need to roam to forage for worms and insects and to find shelter. An adult male can cover more than three kilometres a night. More often than not, their path is blocked by solid garden boundaries.
At the request of the conservationists, some Solihull residents within the reserve are also now starting to adopt the most simple and effective way of helping a hedgehog. They are creating wildlife corridors by making a small hole - no bigger than the size of a CD - in their garden walls or fences.
Brian Llewellyn has just cut the reserve's first new wildlife corridor - in his garden fence. "I have been living on housing estates for many years now and I had never seen a hedgehog until recently. I would just love to be able to allow them to travel around the back gardens here, which they need to be able to do. It's so simple. Anyone can do it, you just need a saw."
Sally Marjoram runs the Solihull Happy Hogs Hedgehog Rescue.
She commented: "This is a double-edged sword. I think it's really sad that we have to go to these lengths, and that people go around their daily business without realizing how they are affecting wildlife.
"Because once it's gone, it's gone. At the moment the future is very very bleak, but it's not too late to turn it around. People only need to do little things to make a big difference. This reserve is an amazing start."
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The first large-scale hedgehog sanctuary in the UK is being opened today in Solihull, West Midlands.
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The court was responding to litigation seeking daily hearings in a long-running case about the disputed site in the northern town of Ayodhya.
Hindu mobs destroyed a 16th Century mosque at the site in 1992, sparking riots that killed nearly 2,000 people.
Hindus want a temple to be built at the site, while Muslims want a new mosque.
Hindus claim the mosque was the birthplace of one of their most revered deities, Lord Ram, and that it was built after the destruction of a Hindu temple by a Muslim invader in the 16th Century.
Chief Justice JS Khehar said "such sensitive matters" needed to be resolved through negotiations. He also offered to act as a mediator between the two parties.
The court has been sporadically hearing the case since 2011 after setting aside a lower court's order which in a 8,500-page judgement said that two-thirds of the disputed site should be allocated to Hindu groups, with the remainder going to Muslims.
The Allahabad High Court's ruling in September 2010 addressed three major issues. It said the disputed spot was the Hindu God Ram's birthplace, that the mosque had been built after the demolition of a temple and that it was not built in accordance with the tenets of Islam.
For the first time in a judicial ruling, it also said that the disputed site was the birthplace of the Hindu god.
But both parties appealed against the order in the Supreme Court.
The case has already languished in India's famously sluggish legal system for so long that most of the original petitioners have died.
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India's Supreme Court has advised Hindus and Muslim to settle a bitter dispute over a controversial religious site through negotiations.
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The 31-year-old opening batsman, who made his debut 11 years ago, has led the side since replacing Vikram Solanki as skipper in 2010.
"No-one deserves a benefit more than Mitch," said Worcestershire director of cricket Steve Rhodes.
"He has become an integral part of this club, not only as a player but also as a captain in charge of a young side."
Badsey-born Mitchell, one of the few home-grown players born within the county boundary, has now plundered 12,965 runs for Worcestershire in all competitions.
Following Worcestershire's relegation back to Division Two in the County Championship, he will start next season in the second year of his current four-year contract.
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Officers were forced to leave after 30 years' service under regulation A19, used by 15 forces to make savings.
A police source told the BBC's Simon Hall it has "no choice" but to ask the government for help.
The force has not commented. The Home Office said it was not in discussions with individual forces about A19.
More than 1,000 former senior police officers across England and Wales are seeking compensation after being forced to retire.
An employment tribunal in February 2014 decided there had been age discrimination, but police forces appealed against the ruling and judgment is expected by the end of May.
The source told the BBC the sums involved in the case "could run into tens of millions of pounds", depending on the details of the judgment, adding it would be "completely unaffordable given how forces have already suffered severe budget cuts".
Officers from Devon and Cornwall, Nottinghamshire, West Midlands, North Wales and South Wales took part in the legal challenge.
The officers concerned tend to be among the highest paid and many would have been forced to retire aged around only 50.
If they could show they wanted to work for several more years, that suggests a total compensation bill of tens of millions of pounds.
The actual calculation a tribunal would carry out is complex, but even such rough guesses illustrate why - given the context of the budget cuts police forces have already implemented - there is so much concern amongst senior officers about the outcome of the A19 case.
Devon and Cornwall Police said, "We are not commenting on any specifics at this stage following the hearing and await an announcement from the tribunal appeal before making any further statements."
BBC News has also learnt the Police and Crime Commissioner in Devon and Cornwall has been approached about using reserves to fund any potential claims.
In a statement, Tony Hogg's office said, "The PCC has been kept informed at all stages of this matter. The case is currently under appeal and it would inappropriate to comment further."
The Home Office said it was, "not in discussions with any individual police force about providing financial assistance in relation to the tribunal on regulation A19".
Nigel Rabbitts, chair of the Devon and Cornwall Police Federation, said: "We always said A19 was unfair. Its use has caused a great deal of damage to the lives of many dedicated officers."
Baltasar Garzon said the Valley of the Fallen should instead be converted into a victims' memorial.
The move comes on the eve of the 40th anniversary of Franco's death.
He defeated the Republicans in Spain's bloody 1936-39 civil war, ruling until 1975.
Spain made the successful transition to democracy afterwards, but Franco's legacy remains painful, with families still searching for the remains of loved ones.
Political parties at the time agreed to amnesty for crimes committed during and after the civil war, meaning that no trials have been held.
In the petition, Mr Garzon calls for the removal of Franco-era symbols from the site and says there should be an official apology.
"We have a serious problem with coming to terms with what was done and find solutions. It's very Spanish to wait for the storm to pass," said Mr Garzon.
The Valley of the Fallen was built largely by prisoners of war. More than 30,000 dead from both sides in the civil war were moved there on Franco's orders in a bid to promote reconciliation.
Instead, it became widely seen as a divisive reminder of the years of dictatorship.
There have been previous appeals for the removal of Franco's remains but they have been resisted by the governing Popular Party.
Mr Garzon is best known for helping to secure the arrest of the former Chilean leader Augusto Pinochet in London in 1998.
Walcott opened the scoring in the first half when he chased a long ball over the defence from Mesut Ozil before firing low beyond Jack Butland.
Substitute Giroud sealed victory late on with a header.
Stoke, who have not won at Arsenal since 1981, rarely looked like scoring, Joselu going closest with a shot at Petr Cech.
Arsenal are third in the Premier League but defeat for Stoke - their second of the season - means they are bottom after five games.
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Arsenal's attacking strength, or perhaps lack of, has come under scrutiny during the early stages of the season, with Arsene Wenger's side having managed just three goals in their four league games prior to the visit of Stoke.
It has been at Emirates Stadium in particular where they have struggled, failing to score in a 2-0 defeat by West Ham and a goalless draw with Liverpool.
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Wenger is keeping his faith in Walcott and Giroud to score the goals this season but, despite both netting, there were still some areas of concern as the pair spurned good opportunities to seal a victory by a bigger margin.
Walcott shot wide early on when he should have scored, and later directed a weak effort straight at Butland. Giroud, meanwhile, missed a near open goal before heading in the decisive second.
In the end, Arsenal had 29 shots on goal, 12 of those on target, and their general wastefulness in the final third could be of greater concern against more attack-minded sides.
Former England midfielder Jermaine Jenas on Final Score: "It was a good finish from Theo Walcott for the goal but I still have doubts about him playing as a striker.
"He missed two big opportunities before that. For one of them, from six yards out he couldn't get his feet right and smashed the ball over the bar.
"I just think he'd get just as many goals as he does playing on the right wing."
Stoke, who finished ninth last season, had not won at Arsenal in 34 years, making Emirates Stadium a far from ideal venue for them to try to record their first win of the season.
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Having developed a reputation for being a physical side in previous years, Mark Hughes is trying to re-invent the Potters and brought in technically gifted players such as Xherdan Shaqiri and Ibrahim Afellay in the summer.
Afellay was suspended for Saturday's game but Shaqiri had little opportunity to show what he is capable of, with Stoke rarely venturing out of their own half.
The Potters have yet to get going this season, having now lost three and drawn two of their five games so far, and a more direct approach might be necessary to start getting the wins they need.
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger: "In the first half our movement was outstanding and we created a lot. In the second half our pace dropped maybe a little bit in our passing, but we continuously created chances and overall it was a strong performance.
"My only regret is that there is too big a difference between the number of chances we made and the number of goals we scored but that will come."
Stoke manager Mark Hughes: "We wanted to make it difficult for Arsenal and get good numbers of bodies around the ball and try to condense play because we know they are very good in wide areas where they look to overload you and look for one-twos around your box.
"Unfortunately our defensive play was a bit too passive in terms of getting out to affect what Arsenal were trying to do, especially in the first half."
Arsenal's attention switches to the Champions League as they travel to Croatia to play Dinamo Zagreb on Wednesday. Stoke, meanwhile, host Leicester in the Premier League next Saturday.
25 February 2017 Last updated at 10:10 GMT
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The 17-year-old boy was attacked as he walked along a ginnel between Dixon Lane and Henry Avenue in Wortley, Leeds, on Monday.
West Yorkshire Police said the attack was "frightening" and "particularly cruel".
The force has appealed for witnesses to come forward.
The suspect is described as white, aged 19 to 20, slim and about 5ft 11ins (1.8m) tall, with a spotty complexion and a scruffy beard.
He was wearing a black coat with a hood, black tracksuit bottoms and had a black rucksack with a white Newcastle United logo.
Det Con Grant Lee said: "The victim is currently undergoing treatment for leukaemia and has been left understandably distressed at being targeted in this way.
"The phone was given to him by a children's cancer charity to support him during his treatment, so for it to be taken from him in such frightening circumstances is particularly cruel."
Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate said during question time that he remembered dining on Craster kippers while travelling on the East Coast Mainline.
The Former Durham Police chief superintendent asked the transport minister to use his influence to bring them back.
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon said he would suggest it to the rail minister.
Lord Mackenzie said: "I remember regularly dining on Craster kippers from Northumbria.
"Could you use your undoubted influence to bring that menu back?"
To laughter, Lord Ahmad described contributions to the Lords as "an education in terms of history, and rail history in particular".
He said: "I'll certainly take that back and suggest to the rail minister that he puts it on his list to do."
The fishing village of Craster is famous for its kippers.
The North sea herrings, known locally as "silver darlings", are soaked in brine then cured over oak shavings for 16 hours.
When Lord Mackenzie was raised to the peerage in 1998, the East Coast rail franchise was held by GNER. It is now held by Virgin.
The production has been playing at London's Shakespeare's Globe but will move to the Apollo in February.
The play charts the rise of the 17th-Century actress from the slums to the stage - and into the heart of the king.
Arterton, best known for screen work, has proved herself in plays such as the Globe's The Duchess of Malfi.
Most recently, Arterton starred as Rita O'Grady in the West End musical Made in Dagenham, for which she won the Evening Standard best newcomer in a musical award.
Her other theatre credits include The Little Dog Laughed, The Master Builder and Love's Labour's Lost, again at the Globe.
She takes over the Nell Gwynn role from Gugu Mbatha-Raw whose Globe performance earned her a best actress nomination at the Evening Standard awards.
On screen, Arterton most recently starred in the romantic comedy Gemma Bovery, in which she plays a young bride who becomes the fixation of the male residents when she and her husband try to establish themselves in a rural French village.
Prior to that, Arterton made her name in the 2007 St Trinian's movie, for which she won Empire and National Movie Awards.
She went on to become a Bond girl in Daniel Craig's second outing as 007 in Quantum of Solace.
She has since starred in The Boat that Rocked and as Thomas Hardy's tragic heroine Tess of the D'Ubervilles in a BBC drama TV adaptation.
The story of the real-life Nell Gwynn is one of an unlikely heroine who pulled herself up from her impoverished roots in London's Coal Yard Alley to become Britain's most celebrated actress, and the mistress of King Charles II.
Jessica Swale's story has been described as "blissfully entertaining" by the Globe and focuses on how Nell has to keep her wits about her and play to her charms in order to survive at Court at a time when women were seen as second-class citizens.
Swale directed playwright Nell Leyshon's Bedlam at The Globe in 2010, while her first play, Blue Stockings, was performed in 2013.
The Globe theatre has a tradition of championing new writing and seeing works that began life on its stage make successful transfers to the West End.
It most recently saw Farinelli and the King starring Mark Rylance make such a move, to great critical acclaim.
The Disappeared were people abducted, murdered and secretly buried by republicans during in the Troubles.
Kevin McKee, 17, and Seamus Wright, 25, went missing from Belfast in October 1972.
Their remains were found together in a single shallow grave in County Meath during a dig in June 2015.
The discovery was made in a bog in Coghalstown by the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains (ICLVR).
On Thursday, the Coroner's Court in Dublin was told the skeletal remains were examined by Irish State Pathologist Professor Marie Cassidy.
She said the results of the post-mortems indicated that both victims had died from gunshot wounds to the head and had been dead for about 40 years.
Geoff Knupfer from the ICLVR told the court that in 1999, the IRA admitted its involvement in the deaths of nine men, including Mr McKee and Mr Wright.
The commission later received information that their bodies had been buried in the Coghalstown area.
Several unsuccessful digs took have taken place in the area since 1999, but their remains were not discovered until last year, during a search for another of the Disappeared, Joe Lynskey.
Mr McKee's sister, Philomena McKee, told the inquest that when the IRA abducted her brother, they had also taken her mother, who later suffered mental health issues.
Mr Wrights's sister, Breige Wright, said her family searched everywhere for him when he disappeared in 1972, including contacting the British army and MPs.
The inquest recorded verdicts of unlawful killing.
The ICLVR has searched for 16 people who were officially listed as the Disappeared.
The remains of 12 of the victims have been recovered and formally identified to date.
After the inquest, both families urged anyone with information about the fate of the remaining four to come forward.
The maid can be heard screaming "hold me, hold me" just before her hand slips and she falls onto a roof below.
She was subsequently rescued by paramedics and treated in hospital for a broken arm and other injuries.
The Kuwait Society for Human Rights said the employer had a duty of rescue.
The organisation noted that emirate's penal code decreed that anyone who deliberately refrained from coming to the aid of a person in peril was liable to be sentenced to up to three months in prison.
The Kuwait Times meanwhile cited a lawyer, Fawzia al-Sabah, as saying she would file a complaint against the employer with the public prosecutor.
The newspaper said it was believed the maid initially climbed out of the window because she was suicidal.
In the 12-second video posted online, she is seen hanging outside a block of flats in the Sabah al-Salem district of Kuwait City, with one hand gripping the window.
The woman holding the camera is then heard telling her: "Oh crazy, come back."
The maid pleads with the woman to help her shortly before she loses her grip and she falls onto the metal roof of an adjoining one-storey building.
Another video posted online by the Alanba newspaper on Thursday appears to show the maid being helped to climb down a ladder by paramedics and a fireman.
Alanba cited the employer as saying that she had filmed the incident and shared it because she did not want to be accused of the maid's murder if she had died.
The 32-year-old won by two shots from now six-time runner-up Phil Mickelson and Jason Day on a gripping final day.
Rose, also the first Englishman to win a major since Nick Faldo in 1996, fired a level-par 70 to end one over as overnight leader Mickelson carded 74.
Australian Day took 71 as England's Luke Donald (75) collapsed to six over on the treacherous Merion course.
Rose led by one going up the difficult 18th and hit a stunning four-iron approach to set up a par four.
After tapping in his final putt, he looked up to the sky with tears in his eyes, and admitted later to thinking of his father and long-time mentor Ken, who died from leukaemia in 2002.
Mickelson, celebrating his 43rd birthday, needed to birdie the last to force an 18-hole play-off on Monday, but the four-time major champion could only make a bogey five.
"It wasn't lost on me that today was Father's Day," said Rose of his gesture when he was presented with the trophy on the 18th green.
"A lot of us come from great men and we have a responsibility to our children to show what a great man can be.
"For it to all just work out for me, on such an emotional day, I couldn't help but look up to the heavens and think that my old dad Ken had something do do with it."
Rose, who was born in Johannesburg but brought up in Hampshire, burst onto the wider scene as a 17-year-old amateur when he finished in a tie for fourth in the 1998 Open at Royal Birkdale.
He went on to miss 21 consecutive cuts when he joined the paid ranks, before winning his first professional event in 2002. His biggest victory to date was the WGC Cadillac Championship last March.
Rose's previous best major finish was tied-third in the US PGA behind Rory McIlroy last year, while he has had six other top-10s in majors.
He becomes the third UK winner of the title in four years after Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy (2011) and Graeme McDowell (2010).
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The last Englishman to lift the US Open was Tony Jacklin, who won by seven shots at Hazeltine, Minnesota, in 1970. Five other Englishmen won the US Open pre-war, while a host of Scotsmen won early editions of the event.
Rose first hit the front at the eighth hole as the lead changed hands countless times on a tumultuous final day.
Mickelson was seemingly finished after two double bogeys in his first five holes, but the mercurial home favourite holed his second shot for an eagle at the 10th to regain top spot and reignite his challenge.
The pair duelled down the notorious final stretch - with Hunter Mahan also sharing the lead at one point - but Mickelson was unable to avenge his Ryder Cup singles defeat by Rose last year and clinch a first US Open title.
"For me, it's very heart-breaking," said Mickelson, who had previously finished second at the event in 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2009. "This was my best chance on a golf course I really liked. I felt like this was as good an opportunity as you could ask for and to not do it hurts."
2013: Justin Rose (Eng)
2012: Webb Simpson (US)
2011: Rory McIlroy (NI)
2010: Graeme McDowell (NI)
2009: Lucas Glover (US)
2008: Tiger Woods (US)
2007: Angel Cabrera (Arg)
2006: Geoff Ogilvy (Aus)
2005: Michael Campbell (NZ)
2004: Retief Goosen (SA)
Former world number one Donald, who played alongside Rose, fell away early with three straight bogeys from the third and then a double bogey on the sixth.
Open champion Ernie Els (69) and Americans Jason Dufner (67), Hunter Mahan (75) and Billy Horschel (74) ended tied-fourth.
World number one Tiger Woods's challenge was already over before the final round and he ended 13 over after a 74, while second-ranked McIlroy took 76 for 14 over.
"I did a lot of things right. Unfortunately I did a few things wrong, as well," said Woods, chasing a 15th major title and first since 2008. "I struggled with the speed (of the greens) all week."
Australia skipper Steve Smith was seen looking up to his side's dressing room when pondering whether to ask for a review after he was given out lbw.
India captain Virat Kohli said Smith had "crossed the line".
The International Cricket Council confirmed no action would be taken against either captain.
Sutherland said of Smith: "We have every faith there was no ill-intent in his actions. Steve's an outstanding person."
Smith, 27, admitted his error and described it as "a bit of brain-fade".
The laws of the game forbid players from consulting with anyone off the field about whether to use the Decision Review System (DRS), given that support staff have access to television replays in the dressing room.
Kohli, 28, said it was not an isolated incident and alleges he saw Australian players looking to the dressing room for DRS assistance on two other occasions while he was batting.
"I pointed that out to the umpire as well that I had seen their players looking upstairs for confirmation," Kohli added.
"We observed that, we told the match referee and the umpire that it's been happening for the last three days and it has to stop."
However, Sutherland replied: "I find the allegations questioning the integrity of Steve Smith, the Australian team and the dressing room, outrageous.
"We reject any commentary that suggests our integrity was brought into disrepute or that systemic unfair tactics are used, and stand by Steve and the Australian cricketers who are proudly representing our country."
The Indian cricket authorities responded with a strong rebuttal, insisting they "steadfastly stand" with Kohli and his team.
"Virat Kohli is a mature and seasoned cricketer and his conduct on the field has been exemplary," said the the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
"BCCI has requested the ICC to take cognisance of the fact that Smith admitted to a 'brain fade' at that moment.
BCCI sincerely hopes that the rest of the matches are played in the true spirit of cricket."
India's victory levelled the four-match series at 1-1 and the penultimate Test begins in Ranchi on 16 March.
Meanwhile, all-rounder Mitchell Marsh will return home from the tour of India with a shoulder injury and a replacement is expected to be announced in due course.
A headline in The Sydney Morning Herald read: "Kohli all but accuses Australia of cheating after epic Indian Test win".
And Andrew Wu wrote that the series has become a "no-holds barred, bare-knuckle fight after a spiteful finish to the second Test".
"Relations between the two sides are now at its lowest point since the Monkeygate scandal of 2007-08", he adds, referring to an incident when India's Harbhajan Singh was accused of a racial slur aimed at Andrew Symonds. He was later exonerated.
Writing in The Age, Greg Baum says the DRS has been a "nightmare" for everyone.
"Now it [DRS] has become Frankenstein, a man-made mechanical monster. If more sensible protocols cannot be developed, it should be scrapped altogether", he says.
A headline in the Herald Sun described the Indian captain as the "cricket's ultimate bully" while The Australian says "Cricket war of words flares again".
The report in The Australian said: "Cricket Australia chief launches an extraordinary attack on Indian skipper Virat Kohli, as strained relations explode again".
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The suspect, Jerome Antoine Dennis, was approached in the town of Clearwater on Sunday evening by an officer who noticed the smell of marijuana.
Police said the man tried to escape by hoverboard, but was arrested. He has yet to enter a plea to two charges.
Hoverboards are wheeled devices with a top speed of just over 10mph (16km/h).
"When a visibly marked officer attempted to make contact with the defendant he attempted to flee on his hoverboard and then on foot before being apprehended," the affidavit reads.
"A strong odour of marijuana was on the person as well."
Mr Dennis was charged with possession of marijuana and resisting an officer.
Zach Kibirige, of Premiership team Newcastle Falcons, denies subjecting the woman to a series of sexual offences at her home, in November.
But, Mr Kibirige told Newcastle Crown Court that nothing happened that was "against the woman's will".
Earlier, the woman said the player, 21, gripped her throat before raping her.
Mr Kibirige denies four counts of rape, attempted rape, sexual assault and another serious sexual assault over a period of about an hour.
Beginning the case for the defence his barrister, Nicholas Lumley QC, asked the player: "Did you rape [the complainant]?"
The 5ft 10ins tall defendant, who has also played for England Under-17s and Under 20s, replied from the witness box: "Absolutely not."
Mr Lumley then asked: "Did you do anything with her against her will?"
Mr Kibirige replied: "No, I did not."
Mr Lumley asked: "Did you go round to her flat to rape her?"
Mr Kibirige, who was born in Middlesbrough and brought up in Yarm, Teesside, replied: "No."
He told the court he had never been sent off, had no previous convictions, cautions or police reprimands.
In November, he was not playing for the Falcons as he was still recovering from an ankle injury, the court heard.
Mr Lumley asked Mr Kibirige: "Do you respect women?" He replied: "Absolutely."
He said he met the complainant at her home for the first time after they swapped WhatsApp messages, having initially matched on Tinder.
He said he was sober on the night he went to her home and claimed they started to watch a film in her bedroom.
The trial continues.
Ahead of a speech in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, on Friday, Mr Jones said a "progressive alliance" of voters was building to "kick out the Tories".
Meanwhile, the chief executive of Flintshire-based Iceland has explained why he is backing the Conservatives.
Malcolm Walker warned a change of direction "could risk all that has been achieved in growth and job creation".
He will meet Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb at Iceland's headquarters in Sealand later.
Mr Walker was one of the 100 business leaders who signed an open letter backing Conservative economic policies earlier this month.
Speaking before the meeting on Friday, he said he needed a UK government that "understands and supports business needs, provides the country with economic stability, puts growth at the heart of its plans and creates conditions that help businesses to flourish, such as lower taxes.
"I believe that a turn away from the direction we have pursued for the last five years could risk all that has been achieved in growth and job creation."
But Mr Jones said a change of direction was what most people in Wales wanted and many voters were moving to Labour.
"The vast majority of voters, up to 75% of them in Wales, will be going to the polls in less than two weeks with one big thing in common - they want an end to Tory rule at Westminster," he said.
"But, many of them are going to wake up disappointed if we let Tories in the backdoor by splitting the progressive vote where Welsh Labour can win."
Analysis by political correspondent Daniel Davies
With the SNP on the rise in Scotland, every Welsh seat becomes all the more important to Labour.
In the final two weeks of the campaign, where does Labour find those votes that could be crucial to help Ed Miliband into Downing Street?
Carwyn Jones's intended audience is voters tempted by Plaid Cymru and people who sympathise with Labour, but who have not voted in recent elections.
Last week, Plaid leader Leanne Wood told me on BBC Wales' Sunday Politics that her MPs might, in some circumstances, not support a minority Miliband government.
It prompted warnings from Labour that voting Plaid risked letting in the Conservatives.
The first minister is developing the theme today, with his attempt to put himself at the head of an "anti-Tory majority".
Also on Friday, Ms Wood called on young people to make their voices heard and join her party.
Ms Wood, who will be campaigning in Aberystwyth, said she had "witnessed at first hand the democratic revolution" of Scotland's independence referendum.
"I spoke to a number of 16 and 17 year olds in Scotland who had the right to vote for the first time," she said.
"I know that young people here in Wales have the same yearning to shake up the system as they had there."
It is among several aims the ferry operator has set itself for the first two years of its new Clyde and Hebrides Ferries Services contract.
The firms, along with social enterprises, are to be encouraged to bid for supply contracts.
Most fresh produce offered on CalMac ferries is also to be locally sourced.
Earlier this month, the ferry company formally signed a new £900m contract to continue operating the Clyde and Hebrides Ferries Network.
State-owned CalMac had competed with private firm Serco Caledonian Ferries Limited for the Scottish government contract to run the services.
CalMac already operates the routes on the west coast of Scotland, which include the inner and outer Hebrides.
It was named the successful bidder of the new contract in May.
The contract, which was awarded by the Scottish government's Transport Scotland, covers an eight-year period from 1 October.
The deal includes a separate contract which sees CalMac taking responsibility for ferry operations at 24 ports on behalf of Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (CMAL).
CalMac has now set out aims it wants to achieve in the first two years of the new contract.
Other targets include continued investment in officer cadets and rating apprenticeships.
CalMac plans to work with local maritime training organisations, such as the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) and City of Glasgow College, to further to develop it workforce.
The company also plans to invest £6m in "onboard, port and passenger area improvements". These include piloting a drinks trolley service which would allow passengers to buy beverages while they are seated.
Managing director Martin Dorchester said: "The new contract marks the start of a new era in ferry services on the west coast which we are delighted to be introducing.
"The last nine years have seen significant improvements to ferry services and we look forward to building on this work by taking our services, and the benefits they offer to our customers and the communities we serve, up to a new level."
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Leicester's squad was assembled for £57m, the cheapest of any currently in the top half of the table.
"Big money makes big teams and usually big teams win. Now we can say only 99% of the time," said Ranieri.
"Next season will be the same and for the next 10 or 20 years, it will be the same."
The cost to assemble Leicester's squad is dwarfed by that of the Premier League's elite.
A recent study showed nearest challengers Tottenham had a squad built at the cost of £159m, while Arsenal (£231m), Liverpool (£260m), Chelsea (£280m), Manchester United (£395m) and Manchester City (£415m) had invested significantly more.
Ranieri suggested a surprise title winner only comes along roughly once every 20 years, pointing to the examples of Nottingham Forest in 1978 and Blackburn Rovers in 1995.
Forest won the league a year after finishing third in the second tier, while Blackburn, themselves heavily backed financially by Jack Walker, were champions three years after winning promotion to the Premier League.
"How many years after Nottingham Forest and Blackburn have another team won?" said the Italian. "The richest, or the team who can pick up the best players to make a team, will win."
Leicester are owned by Thai billionaire Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, who spoke in 2014 of his readiness to spend £180m to secure the Foxes a top-five finish in the Premier League within three years.
Next season, they will receive between £99m and £150m in prize money as a new television deal worth £5.136bn over three years begins.
Ranieri's argument, though, is other clubs in the Premier League still have more money to spend on players.
"Maybe now is too early to think what we have done," said the 64-year-old. "Maybe in one or two years it will be easier to understand, but now it is important to stay high in the world."
Ranieri does not believe the Foxes' Premier League rivals will have an easy job taking his key players away from the King Power Stadium.
His star trio - midfielder N'Golo Kante, forward Riyad Mahrez, the Professional Footballers' Association Player of the Year, and striker Jamie Vardy, who was named Football Writers' Footballer of the Year - are likely to attract interest over the summer from Europe's biggest clubs.
"My phone will ring this summer but I will say: 'Do you have enough money to buy my players?' I would like to maintain all of them," said Ranieri.
"But if one of my players says to me, 'I want to go there', I try to keep him. If you go away you don't know what happens, here you are the king."
And the former Chelsea boss said he will not rush into spending big money on a squad that faces a first Champions League campaign.
"We don't need superstars, we need our players," said Ranieri. "I want to improve the squad without big stars but the right players."
Leicester, champions of England for the first time in their 132-year history, will receive the Premier League trophy after Saturday's final home game against Everton (17:30 BST kick-off).
New snooker world champion Mark Selby, who is from Leicester, wants to join the club's open-top bus parade after missing the moment they sealed the title because he was winning his second crown.
When the Foxes clinched the Championship in 2014, Selby missed the team's bus parade through the city because he was beating Ronnie O'Sullivan to win his first world title.
"They had the open-top bus tour on the day of the Crucible final but I hope they can hold it back for me this time and I can be on there with them," he said.
Selby has revealed the part Leicester's England striker Vardy played in his Crucible success, encouraging him to overcome Marco Fu in the semi-finals.
"He was texting me through the semi-final, saying 'good luck' and hopefully I'll get a few more messages from the boys," said the 32-year-old.
The rise in regulated fares, including season tickets, is capped at no more than July's RPI inflation rate of 1%.
However, unregulated fares, such as off-peak leisure tickets, can go up by as much as train companies like.
It is the smallest rise in six years, but campaigners said some passengers would be "amazed" by any rise because of the "dire" quality of some services.
Punctuality figures published by Network Rail show more than one in 10 trains (10.7%) arrived at their final destination at least five minutes late in the past 12 months.
Anthony Smith, from independent watchdog Transport Focus, said passengers were "paying their part" and it was now time for the rail industry to deliver on the basics.
Bruce Williamson, of campaign group Railfuture, claimed fares were "increasingly divorced from reality".
"High street prices have remained stagnant for more than a year, with the official CPI inflation figure hovering around zero, yet the government thinks it's fair to make rail travel even more expensive," he said.
Under government rules, the rise in regulated fares was restricted to no more than the Retail Prices Index measure of inflation over the year to July, which was 1%.
Over the long term, RPI has tended to record higher inflation than the other measure of rising prices, the Consumer Price Index, which was 0.1% during the year.
The increases, which were announced in December, cover fares in England, Scotland and Wales. Northern Ireland is treated separately.
Commuters with annual season tickets can find out how much their fare has gone up by on the National Rail Enquiries website.
A 12-month pass from Basingstoke to London will cost £4,196 in 2016, up by £40 from £4,156.
Workers travelling from Gloucester to Birmingham will have to pay out £36 more than the 2015 price of £3,860 for a ticket.
Passengers making daily journeys between Liverpool and Manchester will see their season tickets rise by £28, up from £2,960 to £2,988.
Paul Plummer, of the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) which represents train operators and Network Rail, said on average 97p in every pound from fares was spent on trains, staff and other running costs.
"We know that nobody likes to pay more to travel by train, especially to get to work, and at 1.1% this is the smallest average increase in fares for six years."
Labour said commuters would be paying on average 25% more for rail season tickets since David Cameron took office.
Some were paying a "truly staggering" rise of almost £2,000 in cash terms since 2010, shadow transport secretary Lilian Greenwood said.
The analysis compared costs on over 200 routes between when the Conservatives came to power and the new prices for 2016.
The highest increase found was on a Virgin Trains season ticket between Birmingham and London Euston which has risen by £1,984 and now costs more than £10,000 for the first time.
Action for Rail - a campaign by rail unions and the TUC - said privatisation of the railways was to blame.
It claimed £1.5bn could be saved over five years if routes with franchises up for renewal were returned to the public sector.
The Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) is a monthly survey of a panel of firms. It tracks indicators such as new orders, employment and exports.
In April, it showed the fastest rate of expansion in business activity and new orders since the survey began 12 years ago.
The data is produced by Ulster Bank.
The survey also points to increased levels of employment as companies responded to increasing workloads
Richard Ramsey, the bank's chief economist, said the survey shows Northern Ireland outperforming the UK on some key indicators but that it needed to be kept in context.
"It should be remembered that Northern Ireland's economic recovery, in terms of both output and employment, has lagged significantly behind that of the UK.
"Therefore, the local economy still faces a prolonged period of catch-up in the months and years ahead.
"However, it is encouraging to see that the recovery is gaining momentum."
Services, which are the largest part of Northern Ireland's private sector, showed the best performance.
Some of the companies surveyed said that higher salary payments had been a driver of increased input costs.
The construction sector posted the fastest rate of input price inflation for the fourth consecutive month, while inflation also picked up in the manufacturing and service sectors.
Despite the rate of cost inflation remaining strong, Northern Ireland companies raised their output prices at only a slight pace in April.
His Nobel certificate as well jewellery and other personal items were also recovered.
Three people have been arrested.
Mr Satyarthi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 for his work to combat child labour and child trafficking in India.
He shared the award with Pakistani child education activist Malala Yousafzai for her work on female education.
Mr Satyarthi said no-one was home at the time of the burglary last week.
"I had complete faith in the government, the police and the people of this great nation. I thank the Delhi police for the brilliant and speedy recovery of the items stolen from my residence," Mr Satyarthi was quoted by India Today website as saying.
The 63-year-old founded Bachpan Bachao Andolan, or the Save the Childhood Movement, which campaigns for child rights and an end to human trafficking.
Mr Satyarthi has long campaigned against child labour and rescued children from servitude.
His efforts have seen tens of thousands of children rescued from hazardous industries and rehabilitated.
Jamie Donoughue is one of five nominees shortlisted in the best live action short film category for his movie Shok.
Set during the run-up to the Kosovo War, the 21-minute film is the true story of two boys whose friendship is tested to the limits.
Donoughue said being nominated was like being in a "whirlwind".
A former student at Ashville College in Harrogate, Donoughue said the film came about after he found himself unexpectedly stranded in Kosovo in 2010.
"I was a music video director for many years and wanted to move into drama so I went out to shoot a commercial in Kosovo and knew absolutely nothing about the country.
"I went for three days and during that time the Icelandic volcano erupted and I got stuck in the country for five weeks and couldn't get a flight out."
He added: "I met some incredible people who brought me into their families and lives and began to show me what happened and what went on over there.
"I felt I really had to do something to tell some of the stories."
Alongside fellow Leeds producers Harvey Ascott and Howard Dawson, Donoughue spent four years travelling back and forth to Kosovo, finishing the film last year.
The trio have been in Los Angeles since the beginning of the month preparing for Sunday's awards ceremony.
Donoughue said: "It's a bit like a presidential election. You have to lobby the film, go and screen it at events and do meetings and press conferences."
He said he had not had time to think about the prospect of winning and his thank-you speech.
"You only get about 50 seconds and if I had to do all the thank-yous there's no way I could fit it all in.
"I've got all my family ringing saying you're going to have to mention me."
Botham played for the county in their inaugural first-class season in 1992 and ended his career there the following year.
Durham were relegated to Division Two of the County Championship last month over financial issues.
"It is important that we all recognise the size of the task ahead," the 60-year-old said.
Durham finished fourth in Division One of the County Championship this summer but were relegated after accepting a £3.8m financial aid package, which was approved by the England and Wales Cricket Board.
The north east club also agreed a deal with Durham County Council over their debts, which will see £3.74m of loans from the council converted into shares, and will start next season with a 48-point deduction.
Durham also face a four-point penalty in the 2017 T20 Blast and a two-point deduction in the One-Day Cup, and have lost the right to stage Test cricket at their Riverside ground.
"As someone who lives locally it is an honour to have the opportunity to contribute to the club's future, to look forward and to continue to produce the talent that will serve both the county and England well in the years ahead," added Botham, who will take on the role when he returns from his media duties on England's forthcoming tour of India.
"We will work closely with the ECB and Durham County Council in the months ahead as we develop a plan to ensure continued success for this great club."
Botham, who also played for Somerset and Worcestershire, was England's leading Test wicket-taker, with 383 victims, for almost 30 years before being overtaken by James Anderson in April 2015.
In her speech at the Charity Commission, the prime minister announced a number of pledges including training at every secondary school, training for employers and organisations, and the appointment of a mental health campaigner.
Here, people have been sharing their experiences of mental health services.
For the last three years, I have been saying exactly what the prime minister has announced today.
I lost my daughter Chloe Rose to suicide two and a half years ago - she was 19.
She was under the care of Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services (Camhs) but discharged at 16.
There is a gap in care from the age of 16 to 18. After 16, you're put into the adult mental health category.
But a young person in a dark place may miss an important appointment - who follows them up to see if they're OK?
I've carried out talks to police recruits and college students, and have done many charity events.
I ran a 100km [62-mile] ultramarathon in memory of my daughter - it was for the charity Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide, which is a great charity I use who support people going through suicide grief.
I'm currently serving in the Army as a sergeant, and I'm going through a transfer to become an Army welfare worker.
Also, I will soon be getting qualified as a adult and young persons' mental-health first-aid instructor and also a trainer in applied suicide-intervention skills training.
Being in the military, I'm well aware of the stigma and lack of resources that are not available to us and the community.
I run a social media page, Miles for Mental Health, to raise awareness of organisations as well as funds to help pay for people to do mental health first-aid courses.
I'm pushing for the courses to be brought into the curriculum in both primary and secondary schools, as well as in companies, communities, and the military.
I'm a firm believer that experience, education, research, intervention and preparation can potentially save a life.
Mental health services have been in crisis for the last five years.
[In my job as a community psychiatric nurse,] we have no beds or resources.
My team has over 90 people on its caseload.
We struggle to cope with 45.
The system is broken.
We take people on to avoid admission, but we have no beds to admit to.
This year, [after 40 years,] I have had enough, it's time for me to go, I cannot cope with the strain and pressure anymore.
The government do nothing, they lie and manipulate all the time.
Trust managers know what is happening but are unable to act.
I've had experience of both NHS and private mental health facilities recently, and the NHS is far worse at dealing with mental health issues.
I had quite a bad experience with a GP who was very dismissive of these issues, so I opted to go through a Live Well facility in my local area.
This was better for me, but still has a very light touch and [is] generic, without any effort or in my view ability to deal with mental health issues.
I'm in a position where I can afford private healthcare, however many are not, so I can only imagine how widespread this issue is.
I'm glad that there will, hopefully, now be a far greater focus on mental health, but there needs to be both words and action to tackle the problem.
My daughter had anorexia last year.
She suffers from self-esteem issues and the feeling of needing to be perfect.
She was diagnosed [at] the beginning of April, but the nearest appointment to see a Camhs worker was the middle of June, which I feared would have been too late for my daughter.
I took her to the GP again due to her deteriorating health, but he told me that I had to wait for the Camhs appointment.
At this point her weight was in the danger zone, down to five stone.
In the meantime, I tried manage it all myself, using all kinds of approaches to help my daughter.
When she was eventually seen by Camhs, she was so ill she was admitted to hospital.
She had to stay in a general hospital for two weeks before there was a bed available in a specialist hospital.
But the nearest bed was over 120 miles from home in Middlesbrough, as there is no provision in the whole of Cumbria.
She stayed in Middlesbrough for seven weeks - it affected her mental health further by being so far away from home, but in the end it was the best place for her.
When she was discharged, she needed to see a dietician, but the only one in Cumbria was off sick.
My daughter didn't see a dietician for six weeks.
My main issue is that GPs didn't understand the seriousness of this mental health disorder - the system is woefully inadequate.
By Andree Massiah, UGC & Social News team
The accidents happened within a mile-and-a-half-stretch between the B4047 and the A415 at Witney, three days after Christmas.
Debbie Blood, 54, from Gloucester, was in a car that crashed into the back of a stationary lorry.
Four other people were taken to hospital and 15 people treated at the scene, the ambulance service said.
The driver of the lorry, Sauklius Gajauskas, had activated his hazard lights because he had seen a collision ahead.
Ms Blood's partner, Shane Giles, was driving the car and told her inquest he saw the outline of the lorry, but not the hazard lights.
PC Ross Clarkson was called to the scene and said he saw debris on the road from several collisions.
He added that visibility was only about 50m and driving conditions were "treacherous".
His statement read: "The enormity of the collision dawned on me. I could see people sat in vehicles, walking around and slumped on the ground in shock."
Oxfordshire Coroner Darren Salter said black ice and dense fog led to "awful" driving conditions.
However, he said he was satisfied the Highways Authority had acted responsibly in salting the roads on 27 December, the evening before the crash.
He concluded that Ms Blood had died as a result of a road traffic collision.
While not everyone hated the sequel to 2015's Fifty Shades of Grey, the vast majority of critics were not impressed.
The New York Times said the film was "Fifty Shades Darker and only half as watchable" as its predecessor.
"What an incredibly, indelibly idiotic movie," is how Rolling Stone's Peter Travers summed it up in his 0.5-star review.
"Fifty Shades Darker is an ordeal to watch not because of its gothic eroticism but because of its utter blandness," wrote The Independent's Geoffrey Macnab.
"When the inevitable spanking scene takes place, it is tongue in cheek (although not quite literally so)."
"Buff, bland, bonking machines are possessed of prodigious libido but bereft of personality," The Daily Mirror's Chris Hunneysett wrote.
"If you want to watch a movie about a billionaire playboy with a penchant for darkness, inflicting violence and dressing up in masks, you're far better off seeing The Lego Batman Movie."
But Variety liked it a little more, writing: "For all its structural and psychological deficiencies, it's hard not to enjoy Fifty Shades Darker on its own lusciously limited terms."
"It sure ain't boring," observed Deadline's Pete Hammond, who also gave the film a more positive review.
"Best of all, like the first film, this one has a killer soundtrack that makes Fifty Shades Darker sound just as good as it looks."
"There's one significant problem with both Fifty Shades movies that's impossible to ignore: [Jamie] Dornan is just a dud," said Time's Stephanie Zacharek.
But, she adds: "It's all fantasy, so what's the harm? There isn't any. And if millions of girls or guys go out to see Fifty Shades Darker with their friends for a giggle or two, then the world is a happier place."
Other publications who didn't quite consider the film a masterpiece included The Guardian, The Telegraph and The New Yorker.
To be fair - we're fairly confident everyone involved in making the film wasn't pinning their hopes on critical praise.
Like the first film in the franchise, Fifty Shades Darker will still likely be a huge box office success.
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Klopp, 48, missed seeing his side lose a 2-0 lead before drawing 2-2 with Sunderland at Anfield.
The German's coaching staff, including Zeljko Buvac, Peter Krawietz, Pepijn Lijnders and John Achterberg took over.
Liverpool say Klopp "or a member of the first team coaching staff" will hold a media briefing on Monday ahead of the FA Cup fourth round replay at West Ham.
You can read a full report of Liverpool's game with Sunderland here.
Mr Gambaccini was arrested on suspicion of historical sexual abuse and placed on bail for a year before the case against him was dropped in October.
He told a Commons committee that lost earnings and legal fees had cost him more than £200,000.
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) denied there was a "witch-hunt".
Home Secretary Theresa May announced in December that she was consulting on a 28-day bail limit in all but exceptional cases.
Giving evidence to the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee, the former Radio 1 DJ said he believed he was used as human "fly paper" to encourage other people to come forward and make allegations against him.
He said he suspected his bail was repeatedly extended until the end of high-profile cases involving other celebrities because police did not want juries to hear a former Radio 1 DJ had been cleared of sexual wrongdoing.
Mr Gambaccini, who has since returned to work on BBC Radio 2 and 4, was arrested by detectives from Operation Yewtree - the police investigation into historic sex offences launched in the wake of the revelations about former DJ and TV presenter Jimmy Savile.
He said that he and other celebrities falsely accused of historical sex crimes had been the victim of a "witch-hunt" to divert attention from the failure of the authorities to deal with Savile while he was still alive.
"Someone whose identity we do not know, who I call the Wizard of Oz, the person sitting behind the curtain, pulling the levers, setting off smoke and light shows, decided 'I've got a great idea, let's have a witch-hunt, let's divert the attention of the public from the police who knew about but failed to stop Jimmy Savile in his lifetime and shine that spotlight instead on his contemporaries and we'll get perverts from show business in the 1970s and 1980s'," he said.
He said that by opening a website and phone line so that people could accuse celebrities of sexual offences "you are going to get some people who are responding to the offer of money and attention".
Mr Gambaccini was arrested on 29 October 2013 and police handed papers to the Crown Prosecution Service on 10 February 2014.
But it was not until 10 October 2014 that he was told no case was being brought against him, he said.
Mr Gambaccini told the committee that during that time his bail was extended on seven occasions with only "vague" explanations from police.
He said he gradually realised the dates often coincided with important developments in the Yewtree investigation.
Bail was extended on 2 May, when publicist Max Clifford was sentenced for historic indecent assaults, on 30 June, hours after the conviction of Rolf Harris, and on 12 September when former Stoke Mandeville doctor Michael Salmon appeared in court charged with rape, he said.
When his bail was extended to 15 September, he suspected a link to the trial of Dave Lee Travis, which was due to end on that date.
Mr Gambaccini said the BBC suspended him without pay immediately after his arrest became public and he was "shunned" by other employers.
Asked if he would support anonymity for those arrested, but not charged, over sexual allegations, Mr Gambaccini said: "Absolutely. I do realise that there are people of good faith who say people who have been arrested should be named because then people who have been victimised will come forward.
"These people of good faith don't realise that it isn't only people who have actually committed offences who are arrested and named - there are some innocent people in the mix."
He said he would "enthusiastically" support a 28-day bail limit, adding: "There is no possible excuse for further delay in leaving somebody out to dry.
"The only reason for the delay is to try to get somebody else to accuse you.
"It's not a proper use of the criminal justice system, it's the misuse of a power they happen to have for other reasons."
But DPP Alison Saunders - the most senior prosecutor in England and Wales - said the 28-day limit was "too short" because decisions on whether to press charges take substantially longer in a minority of cases, often involving fraud, corruption or historical sex offences.
She insisted that the CPS does not release the names of suspects before charge and stressed that a decision not to press charges is not a determination of innocence or guilt, but a judgment on whether there is sufficient evidence to secure a conviction.
Ms Saunders made clear she did not believe the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) owed Gambaccini an apology.
She also denied claims made by Conservative MP Michael Ellis that the bail the system was "broken" and told the committee: "We are not conducting a witch-hunt against anyone, be it journalists or celebrities."
They said gunmen had attacked a convoy of construction workers building a security fence along the vast border along the Sinai desert.
Two workers were injured and one later died of his wounds, Israeli media said.
Separately, in two Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip, four other militants were killed.
Israel's Defence Minister Ehud Barak said the attack near the Egyptian border was a "disturbing deterioration".
The gunmen appeared to have crossed from Egypt's turbulent Sinai Peninsula into southern Israel.
The attack took place about 18 miles (30km) from the Gaza Strip, near the border villages of Kadesh Barnea, Nitzana and Beer Milcha, AFP reported.
Israeli officials said at least three gunmen had opened fire at the convoy of vehicles and also detonated an explosive device.
By Wyre DaviesBBC Middle East correspondent
The incident along the long border between Israel and Egypt may have been over within a few hours but it underlines increasing concern about the security situation in this vast, sparsely populated region.
To put it bluntly, Israel says that in the year or so since the fall of Hosni Mubarak, Egypt has taken its eye off the ball in the Sinai.
That, says Israel, has allowed Palestinian militants to move relatively freely from Gaza into Egyptian territory.
From there, and sometimes with the help of sympathisers based in the Sinai, they launch rocket attacks against Israel.
Israel is now anxious to complete the construction of the long border fence. It was commissioned, initially, to keep out illegal migrants from Africa and to curb the smuggling of weapons and contraband into Israel.
But, for Israel, the border fence has taken on a new significance in the fight against Gaza-based militants.
The Egyptian and Israeli armies are said to maintain regular contacts and have a shared interest in avoiding an escalation of violence in the desert but, all the while, Israel is watching political developments in Egypt with concern.
"A terrorist squad opened gunfire and possibly also fired an anti-tank rocket at an area where [Israel] is constructing the border fence," Israeli military spokesman Yoav Mordechai told army radio.
"Soldiers arrived on the scene and killed one terrorist."
They said that a second militant had been killed when the explosive device he was carrying detonated and the body of a third was found at the scene.
The workman who died was an Arab citizen of Israel, according to Reuters news agency.
The entire border area, including a major road near the coastal resort town of Eilat, was closed for a few hours after the attack and roadblocks were set up.
Military officials said they believed other militants involved in the attack had escaped back across the border into Egypt.
The US condemned the militants' actions and said it was concerned about the security situation in the Sinai peninsula.
Washington highlighted the need for political stability in Egypt, where upheaval after the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak last year led to a wave of unrest in the Sinai.
Later on Monday, Israel carried out an air strike on Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip, killing two Palestinians on a motorcycle. Islamic Jihad said the dead men belonged to the militant group. Israel's military said they were planning to attack Israel across the border from Gaza.
An hour later another Israeli air strike killed two more men in Beit Hanoun and wounded three others, a hospital official in Gaza told AFP. Israeli officials confirmed the air strike and said it was targeting was a squad of Palestinians launching rockets.
Military sources said neither of the incidents in the northern Gaza Strip were related to the attack along the Egyptian border, which came just 48 hours after rockets were fired into southern Israel from the Sinai desert.
According to AFP, Israeli police said a rocket had been fired in the Hof Akhkeon area of southern Israel, to the north of the Gaza Strip. No injuries or damage were caused.
"Only yesterday, two rockets were fired towards the southern Negev," Mr Barak said, demanding Egypt tighten control of the area.
"We await the [Egyptian presidential] election results. Whoever will be elected, we expect him to take responsibility on all of Egypt's international commitments, including the peace accord with Israel and the security arrangements inside the Sinai and to swiftly put an end to these attacks," he said.
In August last year, gunmen crossed the border into Israel and attacked buses near Eilat, killing eight people.
Israeli sources said the latest cross-border attack showed a relatively sophisticated degree of planning and co-ordination and bore many similarities to the August incident.
The frontier fence will run most of the length of the 165 miles (266km) from Eilat, on the Red Sea, up to the Gaza Strip, according to Reuters.
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The country's governing Fidesz party pushed the law through parliament in April after winning a two-thirds majority in parliamentary elections.
Opponents say it threatens democracy by removing checks and balances set up in 1989 when Communism fell.
The EU and US had also asked for the law to be withdrawn.
The dispute has cast doubt over talks on a new financing agreement with the EU and IMF, seen as vital for market confidence in the central European country.
But the economic crisis facing Hungary overshadows both the government's policies and the opposition protests, says the BBC's Nick Thorpe in Budapest.
Fidesz won the elections promising to create a million workplaces - but there has been no growth so far.
And as the public mood worsens, so do the country's ratings, and the chances of attracting foreign investment, and creating more jobs, our correspondent says.
Several centre-left opposition parties joined in the protests on Monday evening, held near a gala event organised by the government to celebrate the new constitution.
By Nick ThorpeBBC News, Budapest
The governing Fidesz party controls 68% of seats in parliament, but the streets now belong to the opposition.
Nearly every day there are new demonstrations against one aspect or another of government policy - the new constitution, economic policy, the centralisation of the state media, or the closing of an opposition radio station.
One of the main speakers at Monday night's rally, Peter Konya, likened the government to the Titanic ocean liner, and the protesters to the iceberg which sank it.
But the economic crisis facing Hungary overshadows both the government's policies and the opposition protests. Fidesz won a landslide victory in 2010 promising to create a million workplaces.
But their attempts to generate growth have so far ended in failure. And as the public mood worsens, so do the country's ratings, and the chances of attracting foreign investment, and creating more jobs.
Protesters chanted slogans denouncing the centre-right Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, and carried placards denouncing his "dictatorship" as officials arrived for the event.
"Viktor Orban and his servants turned Hungary from a promising place to the darkest spot in Europe," said Socialist MP Tibor Szanyi, quoted by AFP news agency.
Aspects of the new constitution and accompanying laws which have come in for criticism include:
But Fidesz says the new constitution, or basic law, improves the legal framework of life in Hungary.
"Despite political debates we think it is an important value that for the first time, a freely elected parliament created the Basic Law," said Fidesz MP Gergely Gulyas, quoted by the Reuters news agency.
Mr Gulyas co-wrote the new law and shepherded it through parliament.
According to a December opinion poll, popular support for Fidesz has fallen to 18%, although it still leads the other parties.
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Daley will be competing at his third Olympics, having made his debut at the age of 14 at the 2008 Games in Beijing.
Tonia Couch will also go to her third Games while 16-year-old Lois Toulson, who will compete in the women's 10m synchronised, is the youngest athlete selected for Team GB's squad so far.
"I want to go out there and win an Olympic gold medal," Daley said.
"I feel like I'm at my peak in terms of strength and conditioning, my consistency and the degree of difficulty with my routines," he told BBC Sport.
Daley will compete in the 10m platform, and alongside Dan Goodfellow in the synchronised 10m. The duo won European silver together in May.
"The men's 10m platform and synchro will be tight fields with so many talented athletes and I'm going to do everything I can to ensure I'm at my best for my two events in Rio," added Daley.
Britain's best-ever diving medal haul from a single Olympics is two from the 1960 Rome Games.
The squad will head to Rio with the belief they can set a new record, having enjoyed record-breaking results at world and European championships over the past 12 months.
World bronze medallist Jack Laugher will compete in the individual 3m springboard competition and alongside Chris Mears in the synchronised event.
Sarah Barrow marks an incredible resurgence in form by achieving selection for the individual 10m platform event.
Following two years of chronic shin problems - including a stress fracture and a non-cancerous tumour - she was dropped from the long-established synchronised 10m platform line-up earlier this year.
After briefly being paired again with Couch and helping secure Team GB a place in the event at Rio 2016, she was dropped once more and did not compete in the record-breaking European Championships for Britain in May.
But the 27-year-old Plymouth-based diver won the 10m platform title at the Olympic trials to secure herself a place in the event with Couch.
"This will be my third Olympics and I feel I have learnt so much from both Beijing and London that I can use to my advantage in Rio," said Couch.
"The pool [in Rio] is great and I loved competing there in February so can't wait to go back."
In addition to Toulson and Goodfellow, Grace Reid and Freddie Woodward will also be making their Olympic debuts in Rio.
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A two-minute silence was observed, before the Queen laid the first wreath at the Cenotaph in central London.
More than 10,000 military veterans and civilian representatives marched past the monument.
Services also took place at memorials across the UK, in Commonwealth countries and at bases abroad.
The crowds gathered in central London stood quietly as Big Ben struck 11:00 GMT.
By Nick HighamBBC News
It is a familiar scene, a tradition inaugurated in 1919 and faithfully repeated ever since, a ritual that scarcely changes.
It is one I have watched many times on television.
But only when you stand in Whitehall do you fully grasp the way the silence and solemnity continue for several minutes more, while the Queen and other members of the Royal Family and the service chiefs lay the first wreaths of poppies at the foot of the Cenotaph.
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The beginning and end of the silence was marked with the firing of a round by the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery, using a 13-pounder World War One gun.
The monarch then laid her wreath at the foot of the monument, the focal point of the UK's Remembrance Sunday events since World War One, bowing her head after paying her respects.
On a sunny but crisp autumn day, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry laid wreaths.
Prime Minister David Cameron was next to pay his respects, followed by Labour leader Ed Miliband and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg.
Former prime ministers Sir John Major, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, along with London Mayor Boris Johnson, also took part in the ceremony, as did military and emergency service chiefs and representatives from Commonwealth countries.
The assembled marchers - who for the first time included representatives of a World War Two unit known as "Churchill's Secret Army" - then set off down Whitehall.
In events elsewhere:
Among those who marched past the Cenotaph for the first time, were 41 members of the British Resistance Movement - known as Churchill's Secret Army or the Coleshill Auxiliaries - volunteer fighters charged with going underground to continue the fight in the event of a German invasion of Britain in World War Two.
John Brunel Cohen, a D-Day veteran, was among those who gathered in London.
"The whole parade is very thought provoking, evocative and emotive," he said. "To march through the streets of London cheered by thousands is an experience however often you've done it."
Col Matt Jackson, who was attending his first service at the Cenotaph, said the experience was "hugely humbling".
"During the two-minute silence, you could see the thought process behind everybody about what they were doing and the remembrance and what it obviously meant to a number of individuals," he said.
"You couldn't hear a thing, other than the leaves in the background."
Kerry Ashworth, whose son James was killed in Afghanistan last year and was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery, said it was a special day.
"The job that they do is so hard and so tough and when somebody loses their life, it's just one little thing that you can do just to remember them for a few minutes," she said.
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The UK fell silent in tribute to service personnel who have died during conflicts, as part of the annual Remembrance Sunday service.
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The level of anticipation is huge. Fans have spent most of the week trying to decipher clues from the last episode's title, Felina (an anagram of finale).
Creator Vince Gilligan is keeping his cards close to his chest. The only person outside the cast who has seen the last script is his girlfriend, he told Rolling Stone.
But ending a much loved, long-running show is a daunting task. Gilligan admits that when he wrote the pilot in 2005, he had no idea where the story would go, beyond the initial concept of "Mr Chips becomes Scarface".
"You'd be surprised to know how little I had figured out," he told BBC Radio 4's Front Row.
"The ending was something that was a bit mysterious to us all right up until a month or two before we finished shooting."
In anticipation of the series' conclusion, here are some of the shows that got their dying moments right, and the ones that failed spectacularly.
"I think a lot of people thought they were being made a fool of," said Sopranos creator David Chase, of the show's infamous non-ending.
Broadcast in June 2007, the show's 81st episode was called "Made In America". The last scene was set in a diner, filled with images of the American dream. Mafia kingpin Tony Soprano took a seat in a booth, selected Journey's Don't Stop Believing on the jukebox and waited as, one by one, his family arrived.
His daughter Meadow had been having trouble parking her car. As she finally arrived and pushed the door open, the screen faded to black.
Fans were furious. What did it all mean?
Even the leading man was annoyed. "When I first saw the ending, I said, 'What the... ?!'" actor James Gandolfini (Tony Soprano) told Vanity Fair last year.
"I mean, after all I went through, all this death, and then it's over like that?"
Then he added: "After I had a day to sleep, I just sat there and said, 'That's perfect.' "
Many thought Tony had dodged the executioner's bullet, although the prevailing theory - explained at great length online - is that he was shot dead by a mobster who had been hiding in the bathroom.
Chase has always been enigmatic about the ending: "I think that to explain it would diminish it," he once said.
But an interview last year shed more light on his thinking.
"Did Tony die or didn't he die? Well, first of all, it really comes down to this: There was, what, six seasons of that show? Seven? Am I supposed to do a scene and ending where it shows that crime doesn't pay? Well, we saw that crime pays. We've been seeing that for how many years?
"Now, in another sense, we saw that crime didn't pay because it wasn't making him happy. He was an extremely isolated, unhappy man. And then finally, once in a while, he would make a connection with his family and be happy there.
"But in this case, whatever happened, we never got to see the result of that. It was torn away from him and from us."
For more than a decade, viewers watched the Ingalls family tackle farm life on their 1800s homestead.
Over 184 episodes, they survived tornadoes, teenage pregnancies, typhus and train crashes - and that's just the T's.
But nothing could prepare viewers for the final episode, in 1984, when the residents of Walnut Grove decided to blow up the town.
The episode revolved around a ruthless robber-baron, Nathan Lassiter, who held the deeds to the town, and planned to build a railroad through it. In protest, the residents set the town with dynamite and sent it sky-high.
But the destruction was pragmatic, as well as dramatic.
TV company NBC had built their sets in the Simi Valley, north of Los Angeles, on land leased from the Getty Oil Company - and had agreed to restore the land to its original state when the show ended.
Actor Michael Landon, who wrote and directed the final episode, realised he could incorporate his contractual obligation into the story.
At the time, he called it "a nice catharsis for the cast and crew" but Melissa Gilbert, who joined the cast as a child star, remembers it differently.
"I grew up in and around... all these buildings," she told the Archive of American Television in 2011.
"I got my first kiss behind the church - for real, in real life. And it was just gone.
"It was crushingly sad for all of us."
I Married Dora was an obscure, unloved US sitcom, notable only for casting a 15-year-old Juliette Lewis in an early role.
The show revolved around a single father, Peter (Daniel Hugh Kelly), who married his Salvadorean housekeeper Dora (Elizabeth Pena) to prevent her deportation.
Created by The Cosby Show's Michael J Leeson, it lasted just 13 episodes before the axe fell.
In the dying moments of the final episode, Peter was seen boarding a plane to Bahrain, only to arrive back in the airport lobby moments later.
"It's been cancelled," he announced.
"The flight?" asked Dora.
"No, our series."
The cast then turned to face the camera and waved "Adios" to their audience, as the shot pulled back to reveal the set and the crew.
Wavy lines. Spooky music. "And it was all just a dream."
Dallas famously undid an entire series when Pam Ewing woke up to find her husband Bobby in the shower - a year after he supposedly died in a car crash.
Crossroads and The Brittas Empire both took place in the imagination of their lead characters, while one episode of Buffy The Vampire Slayer alluded to the fact that Buffy Summers was hallucinating her story from inside a mental institution.
It's a risky device, which can leave viewers feeling hoodwinked - but undoubtedly the best implementation was when the curtain fell on Bob Newhart's 1980s sitcom.
The show told the increasingly bizarre story of a New York author who moves to Vermont and opens an inn.
In its final scene, the comedian abruptly woke up in bed next to actress Suzanne Pleshette, who had played his wife 15 years earlier, in a separate sitcom called The Bob Newhart Show.
"Honey, you won't believe the dream I just had," he said, and the series bowed out to the theme tune of its predecessor.
Six years after the most expensive pilot in television history, 13.5 million people tuned in to watch the finale of Lost.
Two-and-a-half hours later, chat show host Jimmy Kimmel summed up their reaction: "That's it? Seriously? That's it? Come on. Really?"
The New York Times called the ending a "cop-out" while a fantastically sweary review on Gawker accused the writers of "cheating".
Why? Because after six series of suspense, it turned out the survivors of the show's initial plane crash were dead after all.
It wasn't quite that simple, though. Everyone died at different times, some on the island where they'd been stranded, others many years later.
The cast were reunited in Purgatory (or perhaps the after-life) for a final group hug, and the central mystery was resolved. The island was a cork, designed to contain an evil force so it didn't leak out and infect the rest of the world.
But there were dozens of narrative dead ends, questions and plot points fans needed resolved before they could sleep happy. They didn't get them.
"I make no apologies for it", said the show's creator Damon Lindelof last year. "It's the story I wanted to tell."
"It's not that I didn't care about the mythology of the show, it's just like many shows have come and gone that are very focused on their mysteries and their mythologies and their ambiguity and there is no worse scene in the history of genre than the Architect explaining to Neo everything that happened in The Matrix.
"I wasn't going to touch that with a ten-foot pole."
A medical drama made by the Hill Street Blues team, St Elsewhere was set in St Eligius, an understaffed and overburdened Boston teaching hospital.
For the last episode in 1988, writers packed out the drama with endless in-jokes and strange patients, including a fat lady who needed treatment for her lost voice.
As soon as Dr Fiscus (Howie Mandel) cured her and the fat lady sang, the show was over.
Except, that is, for a spooky last scene in which the entire six years of the drama were revealed to have been imagined by Dr Westphall's autistic son, who was seen staring at a model of the hospital set inside a snow globe.
"I never approved of the last episode," said Norman Lloyd, who had played Dr Daniel Auschlander throughout the show's six-season run.
"There are people who think it was the most brilliant inspiration in the history of television. I thought it was a cheat."
But the story gets stranger still. Since St Elsewhere featured a crossover episode with Cheers and some characters later appeared in Homicide: Life on The Street, the boy must have imagined those shows and maybe more too.
"Someone did the math once," said producer Tom Fontana in 2002, "and something like 90% of all television took place in Tommy Westphall's mind. God love him."
By 1981, Blake (Gareth Thomas) and his gang of space rebels had been battling the evil Federation, led by the crop-haired siren Servalan (Jacqueline Pearce), for four Earth years.
Blake himself had been absent since the second series - but reappeared, disfigured, for the final episode posing as a bounty hunter.
He was shot by his arch-rival Avon (Paul Darrow) and then the rest of the crew died (in slow motion) in a bloody shoot-out with Federation troops.
Broadcast on 21 December 1981 the shocking finale earned writer Chris Boucher the title "the man who killed Christmas".
But the climactic scene was only intended to be a cliffhanger.
Had a fifth series gone ahead, Boucher said, Avon would have survived, and become the show's hero.
"Don't forget you never actually saw him die, did you?" he said. "The freeze-frame ending does leave open the possibility that he may have survived after all."
The premise of The Prisoner was simple. A secret agent (Patrick McGoohan) resigns from his job and is taken to The Village, a beautiful but mysterious idyll he is never allowed to leave.
Branded "Number Six", he spends the series trying to discover the identity of "Number One", the shadowy governor of his fate.
The denouement was baffling. Hooded figures danced in a mock court as someone sang "Dem Bones". McGoohan ripped off Number One's mask to reveal... a chimpanzee mask. He ripped that off as well, and found his own face, laughing back at him.
Supposedly an allegory on the role of the individual in society, it was deliberately surreal and utterly confounding. The revelation of Number One's true identity lasted less than a second, in an era before video recorders allowed viewers rewind and rewatch.
It has been suggested the show went off the rails because ITV pulled the plug and gave McGoohan one week to write the finale.
The more likely explanation is that script editor George Markstein, who had spent months curtailing McGoohan's more outlandish ideas, had quit.
Either way, McGoohan was vilified by fans and "hounded" out of the UK after the show was broadcast in February 1968.
"Walking around the streets, it was dangerous!" he told Canadian television in 1977. "They thought they'd been cheated. Because it wasn't, you know, a 'James Bond' Number One guy."
But he claimed to be "delighted" by the response. "I wanted to have controversy, argument, fights, discussions, people in anger waving their fist in my face, saying, 'How dare you?' "
"I was delighted with that reaction. I think it's a very good one. That was the intention of the exercise."
"We didn't have a gimmick," said Friends creator Marta Kauffman of the series' 236th and final episode.
In an uncontroversial and heartwarming farewell, the show allowed its six characters to move out of New York, and into the next stages of their lives.
Monica and Chandler got their surrogate child, which turned out to be twins ("We only ordered one!"); Joey acquired a new duck; and Ross and Rachel got back together - after a mad dash to the airport in Phoebe's taxi.
The show ended with the cast putting their keys on the kitchen table and leaving Monica's apartment for the last time. "Has it always been purple?" asked Joey.
Kauffman said the writers had been bewildered by the task of wrapping the show up, spending several days staring at blank sheets of paper without writing a word.
But they finally cracked it - taking inspiration from The Mary Tyler Moore Show, in which the cast shared a group hug and filed out of the set, leaving Mary to turn off the lights and close the door.
More than 52 million people tuned in for the finale in the US, much to the delight of advertisers, who had stumped up $2.1m (£1.1m) for a 30-second slot.
"What we hope is that people feel good about saying goodbye to them, and that they're all going to be OK," Kauffman said.
After an accident, modern-day detective Sam Tyler (John Simm) woke up in 1973, when men were men, and men were also sexist alcoholics in bad trousers.
Over two series, viewers were left to wonder whether his predicament was real, or a fitful by-product of his coma.
In the final episode, Sam learned that corrupt cop Gene Hunt (Philip Glenister) was the "tumour" in his brain. If he could get rid of Hunt, he could go home. The operation (get it?) was nearly over.
Then, he was told the exact opposite: He really was in 1973, and suffering from amnesia after a car crash.
Eventually, the "real" Sam woke up in a hospital in 2006 - but the writers had one final twist in store. He decided he preferred the 70s after all, and jumped off the hospital roof, sending himself back into a coma, and back into the arms of his dream girl, Annie.
The Guardian called it "the perfect finale" but the Express declared the "shaggy dog story" was ultimately "baffling".
Still, it fared better than the short-lived US remake, where Sam turned out to be an astronaut on the first manned mission to Mars, trapped in a malfunctioning hibernation chamber.
The final episode of Breaking Bad is broadcast in the US at 21:00 EST on Sunday, 29 September. It will be available on iTunes and Netflix in the UK shortly afterwards.
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Cult US drama Breaking Bad draws to a close on Sunday night, as viewers find out whether chemistry teacher turned drug dealer Walter White finally has his comeuppance.
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Two recent books claimed officials get huge payments for investigating candidates for sainthood, with little control over how they spend the money.
The new rules mean external oversight of the bank accounts concerned.
Pope Francis has made reform of the Vatican a priority of his papacy, including perceived corruption.
The new rules set out the mechanism by which donors supporting a candidate for sainthood pay for the services of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, the Vatican office responsible for reviewing candidates for sainthood.
How does someone become a saint?
The rules call for an administrator to be named for each prospective saint, and they must "scrupulously respect'' the intention of each donation.
The administrator must keep a running tab on expenditures and donations, prepare an annual budget and be subject to the oversight of the local bishop or religious superior.
However, the rules do not specify how much money should be given by donors.
The costs to the Vatican of investigating candidates can be high, if lots of travel is necessary to collect testimony and conduct research about the candidate's life, including establishing whether they performed miracles.
However, recent books by Italian journalists alleged that there was no oversight over how some donations were spent and that candidates supported by wealthier donors were likely to have cases resolved more quickly.
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Pope Francis has brought in new regulations for the Vatican's process of making saints after allegations of abuses in the system.
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Jon Casey, 35, of Ecton Brook, was stabbed in Barrack Road, near an Indian restaurant, on 16 January.
Four men, aged 18, 19 and two aged 20, were arrested in Coventry early on Wednesday on suspicion of assisting an offender.
A 19-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder on 22 January remains on bail pending further enquiries.
Northamptonshire Police are continuing to appeal for anyone with information to come forward.
Det Insp Mark Brayfield, said: "We believe Mr Casey had been involved in an altercation with two men shortly before he was found in Barrack Road."
He said police would like to talk to a woman who was pushing a buggy in Hester Street at 17:15 GMT on the day of the murder.
She is believed to have had a brief conversation with the offenders.
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Four men have been arrested as part of an investigation into the murder of a father-of-two in Northampton.
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The two sides will meet on 8 September at Sports Authority Field in Denver.
A superb defensive display earned the Broncos a 24-10 win and their third Super Bowl in the teams' last match.
The last time a season started with the teams that contested the Super Bowl was when the Kansas City Chiefs played the Minnesota Vikings in 1970.
"I think it's great," Broncos coach Gary Kubiak said. "It's a big challenge for our team. It gets our attention really quick.
"We know that we're going to have to have a really good offseason."
The New England Patriots and Arizona Cardinals, who both fell a game short of Super Bowl 50, will also meet on the opening weekend at University of Phoenix Stadium.
The 17-week regular season is followed by the play-offs which are contested by 12 of the 32 teams and conclude with the Super Bowl.
For the third successive season, three games are being played in London.
Wembley will stage the Jacksonville Jaguars against the Indianapolis Colts on 2 October followed by the Cincinnati Bengals against the Washington Redskins on 30 October.
Twickenham hosts the Los Angeles Rams against the New York Giants on 23 October.
Since the first NFL game was staged at Wembley in 2007, all the teams involved in London matches have received a bye week afterwards to help them recover from their trans-Atlantic trip.
However this year, the Colts are due to host the Chicago Bears the week after playing at Wembley. The five other teams have been given the usual time off.
While England were taking on Pakistan in the UAE, South Africa were touring India - both in conditions different to Kingsmead.
But whereas England were able to move on from their 2-0 defeat, to put it in a box and treat it as irrelevant to this series, South Africa's 3-0 loss continues to hang over their heads.
Alastair Cook's tourists look as though they are enjoying their cricket and are playing it in a good spirit. I was very impressed with their performance. I thought before this series began that they could come here and win, and nothing in Durban has persuaded me to think otherwise.
If we consider the issues that have surrounded this England team for a while, they are slowly being addressed and it can be said that they are moving towards their best XI.
The fragile nature of the middle order has been boosted by the inclusions of James Taylor and Nick Compton.
Taylor has long impressed in the one-day side and showed his worth to the Test team when he was recalled for the third match against Pakistan, while Compton played really well on his return after a two-year absence.
This match in Durban, where conditions favoured the bowlers for long periods, suited the type of scenario in which Compton likes to bat.
We will see situations when he has to adapt. If England are 150-1 when he arrives at the crease, can Compton play with more freedom? Test cricket is about playing the situation, so we will learn if he can be more positive.
In the bowling department, Moeen Ali came back from a tough tour of the UAE with seven wickets to earn the man of the match award.
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His off-spin, which has always been a work in progress, is getting better and better. For him to get 3-47 in the second innings - including the key scalp of AB de Villiers - will give him huge confidence.
Spinners are under pressure to get wickets late in the game, when the pitch is deteriorating and conditions are in their favour. Moeen has felt that pressure in the past, but he rose to the challenge here. He should now know that he is capable.
For Steven Finn, the remarkable journey from being "unselectable" to a potent Test-match weapon continues. Once again, he bowled very well here. He is a real bonus for Cook to have in the side - he simply takes wickets using the unexpected bounce generated by his height.
The two issues still outstanding are the wicketkeeper and the opening batsman.
Jonny Bairstow is less of a concern because he batted beautifully - timing the ball and scoring more freely than anyone else in the match - and he made up for the missed stumping of De Villiers by stumping Temba Bavuma on day five.
Bairstow is a good man to have in the side. He is very upbeat and full of life. He would have probably had a pretty sleepless night thinking about the De Villiers miss, but he took the first opportunity that came his way the next morning.
The challenge for him is to continue scoring runs and to eradicate the mistakes from his keeping - he only has to look across the dressing room to see the spectre of Jos Buttler looming over his place.
As for the opening spot, the second Test in Cape Town is a big one for Alex Hales, who will know he needs to perform better than he did on his debut in Durban.
Before this match, we thought Hales' weaknesses would be a loose technique outside off stump and a tendency to play a needless big shot. His dismissals highlighted both.
In the first innings, he flashed at Dale Steyn to give an edge and, in the second, he played nicely before playing a crazy big shot to be caught at long-on.
Come Cape Town, England will want to see that he is at least learning from those mistakes.
These, though, are small problems for England compared to those faced by South Africa.
Quite simply, the Proteas look as though they are hating their cricket. There was no leadership from Hashim Amla. When things are going badly, the captain has to galvanise his team, to inject some spirit and fight. There was none at all.
South Africa are still ranked as the world's number one, but they are a team in decline.
If Steyn does miss the second Test through injury, then I wonder how they are going to bowl England out. They have so many batsmen out of form and their two stars - Amla and De Villiers - have been burdened with the captaincy and wicketkeeping respectively.
There are political issues in their selection process which makes things even more difficult but, even then, parts of their performance were pretty hapless. Look at the way they batted from number five down. Bavuma was stumped for a duck trying to save a Test - what is going on there?
South Africa pretty much came straight from India and into the fire of this series. There was little time for change and even less before the second Test. It will be very difficult for them to turn things around.
Therefore, England have an excellent opportunity to win this series quite comfortably, so long as they do not succumb to their own inconsistencies.
Jonathan Agnew was talking to BBC Sport's Stephan Shemilt
Hundreds of thousands of cheering Germans turned out for the then presidential candidate and roared their approval of his vision of a new America - one which would be open to, and co-operate with, the rest of the world. His liberal and diplomatic tone struck a chord with many in the excited crowd.
Few here are cheering now.
What should have been Barack Obama's farewell visit to Berlin has been overshadowed by the man who will follow him into the White House.
The election of Donald Trump has profoundly shocked this country. Even as Berlin frantically hurries to establish diplomatic ties with Mr Trump's team, there is resignation. It will be some time before anyone really knows where the president-elect really stands on international relations.
There is also concern. A recent poll by the national broadcaster revealed the majority of Germans believe their country's relationship with the US will suffer.
For some years now, it has been a pretty special relationship.
Air Force One touched down in winter drizzle on Wednesday night just in time for Barack Obama's first engagement - a three-hour long dinner, which reportedly included a currywurst course, with the woman he calls his closest international ally.
The two leaders have built a strong and warm partnership that survived the revelation that US spies had listened into Angela Merkel's mobile phone calls.
They have worked closely together on issues like trade - America is Germany's largest trading partner - and both leaders have tried, and struggled, to see through the controversial free trade agreement (TTIP) between America and Europe.
They have also co-operated on climate policy and the conflict in Ukraine. Mrs Merkel has wielded significant global influence as mediator between Russia and the West.
No wonder, perhaps, she and Mr Obama have used this, his final visit, to stress their continued commitment to such issues, as well as promising that their countries will continue to work together. Neither wants their work, their vision - or in Mr Obama's case, legacy - destroyed.
Speaking alongside Mr Obama at a news conference in Berlin on Thursday, Mrs Merkel said Germany would continue to pursue free trade deals with the US.
She said she hoped to "work closely with the new president".
Both leaders have also pledged to continue to uphold the values of freedom, justice and democracy.
But - as one minister here recently put it - the world is entering a period of vacuum which will be defined by questions to which no-one knows the answer.
Donald Trump has indicated his disdain for climate change policy and free trade. The tide of populism that swept him to victory is washing over Europe, too.
Mrs Merkel must confront Germany's own anti-migrant, anti-Muslim Alternative for Germany party (AfD) which is snapping at the ankles of Germany's establishment parties and likely to win seats in the national parliament next year.
So what is, in effect, a message to Mr Trump and an attempt to reassure those unnerved by his victory may, in reality, be a largely symbolic statement.
In these uncertain times, one fact remains. Angela Merkel - Germany - will miss Barack Obama.
Reports at the weekend said the FTSE 250-listed company could face a bid approach from private equity firm KKR. Shares in Entertainment One rose 6.78% to 255p.
Entertainment One rejected a £1bn bid from UK broadcaster ITV last week.
London's benchmark FTSE 100 index rose 25.17 points to 6,941.19.
Shares in software group Sage rose despite news of a data breach. The company said it was "investigating unauthorised access to customer information using an internal login".
Reports said the data breach could have compromised personal information for employees at 280 UK businesses.
On the currency markets, the pound was down 0.38% against the dollar at $1.2871. It was also down 0.64% against the euro at €1.14920.
Currency traders will be eyeing a run of key data due out this week, when inflation, unemployment and retail sales figures for July - the first full month since the Brexit vote - will be released.
Attorney Bill Quigley says he hopes they will be released within days.
Last week, sabotage convictions against Sister Megan Rice, 85, Michael Walli, 66, and Greg Boertje-Obed, 59, for breaking into a Tennessee nuclear facility in 2012 were overturned.
But it upheld guilty verdicts for damaging government property.
Sister Megan was jailed for nearly three years for entering the Oak Ridge facility, which stores uranium.
The other two protesters were each sentenced to more than five years in prison.
The July 2012 incident prompted security changes at the Y-12 site.
On Friday, Mr Quigley said he was trying to get the three activists out of prison as soon as possible.
They have spent two years behind the bars, and the appeals court said they likely already had served more time than they would received for the lesser charge.
The campaigners are members of the group Transform Now Plowshares.
During their trial last year, Walli and Boertje-Obed received tougher sentences because they had longer criminal histories.
The trio were also found guilty of causing more than $1,000-worth (£650) of damage to government property.
After cutting a fence to enter the site, they walked around, spray-painted graffiti, strung out crime-scene tape and chipped a wall with hammers.
They spent two hours inside the site.
The trio also sprayed the exterior of the complex with baby bottles containing human blood.
When a guard approached, they offered him food and started singing.
At the trial, Sister Megan said her only regret was waiting so long to stage her protest. "It is manufacturing that which can only cause death," she said.
US lawmakers and the Department of Energy later launched an inquiry and uncovered "troubling displays of ineptitude" at the facility.
Top officials were reassigned, including at the National Nuclear Security Administration.
WSI, the company providing security at the site, was dismissed and other officers were sacked, demoted or suspended.
The pair have been given one-year contracts after trials at Sixfields.
Manager Aidy Boothroyd believes 6ft 1in Hooper, 19, has a lot to learn but does have genuine potential.
"JJ is a very talented individual, I expect him to be challenging for a first team place towards the end of the season," he told the club's website.
"We are giving him an opportunity to make a name for himself and to get his career going."
Deegan, 25, began his career in the Republic of Ireland playing for Shelbourne, Longford, Galway and Bohemians before joining Coventry City in 2010.
He scored five times in 43 appearances for the Sky Blues, but moved on to Hibernian in the summer of 2012, where he played 23 times before being released at the end of last season.
"Gary is a player with a good pedigree and I am pleased to have signed him," added Boothroyd.
"He will give us bite and aggression in the midfield and he is a good blend with the midfielders we already have here."
AQIM's statement - carried by monitoring group SITE - said Ouagadougou's four-star Splendid Hotel was a "den of global espionage".
The statement has not been independently verified.
AQIM is based in the Sahara Desert between Mali, Niger and Algeria and has attacked West African countries.
This was its first attack on Burkina Faso.
In its statement, AQIM published photographs of three men wearing military uniforms and holding guns, naming them as Battar al-Ansari, Abu Muhammad al-Buqali al-Ansari and Ahmed al-Fulani al-Ansari.
These names appear to be noms de guerre and no further details were released.
It described the hotel as "one of the most dangerous dens of global espionage in the west of the African continent".
AQIM earlier said the gunmen were from jihadist group al-Murabitoun of Algeria's militant Mokhtar Belmokhtar.
At least three attackers died in the assaults, officials say.
However, some witnesses were quoted as saying that they saw more than three gunmen.
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Neighbouring countries have pledged to help Burkina Faso after the attack.
"We're not going to just sit on our hands. We will react and respond," said Benin President Thomas Boni Yayi on behalf of the West African body, Ecowas.
"The question is: 'Whose turn is it next?" he asked, reports the AFP news agency.
Earlier, Mali, which borders Burkina Faso and experienced a similar attack last November, vowed to help the government in Ouagadougou tackle Islamist militants,
"We have decided to go forward together, hand in hand, to fight against terrorism and jihadism," Prime Minister Modibo Keita said during a visit to Burkina Faso.
Forensic experts from France and Burkina Faso were on Monday sifting through the wreckage of the hotel for clues about the attack.
Militants attacked the Splendid Hotel and the nearby Cappuccino cafe on Friday evening, setting off several explosions.
About half of those killed were foreigners, including citizens of Canada, Ukraine, France, Portugal, Switzerland, the Netherlands and the US.
French special forces helped bring the siege to an end.
The man reportedly began his climb after getting out of a taxi on the bridge at around 9:00 local time (0:00 GMT).
Traffic in central Sydney came to a standstill as several lanes of the bridge were closed.
New South Wales police told local media that after initially refusing to come down, the man descended and was arrested at around 10:50.
He was examined by paramedics at the scene and taken to the city's Royal North Shore Hospital for assessment.
Local media reports said he climbed about 75m to reach the top of one of the bridge's arches.
Twenty-two military personnel at the Osan Air Base in South Korea are receiving preventive treatment after being possibly exposed to the sample.
In the US, four civilians are receiving treatment - although they face a "minimal risk".
A Defence Department lab in Utah "inadvertently" shipped the samples.
The personnel at the South Korean base might have come into contact with the anthrax sample during a "training event", the US military said, but so far none had shown "any signs" of exposure.
However, they were given "appropriate medical precautionary measures to include examinations, antibiotics and in some instances, vaccinations".
"The sample was destroyed in accordance with appropriate protocols," said Pentagon spokesman Colonel Steve Warren.
Experts in biosafety say they are astonished by the lapse and called for greater precautions.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has begun an investigation into the incident.
"Out of an abundance of caution, [the Defence Department] has stopped the shipment of this material from its labs pending completion of the investigation," said Col Warren.
Samples involved in the investigation will be securely transferred to CDC or affiliated laboratories "for further testing", CDC spokeswoman Kathy Harden said.
Ms Harden said that the CDC has also sent officials to the labs "to conduct on-site investigations".
The latest incident comes nearly a year after the CDC, one of the government's foremost civilian laboratories, also mishandled anthrax, the Associated Press news agency reported.
It said that researchers at a laboratory set up to deal with extremely dangerous pathogens dispatched what they thought were "killed samples" of anthrax to another CDC facility.
But it did not have sufficient safeguards and was not equipped to work with live anthrax, AP reported, and several CDC employees were "potentially exposed" to live anthrax. However, none became ill.
The Defence Department spokesman said that the samples in the latest incident were supposed to be dead or deactivated.
The government has confirmed one shipment actually had live spores, and the eight others might also have done so.
The live spores were shipped from Utah to labs in Texas, Maryland, Wisconsin, Delaware, New Jersey, Tennessee, New York, California and Virginia, as well as the air base in South Korea.
Nicolas Hulot announced the planned ban on fossil fuel vehicles as part of a renewed commitment to the Paris climate deal.
He said France planned to become carbon neutral by 2050.
Hybrid cars make up about 3.5% of the French market, with pure electric vehicles accounting for just 1.2%.
It is not yet clear what will happen to existing fossil fuel vehicles still in use in 2040.
Mr Hulot, a veteran environmental campaigner, was appointed by new French President Emmanuel Macron. Mr Macron has openly criticised US environmental policy, urging Donald Trump to "make our planet great again".
President Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris climate change agreement in June was explicitly named as a factor in France's new vehicle plan.
"France has decided to become carbon neutral by 2050 following the US decision," Mr Hulot said, adding that the government would have to make investments to meet that target.
Poorer households would receive financial assistance to replace older, more polluting vehicles with cleaner ones, he said.
Earlier this week, car manufacturer Volvo said all of its new car models would be at least partly electric from 2019, an announcement referenced by Mr Hulot.
He said he believes French car manufacturers - including brands such as Peugeot-Citroen and Renault - would meet the challenge, although he acknowledged it would be difficult. Renault's "Zoe" electric vehicle range is one of the most popular in Europe.
However, traditional fossil fuel vehicles account for about 95% of the European market.
Other targets set in the French environmental plan include ending coal power plants by 2022, reducing nuclear power to 50% of total output by 2025, and ending the issuance of new oil and gas exploration licences.
Several French cities struggle with high levels of air pollution, including Paris, which endured several days of peak pollution in March.
The capital has implemented a range of measures to cut down on cars, but air pollution is also a problem in picturesque mountain regions.
Last month, a woman took the French state to court over what she said was a failure to protect her health from the effects of air pollution in Paris.
Norway, which is the leader in the use of electric cars in Europe, wants to move to electric-only vehicles by 2025, as does the Netherlands. Both Germany and India have proposed similar measures with a target of 2030.
The two meet on Monday 12 December at Glasgow's Emirates Arena - their 23rd encounter.
Fellow Scot Stephen Maguire faces Chinese Zhou Yuelong a day later.
World number four Judd Trump opens his campaign against China's Zhang Yong, while beaten UK Championship finalist Ronnie O'Sullivan gets underway against world number 29 Matthew Selt.
Four-time world champion Higgins, 41, has won back-to-back titles at the China Championship and Champion of Champions events this season. Earlier this month, he reached the last eight of the UK Championship, where he was knocked out by Mark Selby, the eventual champion.
1994 Masters champion McManus, 45, was eliminated by Jamie Jones in the tournament's second round.
Higgins and McManus last faced each other at the World Championship in April, with McManus the victor 13-11. Higgins leads his compatriot 12-10 in their head-to-head meetings.
The final results - seen as a step towards restoring peace - are not expected for several weeks.
The seizure of power by a mainly Muslim rebel group in 2013 led to prolonged bloodshed.
Candidates Faustin Touadera and Anicet Dologuele have pledged to restore security and boost the economy.
Both Mr Touadera, portrayed by supporters as a peacemaker who can bridge the Christian-Muslim divide, and Mr Dologuele, who has promised a break from the country's violent past, expressed hope for a high turnout.
Mr Dologuele even referenced St Valentine's Day as he exhorted citizens to vote "as an act of love for their country", Radio Centrafrique reported.
But a BBC correspondent in the region said there was less enthusiasm among voters than during the first round in December, although election officials said the voting had gone smoothly.
Prime Minister Mahamat Kamoun echoed this, telling Radio Centrafrique that he was "not entirely satisfied" with voter turnout.
Voters were also choosing a new parliament following the annulment of a poll in December due to irregularities.
Nearly 80% of the electorate voted in December's first round, which observers saw as a rejection of violence.
Communal reconciliation and reigniting the country's sluggish economy featured prominently as campaign themes.
CAR is one of the world's most unstable countries and was thrown into political chaos three years ago when mostly Muslim Seleka fighters toppled President Bozize.
Christian militias responded to Seleka abuses, with attacks carried out against the Muslim minority community.
After regional pressure, an interim administration took charge in January 2014 and later that year a 10,000-strong UN force took over the peacekeeping mission.
The north-east of the country is now mostly under the control of Muslim rebels while Christian militias hold sway the south-west.
Thousands died in the fighting and roughly a fifth of the population is thought to have been forced from their homes.
Speaking at his party's manifesto launch, Mr Agnew said their vote had risen in recent elections and he was confident at success.
"We are confident. We are right to be confident," he said.
"We have a trebling of our membership, a doubling of our vote."
At the last assembly elections in 2011, Mr Agnew was the only Green Party candidate to be elected to Stormont.
Launching his party's 19-page manifesto entitled 'Zero Waste Strategy for Northern Ireland' the Green Party leader said a vote for the Greens was about bringing an end to "a waste of money, time and opportunities at Stormont" .
The manifesto contains a series of commitments which the party says will make Northern Ireland a better place to live.
On education, the party wants to introduce a flexible starting age in primary schools and the Greens oppose any rise in tuition fees.
The party also intends to bring forward legislation for equal marriage in the next assembly and would like to see the voting age lowered to 16.
They want to see 50,000 homes insulated every year and claim this move would create 15,000 jobs.
In the next assembly, Mr Agnew said his party will bring forward a climate change bill and campaign for a reformed living wage. The party also wants the age of criminal responsibility to be raised and a reform of libel laws.
The Green Party is standing candidates in all 18 constituencies.
El Badry refused to speak to Qatari broadcaster beIN Sports during the last two rounds of African Champions League matches.
In a statement, Caf said El Badry had been sanctioned 'for violating directives and guidelines related to media operations of the ongoing Champions League.'
The row came after Egypt joined three other counties in cutting ties with Qatar over the kingdom's alleged support for terrorism.
Qatar, the 2022 World Cup host nation, has rejected the accusations.
On the eve of a Champions League match against Morocco's Wydad Casablanca, El Badry objected to the presence of beIN Sports reporters in the press conference - initially threatening to walk out.
"The coach finally participated in the press conference whilst covering the microphone of BeIN Sports to prevent the sound or pushing it away at other times," said the Caf statement.
There were also problems surrounding the home game with Cameroon's Coton Sport on 9 July in Egypt.
"The coach as well as players refused to make an interview with BeIN Sports after the match," stated Caf. "The coach did assist in the press conference at the end of the match but the players were not there."
El Badry's ban is suspended on the condition that he does not commit a similar offence prior to the end of this year's Champions League, for which beIN Sports holds exclusive broadcasting rights.
Al Ahly face Tunisia's Esperance in September's quarter-finals.
Last month, Caf issued a thinly-veiled warning to Egyptian clubs to stay out of the political crisis involving Qatar.
The statement called on all "football stakeholders to uphold the principles of neutrality and independence" when it comes to politics.
Chongqing-based Wukong Bikes said the bulk of its 1,200 two-wheelers were lost or stolen.
Unlike rivals, the firm did not put GPS systems on its bikes and by the time it realised the technology was necessary, money had run out.
It is believed to be the first bankruptcy of China's booming bike-sharing industry.
Billed as "Uber for bikes", China's tech giants have been funding sophisticated bike hire businesses as a potential solution to congested roads.
Tencent-backed Mobike and Ofo, supported by Alibaba and Xiaomi, are dominating the market.
But Wukong was a much smaller player, aimed mainly at students in the city.
Founder Lei Houyi told local media that as well as the lack of GPS, his firm had struggled because its bikes were of inferior quality to those used by its larger competitors and were damaged too easily.
He added that while users were initially charged, Wukong resorted to giving away bicycles rides for free to try and compete with other players.
The concept is similar to bike-sharing schemes that were popularised in cities including London and Paris.
But in China, rather than having fixed docking stations, all the firms are app based.
In most cases, bikes are fitted with a GPS chip, allowing users to locate a bike. They pay for the hire with their smartphones and then unlock it - sometimes using a QR code.
After they have finished the journey, customers can leave the bike anywhere.
That has proved problematic at times, with bikes abandoned in remote locations where another rider is unlikely to find it or want it.
Mobike has tried to get around this problem by providing cash or credit rewards for users who hire these bikes, in the hope they will end up somewhere more accessible.
And the huge uptake of the scheme has caused conflicts on both roads and pavements as cyclists vie for space to move around, especially in Shanghai and Beijing.
Similar schemes have opened up in Hong Kong and Singapore with Ofo planning to launch in Cambridge in the UK.
Margaret Hannibal founded Mosaic with a colleague seven-and-a-half years ago to provide counselling and support to bereaved children under 18.
Elsewhere, chemist Dr Simon Campbell, from Poole, has been knighted.
He led a team in Kent which started and oversaw research on Viagra while with drug company Pfizer.
Mother-of-four Mrs Hannibal said the Mosaic charity, based in Milborne St Andrew, was established after recognising a gap in services for young people.
She had previously worked in a hospice where support was available for grieving families but in other circumstances children had few options.
She said: "For a lot of them the big issue is anger, why has this happened to me? It can come out at school where children are at risk of getting excluded.
"Some of our work is based around training schools. We accept referrals from them as well as from doctors and health professionals."
Counsellors from Mosaic use therapeutic and creative techniques to help children express their emotions.
"It's amazing to see that when children are creating something they will start talking to you," Mrs Hannibal added.
She said the charity suffered a "rocky patch" about 18 months ago but thanks to local authority funding and successful applications for Lottery and Children in Need money it is now doing well.
Other honours in Dorset included foster carers Michael and Valerie Andrews, from Shaftesbury, who were appointed MBE for services to children and families.
Volunteer and RNLI staff association chairman Capt Hugh Fogarty, from Poole, receives an MBE for services to flood rescue and maritime safety.
Sara Jacson was appointed MBE for services to young people in Shaftesbury.
Ch Supt Lee Bruckshaw was accused of trying to intervene in the case of a Greater Manchester Police (GMP) sergeant accused of shoplifting.
He eventually received "management advice" after a charge of perverting the course of justice was dropped.
GMP said its inquiry "took too long".
In an email to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), Mr Bruckshaw said the colleague accused, but subsequently cleared, of shoplifting in September 2014 had a terminally ill child.
The resulting disciplinary action - carried out by GMP but managed by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) - was initially for gross misconduct.
The chief superintendent, who denied trying to influence the CPS's decision, eventually received "management advice" - the lowest form of sanction.
"I stand by what I did," Mr Bruckshaw, a police officer for 31 years, told the BBC.
"My barrister said a lot of judges would commend me for doing what I did because, as we saw a month later, he was acquitted of these offences."
Mr Bruckshaw questioned whether it was appropriate that the officer investigating him had a "previous grievance" after being removed by him from CID.
The chief superintendent said he raised this point in May 2015 with then Deputy Chief Constable Ian Hopkins, who "didn't see it as a problem".
Mr Hopkins succeeded Sir Peter Fahy as chief constable in September 2015.
"Appointing the investigating officer was a decision by GMP and supported by the IPCC," a GMP spokesman told the BBC.
When asked if police should be "absolutely squeaky clean", Mr Bruckshaw replied: "I agree that if an allegation is made an officer should be investigated and I do not have any problem with that."
But he said the investigation should have ended in May 2015 "when I had answered every single question" and added: "Why didn't it stop there, instead of dragging my name through the mud?"
Mr Bruckshaw, who said he now wants to retire from the force, said the overall estimated cost of the process, including the investigations, wages and legal fees, was about £500,000 - a figure not disputed by GMP.
He said this was a "waste of public money".
In a statement, GMP said it "accepts this investigation was not carried out in the effective manner that we always aspire to and that it took too long to reach the eventual conclusion.
"We are always working to ensure we can take learning from situations when things do not go as well as we would want and as such a full review will take place. We will be asking the Superintendents Association for its support with this work.
"Any recommendations identified will be acted on to ensure that future cases are managed in an effective manner."
The BBC asked for responses from Mr Hopkins and the officer who investigated Mr Bruckshaw, but no further statement was issued.
Attaporn Boonmakchuay said the python was "yanking very hard" as he and his wife tried to wrestle it off.
Doctors said Mr Attaporn, who lost a lot of blood in the ordeal, was making a good recovery.
Workers dismantled the toilet and extracted the python which had slithered through domestic plumbing.
It was released back into the wild.
The incident happened as Mr Attaporn, 38, went to the toilet at his home in Chachoengsao province, east of Bangkok, before leaving for work on Wednesday.
As he used the toilet he said he suddenly felt a sharp pain.
"I felt as though my penis had been severed. The snake was yanking very hard," he said, according to the Bangkok Post.
As the python tried to pull him down, he called for his wife and neighbours to help him, the post reported.
Mr Attaporn told Thai TV that his wife tied a rope around the snake and he prised its jaws open before passing out.
Thai media published images of Mr Attaporn's blood-spattered toilet.
Doctors said Mr Attaporn was recovering well.
"He has a really good attitude... even though his own wife and children were in shock. He's been smiling and giving interviews all day from his bed," said Chularat Hospital director Dr Chutima Pincharoen.
Mr Attaporn said he planned to replace the squat toilet with a sitting one.
He also said it would reduce the ability of Britain - and America - to "influence the dialogue" in Europe.
Mr Bloomberg told the BBC's Today programme that the UK might in the future fail to negotiate trade deals as beneficial as its current ones.
Leave campaigners said the EU helped "big businesses and fat cats" but did not "work for the British people".
How trade and the UK's economy are affected by membership of the EU.
Mr Bloomberg's name appeared on a letter in the Financial Times on Wednesday, signed by a number of major multinationals investing in the UK, warning of Brexit dangers.
The letter, signed by executives from firms such as Airbus, Microsoft, Cisco, Hitachi, Mars, and IBM, warned that leaving the EU could "materially affect future investment decisions" by companies such as theirs.
It added that "if there is one thing we as investors don't like, it is economic uncertainty", and concluded that "as investors, it is therefore very much in our interest that Britain stays in the EU".
Mr Bloomberg, who founded the financial news and data empire that bears his name, told the BBC that "the UK would be disadvantaged compared to the situation they have now", if it voted to leave the EU.
"They [the UK] have a special relationship with the rest of the EU, they have the borders that they can control, unlike the rest of the EU, they have a trade surplus with the rest of the EU. They have some abilities to influence the dialogue, without which - they would, and America, which is my concern, would not benefit," he said.
"It's not for me to tell British people how to vote, it is for me to explain what, as the employer of 4,000 people in the UK... what it means for our employees, and what it means for our company and what it means for America. And then that has to go into the thinking of the British people, who have to do what they think is right for themselves and the other countries that they have relationships with."
Mr Bloomberg added that it would be in the interests of the EU to negotiate trade deals which did not have as many benefits for the UK as current ones, to discourage other EU members from leaving.
"We live in an international, global world. A very big part of the UK's economy is based on exports to the EU and to other countries, so they certainly have an interest in the health of those other countries, and those countries having a respect for the UK. That's what creates jobs here in the UK.
"The trade balances are dramatically weighted in favour of the UK in dealing with the EU, and if they were to drop out, it's really hard to see how they could ever negotiate a trade deal with the EU that would give them the benefits they have now. After all, the EU would have every interest to not give them those, so that nobody else would drop out of the EU."
Responding to the multinationals' letter, Employment Minister Priti Patel, who is campaigning to leave the EU, said: "Of course Brussels is good for big businesses and fat cats who care about their bonuses - they can afford to spend huge amounts of money on lobbyists and lawyers to help them stitch up the rules.
"But it is bad for smaller businesses and entrepreneurs.
"The British people will not be browbeaten into making a choice against their interests on 23 June."
On Wednesday night, both sides of the EU debate set out their stall in speeches to the CBI.
Former Tory leader Lord Howard criticised the business lobby group's warnings about the effects of a Leave vote, and said a "lack of democracy" in the EU was damaging businesses.
But former Labour chancellor Lord Darling said leaving the EU could trigger another UK recession.
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Many reservoirs are less than half full, and April's forecast does not look like changing the situation, weather experts say.
The country's traditional rainy season in May and June may not deliver enough water to solve Taiwan's water shortage problem.
So the government is turning it attention to fixing leaking pipes and encouraging water conservation. But in a country where water costs just 30 cents per tonne - about one fifth the global average - saving water has never been a high priority.
Will the government be forced to raise prices?
Police had attended the alert after a suspicious object was discovered at Butcher Gate shortly after 23:30 BST on Friday.
It was later declared a hoax.
During the clearance operation, fireworks and petrol bombs were thrown at police in the Fahan Street area. There were no injuries reported.
Police said it was also reported that the windscreen of a van was smashed in Fahan Street shortly after midnight.
The verdict overturns a 1969 ruling that being a staff member at Auschwitz was not enough to secure a conviction.
Nazi hunter Efraim Zuroff said it was the biggest change in years.
Groening, 95, who was known as "the bookkeeper of Auschwitz", had appealed against a four-year jail term handed down for being accessory to murder.
"This is a very dramatic and significant change in German prosecution policy," Mr Zuroff, the head of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Israel, told the BBC.
Germany's Federal Court of Justice (BGH) upheld the acquittal 47 years ago of an SS dentist at Auschwitz, arguing that working at the death camp or knowing about the mass murders was not sufficient proof of guilt.
For decades, thousands of ex-Nazis who took part in the Holocaust escaped conviction. Monday's ruling sets a precedent for pursuing suspects, now in their nineties, accused of serving in death camps.
Campaigners said the federal court's ruling also cleared the way for prosecutions of ex-members of the Nazi mobile death squads known as Einsatzgruppen, which operated in Eastern Europe. They believe at least eight suspects could now be accused of murder because their membership of the death squads would be sufficient proof.
At the original trial in Lueneburg, presiding Judge Franz Kompisch said Groening was part of the "machinery of death", helping the camp function smoothly and also collecting money stolen from the victims to help the Nazi cause.
He sentenced him for being an accessory to the murder of 300,000 Jews even though there was no evidence of involvement in a specific killing.
Groening testified at that trial that he oversaw the collection of prisoners' belongings and ensured valuables and cash were separated to be sent to Berlin.
The turning point came in 2011, when former Ohio car factory worker John Demjanjuk became the first person convicted in Germany for serving as a death camp guard without any evidence of being involved in a specific killing.
But Demjanjuk, who always denied serving at the Sobibor camp, died in 2012 before his appeal could be heard, so the Federal Court of Justice did not at the time reverse its 1969 ruling.
Prosecutors will now have to decide whether Groening is in good enough health to serve the sentence.
'Book-keeper of Auschwitz'
Darren Pidgeon, from Rayleigh, had a corrosive liquid sprayed in his face while driving in Thundersley.
Ashley Russell, 29, of Sunnedon, Basildon, and Christina Storey, 31, of Studland Ave, Wickford, have been charged with conspiracy to commit GBH.
The pair was remanded at Southend Magistrates' Court to appear at Basildon Crown Court in August.
Ms Storey has also been charged with committing an act with intent to pervert the course of justice.
The South Korean scored his fifth goal in five games to win the game, slotting in after collecting Erik Lamela's pass.
Spurs were sloppy in their opening-game loss to Monaco but were better in an entertaining game in Russia and could have won by more.
Dele Alli also hit the crossbar with a fierce 20-yard strike.
Spurs, who travelled to Russia without Danny Rose, Eric Dier, Mousa Dembele, Moussa Sissoko and Harry Kane, had a couple of scares but deserved their win and can now head to face German side Bayer Leverkusen - who drew 1-1 at Monaco on Wednesday - with greater confidence.
Son had a disappointing debut season for Spurs after joining the club in summer 2015 for a reported £22m from Leverkusen, scoring only eight goals in 41 appearances.
But he has hit the ground running this campaign, shouldering the goal-scoring burden for his side over the first few months with crucial strikes.
His input has become even more important as Harry Kane struggles for form and fitness and the England striker's current understudy Vincent Janssen strives to turn effort into impact.
Son followed up his two-goal displays in the league victories at Stoke and Middlesbrough with the winner on Tuesday - another neat finish that squirmed under the outstretched hand of home keeper Igor Akinfeev.
The 24-year-old could have made a hat-trick of braces for the season to ease Tottenham's nerves but after turning well in the box his shot was blocked.
The relief of the goal was clear to see in the Tottenham players, who had just started to show signs of frustration following 70 minutes during which they had plenty of possession but too often failed with their final ball or fired efforts off target.
In their opening game against Monaco they lacked concentration at the back and an inability to capitalise on chances at the other end, and there were echoes of this in Moscow.
As well as striking the bar, Alli also looped a header on to the roof of the net and failed to control a pass from deep after he had broken the offside trap.
Thankfully for the London side, CSKA do not possess Monaco's ruthless edge and wasted the good chances that came their way, Zoran Tosic twice curling shots wide of goal.
The Russians came back from two goals down to draw 2-2 at Leverkusen in their opening game, but they were managed well by Spurs after Son's goal to prevent another late rally.
Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino: "We've played much better tonight [than against Monaco] but it was a tough game as it's always difficult to play here in Moscow. It was very important for us to get three points here as we were in a must-win position.
"We're in the race for the next round. It's a very important three points. But there's four games remaining to play and everything is still open.
"It is very important that not only Harry [Kane], who was good before his injury and scored, that now another player has scored and that is very important for the team.
"I feel very pleased for Sonny {Son Heung-min]. He is on fire and to keep this form is very important for us."
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CSKA Moscow manager Leonid Slutsky: "We knew Spurs would have a lot of possession, would dominate us in that part of the game.
"The goal was marginally offside, maybe yes, maybe no, we have to see it again, but it doesn't matter. In second half we tried to attack more but we didn't take our chances and that's why we are here."
Tottenham host Premier League leaders Manchester City, who have yet to drop a point this season, at White Hart Lane on Sunday, 2 October at 14:15 BST.
Match ends, CSKA Moscow 0, Tottenham Hotspur 1.
Second Half ends, CSKA Moscow 0, Tottenham Hotspur 1.
Attempt blocked. Georges-Kévin Nkoudou (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Christian Eriksen.
Corner, CSKA Moscow. Conceded by Jan Vertonghen.
Attempt missed. Erik Lamela (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right misses to the right. Assisted by Georges-Kévin Nkoudou.
Attempt missed. Bibras Natcho (CSKA Moscow) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Pontus Wernbloom.
Attempt missed. Mario Fernandes (CSKA Moscow) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right misses to the left. Assisted by Bibras Natcho.
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Harry Winks replaces Dele Alli.
Offside, CSKA Moscow. Igor Akinfeev tries a through ball, but Roman Eremenko is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Roman Eremenko (CSKA Moscow) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Aleksandr Golovin.
Offside, CSKA Moscow. Aleksandr Golovin tries a through ball, but Mario Fernandes is caught offside.
Hand ball by Mario Fernandes (CSKA Moscow).
Attempt blocked. Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur) with an attempt from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Son Heung-Min.
Offside, CSKA Moscow. Igor Akinfeev tries a through ball, but Roman Eremenko is caught offside.
Substitution, CSKA Moscow. Bibras Natcho replaces Zoran Tosic.
Goal! CSKA Moscow 0, Tottenham Hotspur 1. Son Heung-Min (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Erik Lamela.
Attempt blocked. Son Heung-Min (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Erik Lamela.
Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Pontus Wernbloom.
Attempt blocked. Erik Lamela (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Ben Davies (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Son Heung-Min following a corner.
Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Mario Fernandes.
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Georges-Kévin Nkoudou replaces Vincent Janssen.
Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Georgy Schennikov.
Attempt blocked. Son Heung-Min (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Christian Eriksen.
Attempt blocked. Son Heung-Min (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kieran Trippier.
Foul by Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur).
Pontus Wernbloom (CSKA Moscow) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Erik Lamela (Tottenham Hotspur).
Zoran Tosic (CSKA Moscow) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, CSKA Moscow. Pontus Wernbloom tries a through ball, but Lacina Traoré is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Vincent Janssen (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ben Davies.
Son Heung-Min (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Aleksandr Golovin (CSKA Moscow).
Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Aleksei Berezutski.
Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Sergei Ignashevich.
Foul by Kieran Trippier (Tottenham Hotspur).
Lacina Traoré (CSKA Moscow) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Son Heung-Min (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt blocked. Erik Lamela (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Son Heung-Min.
Corner, CSKA Moscow. Conceded by Dele Alli.
Cherwell District Council's planning committee approved an application to use land next to Hardwick Hill Cemetery in Southam Road, Banbury.
It estimated the town was on course to run out of room for its dead by 2024, with thousands of homes being built.
Lead planner Michael Gibbard said it meant people would have the choice to "remain in their hometown forever".
"More than 7,000 new homes are planned for Banbury by 2031, so with an increasing population we need to increase the facilities to support them both in life and in death.
"The information provided by Banbury Town Council showed there were only an estimated 450 burial plots available in the town for general use which means by 2024, there will be nothing left."
He said there was an "unquestioned need for additional burial sites".
The proposal would have minimal impact on the surrounding area, he said.
The application does not specify the number of extra burial plots that will be created.
About 45 plots are being used each year, though the council expects the number to increase.
Work is expected to begin on the new site within three years.
It happened shortly after 02:00 GMT on Sunday in Poleglass not far from where Christopher Meli was beaten to death.
One of the teenagers, a 16-year-old boy, was treated for facial injuries, including a suspected fractured nose.
It is understood they were attacked by a number of people who got out of a car.
Police have said they are investigating a motive.
Ch Insp Anthony McNally said there has been a significantly increased police presence in west Belfast in recent days, as local community and political leaders have already been advised.
"We are committed to keeping people safe. There is, though a wider social responsibility for all in the area, including civic and community leaders, to assist in reducing tensions and deterring offenders," he said.
Sinn Féin MLA Jennifer McCann said it was a "vicious attack".
"The youths were savagely beaten when they were attacked by a gang last night as they were walking back to their home in the Poleglass area," she said.
Jeamie Deacon, Mairead Coyne and Aine Donnelly are the backs debutants in a game which will be Ireland women's first-ever autumn international.
Hooker Cliodhna Moloney will earn her first cap with Elaine Anthony and Ciara Cooney named in the second row.
The replacements include uncapped Ulster player Claire McLaughlin.
Tierney said the team's first autumn international would be "another step in the development in women's rugby".
"We have an opportunity to have a look at some new players and combinations building towards the Six Nations," he added.
Ireland will be defending the women's Six Nations title next spring.
Ireland: Niamh Briggs (Munster), capt; Jeamie Deacon (Leinster), Aine Donnelly (Leinster), Jackie Shiels (Richmond), Mairead Coyne (Connacht); Sene Naoupu (Connacht), Larissa Muldoon (Skewen); Ruth O'Reilly (Connacht), Cliodhna Moloney (Leinster), Ailis Egan (Leinster); Elaine Anthony (Munster), Ciara Cooney (Connacht); Sophie Spence (Leinster), Paula Fitzpatrick (Toulouse), Heather O'Brien (Toulouse).
Replacements: Zoe Grattage (Munster), Fiona Reidy (Munster), Fiona O'Brien (Leinster), Katie Norris (Leinster), Lindsay Peat (Leinster), Mary Healy (Connacht), Nora Stapleton (Leinster), Claire McLaughlin (Ulster)
The Dons hinted at ending a run of 23 straight league defeats in the east end of Glasgow during an even first half.
But their resistance ended when Dedryck Boyata rose to head home Scott Sinclair's free-kick after 57 minutes.
Aberdeen rallied again late on but couldn't find an equaliser to stop them slipping 27 points behind the leaders.
Looking at the hosts' line-up, it was easy to see why the visitors fancied their chances of a first league win at Celtic Park since 2004.
Key players such as Moussa Dembele, Stuart Armstrong and Leigh Griffiths all missed out through injury, but Aberdeen's five straight wins backed up that belief with form.
What the first half lacked in clear-cut chances, it made up for in tactical intrigue with both managers pushing and pulling their men from the sidelines like tinkering chess masters.
Aberdeen deployed a high line and they pressed the champions in a way they are not accustomed to domestically.
The work-rate from the visitors was impressive but as expected, Celtic enjoyed the majority of the possession and their first chance came when left-back Kieran Tierney curled an effort just over the bar after cutting inside and spying Joe Lewis off his line.
But with their main strikers out, Celtic's killer instinct was also missing and there was a lack of focal point up front, despite some good movement between Scott Sinclair and Patrick Roberts in particular.
Sinclair passed up a chance inside the box just before the break, although Ryan Jack should be praised for a timely tackle.
The Dons were doing their job defensively but in the pursuit of stifling Celtic they were creating very little of their own. A Graeme Shinnie shot high over the bar was as close as they came in the first half.
But as many teams have found to their cost this season, you can only stifle this Celtic side under Brendan Rodgers for so long and 12 minutes after the break they were ahead through Boyata.
The big Belgian defender rose magnificently inside the six-yard box to head home an equally impressive Sinclair cross from the left-hand side.
Aberdeen looked punch drunk after that - the men in green and white sensed it and pushed for the second. They almost got it too through Sinclair but his curling right-foot effort battered off the bar.
Their crisp passing and movement off the ball, at times, left the visitors chasing shadows.
When the Dons settled they knew, if they were to take points, they had to push out, but they also knew that would leave gaps and Roberts almost exploited pace down the left-hand side but pulled his low drive just wide.
Aberdeen had scored in seven of their last eight visits to Celtic Park though and the belief they started with never really left them.
They continued to press Celtic, hoping to pounce on a stray ball or misplaced pass, but the champions saw it out with the professional swagger that we have become used to.
Match ends, Celtic 1, Aberdeen 0.
Second Half ends, Celtic 1, Aberdeen 0.
Mikael Lustig (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jonny Hayes (Aberdeen).
Substitution, Aberdeen. Peter Pawlett replaces Shaleum Logan.
Gary Mackay-Steven (Celtic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Andrew Considine (Aberdeen).
Substitution, Celtic. Erik Sviatchenko replaces Patrick Roberts.
Substitution, Aberdeen. Jayden Stockley replaces Mark Reynolds.
Scott Brown (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Scott Brown (Celtic).
Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Scott Brown (Celtic).
Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Jonny Hayes (Aberdeen) header from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Substitution, Celtic. Liam Henderson replaces Callum McGregor.
Foul by Scott Brown (Celtic).
Kenny McLean (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Kieran Tierney (Celtic).
Niall McGinn (Aberdeen) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Aberdeen. Miles Storey replaces Adam Rooney.
Patrick Roberts (Celtic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Mark Reynolds (Aberdeen).
Attempt missed. Patrick Roberts (Celtic) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Scott Sinclair (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Substitution, Celtic. Gary Mackay-Steven replaces James Forrest.
Ash Taylor (Aberdeen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Mikael Lustig (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen).
James Forrest (Celtic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Andrew Considine (Aberdeen).
Scott Sinclair (Celtic) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the centre of the box.
Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Scott Sinclair (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen).
Goal! Celtic 1, Aberdeen 0. Dedryck Boyata (Celtic) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Scott Sinclair following a set piece situation.
Kieran Tierney (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jonny Hayes (Aberdeen).
Scott Brown (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Kenny McLean (Aberdeen).
Councillors agreed to award the tender for the city's Christmas and Hogmanay festivities to Underbelly, the operator of Edinburgh's Christmas since 2013.
Unique Events has had the contract for Edinburgh's Hogmanay previously.
In January City of Edinburgh Council said funding for Edinburgh's winter festivals had been cut by £450,000 with no money being allocated for Christmas.
Ed Bartlam and Charlie Wood, of Underbelly, said: "We're absolutely delighted to have been given the opportunity to produce Edinburgh's Christmas and Hogmanay.
"We've hugely enjoyed helping to develop Edinburgh's Christmas for the last four years and we couldn't be more excited about the next three years.
"We're honoured to be building on the extraordinary work and success of Pete Irvine and Unique Events since the start of Edinburgh's Hogmanay. We look forward to announcing our plans for both events in due course.
"We can however confidently say that our plans for both events are exciting and hugely ambitious and will see an expansion and growth of Edinburgh's Winter Festivals rather than any diminishing of them. Watch this space."
Richard Lewis, Edinburgh's festivals and events champion, said: "Edinburgh's winter festivals provide the city and Scotland with unrivalled promotion and shape the Capital's reputation as a great place to live, work and visit.
"Last year, the combined economic impact of the events were estimated at £160m demonstrating the huge importance these events place on the success of Edinburgh's winter economy.
"The appointment of these contracts is confirmation for the city that, despite the financial pressures facing the council, these important events will continue to operate for the benefit of the people of Edinburgh and our many thousands of visitors.
"I am sure Underbelly's activities will build on the huge success of Edinburgh's winter festivals to date. Along with Council officers past and present, I wish to thank Unique Events for continuously providing the city and Scotland with Edinburgh's Hogmanay celebrations over two decades."
Edinburgh's official Hogmanay celebrations were established by the City of Edinburgh Council in 1993.
A Unique Events spokesman said: "Unique Events are deeply disappointed in the recent tender process held by City of Edinburgh Council with regard to Edinburgh's winter festivals and hugely saddened by the decision not to continue with our services as producers of Edinburgh's Hogmanay, a festival which we created and have produced for over 24 years."
The new SNP leader unveiled the ambitious plans at the party's conference in Perth.
It would see the number of free hours increase from 16 to 30 every week.
Ms Sturgeon said she wanted to give every child - regardless of background - the best opportunity in life.
And she said a call earlier this week by business lobby group the CBI for an extension of free childcare showed that industry leaders recognised its importance, not just to the lives of children, but also to the economy.
The SNP had made free childcare a central part of its campaign ahead of September's independence referendum.
Ms Sturgeon told delegates at the conference: "In the referendum, we proposed free comprehensive provision for all children from aged one. We didn't win the referendum, but I am determined that we will make progress.
"With the powers we have now, we will push forward. We already deliver 16 hours a week of free childcare for all three and four years old.
"From August next year, that entitlement will extend to 27% of two year olds as well. That is more hours of childcare than in any other part of the UK and we should be proud of that.
"But so important is good quality, extensive childcare to the school performance and life chances of young people, that we will go further still."
She pledged that the SNP's manifesto for the 2016 Holyrood election would set out an "ambitious plan" to increase childcare provision.
"By the end of the next parliament, my commitment is that all three and four year olds and all eligible two years olds will receive, not 16 hours, but 30 hours of free childcare each week," she said.
Ms Sturgeon acknowledged that the scale of the plan would require major investment, including capital investment in school and nursery buildings.
She added: "Our flagship infrastructure project in this parliament has been the new Forth Bridge - the Queensferry Crossing.
"I want to make one of our biggest infrastructure projects for the next parliament a different kind of bridge.
"I want it to be comprehensive childcare, giving our young people the best start in life and a bridge to a better future."
Recalling her own childhood, Ms Sturgeon said she had grown up in a working class family, went to a state school and, thanks to "hard work, great parents and free tuition", became the first person in her family to go to university.
She said: "Education - above all else - is what has made it possible for me to stand here today.
"Not everyone can be first minister. But everyone - regardless of background and circumstance - should have the opportunity to fulfil their potential.
"For too many of our young people today, that is not the reality. Stories like mine are still too often the exception. We must change that and, conference, I am determined that we will."
The 30-year-old midfielder, who was born in France, was a free agent after a spell with Kuwaiti club Al-Arabi.
Matmour has spent most of his career in Germany, where he came to the attention of Huddersfield boss David Wagner.
The Terriers have received international clearance and he could make his debut at Brighton on Saturday.
"It is not normal that we would be able to get a player of his quality with no transfer fee," Wagner told the club website.
"He can play in all four attacking positions; on the right, on the left, as a number 10 or number nine.
"This strengthens our forwards and will help me make good decisions to keep them fresh."
Matmour played for four clubs in Germany and appeared in the Bundesliga for Borussia Moenchengladbach and Eintracht Frankfurt.
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Radio X - the new name for Xfm - launched in September with DJs Chris Moyles and Johnny Vaughan.
But the registration of Radio X as a trademark with the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has been opposed.
The similarly-named independent station Radio EXE owns the IP of "Radio EXE and similar sounding marks" in the categories Radio X was refused.
But the established Exeter-based operation has refused to comment on speculation it was behind the opposition.
Global, whose other stations include Smooth, Classic FM and Capital, will have to either stop using the name, appeal the decision, or strike a deal with the opposing party.
A spokesman for Global was not available for comment.
The launch of Radio X saw former BBC Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles return to the airwaves,
His breakfast show sees him go head-to-head with his successor on BBC Radio 1's breakfast show, Nick Grimshaw.
Moyles attracted eight million listeners at the peak of his Radio 1 show. Grimshaw currently attracts an audience of about 5.8 million.
Vaughan, Vernon Kay and the Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson also have their own shows on Radio X.
When it was announced that Xfm would be revamped, Radio X promised to play the "best fresh rock and guitar-based music across the UK" and be the "first truly male-focused" station, targeted at 25-44 year olds.
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The open air plastic structures would be set up in the city centre over Friday and Saturday nights before being removed the next day.
Edinburgh City Council said the Grassmarket was a particular 'hot spot' for people urinating in the street.
It would cost about £9,000 to buy the temporary urinals.
There would be further ongoing costs for servicing, installation and removal.
They may also be trialled at taxi ranks, where there is usually a marshal.
An Edinburgh City Council spokeswoman, said: "Urinating in the street accounts for a third of all fixed penalty notices for anti-social behaviour and a large amount of residents' complaints.
"We are keen to address this issue with temporary urinals at some of the 'hotspots' around the city."
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At 67, it would seem that Janet Yellen is just getting started.
The new head of the US Federal Reserve has been second in command to the current governor, Ben Bernanke, for the last three years.
Now after a protracted appointment process, Ms Yellen is set to take on arguably the biggest job in the world economy.
So what do we know about this woman, the first to take charge of the US central bank?
Janet Yellen was born in 1946 in Brooklyn, New York. Her father was a family doctor and her mother taught at a local junior school.
She was a star pupil at high school and won a place to study maths at Brown University, but quickly changed to economics, a subject she saw as more practically useful.
While studying for a doctorate at Yale she was mentored by James Tobin, a Nobel prize winner famous for his ideas on taxation.
Her first job was at Harvard in 1971 where she was an assistant professor, going on to teach Larry Summers. He was initially favoured by the White House to head the Federal Reserve, until opposition from liberal Democrats forced him to withdraw his name from consideration in September.
Ms Yellen's first job at the Fed brought her not only experience of working at the world's most influential central bank, it also introduced her to her future husband, the economist George Akerlof, in 1977.
The romance went into fast forward and within a year the couple were married, had both resigned from the Fed and had taken up teaching roles at the London School of Economics.
Lord Desai, emeritus professor of economics at LSE, remembers the couple making quite an impact on both students and lecturers.
"George Akerlof is a complete genius - an economist who is always thinking out of the box."
"Janet was a very serious person and a very good economist. But I think at the time people underrated her as she was 'just' George Akerlof's wife."
Work life and domestic life started to merge for the couple and they started to collaborate on academic research.
"Not only did our personalities mesh perfectly, but we have also always been in all but perfect agreement about macroeconomics," Mr Akerlof wrote in a biographical note after winning the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2001.
The couple returned to the US in the early 1980s, both taking academic jobs in San Francisco.
Together they conducted research on subjects ranging from out-of-wedlock childbearing to the economic reunification of Germany.
Ms Yellen's big break came in 1994 when she was appointed as a member of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve.
She held the position until 1997 when she was appointed by President Bill Clinton to become chair of his Council of Economic Advisers.
Her burgeoning career restricted her time at home with her son Robert, resulting in her husband eventually taking leave from his job to "perform household duties" as he put it. (Robert later followed in his parents' footsteps and is now an assistant professor in economics at the University of Warwick in the UK.)
Ms Yellen took on the role as the Fed's eyes and ears on the west coast when she became head of the San Francisco branch of the central bank in 2004.
By Robert PestonBusiness editor
Is Janet Yellen the 'fall gal'?
The minutes from Federal Reserve meetings show that she did consider the possibility of a property market bubble as early as 2005, but along with the rest of the Fed committee failed to predict the scale of the financial crisis that started in 2007.
"She was one of the people that did raise alarm bells, but I think like many others who saw the problems coming she did not anticipate the magnitude of the difficulties," according to Joseph Stiglitz, the economist who shared the 2001 Nobel Prize with Mr Akerlof, and who knows Ms Yellen well.
"That was a very different attitude from many in the mainstream who saw absolutely no problem right up until the crisis," Mr Stiglitz told the BBC.
Her position at the San Francisco Fed gave her greater exposure to the mechanics of decision making at the Federal Reserve and in 2009 she became a voting member of the interest rate setting committee, the Federal Open Markets Committee.
By 2010 she had become a respected international emissary for the Fed, representing US economic policy at meetings across the world.
Her hard work was rewarded when she was appointed vice-chair of the board of governors at the Fed replacing Donald Kohn, who went on to join the Bank of England.
There is something, perhaps, to be made of her being the first woman to lead the Fed, arguably the second most important job in the US after the president.
Prof Andrew Rose from the Haas School of Business taught with Ms Yellen at the University of California, Berkeley.
He says he hopes the fact that she has broken a "glass ceiling" does not detract from her personal achievement in getting the president's nomination.
"She is the most qualified person in the world for this job. The fact that she's a woman is an additional plus but it's her suitability as the next Fed chairman that I think people should concentrate on.
"It could be that in a few years the two most important positions in the country are filled by women," says Mr Rose.
So what's Janet Yellen like when she's not worrying about quantitative easing and unemployment statistics?
"She's a shy person, but she can also be extremely funny. She likes a glass of wine and is an extremely good cook - her speciality is lamb chops," says Prof Rose.
And for someone taking on such a huge role as Fed chairman, she has shown that she doesn't panic during a crisis situation.
"We were in the same room during the huge 1989 earthquake which hit San Francisco," Prof Rose recalls.
"We thought the building was going to collapse and I was convinced we were going to die. But Janet just stayed remarkably calm during the whole thing."
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A faultless show jumping round from Astier Nicolas secured first place.
Runners-up Germany, bronze medallists Australia, and New Zealand were all in contention going into the final round.
Great Britain accrued just four penalties in the show jumping phase of the three-event competition, but finished fifth after struggling in the cross country on Monday.
The individual medals will be decided later on Tuesday, with the final round starting at 18:00 BST.
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The authority will invest £200,000 in maintenance work on the Victorian building in a bid to attract a private investor to take over its management.
The money will be spent on repairs to the roof, the building's electrics, and on a new fire alarm system.
A spokesman for the stallholders' association said it was vital to keep the market running.
Councillor Nick Wallis, Darlington Borough Council's member for markets, said: "The authority remains fully committed to the future of the indoor market but inevitably a building of this size and this age costs a great deal to refurbish and take it to the next level.
"Many markets are now operated by the private sector, and we will now identify the best possible partner to come in to operate it and bring in additional finance.
Robin Blair, from the stallholders association, described the funding as "a bit of a lifeline".
He said: "We are not in a position to run the market ourselves, so the main thing is we've got to keep this as a market."
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Edna Atherton was 88 when she fell from the platform, suffering broken ribs and a cut head at Birkenhead's Hamilton Square station in July 2015.
The prosecution had claimed Martin Zee, 33, had not followed Merseyrail's door closure safety procedure fully.
But the defence argued the fall was an accident, Liverpool Crown Court heard.
They said there was a "fundamental failing" in the 17-point safety procedure itself, because the curve of the platform meant there were several blind spots.
The trial was shown CCTV footage of Mr Zee leaving the back of the train and walking to the wall of the platform to check all passengers had got off and on the carriages.
After Mr Zee pushed the button to close the doors, two women can be seen trying to board the front of the train. As the doors were reopened and closed, one of them fell between the train and the platform.
Mr Zee, of Coronation Road, Runcorn, Cheshire, had pleaded not guilty to a charge of endangering the safety of railway passengers by wilful omission or neglect.
The jury cleared him after two hours of deliberations.
A Merseyrail spokesman said its internal investigation and another by safety regulator the Office of Rail and Road "found there was no case to answer".
"The door closure warning alarm is in place to alert passengers to the danger of closing doors and we rely on passengers heeding that warning and not attempting to board or alight while the doors are closing."
A spokesman for British Transport Police said: "It is our duty as a police force to investigate and present the evidence to the Crown Prosecution Service."
A Crown Prosecution Service spokesman said: "The decision to charge was made following detailed consideration of the evidence and in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors."
It presents a detailed picture of torture, forced abortions and public executions in a vast network of secret political camps.
The research backs previous evidence that more than 150,000 political prisoners are being held in North Korea.
The authors are calling for an international commission of inquiry to investigate.
The report - by the Washington-based Committee for Human Rights in North Korea - uses detailed satellite photographs to identify barracks, work sites and execution grounds
in forced labour camps hidden in remote mountain areas.
"An entire system of political repression in North Korea needs to be eliminated," said the committee's chairwoman, Roberta Cohen.
The researchers relied for their information on some 60 former prisoners and camp guards, who have escaped to South Korea.
They describe a complex web of prisons and work camps built to punish those seen as resistant to North Korea's system of total state control, including those who try to escape to South Korea.
They say that many inmates die from malnutrition and harsh working conditions as they labour in mines, factories and on farms.
The researchers also document witness accounts of public executions - mainly of prisoners who try to escape or are caught stealing extra food rations.
They also present fresh evidence of routine torture, beatings and forced abortions - mainly for women who are repatriated from China and are thought to have conceived children by Chinese men.
Former inmates say they were sent to the camps - sometimes for decades - without any judicial process or often without hearing the charges against them.
Children and other family members of the accused can also be incarcerated in an effort to eradicate all criticism of North Korea's political system.
One woman said she was imprisoned for singing a South Korean song, and others for having relatives with South Korean or Japanese connections.
The report's author, David Hawk, first documented the extent of the North Korean camp system in his report "Hidden Gulag" in 2003.
He says he was able to update his research because many more North Korean refugees have since escaped from the country with fresh evidence. There are currently about 30,000 refugees in Seoul compared to just a few thousand a decade ago, hundreds of whom have experienced life in the camps.
North Korean officials have told the United Nations in the past that there are no political prisons in the country.
Opinion polls suggest that Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic's pro-EU Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) may get enough votes to form a new government.
But politicians who oppose Mr Vucic's pro-EU course also appear to be gaining ground. They include nationalist Radical Party leader Vojislav Seselj.
Last month the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague acquitted Mr Seselj.
He was found not guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity over the Balkan wars in the 1990s.
That controversial ruling opens the way for him to return to parliament in Serbia. He has called for an alliance with Russia - historically an ally of Serbia, with shared Orthodox Christian traditions.
But a stronger rival to Mr Vucic is likely to be the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS), led by current Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic. It has been in coalition with the SNS, but formed a separate election alliance with three other parties.
The SPS is generally more cautious over pro-EU reforms than the prime minister's party. Mr Dacic has said that joining the EU should not harm Serbia's relations with Russia and China.
Mr Vucic brought the election forward by two years, saying he needed a new mandate to implement tough reforms required to make Serbia eligible for EU membership.
Early results are expected soon after polls close in Serbia at 20:00 local time (18:00 GMT) on Sunday.
'Enemies in the EU'
Mr Seselj's Radicals failed to win seats in the last two elections, but the firebrand former deputy premier is expected to lead them back into parliament after a virulently anti-Western campaign.
"We do not want to be in the European Union. All Serbia's traditional enemies are there!" he told a rally last month, also lashing out at Nato for bombing Serbia during the 1998-1999 Kosovo war.
And not all members of Prime Minister Vucic's ruling coalition are pro-EU. Some oppose EU integration and advocate closer ties with Russia.
Thus the future of the reforms will be heavily influenced by coalition partners in the new government.
Source: BBC Monitoring
Three women had accused Mr Ghomeshi of attacking and sexually assaulting them.
Mr Ghomeshi, 48, had denied the charges, describing the encounters as consensual "rough sex".
The judge said that the three complainants' stories had been inconsistent and said reasonable doubt existed in this case.
A group of protesters - holding slogans "We believe survivors" - later gathered outside the court building in Toronto.
Ghomeshi trial rattles assault survivors
The alleged assaults took place between 2002 and 2003.
"Each complainant was less than full, frank and forthcoming in the information they provided to the media, to the police, to Crown counsel and to this Court," Justice William Horkins wrote in his judgement.
"The evidence of each complainant suffered not just from inconsistencies and questionable behaviour, but was tainted by outright deception," he said.
"At the end of this trial, a reasonable doubt exists because it is impossible to determine, with any acceptable degree of certainty or comfort, what is true and what is false."
The trial, which attracted a flurry of media attention, has spurred debate about how victims of sexual assault are treated by the Canadian legal system.
A demonstration in support of victims of sexual assault happened after the verdict was read, according to reports on Twitter.
Mr Ghomeshi's three accusers came under intense scrutiny from the defence during the eight-day trial, with defence lawyer Marie Henein questioning why they remained in contact with or on good terms with Mr Ghomeshi after the alleged assaults.
One sent Mr Ghomeshi a picture of herself in a bikini after she said he had punched her in the head. She told Ms Henein that she had wanted to bait Mr Ghomeshi into incriminating himself.
But prosecutor Michael Callaghan said "post-assault contact was not relevant to the sexual assault that took place" and every victim coped with assault differently.
Some advocates for sexual assault victims worried that the women were being put on trial rather than the alleged attacker.
Others were concerned the scrutiny would discourage other victims from coming forward in future cases.
Mr Ghomeshi, who hosted the radio show Q, was sacked by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in 2014 after the allegations became public.
The CBC began an inquiry into Mr Ghomeshi's sexual activities after the Toronto Star newspaper began investigating allegations by an ex-girlfriend that he had engaged in non-consensual, violent sex with her.
The report found that CBC management knew about Mr Ghomeshi's behaviour, or should have known. It said the members of management did not take steps to stop it.
A number of women came forward after the Star's report, accusing him of punching, strangling and battering.
Stephen, 19, from Burntwood, Staffordshire, died last May after launching an appeal that raised more than £5m for the Teenage Cancer Trust.
Jane Sutton said her son was a "keen runner" but his illness prevented him from completing a marathon himself.
She finished the 26-mile course in a time of six hours and three minutes.
She aims to raise £10,000 for the trust during the event.
"I am fulfilling my wish to Stephen, he has been my driving force and when I have been going out running he has been the person I am thinking about and hopefully I've got the same determination as him so I will cross that finish line," she said.
In September the trust announced £2.9m of the money raised would be invested in specialist cancer units for young people, and a further £1.2m used to train future cancer nurses and support staff.
In a televised statement on the last day of the trial, he said that if he was convicted "millions of Dutch citizens will be convicted with me".
The charges were brought after he led a chant for fewer Moroccans in the Netherlands at a rally 18 months ago.
He denies inciting racial hatred.
Mr Wilders has denounced the trial as an attempt to suppress freedom of speech. If convicted, he faces a fine and a year in prison. The verdict is due next month.
The populist politician, who had previously refused to attend the trial, addressed a three-judge bench at a high-security courthouse near Amsterdam's Schiphol airport.
In a long speech, he portrayed himself as part of a growing anti-establishment movement that had resulted in the UK's vote to leave the European Union and Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election.
"Worldwide, a movement has started that is making short shrift of the politically correct doctrines of the elite and their subordinate media," he said.
"Brexit proved it. The American election proved it."
He said that neither he nor his supporters were racist.
"They are people who want their country back and who are sick and tired of not being listened to," he said.
"If you convict me you will convict half of the Netherlands. Many Dutch will then lose the last bit of trust in the rule of law."
Mr Wilders has repeatedly criticised Islam, calling for the Koran to be banned and for the closure of all mosques in the Netherlands.
But prosecutors say he crossed a line when he asked supporters if they wanted "fewer or more Moroccans" in the Netherlands.
After supporters chanted back "fewer", he replied: "We'll organise that."
In 2011, Mr Wilders was acquitted of incitement after being accused of encouraging hatred towards Muslims.
The Netherlands will hold a general election in March and some opinion polls suggest Mr Wilders' Freedom Party (PVV) is a close second behind Prime Minister Mark Rutte's liberal VVD, or even slightly ahead.
The Silverlake Stadium surface was deemed unfit after an 11:30 inspection on Friday.
It is the second successive home game Eastleigh have had postponed after their fixture against Bromley also succumbed to the weather.
No new date has yet been arranged for the fixture. Eastleigh are currently fifth in the league, Barrow 16th.
Swansea are close to buying Bony, 24, from Dutch top-flight side Vitesse Arnhem for a club record fee of £13m.
The Welsh club broke their transfer record in August 2012 when they
"This is called living with the big boys," said James, the former Swansea and Wales winger.
"I think we have got to this stage at the Liberty... nobody is going to get another Michu.
"It is not going to happen again, where you pick up an absolute bargain.
"There are once-in-a-lifetime deals that come your way. Fortunately, it came our way.
"Bony now is £12 or £13 million and that is the market value of strikers of his calibre."
Swansea manager Michael Laudrup signed striker Michu for £2m from Spanish side Rayo Vallecano last summer and called it "the bargain of the season" after the Spaniard led them to Capital One Cup success and a ninth-placed finish in the Premier League.
Bony, 24, is an Ivory Coast international and scored 31 goals in 30 league appearances for his club in the Dutch league last season.
His arrival would take some of the pressure for goals off Michu, who scored 22 times for the club in 2012-13.
Bony was named Dutch footballer for his efforts in the same season and had spells at Issia Wazi, in his homeland, and Sparta Prague before joining Vitesse Arnhem in January 2011.
"To compete in the Premiership, in Europe and the domestic cups, which brought us real success, you have to have more players of this kind of calibre," said James.
Bony would be Swansea's seventh permanent summer signing.
They have also recruited Jonjo Shelvey from Liverpool, Alejandro Pozuelo from Real Betis, Jose Canas from Real Betis, Jordi Amat from Espanyol, Gregor Zabret from NK Domzale and Alex Gogic from Olympiakos.
Midfielder Jonathan de Guzman has also rejoined the club on a season-long loan from Villarreal.
The investment in the squad is a show of support for manager Michael Laudrup, who had said the Liberty Stadium side would have to strengthen for the 2013-14 campaign to build on last season's success.
Swansea won the Capital One Cup - beating Liverpool and Chelsea on the way to lifting the trophy - to qualify for the Europa League and finished in the top half of the Premier League.
The military said they had captured an immigration officer who confessed to being an active member of Boko Haram.
His confession led to the arrest of a number of other officials.
Boko Haram has killed hundreds in northern and central Nigeria since 2009, when it launched a campaign to install an Islamic state.
The group's fighters have bombed government buildings and churches and assassinated Muslim clerics who disagreed with their views.
Their attacks have killed woman and children, Muslims and Christians.
Lt Colonel Sagir Musa said the immigration official was arrested last month while impersonating an army officer.
"He confessed to being an active member of the Boko Haram terrorist sect," said Col Musa.
"He also confessed to having been trained alongside 15 other members of the sect on weapon handling, assassination and special operations in Niger."
Col Musa said his testimony helped the military root out a number of others who had carried out attacks for Boko Haram.
Analysts have in the past said that the fight against Boko Haram was undermined because the Islamist group had managed to infiltrate the military.
Boko Haram shot to prominence in 2009 when hundreds of their members attempted to storm police stations and government buildings in Maiduguri.
The security forces quelled the rebellion and killed dozens of the sect's members, as well as its leader.
Since then, their attacks have been better organised and caused many more civilian deaths.
Nigeria is roughly divided between a largely Muslim north, and the south, where Christianity and traditional religions dominate.
Irish Ferries has cancelled some services between Holyhead and Dublin due to adverse weather conditions.
BBC Wales forecaster Derek Brockway said wind speeds of 55mph (88kph) could be felt at Holyhead on Wednesday.
Drivers of HGVs and caravans have been advised not to cross the A55 Britannia Bridge onto Anglesey.
North Wales Police said anyone choosing not to cross the bridge westbound should leave at junction 11 where they would be directed to rest facilities.
They advised those coming from the ferry at Holyhead who did not want to cross the bridge to remain at the Holyhead port facilities.
Another yellow gales alert is in place for most of Wales over Thursday night and into Friday morning.
The death of the tiger - possibly frightened by fireworks celebrating Chinese New Year - sparked an investigation.
On Wednesday Yang Wenzheng, Zhang Fucai and Cui Jingguang were found to have illegally reared eight tigers.
They apologised and have been fined.
Chinese Central Television (CCTV) reported the surviving animals had been moved to a local zoo.
The seven-month-old cub was found dead in the car park of an apartment building on 19 February.
Yang Wenzheng, a member of the local legislature, was quoted on web portal Dahe Online saying: "I was raising two tigers - not long after they were born I started taking care of them, just like they were my children.
"It's very possible that the tiger got scared because of the noise, so it squeezed out of its cage and fell to its death."
He said he found a gap in the cage and broken glass nearby.
He told the reporter he had constructed a 3m (9ft) tall steel cage on his roof and arranged for someone to feed the tigers beef, chicken and other meat twice a day.
With one of his fellow deputies, Yang had obtained two tigers from a third councillor, who had eight of the animals but found the costs of raising them too expensive to bear.
They bred at least three cubs that later died, CCTV reported.
The officials were found to have kept the tigers without permits and fined 3,000 Chinese renminbi (£326), reports said.
Tiger meat and bones are said to have curative properties in traditional Chinese medicine and farming them can be lucrative, the China Daily said.
It added tigers can fetch 1m RMB on the black market.
After trailing 20-6, second-half tries from Chris Hill, Kevin Brown and Tom Lineham, two minutes from time, added to Ryan Atkins' first-half effort.
Declan Patton missed with one of his four conversion attempts.
But Wire outscored Trinity four tries to three from Ashley Gibson, Mason Caton-Brown and Tom Johnstone.
Liam Finn kicked three conversions and a penalty for Trinity, who remain seventh, but now only a point ahead of Warrington, who climb above St Helens to eighth, having totally put behind their six-game winless start by stretching their unbeaten run to five matches.
Wakefield made a dream start, hitting their hosts with two tries in two minutes to take an early 12-0 lead, Kyle Wood kicking ahead for Gibson to touch down before Jacob Miller broke from deep and the supporting Caton-Brown was on hand to take the stand-off's pass to score under the posts.
Although Patton and Stefan Ratchford combined to send centre Atkins off on an 80-metre run from deep to get Wire on the scoreboard with a converted try, Finn's penalty earned a 14-6 interval lead.,
And the visitors still looked to be on their way to a comfortable victory when winger Johnstone scored their third try early in the second half.
But, although weakened by the loss of suspended duo Ben Westwood and Daryl Clark, as well as Mike Cooper, injured against Huddersfield on Easter Monday, tries by Hill and Brown set up a frantic finish capped by Lineham's spectacular winning dive for the corner.
Warrington coach Tony Smith:
"The character isn't in question at all. Some of our processes and methods are questionable but the players are trying hard in all departments - and sometimes a little bit too hard.
"The desire is to play the ball quickly. But there were errors and we were dropping the ball which are just little lapses in concentration. We need to be better because it's hurting us.
"We felt if we held the lion's share of the ball we would score points and we also felt if we gave the ball over to Wakefield they would score points because they are a dangerous and good attacking team.
"But you can't be too critical because for a lot of the players it's their fourth game in two weeks and rugby league is too hard to play physically and mentally in that space of time."
Wakefield coach Chris Chester:
"It was one of those games that just got away from us. It's a tough one to take because we were the best team for large parts of the game and we have just come up short again.
"I'm proud of the boys' efforts. To come to Warrington and be really disappointed with a loss just shows how far we have come in a such a short space of time.
"We just needed to be a little bit smarter in the second half. Our game management needed to be better to slow the game down. We played like we were chasing the game.
"But the effort was fantastic and two weeks on the bounce we should have got something. It's been tough just talking to the boys after the game because they are gutted."
Warrington: Ratchford; Evans, Livett, Atkins, Lineham; Patton, Gidley; Hill, Dwyer, Sims, Jullien, Hughes, Westerman.
Replacements: Philbin, Brown, G King, Savelio.
Wakefield: Jowitt; Jones-Bishop, Gibson, Caton-Brown, Johnstone; Miller, Finn; England, Wood, Fifita, Hadley, Kirmond, Arona.
Replacements: Williams, Batchelor, Hirst, Huby.
Referee: Phil Bentham (RFL).
Costas Contostavlos, 30, appeared by video link at Luton Crown Court from Peterborough Prison.
A plea of not guilty to common assault on Imani Campbell was accepted by the prosecution.
The row took place at the couple's home in Hatfield, Hertfordshire on 10 May.
The court heard neighbours first heard a commotion in the early hours of the morning.
Prosecutor Neil King said mobile phone footage taken by a witness in the street showed the rapper came out of his home, he then went to a bush in the front garden from where he picked up a knife that he took back inside.
He said Miss Campbell then came out of the house with the blade described in court as a long thin boning knife.
The couple was seen outside at one point before going back inside.
Contostavlos, a Big Brother runner-up and cousin of ex X-Factor judge Tulisa, emerged once more carrying a large butcher's knife with a curved blade.
He is also said to have pointed the knife at members of the public making intimidating remarks.
Police, including armed officers, attended the address in Roe Green Close, shortly afterwards and forced the door open.
Contostavlos was arrested later that afternoon.
Judge Richard Foster, The Honorary Recorder of Luton, adjourned the hearing for the preparation of a pre-sentence report.
A further charge of using threatening words and behaviour has been discontinued by the Crown.
The judge said it was likely the rapper, who was denied bail, would receive a custodial sentence.
The Thaad missile system, aimed at intercepting attacks from North Korea, was made operational in South Korea last week.
But Beijing says the system will spy on its territory and has strongly criticised its deployment.
Relations between Beijing and Seoul have deteriorated over the issue.
Liberal Moon Jae-in was elected South Korean president on Tuesday. He is facing a delicate task balancing ties with the US, Seoul's traditional ally, and China - both of whose help he needs to tackle North Korea and its nuclear ambitions.
A South Korean presidential spokesman said that the Chinese leader - who initiated the call - "explained the reasons for Beijing's strong and repeated opposition" to the deployment, Yonhap news agency reported.
"President Moon said the Thaad issue can be resolved when there is no further provocation by North Korea," spokesman Yoon Young-chan said.
Mr Moon also raised the issue of apparent economic retaliation against South Korean firms in China, he said. He will send a delegation to Beijing to discuss both North Korea and Thaad.
The Thaad deployment was agreed by Mr Moon's predecessor, conservative leader Park Guen-hye. She is currently in prison awaiting trial on corruption charges.
Washington says the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (Thaad) system will play a vital role in curbing the missile threat from Pyongyang, but Beijing says that the system's radar affects its security.
The deployment is also unpopular among South Koreans who live near the site that hosts the system because they believe it makes them a target.
Mr Moon's position on Thaad is not yet completely clear - his comments have been ambivalent in the past. His spokesman called a US decision to roll it out in the weeks before the election "very inappropriate", as it stripped the next government of the right to make its own decision on the system.
A Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said that the two sides expressed willingness "to bring [relations] back to a healthy and stable development track".
Both Mr Moon and Mr Xi agreed that denuclearising North Korea was a "common goal". Mr Moon has advocated dialogue with the North as well as sanctions, adopting a more conciliatory stance than his predecessor.
What impact will S Korea's expanded missile defence system have?
1. The enemy launches a missile
2. The Thaad radar system detects the launch, which is relayed to command and control
3. Thaad command and control instructs the launch of an interceptor missile
4. The interceptor missile is fired at the enemy projectile
5. The enemy projectile is destroyed in the terminal phase of flight
The launcher trucks can hold up to eight interceptor missiles.
The club say they have "engaged legal advisors and are currently considering all legal options available in relation to this matter."
Hooker Segeyaro, 26, recently returned to his native Australia.
He subsequently told the Australian Sunday Telegraph that he was homesick and did not want to return to the UK.
Segeyaro joined the Rhinos from Penrith in June and is contracted to the Super League side until the end of the 2018 season.
"We take this matter very seriously," chief executive Gary Hetherington told the club website.
"James' decision has created a big problem for us and created uncertainty throughout our organisation.
"We are aware of the interest in him from a number of NRL clubs but we have our interests to protect as well and need to consider all avenues in this matter."
Super League club Castleford Tigers recently announced they will be taking legal action against winger Denny Solomona after he failed to return for pre-season training.
Solomona is understood to have held talks with rugby union side Sale.
McIlroy, 26, ended the day on four under par after an even-par round of 72, which left him six shots behind leader Rafa Cabrera-Bello of Spain.
The Northern Irishman made four bogeys on the outward nine and slipped back to level par with a fifth at the 11th.
He salvaged the situation with birdies on the 13th, 16th, 17th and 18th holes.
Cabrera-Bello, the 2012 champion, carded a second consecutive 67, while England's Danny Willett (65) and Ernie Els (67) were tied for second on nine under.
"I struggled in the wind a little bit," McIlroy told the European Tour website.
"I didn't get off to the best of starts again. The middle of the round was tough but I bounced back well and persevered and got something out of the round."
McIlroy bogeyed his opening hole for the second day running and then tossed away his ball after three-putting the fourth on his way to reaching the turn at three over for the day.
A three-putt bogey on the 11th then saw McIlroy slip back to level par and outside the projected cut, and it required a testing putt to avoid the same fate on the next before a run of birdies rescued his round.
"I was definitely thinking about (missing the cut), especially over the putt on 12," added McIlroy.
"If I missed that and went one over for the tournament it would have been a long way back.
"I've come back from bigger deficits than this and if I can get off to a faster start tomorrow, you never know."
Ex-military chief of staff Gabi Ashkenazi and former heads of military intelligence, the navy and air force are expected to be tried in absentia.
The nine pro-Palestinian activists were killed after Israeli troops boarded their ship, the Mavi Marmara.
They had been hoping to breach Israel's naval blockade and deliver aid to Gaza.
A prosecutor at the court in Istanbul has called for each of the four Israeli officers to face nine life sentences, Turkish news agency Anatolia reported.
The other three commanders are ex-naval chief Vice Admiral Eliezer Marom, former head of military intelligence Major General Amos Yadlin, and former head of the air force Brigadier General Avishai Lev.
If they are convicted, the Turkish court could issue a warrant for their arrest.
Israel carried out its own investigation but has not prosecuted anyone involved in the raid.
The Mavi Marmara was intercepted by the Israeli navy in international waters as it sailed towards Gaza's coast on 31 May 2010.
A UN inquiry found that Israel's blockade of Gaza was "a legitimate security measure".
It said Israeli troops had faced "significant, organised and violent resistance" when they boarded the ship.
But it said Israel's decision to board the ship and the use of substantial force was "excessive and unreasonable".
The incident has led to a major rift in relations between Turkey and Israel.
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The 24-year-old reposted an image of computer game character Super Mario on Instagram, which included the words "jumps like a black man and grabs coins like a Jew."
The Italian tweeted to deny the post was offensive, before apologising.
He has until 18:00 GMT on 15 December to respond to the charge.
A Liverpool spokesman said: "We acknowledge the FA's decision and the player will work through the process to answer the charge.
"While that process is on-going the club will make no further comment."
An FA statement read: "It is alleged the Liverpool player breached FA Rule E3[1] in that his posting was abusive and/or insulting and/or improper.
"It is further alleged that this is an 'Aggravated Breach' as defined by FA Rule E3[2] as it included a reference to ethnic origin and/or colour and/or race and/or nationality and/or religion or belief."
Balotelli had until 18:00 on Friday to submit an explanation for his comments to the FA and he reportedly provided evidence of the discrimination he has faced during his career.
The picture posted by the player had an image of Super Mario with the heading: "Don't be a racist!"
The text read: "Be like Mario, he's an Italian plumber, created by Japanese people, who speaks English and looks like a Mexican."
"He jumps like a black man and grabs coins like a Jew."
After receiving criticism on Twitter for the image, Balotelli tweeted: "My mom [sic] is Jewish so all of you shut up please."
He also described reposting the image as "my unlucky moment".
However, he later wrote: "I apologise if I've offended anyone.
"The post was meant to be anti-racist with humour. I now understand that out of context it may have the opposite effect.
"Not all Mexicans have a moustache, not all black people jump high and not all Jewish people love money.
"I used a cartoon done by somebody else because it has Super Mario and I thought it was funny and not offensive. Again, I'm sorry."
Balotelli, who will miss Liverpool's match against Sunderland on Saturday with a groin injury, has scored only two goals in his 14 appearances for the club this season.
Deputy PM Numan Kurtulmus said the Middle East was "already a powder keg".
He criticised attacks on Saudi missions in Iran but also Saudi Arabia's execution of a Shia Muslim cleric, which triggered the dispute.
Saudi Arabia has broken off diplomatic relations with Iran and is cutting trade and air links.
On Monday, some of Riyadh's allies joined diplomatic action against Iran.
The US has also called on both countries to calm the escalating row.
Saudi Arabia and Iran are respectively the key Sunni Muslim and Shia powers in the region and back opposing sides in Syria and Yemen.
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"We want both countries to immediately move away from the situation of tension that will obviously only add to the already severe tensions existing in the Middle East," Mr Kurtulmus was quoted as saying by the Anatolia news agency.
"The region is already a powder keg. Enough is enough. We need peace in the region."
He called on Iran to protect all diplomatic missions and said that Turkey was against "all instances of capital punishment especially when it is politically motivated".
"For us it is not possible to support capital punishment by any country," he added.
"Saudi Arabia and Iran are our friends and we don't want them fighting because that's the last thing this region needs."
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On Saturday, Saudi Arabia executed cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr and 46 others after they were convicted of terror-related offences.
The move prompted an angry reaction from Iran. Protesters set fire to the Saudi embassy in Tehran and a consulate in the city of Mashhad before being driven back by police.
Saudi Arabia announced late on Sunday that it was cutting diplomatic relations with Iran after the storming of the embassy in Tehran.
It said all commercial and air traffic links were being cut and that Saudi citizens were banned from travelling to Iran.
Saudi UN ambassador Abdallah al-Mouallimi said on Monday that the dispute could be resolved if Iran stopped "interfering in the affairs of other countries, including our own".
Riyadh has previously accused Iran of interfering in Arab affairs.
Speaking in New York, Mr Mouallimi said peace efforts in Syria and Yemen should not be affected by the spat but criticised Iran's contribution to the process.
"The Iranians even before the break of diplomatic relations have not been very supportive, not very positive in these peace efforts," he said.
"They have been taking provocative and negative positions... and I don't think the break in relations is going to dissuade them from such behaviour."
Bahrain and Sudan also severed relations with Iran on Monday, and the UAE has downgraded its diplomatic team.
Bahrain, which is ruled by a Sunni monarchy but has a majority Shia population, gave Iranian diplomats 48 hours to leave the country.
The Sudanese foreign ministry said its action was on response to "the barbaric attacks on the Saudi Arabian embassy in Tehran and its consulate in Mashhad".
On Monday, a White House spokesman called on both countries to "show some restraint and to not further inflame tensions that are on quite vivid display in the region".
But Iran's foreign ministry accused the Saudis of "continuing the policy of increasing tension and clashes in the region".
The row also affected global markets, sending oil and gold prices higher on Monday.
Army explosives experts were called out to deal with a suspect package at the offices on the Newtownards Road on Friday night.
Roads were sealed off and traffic diverted as a controlled explosion was carried out.
The premises, used by East Belfast MP Naomi Long, have been targeted a number of times.
Most recently, petrol bomb attacks were carried out on the offices on consecutive nights in April and May.
The attacks began following a Belfast City Council vote in December 2012 restricting the flying of the union flag at the City Hall.
Condemning the latest hoax, Alliance MLA Chris Lyttle said: "It is a serious incident for the local area, it causes serious disruption, it puts people's lives at risk, it can prevent emergency services reaching the area.
"Ultimately we need people with information to share that with the police in order for them to do their job and bring these people to justice."
But the Midlands director of Rogue One hopes to use the film to help educate people about Angelman Syndrome.
Gareth Edwards has made a video about his niece Ella Court, 14, from Nuneaton, who has the condition.
Made by Lucasfilm and filmed on set, it has already been viewed tens of thousands of times on Youtube.
Mr Edwards is the patron of the Assert charity and the video is aimed at raising awareness of the organisation's work.
The film features clips of famous Stars Wars scenes and Ella's family.
Mr Edwards said: "When I first found out about my niece's condition, it was hard for me to get my head around what it was and how it would affect Ella and my sister and the rest of my family.
"People often feel bad for children like Ella, but she's incredibly warm and sociable and energetic and a tactile person."
His sister and Ella's mother Lisa Court is also a trustee of the organisation.
She said: "I jokingly said to him quite a few years ago, that when you're famous, you can be our patron.
"To be able to say Star Wars and Angelman Syndrome in the same sentence just opens up a whole new world."
But rather than a gym-soaked t-shirt, it needs just one millionth of a litre of sweat to do the testing.
The team - in South Korea - showed the sensor was accurate and think it could eventually help patients with diabetes.
And in extra tests on mice, the sensor was hooked up to a patch of tiny needles to automatically inject diabetes medication.
The team at the Seoul National University were trying to overcome the need for "painful blood collection" needed in diabetes patients.
This is how patients with diabetes would normally keep track of blood sugar levels:
And this could be the future:
The sensor is flexible so it can move with the skin it is stuck onto.
However, the scientists needed to overcome a series of challenges to make it work.
There is less sugar in sweat than blood so it is harder to find, and other chemicals in sweat such as lactic acid can disrupt the results.
So the patch has three sensors keeping track of sugar levels, four that test the acidity of the sweat and a humidity sensor to analyse the amount of sweat.
It is all encased in a porous layer that allows the sweat to soak through and bathe the electronics.
All this information is passed onto a portable computer which does the analysis to work out the sugar levels.
Tests before and after people sat down for a meal, published in the journal Science Advances, showed the results from the sweat patch "agree well" with those from traditional kit.
However, for the next stage the researchers turned to mice with diabetes.
They used the blood sugar monitor to control an array of microneedles to give the mice doses of the diabetes drug metformin.
The researchers conclude: "The current system provides important new advances toward the painless and stress-free" care for diabetes.
However, there is a leap between proving something can sense sugar levels in a lab and turning that into something that is so reliable people can put their lives in its hands.
So the researchers next want to test how the patches work in the long-term.
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At its height, ScottishPower said 6,000 customers were off supply in north Wales while Western Power Distribution said 1,600 properties were affected.
But on Wednesday evening, ScottishPower said power had been restored, as did Western Power Distribution.
There were reports of roofs being damaged and trees blocking some roads.
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Wrexham council said there were more than 20 incidents in the county, mainly trees blown over, in Gresford, Rossett, Ruabon, Erddig and Overton.
Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service received about 20 calls from people across Pembrokeshire and four calls from Swansea about trees down and parts of roofs being blown away.
Irish Ferries reports disruption between Pembroke and Rosslare due to adverse weather conditions.
There were peak gusts of 85mph in Aberdaron, 84 in Capel Curig, 83 in Lake Vyrnwy and 80 in Pembrey.
More heavy rain and strong winds are expected on Wednesday.
The 24-year-old Irishman left Tannadice in 2014 to join Birmingham City in the English Championship.
But he was released in August after only one game for League One outfit Oldham Athletic.
Gunning has agreed a contract until the end of the season but is awaiting international clearance to play.
He spent three years with United after leaving Blackburn Rovers following a loan spell with Motherwell.
Gunning made 99 times for the Scottish Premiership club, but he has made only two first-team appearances since leaving Tayside, both in the Capital One Cup.
He played for Birmingham in a 3-1 win over Cambridge United in August 2014 and only featured once for Oldham - in a 3-1 home defeat by Middlesbrough a year later.
United manager Mixu Paatelainen has played down any suggestions that Alexia Eremenko will also be joining the club.
The 32-year-old playmaker, who ended his second spell with Kilmarnock last summer, has left Jaro after they were relegated from the Finnish top flight.
Meanwhile, United are still waiting to hear if Japan goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima has been granted a work permit to join the club.
Paatelainen says this is proving to be frustrating for both parties.
AMs passed the Welsh Labour-led government's final budget for the next financial year on Tuesday evening, with the support of Plaid Cymru.
The budget includes £50m for a bypass at Llandeilo.
Llanelli AM Lee Waters warned against offering schemes "for political parties to show they have exerted influence".
"It is not my preference that we make annual deals like this," said Mr Waters, in a debate on the final budget in the Senedd on Tuesday.
"But if that is to be the way then inevitably we are going to be tempted towards the lowest common denominator."
"I'd hate to see us go the way of other democracies, most notably the American political system, where we descend towards pork barrel politics," he said.
"It's a mark of the American budget system that hardly a budget is passed without a museum or a bridge or a bypass being awarded in the name of the chair of various committees."
Accepting commitments to planning for the long term and taking into account carbon emissions "do have policy and spending implications that we need to build into our thinking, and not simply revert to the practices of the past, and not simply to revert to projects to win support for political parties to show they have exerted influence."
Mr Waters otherwise welcomed "moves in the budget to implement some of the key pledges in the Welsh Labour manifesto from last year".
Adam Price of Plaid Cymru said his party "has been able to have an influence for the benefit of the lives of the people of Wales".
"I would encourage other parties to have this more constructive attitude towards politics, to put forward ideas and if they disagree to be part of the dialogue".
The leaked US Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) report, dated March 2016, was obtained by the Sunday Times.
"If Usada or any other anti-doping body has evidence of wrongdoing they should publish it and take action rather than allow the media to be judge and jury," said Farah, who has won 5,000m and 10,000m gold at the past two Olympics.
The coach in question, Alberto Salazar, has been under investigation since a BBC Panorama programme made allegations about drugs use at his US training base.
According to the Sunday Times, the leaked report also alleges Salazar, head coach of the world famous endurance Nike Oregon Project (NOP), routinely gave Farah and other athletes legal prescription drugs with potentially harmful side-effects without a justifiable medical reason.
The investigation into Salazar, who is also a consultant to UK Athletics (UKA), has been under way since at least June 2015.
Salazar and Farah deny they have ever broken anti-doping rules.
"It's deeply frustrating that I'm having to make an announcement on this subject," said 33-year-old Farah in a statement.
"I am a clean athlete who has never broken the rules in regards to substances, methods or dosages and it is upsetting that some parts of the media, despite the clear facts, continue to try to associate me with allegations of drug misuse.
"I'm unclear as to the Sunday Times's motivations towards me but I do understand that using my name and profile makes the story more interesting but it's entirely unfair to make assertions when it is clear from their own statements that I have done nothing wrong.
"As I've said many times before we all should do everything we can to have a clean sport and it is entirely right that anyone who breaks the rules should be punished."
The Usada interim report was passed to the Sunday Times by the suspected Russian hacking group Fancy Bears.
The BBC has so far been unable to verify its authenticity with Usada, or establish whether any of its reported conclusions are out of date.
In a statement, Usada said it could "confirm that it has prepared a report in response to a subpoena from a state medical licensing body regarding care given by a physician to athletes associated with the Nike Oregon Project".
It said: "We understand that the licensing body is still deciding its case and as we continue to investigate whether anti-doping rules were broken, no further comment will be made at this time.
"Importantly, all athletes, coaches and others under the jurisdiction of the World Anti-Doping Code are innocent and presumed to have complied with the rules unless and until the established anti-doping process declares otherwise. It is unfair and reckless to state, infer or imply differently."
Contents of the report
According to the Sunday Times, the leaked report claims that Salazar:
Salazar maintains that drug use has always fully complied with the Wada code and that athletes were administered with L-carnitine in "exactly the way Usada directed".
The Sunday Times claims the Usada report also reveals:
The report, apparently written in March 2016, allegedly states: "Usada continues to investigate circumstances related to L-carnitine use" by Farah.
Farah told the Sunday Times two years ago that he had "tried a legal energy drink" containing L-carnitine but "saw no benefit" and did not continue with it.
The newspaper also claims the report says Dr John Rogers, a medic for the British athletics team, told Usada in an interview that conversations he had with Salazar at a training camp in the French Pyrenees before the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, gave him such "concern" that he wrote an email at the time to his medical colleagues at UK Athletics.
It also says Rogers told Usada that Salazar had told him about "off-label and unconventional" uses of the prescription medications calcitonin and thyroxine (hormones) and high doses of vitamin D and ferrous sulphate.
The revelations will pile more pressure on Britain's greatest ever endurance runner, who has steadfastly refused to end his association with Salazar.
It raises questions too for UKA, which gave the Briton the all-clear to continue working with Salazar after an inquiry was launched following the BBC Panorama programme.
Background
In June 2015, in conjunction with the US website ProPublica, the BBC's Panorama programme Catch Me If You Can made a series of allegations about the methods at NOP, and included testimony from a number of former athletes and coaches, including Kara Goucher and Steve Magness.
The film alleged Salazar had a fixation on the testosterone levels of his athletes, and may have doped American Olympic medallist Galen Rupp with the banned steroid version when he was 16. The programme also alleged Salazar had conducted testosterone experiments on his sons to see how much of the drug he could apply to them before it triggered positive tests.
The film also alleged Salazar used thyroid medicine inappropriately with his athletes, and encouraged the use of prescription medication when there was no justifiable need.
Salazar denied the wrongdoing alleged in the programme, and issued a 30,000-word rebuttal.
Usada took the unusual step of confirming it had launched an investigation into NOP following the BBC and ProPublica's revelations in 2015. Earlier stories by the New York Times and the Sunday Times had also raised concerns about some of Salazar's methods.
It is not clear why the Usada report remains unpublished.
The BBC has sought comment from Alberto Salazar and UK Athletics.
BBC sports editor Dan Roan
Nine months ago, amid rumours Usada had dropped an investigation into his coach, Sir Mo Farah said he felt vindicated after standing by Alberto Salazar, the man who has helped him achieve so much success. This will raise more questions over that association.
Last year Farah distanced himself from another controversial coach - Somalian Jama Aden. And he could now face renewed pressure to do something similar with a man who we now know Usada is still looking into.
This could also be awkward for Salazar's employers Nike - and for UK Athletics; not least how they came to clear Salazar in 2015 - even though it now seems one of their senior medics - Dr John Rogers - says he had raised concerns to them over the coach's methods.
Robert Bryan, 43, died in hospital after he was attacked by Kieron Simpson, 26, at HMP Doncaster on 27 February.
A post-mortem examination found the cause of death was a blow to the head.
Simpson, from Dodworth, was serving a sentence for burglary when he attacked Bryan. He admitted manslaughter at Sheffield Crown Court on 30 April.
The court heard Bryan, who was serving a sentence for manslaughter, was knocked unconscious when he fell to the floor after being struck by Simpson. He died later the same day.
Det Sgt Andrew Knowles said: "This case clearly shows how dangerous and devastating just one punch can be.
"Simpson attacked Bryan for no apparent reason - he may not have intended to kill him but anyone who makes the decision to strike another with force must consider the potential shattering consequences a single punch can have."
Liu Xiaoming said President Xi Jinping's state visit would focus on "partnership" and "co-operation" between the two countries.
The state visit, the first from China since 2005, begins on Tuesday.
Mr Corbyn's spokesman has said he will use the visit to discuss human rights.
He is due to have a private meeting with the Chinese president, and has not ruled out using a state banquet at Buckingham Palace to make his case.
But Mr Liu told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show: "I don't think the Labour Party will raise this issue at a state banquet... I don't think so."
The president, he said, will be "here for co-operation, for partnership, he's not here for debate about human rights".
Mr Liu said it was "natural" there were differences between China and the UK, suggesting Chinese people care more about jobs and housing.
"We do not shy away from discussions about human rights," he said, adding that he had a "good meeting" with Mr Corbyn last week and that China was "not interested in microphone diplomacy".
"First of all, I think the state banquet is for Her Majesty, it is her show, either Jeremy Corbyn or others are her guest," he said.
President Xi is also expected to address Parliament and hold talks with Prime Minister David Cameron.
David Mepham, UK director of campaign group Human Rights Watch, accused the ambassador of "empty rhetoric".
He told the BBC News Channel: "What Human Rights Watch and others have documented over the last three years since Xi came to power as the president of China is a very rapid and marked deterioration in the human rights climate in China."
Mr Mepham said there had been a "ferocious assault on human rights activists" in China, with "scores" of people sent to prison over the last three years, some of whom had been ill-treated and tortured.
He said it was right for Mr Corbyn, along with Mr Cameron and other cabinet members, to address human rights issues.
Mr Mepham added that activists in China said the public spotlight was vital for their own protection and to put increasing pressure on the Chinese government.
Mr Liu also played down the significance of the absence of the Prince of Wales from the banquet in Buckingham Palace, saying the prince would be present on "separate occasions".
After reports the prince was "staying away" from the event, royal officials said he would have "significant involvement" in the state visit, including meeting President Xi and his wife and a formal welcome on Horse Guards Parade.
On Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, whose latest exhibition is at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, Mr Liu said "he is not my taste".
"There are so many talented Chinese artists but yet - there are many, much better than him - why is he so famous?
"Because he is critical of Chinese government," he told The Andrew Marr Show.
Mr Liu said the artist had "never been put behind bars" but had been under investigation for having been suspected of "destroying accounting documents".
The black Staffordshire bull terrier, known as Watchman IV, retired in 2009.
The regiment said Watchman IV - also known as Stormer - had met the Queen twice and "brought joy to hundreds of people" at regimental occasions.
His coffin was carried through Burton in a procession attended by the mayor of East Staffordshire, and buried in gardens near the town hall.
Jim Massey, secretary of the Staffordshire Regimental Association, said: "Watchman was the fourth mascot we have had since World War Two.
"He was a particularly placid, well-behaved dog and a great regimental character, during the 10 years he spent with us.
"When we put his special coat on him, he knew he was going to get petted by hundreds of people but he never got growly with them."
Watchman IV, who was 15 when he died, lived with his handler Malcolm Bower and his wife. Mr Bower died in 2010.
The dog met the Queen in April 2006 at the 800th anniversary of Stafford borough and also at a remembrance service at Westminster Abbey.
Mr Massey said the dog had brought "instant recognition" to the regiment at such events.
"The mayor said a few words, we read a poem by his handler and we played the Last Post," said Mr Massey.
"We tried to do this in a dignified and appropriate way."
The report for the health committee by Prof David Clark of Glasgow University suggested that some 40,000 people would benefit from palliative care.
But it estimated that a quarter of them do not receive it.
The report also said that reliable figures on the quality and availability of care are not available in Scotland.
Its calculations were based on projections of statistics from England.
It said that "reliable studies" looking at the need for palliative care estimated that "in rich countries around 82% of all people who die would benefit from palliative care" - with this equating to about 40,000 people a year in Scotland.
The report said: "In England, slightly less robust estimates have been produced which indicate the numbers that might currently be receiving palliative care.
"These have been used to form estimates of those who might benefit from but are currently not receiving palliative care - giving an estimate for Scotland of 10,600 people who die each year without receiving palliative care."
Palliative care aims to prevent and alleviate suffering caused by life-limiting illnesses, particularly towards the end of life.
Health committee convener Duncan McNeil said MSPs had heard "anecdotally there are serious deficits in the quality of palliative care being provided for in Scotland".
He added: "From the evidence we have received already during the course of our inquiry, there have been individual cases which tell a story of the difficulties experienced by people at the end of their life in accessing and receiving the palliative care they need.
"The research identifies a major issue and that is a serious lack of information on the provision of palliative care in Scotland."
Deputy convener Bob Doris said: "The provision of end-of-life care is not one that is going to go away as our population ages and more and more people need care at the end of life.
"The Scottish government is already looking into this area as they prepare to publish their framework for action on palliative and end of life care. We hope that this research and our inquiry findings will provide some helpful insight to this."
Shrimps board members met on Thursday and confirmed Lemos had been out of the country since 17 November.
It was also revealed director and co-chairman Ali Abdulrahman Al Hashemi had resigned on 25 November.
The club apologised for a lack of communication with fans.
"There are legal issues that need to be resolved before the complete story can be told but once these issues are resolved the board would wish to provide further clarification," a statement said.
"The board members who met are united in their resolve to find solutions to the many problems facing Morecambe Football Club as a direct result of Mr Lemos' continuing absence and his failure to deliver promised funding.
"We are extremely conscious of our responsibilities to our loyal and valued staff, players and fans and we look forward to working with all stakeholders in order to achieve a positive resolution in the New Year."
The statement added communication with Brazilian businessman Lemos, who took over at the Globe Arena on 1 September, "continued to be difficult."
Director Nigel Adams quit his role on Wednesday, citing a lack of financial information from Lemos and chairman Peter McGuigan told the BBC he was "concerned" by the situation.
Manager Jim Bentley has also expressed his concern about the future for Morecambe, following the late payment of players in October through "unexpected cash flow problems".
Bentley's side are 19th in League Two, two points above the relegation places.
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A recent report argues that those entering apprenticeships after school could earn much more over their lifetime than those going into graduate careers.
So has avoiding university fees and heading straight into work after A-levels become the smart choice?
Three students tell us why university is not for them.
Honor did her A-levels in the hope of going to university to study history.
"I have chosen not to apply for university last year as I couldn't decide where best to study history - there's not enough time to decide where to study," she says.
"I have decided to put it off for a year so I could give the choice my full attention rather than let it distract me from my coursework.
"But now I think I'd be better off doing an apprenticeship or just starting work.
"I want to work in the media and I've been hosting a show at my local radio station. I love getting out there and actually doing it.
"That's how you prove your worth and build a career.
"Media companies are looking for young people so why wait three years when I could start now?"
Incurring university fees was also a factor in Honor's decision.
"It's also a lot of time and money to spend on something you're not sure about," says Honor.
"I've heard horror stories where if you go and don't like it they won't refund your money.
"I suppose there is a slight fear of missing out, as everyone seems to reminisce about their uni days.
"But there's no reason why the experience of uni can't be matched by getting a job or doing an apprenticeship, you get to meet new people, have new experiences and you can go on nights out with them, which I suppose could be like Freshers' Week.
"The only thing is the chance of being away from home, but hopefully that will eventually happen."
After his A-levels, Daniel plans to start work full-time in a company he set up when he was aged 15.
"My results have no immediate effect on what I plan on doing next," he says.
"At school my friend and I started a video production company. We wanted to get some real experience of work.
"We had a camera and we approached a local company that let us film a video for them.
"It did well so we covered something else for them and then we started to get approached by other companies.
"It's grown to a point where we've decided to take it on full-time.
"It's a big step up from being part-time and we will have to make more sales to sustain it, but we're enjoying it a lot.
"I only went to sixth form after GCSEs because it was the next logical step.
"I went to a good school and enjoyed certain subjects so went on to do them at A-level.
"I found the maths, economics and physics much harder than at GCSE and my enjoyment of them went down.
"I did intend on going to university initially, but this changed during sixth form.
"When I went to university open days last year I realised that university wasn't the route I wanted to take, and how much I actually enjoyed work.
"As much as university is right for some people, continuing to grow our business is what we want to do.
"I am slightly annoyed about missing the social side, mostly living by myself, but some good friends are staying as well."
Liberty decided not to apply for university and opted to do an apprenticeship in engineering.
"I feel there is more security as you train on the job," she says.
"People studying engineering at uni will learn for exams but an apprenticeship gives you the chance to put what you learn into practice.
"It's more focused learning that you need.
"I'm more practically-minded and the university system is more for academic people.
"I also have various learning difficulties and learning always took me a bit longer."
Finding an apprenticeship has proved more difficult than Liberty had hoped. She thinks a lack of support from her college hasn't helped.
"I've been searching for more apprenticeships yet they are very hard to find," says Liberty.
"It's said that companies want more women in engineering but where do we look?
"I found that at college everything was geared towards going to university; the personal statement, UCAS.
"I feel like I have slipped through the net as when I asked for help there was no one able to help me.
"I really want to stay in England but I feel like I'm being pushed towards Germany as there are more opportunities there.
" I've already worked there for six months in my gap year."
Living alone in Munich has convinced Liberty that she doesn't need to go to university to enjoy a full social life.
"I've done a lot of what I would do at uni," she says
"I even did an evening course at a university there.
"It would be nice to see people around my age but I'm good just visiting friends."
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Morbaine has already signed up Aldi and Home Bargains as tenants for the North Road development.
It said it was also in talks with other retailers, including Marks and Spencer, to fill the other two available units.
Highland Council officials had recommended against a mixed-use park.
Cheshire-based Morbaine previously secured outline planning consent for some 55,000 sq ft of non-food retail use before seeking to expand the type of retailing allowed at the site.
The new proposals include plans to build a roundabout next to the site, along the A82.
Morbaine has said the development could lead to 150 new retail jobs after construction.
Morbaine director Alex Brodie said: "I would like to thank the local community in Fort William and the surrounding area who have been nothing but supportive and constructive over the years and we look forward to providing them with the additional retail options that they have been asking for."
He added: "We will keep the community updated on our progress and let them know more about when the retail park might be open and how local businesses can participate in the construction process."
Known in Washington for his doggedness and common-sense conservatism, he beat off younger rivals to secure the Republican party's nomination for president in 2008.
As a US Navy pilot, Mr McCain narrowly escaped death in July 1967 when a missile exploded near his fuel tanks, sparking a ship fire that left 134 troops dead.
Three months later he was shot down over Vietnam, where he spent five years as a prisoner of war.
The son of a four-star admiral, he was offered early release due to his father's prominence - but rejected it. Instead, he endured repeated beatings and torture, including two years in solitary confinement.
The six-term senator now faces another grave battle, after being diagnosed with brain cancer.
Mr McCain had surgery to remove a blood clot from near his left eye on 14 July, and was found to have an aggressive form of brain tumour known as glioblastoma.
Well-wishes from across the political divide saw four former presidents praise his tenacity, with President Trump sending his "thoughts and prayers", and Barack Obama - his rival for the presidency in 2008 - commenting, "John McCain is an American hero... Cancer doesn't know what it's up against."
Mr McCain stayed in the armed forces after his return to the US, ultimately acting as naval liaison to the Senate until his retirement in 1981.
It was at this point that he moved to Arizona to embark on a political career, winning a congressional seat in 1982 and securing a Senate seat four years later.
Running against George W Bush for the 2000 presidential nomination, Mr McCain's direct style won him initial support and he secured a surprise victory in the New Hampshire primary.
But he was hit by a number of attacks as campaigning turned increasingly negative, and later fell out with influential members of the so-called "religious right".
The choice of Christian conservative Sarah Palin as running mate for his 2008 presidential campaign was designed to win over such Republicans.
Mr McCain has never been afraid to adopt a controversial position - especially since Donald Trump's emergence in politics.
Though he has since hardened some of his views, he has previously attracted the ire of social conservatives for his relatively moderate views on civil unions, abortion and immigration reform.
He was one of the Iraq war's strongest supporters, and backed the troop increase there known as the "surge".
As chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee he has been a vocal - and hawkish - force in foreign policy and military affairs.
While battling Mr Obama for the White House, Mr McCain stressed his own experience in these areas and argued that he would make a far better commander-in-chief.
The Arizona Senator has repeatedly criticised President Trump's warming relations with Russia, and spent New Year's Eve 2016 with Ukrainian Marines.
"We stand w/them in their fight against #Putin's aggression," he tweeted then.
Mr McCain withdrew his support for Mr Trump - then his party's presidential nominee - in October 2016, the day after a 2005 recording emerged of him making obscene remarks about women and appearing to trivialise sexual assault.
"When Mr Trump attacks women and demeans the women in our nation and in our society, that is a point where I just have to part company," he said.
In July 2017, he told CBS's Face the Nation that Russian President Vladimir Putin "got away with" trying to change the result of the 2016 US presidential election.
The Republican elder has repeatedly shown himself willing to work with Democrats or vote against his party on ideological grounds, including when he voted to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and against George W Bush's tax cuts.
He co-sponsored a bipartisan immigration bill in 2007 which, had it passed, would have offered an amnesty to illegal immigrants as well as tougher border controls.
And he was the author, with Democrat Senator Russ Feingold, of a major campaign finance reform in 2002 intended to reduce the influence of money and pressure groups in US elections.
He has criticised President Trump's refugee travel ban, saying it betrays American values and "in some areas, will give Isis [Islamic State] some more propaganda".
When news broke of the president's confrontational first phone call with Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Mr McCain phoned Australia's US ambassador, Joe Hockey, to express "unwavering support" for the countries' relationship.
In 2017, Mr McCain travelled to war-torn Syria to visit US forces deployed there.
He called the Trump administration's decision not to prioritise ending the Syrian civil war "another disgraceful chapter in American history".
As news emerged of his cancer diagnosis, the senator's office said he was "in good spirits as he continues to recover at home with his family".
His family reacted with "shock" to the news, his 32-year-old daughter Meghan said.
"It won't surprise you to learn that in all of this, the one of us who is most confident and calm is my father," she said on Twitter.
"So he is meeting this challenge as he has every other. Cancer may afflict him in many ways: but it will not make him surrender. Nothing ever has."
Freda Boyd, 51, from Drumeen Drive in Garvagh, is accused of ill-treating four different people while they were in-patients for mental health disorders at Garvagh Care Home on 22 March 2014.
A solicitor said she would be contesting the four charges.
Ms Boyd did not attend Coleraine Magistrates Court on Friday and the pleas were entered by her solicitor.
The case was adjourned for two weeks.
"This is a very serious matter. This is not something I'm going to deal with in her absence," a judge told the court
Ms Boyd's solicitor said there were questions to be answered as to why it had taken so long to prosecute her.
Glasgow-born Smith, 21, is a product of the Welsh development system and finishes a degree at Bristol University in 2016.
He has played 14 first-class matches, but missed much of the 2015 season because of injury and university studies.
Smith has also represented his native Scotland.
He told the club's website: "I've grown up supporting Glamorgan, so to sign a new long-term contract at the club is really pleasing for me.
"There's a few of us coming up through the age groups, such as Andrew Salter and David Lloyd, and hopefully we can make an impression in the first team."
Smith has a highest first-class score of 57 not out, and best bowling figures of 3-23.
Glamorgan chief executive and director of cricket Hugh Morris said: "Ruaidhri is a very talented young bowler who has shown real potential since coming into the first team squad."
Earlier this week, spinner Andrew Salter also signed a three-year contract extension, while experienced wicketkeeper-batsman Mark Wallace agreed a deal for a further year.
Letetia Jordan, 20, of Burdett Grove, Whittlesey, left the baby with water up to her chest for at least 10 minutes last May, police said.
Later she was found "not moving" in the bath, but she was eventually revived.
Jordan was given an 18-month sentence, suspended for two years, having previously admitted child cruelty at Peterborough Crown Court.
Elliott now leads reigning champion Willie Mullins in the Irish jump racing season's prize-money-determined title race by almost 500,000 Euro (£424,500).
The highlight was the win for Empire Of Dirt (12-1) in the day's feature race for jockey Bryan Cooper.
"I've never had six at one meeting on a day before," said Elliott.
"I did have seven once spread between Bellewstown and Perth - I can't believe it; they were good races too.
"It's a day to enjoy - I have a good bunch of staff and a lot of nice horses - we're delighted."
Asked about taking the championship that Mullins has dominated for eight seasons, Elliott insisted that he had "no chance, no chance" of wrestling it away.
It was a third win in a row in the Troytown for the Cheltenham Gold Cup and Grand National-winning trainer, who saddled 11 of the 25 runners.
The nine-year old Empire of Dirt, running in the colours of airline tycoon Michael O'Leary's Gigginstown House Stud racing operation, has April's Aintree Grand National as a long-term aim and is currently a 33-1 shot for the race.
The Gigginstown-owned Rule The World was victorious in this year's Grand National.
Willie Mullins has dominated Irish jump racing in general - and many of the big national hunt races right across these islands in particular - for eight seasons, but perhaps the balance is now shifting.
Mullins has the support of multi-millionaire American financier Rich Ricci - their horse Min was the only non-Elliott horse to win at Navan - but he did lose 60 horses owned by the Gigginstown House operation two or three months ago, which was a massive blow, and Elliott was one of the beneficiaries.
The ex-jump jockey simply churns out runners - 27 at Navan - at a very decent winning percentage, and if he keeps up this momentum could take some catching. Though Mullins has yet to race many big guns this season.
Jackson Irvine put the Brewers ahead, when he pounced on a loose ball from Matt Palmer's corner to fire under keeper Chris Maxwell.
But Callum Robinson poked home Greg Cunningham's cross to dash Burton's hopes of a first away win this season.
The hosts pushed hard for a winner as they dominated the second half, but Albion held on.
Burton had not scored an away goal for almost seven hours, but went close twice early on when Ben Turner headed Palmer's corner against the bar and Irvine's deflected shot was pushed over by Maxwell.
Irvine's goal finally broke the deadlock, but the home side came close several times before Robinson's equaliser and it was one-way traffic after the break as Tom Clarke headed onto the roof of the net and Ben Pearson sent a drive just wide
Simon Grayson's side have lost just one of their past 10 Championship outings, but results elsewhere meant they fell a place to 12th in the table.
Burton, who have yet to win away from home this season, moved up to 19th, but remain just a point above the relegation spots.
Preston boss Simon Grayson said: "We started sloppily, they had early opportunities and got the goal. We were a long way short of our best.
"Everything we didn't do in the first half we did in the second half. We passed it quicker and stopped them from playing.
"If we'd started the first half as we started the second I think we'd have knocked the stuffing out of them and won the game. But we haven't and you have to earn every point in this division."
Burton manager Nigel Clough: "This result will do us good in terms of our spirit, but it also shows that we have what it takes to survive in this league.
"After we had dominated that match so much in the first half and had so many chances, we could have felt sorry for ourselves after half-time, but we didn't.
"Our reaction to conceding that goal was terrific. We came out and showed real spirit.
"Apart from one game against Reading last week we've shown that we can compete with everyone in this division."
Match ends, Preston North End 1, Burton Albion 1.
Second Half ends, Preston North End 1, Burton Albion 1.
Bailey Wright (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jackson Irvine (Burton Albion).
Offside, Preston North End. Tom Clarke tries a through ball, but Simon Makienok is caught offside.
Ben Pearson (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Ben Pearson (Preston North End).
Jackson Irvine (Burton Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Aiden McGeady (Preston North End) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Bailey Wright.
Foul by Bailey Wright (Preston North End).
Marcus Myers-Harness (Burton Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Matthew Palmer (Burton Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
Greg Cunningham (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Greg Cunningham (Preston North End).
Marcus Myers-Harness (Burton Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Preston North End. Eoin Doyle replaces Jordan Hugill.
Foul by Jordan Hugill (Preston North End).
John Mousinho (Burton Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Callum Robinson (Preston North End) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Tom Naylor (Burton Albion).
Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Matthew Palmer.
Bailey Wright (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lucas Akins (Burton Albion).
Attempt missed. Aiden McGeady (Preston North End) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Alex Baptiste with a headed pass following a corner.
Substitution, Burton Albion. Marcus Myers-Harness replaces Chris O'Grady.
Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Tom Naylor.
Attempt blocked. Aiden McGeady (Preston North End) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Chris O'Grady (Burton Albion) is shown the yellow card.
John Mousinho (Burton Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Callum Robinson (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by John Mousinho (Burton Albion).
Foul by Simon Makienok (Preston North End).
Jon McLaughlin (Burton Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Lucas Akins (Burton Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Burton Albion. Conceded by Alex Baptiste.
Offside, Preston North End. Callum Robinson tries a through ball, but Simon Makienok is caught offside.
Foul by Jordan Hugill (Preston North End).
John Mousinho (Burton Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Preston North End. Simon Makienok replaces Marnick Vermijl.
Offside, Preston North End. Callum Robinson tries a through ball, but Jordan Hugill is caught offside.
The campaign called Love Equality is supported by lesbian and gay organisations, trades unions, student activists and Amnesty International.
Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK where gay marriage is not legal.
Last year, a majority of Assembly members voted in favour of same-sex marriage for the first time.
Fifty-three MLAs supported the motion brought by the SDLP and Sinn Féin, while 52 voted against.
However, the motion has been blocked after the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) deployed a petition of concern that required the proposal to achieve a cross-community majority.
John O'Doherty, from the Rainbow project and one of the leaders of Love Equality, said: "Ever since the Yes vote in the Republic of Ireland, marriage equality has become a big political issue for many voters - straight and gay - in Northern Ireland."
Sally Bridge and Catherine Couvert live in Belfast and would like to be married.
They are in a civil partnership but want the same rights as heterosexual couples.
Sally Bridge told the BBC: "I really want to get married to have the opportunity to get married. I can't say to people I am married. I have to say I am civilised - it is just very strange."
However, opponents of a law change said campaigners are wrong.
David Smyth of the Evangelical Alliance told the BBC: "We believe there is a common good in holding to this definition of marriage between a man and a woman that flourishes the community for everyone."
Campaigners from Love Equality said they will lobby Assembly candidates in the weeks ahead.
They want voters to e-mail candidates and ask them how they will vote in a future debate on marriage equality at Stormont.
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and are in custody, said Thames Valley Police.
The fight, involving weapons and a number of men, was in Banbury, Oxfordshire, at about 19:45 on Friday.
The arrested men, aged 38 and 26, are both from Banbury. Police said it was a serious incident, but they believe there is no danger to the public.
There are road closures in place in Coopers Gate and Cope Road while officers investigate.
Det Insp Jon Capps urged anyone who saw a silver Volkswagen Passat in the area at the time to come forward.
He said: "This was a serious incident and we continue to investigate and there are a number of scene watches in place.
"We are keeping an open mind at this stage, but we do not believe that there is a wider danger to the public."
The owner of the Zara fashion chain said like-for-like sales, which compare sales at stores open for at least a year, also rose 5%.
The retailer plans to open new stores in London, Barcelona and several US cities, including three in New York.
The company said it expected to open 420 to 480 new stores this year.
Inditex also said it would invest about €1.35bn this year, compared with €1.24bn in 2014.
It said the bulk of this investment continued to be earmarked for new store openings and the refurbishment and expansion of existing stores.
It confirmed a strategy of closing small stores and concentrating on larger flagship stores, such as the recent purchase of a building in New York's SoHo, which will house a new flagship Zara store.
The firm said up to 100 smaller stores would close this year.
Inditex's biggest challenge at present is to keep up with online-only fashion websites, including Germany's Zalando and the UK's Asos.
When it published half-year results in September, Inditex said Zara would be selling direct over the internet in 27 markets by the end of the month.
Members of the Social Development Committee are also divided on whether free hot beverages should be reinstated to their meetings.
Stewart Dickson of Alliance, said: "It might be helpful to have a cup of tea or coffee to commence the meeting."
TUV leader Jim Allister said he thought members would "survive without it".
"It costs £500 of taxpayers' money," he said.
Ulster Unionist Roy Beggs said: "It's not the biggest problem we face at the moment".
Members voted in favour of free beverages in future. Mr Allister was the only person who voted against.
Don Damond said his wife-to-be, Justine Damond, was gunned down after calling police to report a possible sexual assault in their quiet neighbourhood.
He said they were "desperate" to find out how Saturday's shooting in Minneapolis, Minnesota, happened.
The officers' body cameras were not turned on at the time.
The shooting happened in a relatively affluent area, where violent crime is rare.
Mr Damond told a news conference outside his home on Monday evening: "Our hearts are broken and we are utterly devastated by the loss of Justine.
"As you know it was Justine who called 911 on Saturday evening, reporting what she believed was an active sexual assault occurring nearby.
"Sadly her family and I have been provided with almost no additional information from law enforcement regarding what happened after police arrived."
Mr Damond continued: "Our lives are forever changed as a result of knowing her. She was so kind and so darn funny."
Forty-year-old Ms Damond was living in Minneapolis with her fiancé, whose surname she had already adopted.
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune, citing three sources with knowledge of the incident, reported that Ms Damond was dressed in her pyjamas and approached the driver's side door to talk to the officer at the wheel after police arrived.
The officer in the passenger seat, identified by local media as Mohamed Noor, drew his gun and shot Ms Damond through the driver's window, the newspaper reported.
Mr Noor's lawyer, Tom Plunkett, confirmed on Monday that his client had fired his weapon, killing Ms Damond.
Ms Damond's stepson, Zach, railed against police in a Facebook video.
"America sucks," he said. "These cops need to get trained differently. I need to move out of here."
The Department of Public Safety's Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said an investigation is under way and authorities are looking into whether there is any video of the incident.
Minneapolis Police Chief Janee Harteau called Damond's death "tragic" in a statement on Monday.
"I've asked for the investigation to be expedited to provide transparency and to answer as many questions as quickly as we can," she said.
The two officers involved in the shooting are on paid administrative leave.
Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges said she was "heartsick and deeply disturbed".
She told a news conference: "I share the same questions other people have about why we don't have body camera footage of it, and I hope to get answers to that in the days coming."
Ms Damond, nee Justine Ruszczyk, taught meditation classes at the Lake Harriet Spiritual Community in Minneapolis.
She studied to be a veterinarian before relocating to the US, where she is believed to have been for at least the last three years.
According to her website, she is a "qualified yoga instructor, a personal health and life coach and meditation teacher".
About 200 neighbours, family members and residents gathered for a vigil on Sunday night where she died.
Over the past few years the US has seen a series of civilian killings at the hands of police that have caused widespread concern and criticism.
The amendment gives Czechs the right to use firearms during terrorist attacks.
It was passed by the lower house by a big majority, and is likewise expected to be approved by the upper house.
The move by parliament is a challenge to EU gun control rules which restrict civilians from possessing certain kinds of semi-automatic weapons.
The EU argues its move is a much-needed counter-terrorism measure.
But the Czech parliament took a different view, arguing that allowing people to bear arms enables them to defend themselves against terrorism.
"We don't want to disarm our citizens at a time when the security situation in Europe is getting worse," Interior Minister Milan Chovanec told parliament on Wednesday.
"Show me a single terrorist attack in Europe perpetrated using a legally-owned weapon."
The Czech Republic has no recent history of terror attacks, although other countries in the European Union have.
The European Commission agreed tougher gun control rules in December - they were approved by EU interior ministers four months later in spite of objections from the Czech Republic, Luxembourg and Poland.
In 2017, there were more than 800,000 firearms - many of them antiques in museums - registered in the Czech Republic, a country with a population of 10.6 million.
Many Czechs in rural areas also carry firearms for use when hunting.
More than 400 complete skeletons were found together with parts from about 1,000 bodies during work on St John's College in 2010 to 2012.
The remains, dating from the 13th to 15th Centuries, are burials from the Hospital of St John the Evangelist.
Images of the skeletons have been made public for the first time.
The dig beneath the Old Divinity School at St John's was led by Dr Craig Cessford, from the university's department of archaeology and anthropology, and a team from Cambridge Archaeological Unit.
Dr Cessford described it as "one of the largest medieval hospital osteoarchaeological assemblages from the British Isles".
Most of the bodies were buried in neatly laid-out rows between gravel paths. Seeds from flowering plants suggested the site was similar to cemeteries today, Dr Cessford said.
However, the majority of people were buried without coffins and many were not shrouded, suggesting the cemetery was primarily used to inter the poor.
Only a handful of grave goods, such as jewellery or other personal items, were found.
It had been rumoured the cemetery was linked to the Black Death, but Dr Cessford's team found no evidence of the disease when the skeletons were analysed.
The remains will be stored by Cambridge Archaeological Unit, enabling further research to take place in the future.
Surrey County Council approved the cost cuts after a public consultation.
The charges will apply to tyres, large gas bottles and larger loads of waste such as rubble, plasterboard and soil. There will be no charge for asbestos.
Opposition Liberal Democrats said the measures would lead to more flytipping but the Conservatives dispute this.
Councillor Hazel Watson, leader of the Liberal Democrats, said the "flawed decision" was unpopular with residents, as shown in a petition to the Conservative-run authority signed by more than 1,200 people.
She claimed the changes would discourage recycling.
Councillor Mike Goodman, cabinet member for environment and planning, said all of the county's 15 recycling centres would be retained, but some would "open a little later and close a little earlier", and others would close for "the odd day".
"If closed, the public will be able to use another site close by," he said.
The council said the new charges would help recoup the £1.3m annual cost to taxpayers of disposing of the items.
The changes are due to be implemented early next year.
Regular assessments were recommended in Andreas Lubitz's official notes after a serious episode some years ago.
The Barcelona-Duesseldorf plane crashed on Tuesday, killing 150 people.
Data from the plane's voice recorder suggest Mr Lubitz purposely started a descent as the pilot was locked out of the cockpit.
Several airlines have now pledged to change their rules to ensure at least two crew members are present in the cockpit at all times.
Police have searched two German properties used by Mr Lubitz, taking away boxes and a computer.
When Mr Lubitz finished training in 2009, he was diagnosed with a serious depressive episode and went on to receive treatment for a year and a half, the German news site Bild reports.
Internal documents quoted by Bild and German broadcaster ARD say a note on Mr Lubitz's aviation authority file recommended regular psychological assessment.
Who was Andreas Lubitz?
Mr Lubitz's employers have confirmed that his training was interrupted for several months six years ago.
But they have not said why. Carsten Spohr - the head of Lufthansa, the German carrier that owns Germanwings - said on Thursday that Mr Lubitz was only able to resume training after his suitability was "re-established".
"He passed all the subsequent tests and checks with flying colours," Mr Spohr was quoted as saying.
German media are also reporting that investigators have found evidence of mental health problems at Mr Lubitz's Duesseldorf flat.
Earlier, another media report quoted a police spokesman as saying "a very significant clue as to what has happened" had been found during the search of the house the 27-year-old shared with his parents in Montabaur, north of Frankfurt, without specifying what.
Police said the discovery was not a suicide note.
French Prime Minister Manual Valls said the investigation was ongoing, but that "everything is pointing to a criminal, crazy, suicidal action that we cannot comprehend".
He said investigators and Lufthansa would have to "shed light on the career and profile of this pilot".
Police continued to come and go at the Montabaur house throughout Thursday morning, reports the BBC's Anna Holligan who is outside.
She says there are concerns for Mr Lubitz's parents, who have suffered not just one trauma - their son dying in a crash - but the subsequent shock of finding out he may have been responsible for the tragedy.
Based on data from the recovered "black box" voice recorder, Marseille prosecutor Brice Robin said on Thursday that Mr Lubitz appeared to want to "destroy the plane".
The evidence suggested the pilot had left the cockpit, probably to go to the toilet, during which the door was barred. He fought unsuccessfully to get back in, he said.
Bild quotes security sources as saying that the pilot used an axe to try to break down the door.
A Germanwings spokesperson would only confirm that an emergency axe is part of the equipment on board an A320.
What happened in the final half hour?
Family members of some of the 150 passengers and crew who died have visited Seyne-les-Alpes, near the crash site, reported Reuters news agency.
They were accompanied by psychologists, paramedics and Red Cross workers, and a youth centre in the town was set up to receive them, it said.
Families are providing DNA samples to allow for identification of victims' remains.
Meanwhile, investigators continue to comb the crash site for body parts, debris and the second "black box", which records flight data and still has not been found three days after the plane crashed.
Members of the Westerwald flight club, where the co-pilot was a member, expressed their shock at the revelations about Mr Lubitz's mental history.
"Andreas was a very nice young man, who did his training here. He was part of the club," Peter Reucker said.
"[He was] funny, sometimes a bit quiet, but apart from that a young man like many others that we have here. He integrated well.
"I'm absolutely speechless. I have no explanation for this," Mr Reucker added.
Source: Aviation Safety Network
The home in Lichfield Road, and another one in Stacey Drive, both run by Real Life Options, have been rated inadequate by the Care Quality Commission.
They did not have registered managers in position or had enough staff when inspectors visited.
Real Life Options said it is working on an improvement plan with the CQC.
The Lichfield Road centre provides care for five people with learning disabilities or mental health support needs.
Inspectors who visited in September reported:
"We saw staff treating people with limited respect and did not communicate well with people who did not use verbal communication," the report said.
Inspectors visited the Stacey Drive site in August. The centre provides support for up to 12 people with learning disabilities and/or mental health needs.
Inspectors found:
Inspectors did report people told them they were happy at the home and also said staff acted with a "positive regard" for the people they were reporting.
Brian Hutchinson, chief executive of Real Life Options: "We apologise to the people we support and their families for any concerns regarding the quality of care they received and wish to assure that all measures to deliver improvements identified by the CQC are firmly in place."
The plans will be shared and discussed with residents and families, he said.
Since 2010, the four main banks have closed 193 branches, according to figures obtained by BBC Wales.
Fifty years since the first UK cash machine launched, banks said they were adapting to a rise in online banking.
But Ron Delnevo, of ATM Industry Association (ATMIA), said without access to cash "communities could die".
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) said independent businesses relied on banks for services, and poor broadband in rural parts of Wales made it difficult for people to manage finances online.
By the end of 2017, 28 more banks will have closed in Wales - with Lloyds to shut 14, Natwest 12 and Barclays and HSBC one each - meaning 221 will have closed in seven years,
In comparison, since 2008, the number of cash machines has risen from 2,660 to 3,223 - up 21%, according to figures from cash machine network Link.
Mr Delnevo, ATMIA's executive director for Europe, said while banks were pushing for people to go digital, many transactions were still cash-based and businesses needed access to services to survive.
He said cash machines needed to provide more services - such as paying in, cashing cheques and offering financial advice - to help communities who have been, or will be in the future, left without access to a bank.
"The trouble is with bank branches closing, we are then going to see communities crushed," he said.
"We know that people then go elsewhere to get cash out. It is very important that we do not see dead communities, places where people just sleep."
In Dubai customers can withdraw gold from ATMs; in South Africa they are used to take out funeral plans; in Spain to pay property tax; in America stamps can be bought; while in Portugal applications can be made for fishing and hunting licences.
But Mr Delnevo said the range of services offered by ATMs in the UK was still very limited, with the terminals synonymous with cash withdrawal.
He said they should instead expand to become multi-purpose ATMs with facilities for depositing cash, similar to some other countries.
"Just because a bank isn't there, it doesn't mean that the community shouldn't have access to cash and other services," he said.
"We can't argue with the banks, they want to go digital, but people aren't ready for it. "
The banks said while the decisions to close branches were not taken lightly, demand for traditional branch-based services was falling.
Many traditional services can still be carried out at Post Office branches, through a partnership with the banks.
The mayor of Charlottesville said he was "heartbroken" at the loss.
It is not clear if the death came when a car rammed a crowd of opponents of the far-right rally, injuring several.
The "Unite the Right" march was called to protest against plans to remove a statue of a Civil War general. A state of emergency has been declared.
President Donald Trump condemned "in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry, and violence on many sides".
"The hate and the division must stop right now," he told reporters, speaking in New Jersey, where he is on a working holiday. "We have to come together as Americans with love for our nation."
Video posted on social media showed a car ploughing at speed into several slow-moving vehicles, which were surrounded by a densely packed crowd. Emergency services were pictured treating a number of people who were injured.
Some reports suggest there are as many as 10 people wounded.
A witness said one girl got "tore up" after the car "backed up and hit again".
Earlier, police fired tear gas against demonstrators and said that arrests had been made after a declaration of unlawful assembly at Emancipation Park.
The state of emergency allows local authorities to request additional resources if needed, the police department said.
The far-right protesters, some waving Confederate flags, carrying shields and wearing helmets, are angry about the planned removal of a statue of Gen Robert E Lee from Charlottesville. Gen Lee commanded the pro-slavery Confederate forces in the US Civil War of 1861-65.
The New York Times reports that some of them were chanting "You will not replace us," and "Jew will not replace us."
Anti-racism organisations such as Black Lives Matter have also held marches.
By Joel Gunter, BBC News, Charlottesville
There were very violent scenes at Emancipation Park and it took some time for the police to intervene.
Both sides were throwing bottles and rocks and using pepper spray.
The far-right protesters were a mix of different groups with shields and batons and the declaration of a state of emergency seemed to have had a significant impact on them, as they started to dissipate.
Riot police have been deployed, but tensions remain high, with people screaming at each other and demonstrators still out on the streets.
Shiquan Rah, a 21-year-old demonstrator who had joined the counter-protest, said about the far-right groups: "These people don't have a message, their message is hate and violence. This is a spiritual war we're in.
Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe urged calm tweeting: "The acts and rhetoric in #Charlottesville over past 24 hours are unacceptable [and] must stop. A right to speech is not a right to violence."
Charlottesville Mayor Mike Signer had earlier called the rally a "parade of hatred, bigotry, racism and intolerance".
The rise of the alt-right
The hoax about desecration of US Civil War graves
On Friday, the white nationalists held lit torches - which some observers described as a reference to the Ku Klux Klan - and chanted "White lives matter" as they marched through the University of Virginia in the city.
Charlottesville is considered a liberal college town - and 86% of the county voted for Hillary Clinton in last year's presidential elections.
However, the town has become a focal point for white nationalists after the city council voted to remove a statue of Gen Lee.
Some observers also argue that Mr Trump's election to the White House re-energised the far right across the US.
The vote against council leader Kevin Madge and deputy leader Meryl Gravell was lost 28 votes to 41.
Councillors agreed to accept the findings of a Wales Audit Office (WAO) report which ruled payments made to its chief executive were "unlawful".
Mr Madge admitted the situation had damaged the authority.
"We will learn from this, we'll move forward and we'll deliver for the people of Carmarthenshire the things that we promised them and we'll carry on in the next years to come," Mr Madge said before the vote.
Pembrokeshire council, which was also criticised by the WAO over similar "unlawful" pension payments, has already agreed to accept its report.
Carmarthenshire council's chief executive Mark James has stepped aside while police investigate why he was allowed to opt out of a pension scheme and receive cash instead.
Payments for this and for libel action costs were unlawful, the WAO ruled.
The council has defended its actions and welcomed the police investigation.
The meeting saw tense exchanges between councillors.
Plaid Cymru councillor Darren Price told the chamber: "This council's name has been dragged through the mud.
"The chief executive is no longer at his desk. Members are at others' throats.
"Valuable officer and member time has been wasted and redirected away from what we are here to do and that is to provide quality services to the people of Carmarthenshire. And the question to those who made the decision is - was it really worth it?"
Mr James maintains that neither he nor any of his officers had done anything wrong.
He has also said it was "right and proper" he should not be at work while Gloucestershire Police conclude their inquiries.
Auditors said Carmarthenshire council acted unlawfully when it indemnified Mr James in a libel counter-claim he brought against blogger Jacqui Thompson.
Mr James won the case and Mrs Thompson was ordered to pay costs of £23,217.
The row began when the blogger was arrested after filming a council meeting on her mobile phone.
On Thursday, councillors agreed to withdraw the provision in the council constitution which allowed such indemnities to be granted.
The motion also said the council recognised that "the legal position is still as yet unresolved".
The WAO's Anthony Barrett said: "The council's accepted the recommendations in both reports so that's very much an end of it from my point of view.
"It clearly isn't for the council, they've got some things to look at from the governance arrangements etc and we will be monitoring that very closely."
The Wales Audit Office also found Pembrokeshire council made "unlawful" payments to its chief executive Bryn Parry Jones and another Pembrokeshire official.
Despite calls for him to step aside, Mr Parry Jones has said he will remain at work while police investigate the matter.
Pembrokeshire, which has also vigorously defended the payments, has already held an extraordinary meeting to debate the rulings.
A full meeting of that authority earlier this month was due to vote on suspending Mr Parry Jones, but a number of councillors staged a walk-out after allegations that some people had already pre-determined the outcome.
Meanwhile, two senior council officers at Caerphilly council in south Wales are due in court in April on charges following a police investigation into pay rises they received.
Chief executive Anthony O'Sullivan and his deputy Nigel Barnett face charges of alleged misconduct in a public office.
Wong and two others climbed over a fence into the forecourt of the Hong Kong government complex on 26 September 2014.
Their arrest helped trigger mass pro-democracy rallies that occupied parts of the city for more than two months.
The movement called on Beijing to allow fully free elections for the leader of the semi-autonomous territory.
Many in Hong Kong feel the chief-executive - currently chosen by a 1,200-member election committee largely viewed as pro-Beijing - should be chosen by a democratic vote.
In August 2014, the Chinese government said it would allow the chief executive to be elected by the public - but that only pre-approved candidates would be eligible to stand.
This sparked the mass street protests and sit-ins, that became known as the Occupy Central movement.
In mid-December of 2014 police dismantled the main occupation sites with the pro-democracy side winning no concessions from Beijing.
Hong Kong's democracy debate
Wong, 19, became the face of the movement, which was driven in large part by youth in Hong Kong. He faces up to two years in prison.
He was cleared of a second charge of incitement.
Student activist Alex Chow was also found guilty of "taking part in an unlawful assembly" and Nathan Law was found guilty of "inciting others to take part in an unlawful assembly".
All three were released on bail to be sentenced on 15 August.
Speaking outside the court house, Wong told reporters he had been prepared for the verdict and that the fight for democracy was a long-term battle.
Wong and Law are now leaders of a new political party, Demosisto, but if they are imprisoned this could well end their hopes of taking part in elections to the Hong Kong legislature in September, BBC Chinese's Martin Yip in Hong Kong says.
Kevin O'Brien made 75 and Simi Singh 70 not out as Leinster scored 286 off 49.2 overs, with Craig Young taking 4-50.
North West were all out for 181 off 44.2 overs in reply, Sri Lankan Irosh Samaraasooriya top-scoring with 77.
Ricki-Lee Dougherty contributed 42, while Ireland international George Dockrell ended with figures of 3-37.
Leinster are attempting to make it a treble of clean sweeps in the interprovincial tournaments this season and this victory gives them the start they had hoped for in the Inter-Pro Cup.
They will face North West Warriors again in a Twenty20 fixture at Bready on 26 May, with Munster Reds facing Northern Knights on the same date.
Ireland's Interprovincial Championship, plus their Twenty20 and 50-over formats were granted first-class status by the ICC in October.
It was the first time a domestic competition had been given first-class status outside a Test-playing country.
Monday's NCU Twenty20 results
North Down v Waringstown
North Down 146-6 R Pretorius 60
Waringstown 149-3 (17.2 overs) J Hall 47
Waringstown won by seven wickets
Carrickfergus v CIYMS
Carrickfergus 154 R Eagleson 30 no
CIYMS 156-1 (19.2 overs) C Dougherty 83
CIYMS won by nine wickets
Col Oliver Lee said he is "extremely pleased" that the case will be heard by the Courts Martial Appeal Court for a second time.
He resigned in protest after Blackman was convicted of murdering a Taliban insurgent at a court martial in 2013.
Blackman, 42, from Taunton, was known during his trial as Marine A.
Col Lee said the circumstances surrounding the killing needed to be reconsidered.
"A much more balanced and full picture of the situation in which he found himself needed to be presented," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
Blackman applied to the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) after his earlier appeal was dismissed in 2014, which referred the conviction to the court after an 11-month investigation.
The court will look at new expert evidence relating to Blackman's mental state at the time of the killing.
It will also consider that the alternative verdict of "unlawful act manslaughter" was not available at his original trial.
Col Lee said the court martial should have taken greater account of the acute stress Blackman was under at the time.
"I don't seek to condone his behaviour or exonerate him from his responsibilities," he said.
"I took a view that the proceedings against Sgt Blackman hadn't been balanced."
David James Smith, lead CCRC commissioner on the case, said there was a "real possibility" that Blackman's second appeal would be successful.
"There are new issues - principally relating to Mr Blackman's state of mind at the time of the shooting," he said.
The killing on 15 September 2011 took place after a patrol base in Helmand province came under fire from two insurgents.
One of the attackers was seriously injured by gunfire from an Apache helicopter sent to provide air support, and the marines found him in a field.
Footage from the helmet-mounted camera of another marine in his unit, 42 Commando, showed Blackman shooting the Afghan prisoner in the chest at close range with a 9mm pistol.
Blackman was convicted of murder in November 2013 and jailed for life. He lost an appeal in May of the following year, but his 10-year minimum term was reduced to eight years.
Col Lee asked that "his case is considered in the round, in the broadest sense, such that he is dealt with in a fair manner."
No sooner had Labour's UK manifesto arrived, with a pledge to work with the Welsh Government to scrap the tolls, than the Conservatives made a similar pledge.
Or, to be precise, a press release arrived bearing the headline: "Theresa May: I will abolish tolls on Severn Crossings between Wales and England."
The Conservatives put the cost of maintaining the bridges - which will be done by Highways England - at just £7m.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and UKIP were swift to point out the Conservatives had stolen another one of their policies. The Lib Dems and Plaid Cymru pointed out that they too wanted to scrap tolls. Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.
Labour's manifesto looks rather similar to last week's leaked version. The paragraph on Wales has been beefed up to include the promise of a new Wales Act. "We will bring forward legislation to make the devolution settlement more sustainable as set out by the Welsh Labour government in its alternative Wales Bill, including the devolution of policing."
Professor Richard Wyn Jones saw that as a "significant victory" for Welsh Labour leader Carwyn Jones as the party accepted proposals in a shadow Bill recently rejected by Welsh Labour MPs. The alternative Bill will presumably be vying for parliamentary space with the legislation needed for Brexit.
The final manifesto also includes the draft version's "presumption of devolution" when powers return from Brussels and a promise to make up the shortfall of EU funds. Richard Wyn Jones views the presumption of devolution as "another victory" for Carwyn Jones.
The first minister himself said the value of the "beefed-up Welsh Labour presence" in the manifesto process was clear to see. "Significant support for our key priorities-economy, infrastructure and power closer to the people."
He said the Welsh party would build on the plans in its manifesto, which is due to be published on 22 May.
Although the UK version is not Welsh Labour's manifesto, it does feature policies that would have a wide impact on people in Wales - from the reversal of benefit cuts to significantly higher public spending, funded by taxation and borrowing, and the rejection of plans to increase the state pension age beyond 66.
You can download the manifesto here. And find out how they plan to pay for it here.
Seven members of the public were killed when a van drove into pedestrians on London Bridge, and then its occupants got out and stabbed victims at random.
A photo of the three suspects - after they has been shot dead by police - is the stark image on front of the Daily Mirror and the News Letter.
The Mirror condemns them as "monsters".
It compares the actions of the three suspects with the bravery of unarmed police and members of the public who tried to fight back against the attackers.
The paper reports how a British Transport Police officer was stabbed in the head and leg after he "took on the killers" with only a baton to defend himself from 10-in (25-cm) knives.
"Enough is enough," says the News Letter's front page, quoting Prime Minister Theresa May after the third attack in England in as many months.
It reports how Mrs May has vowed to crack down on "tolerance of extremism" by forcing internet companies to do more to prevent the spread of propaganda.
The News Letter also comments on the strength of the police response, noting how officers fired an "unprecedented" 50 bullets in a public place to kill the suspects.
The Irish News dedicates its first seven pages to the recent attacks in England, including Sunday's star-studded benefit concert for victims of the Manchester bombing.
It says US singer Ariana Grande changed her set list for the One Love Manchester concert, after the mother of one of the teenage victims told the pop star her late daughter would have "wanted to hear the hits".
The Belfast Telegraph opts for a dual image on its front page - showing the singer trying to comfort Manchester's victims as a casualty from the London attack is taken to hospital.
"Bloodied... but unbowed," is the paper's headline and in a small show of solidarity, it notes how police officers and security guards could be seen dancing with the crowd at the benefit gig.
Closer to home, the dailies report the sudden death of Prof Patrick Johnston, Vice Chancellor of Queen's University, Belfast.
The Irish News carries a statement from Queen's conveying staff's "deep sense of shock" over the unexpected death of the 58-year-old "visionary".
The paper says he is a "real loss to cancer research" as he was one of the driving forces behind QUB's Centre for Cancer Research.
The Mirror and others report how more than 1,300 health workers in Northern Ireland are being paid less than the National Living Wage.
The Department of Health has admitted staff still have not received the rise they were due in April, but has promised to rectify their pay packets by next month.
Gossipers beware - your own "rail life" story could be turned into a best seller and you many not even know it.
Novelist Emma Heatherington has admitted to the Belfast Telegraph that she eavesdrops on her fellow passengers' conversations while travelling on buses and trains in Northern Ireland.
The enterprising young writer revealed how a train trip from Belfast to Dublin provided inspiration for her latest novel.
You never know who is listening...
The Belfast Telegraph also carries a true tale of a picture perfect romance, kindled in the days long before Tinder and internet dating were even imagined.
In the early 1950s, Tom Darcy caught sight of a photograph of his future wife, Pam, and was so impressed, he began writing to her.
Within eight short months of meeting face to face, the pen pals got married and this week they celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary.
Old romantic Tom still has the best lines, telling the paper: "It's been nothing but nice all the way."
The record of 12.4C (54F) is the highest average annual temperature since records began in 1947.
Senior Met Officer Martin Crozier said the winter was behind the high.
He said: "We had a pretty warm spring, the summer was okay, but August was actually a bit below normal temperature."
Mr Crozier said: "The new record is in place not so much because of the heat of the summer but because we never really had any cold weather at all."
Two hundred mayors and lord mayors in full regalia paraded through Halifax which was chosen as the main focus for this year's celebration.
Elsewhere, a Yorkshire pudding tossing competition was held in York.
Yorkshire Day was first celebrated on 1 August 1975. One of the key features of the day is the reading of the Yorkshire Declaration of Integrity.
Geraldine Carter, deputy mayor of Calderdale, said: "It's fabulous, look at all the people who have turned out, it's a wonderful occasion.
"It's really good for the town and Calderdale after the floods, it's important Halifax gets on the map."
Calderdale Council said it would be flying the Yorkshire flag at Halifax Town Hall from sunrise to sunset.
Among the dozens of other Yorkshire Day events, York Maze hosted an annual Yorkshire pudding tossing competition.
Organisers said the winning throw at 2015's event was a distance of 34m (112ft).
The owner of Hanley's Hole In The Wall, Glenn Fowler, has run the shop for nearly 30 years and said the decision to shut was unavoidable.
He said: "I can't start to tell you how emotional it is, I'm dreading it."
Over 5,000 people signed a petition to save the building in 2008 when it was threatened with demolition as part of regeneration in North Staffordshire.
The regeneration programmeRenew North Staffordshirebegan in 2004 with the aim of investing £2.3bn over 15 years to help the housing market in the area.
Mr Fowler has sold the building, which the shop has occupied for more than 100 years, to Stoke-on-Trent City Council.
He said the alternative options to move were too expensive for him and his wife Sue.
"It all comes down to money and at the end of the day the money wouldn't be there - we would have had to get a mortgage," he said.
"I don't think there was any way out of it."
Mr Fowler added: "I've spent half my life here so it's going to be emotional, we've made some good friends here and we shall miss them very dearly.
"I'm now hoping to get a part-time job to help bolster our income but we're at a complete loss and dreading the day we have to close.
The Fowler family has been producing oatcakes at The Hole In The Wall since 1982 and bake in what would have been the kitchen of the end of terrace house.
It used to be common for oatcakes to be sold from sash windows of homes to customers on the street.
In 2009, the Hairy Bikers visited Staffordshire while filming a television series.
At the time, one half of the bikers, Simon King, said: "We asked people to sum up Staffordshire in a plate of food, and they all said 'oatcake'!
"Then the second breath was, 'you've got to go to The Hole in The wall oatcake shop'."
The shop will close on Sunday, 25 March.
The 24-year-old has signed a three-year deal at Hove after Hampshire agreed to release him from his contract early.
"I'm looking forward to joining Sussex and working with the players and coaching staff. I'm excited for the opportunities that lie ahead," he said.
"I'm really grateful that Hampshire are letting me leave early. I'd like to thank the playing staff and the coaches that I've worked with at the club."
Briggs has taken 191 first-class wickets in his 67 matches, with a best of 6-45, which he took for England Lions in 2011.
He made his England one-day international debut against Pakistan in Dubai in 2012 and has also played seven times for his country in the T20 format.
Average debt is at the highest level seen since the summer of 2013, insurer Aviva said, having risen by £4,000 in six months.
Aviva's research covers debt, excluding mortgages, during the latter months of 2015.
It follows figures from the Bank of England which showed consumer borrowing leapt ahead of Christmas.
Charities say that, for some individuals, a reliance on credit could become more problematic were interest rates to rise.
Increased borrowing can, however, be a sign of confidence in an improving economy.
The Aviva report suggested that families were saving £105 a month on average, with the typical family savings pot totalling £3,150.
"The alarming levels of rising household debt, along with a recent reduction in income and savings levels, paints an uncertain picture for the family purse in 2016," said Louise Colley, managing director of protection at Aviva.
"With the possibility that the Bank of England could raise interest rates this year, families who have grown accustomed to cheaper credit - particularly those who have spent heavily over the Christmas period - need to ensure they are still fully prepared to manage debt repayments, as well as other monthly outgoings, should rates go up," she said.
Shigeta Miura, 40, allegedly posted rotten tea leaves, dirt, and women's underwear 70 times over the past year.
More than 500 packages were sent to four people who were in his primary school and boy scout troop, Japanese media reported.
Mr Miura told police the packages were sent in revenge.
He reportedly stuffed the rubbish into unstamped packages, putting the intended recipient down as the sender.
He then addressed them to random people, knowing that without stamps they would be returned to the apparent sender.
He is being charged with violating a public nuisance order.
The 25-year-old, who has played for Gloucestershire since 2010, has agreed a three-year contract with Middlesex.
"We have been looking to sign a fast bowler with white-ball pedigree," said Middlesex managing director of cricket Angus Fraser.
"In James I believe we have found a bowler that will add extra bite and quality to this area."
Fuller was a key part of Gloucestershire's winning One-Day Cup campaign this year, taking 15 wickets including 2-34 in the final at Lord's.
Born in Cape Town, South Africa, he holds a UK passport and has taken 101 first-class wickets at an average of 33.90 with best figures of 6-24.
He also has 58 List A one-day wickets at an average of 25.17 and 62 Twenty20 wickets in 46 games.
"I have watched James bowl on numerous occasions and have been impressed with what I have seen," added Fraser.
"He is a fine athlete with a strong, easy action that allows him to bowl with good pace. James is extremely ambitious and is the sort of character that fits what Middlesex are looking for."
About 300 adults and children regularly take part in two free timed runs organised by Parkrun UK in Little Stoke Park, near Bristol, on Saturdays.
Parkrun's ethos in the 850 runs it organises in 12 countries is for the event to be free and open to everyone.
Stoke Gifford Parish Council said it was "unfair" to expect non-running residents to pay for path maintenance.
Parkrun UK organisers have warned the event, in Little Stoke, south Gloucestershire, that has attracted 4,083 registered runners, would end if a charge was imposed.
Helen Hood, head of event delivery, said: "Every Parkrun worldwide is built on a few fundamental principles - led by the local community, free to participants, and accessible to everyone who wants to take part.
"If Stoke Gifford Parish Council decides to impose any type of charge or levy on participants to run in the park then the event would sadly not be able to continue."
Source: parkrun.org.uk
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The Little Stoke Park event's co-director, Becky Bushnell, added: "It's a daunting prospect but this has been hanging over us for six months and we need to know if there's a future for us in the park."
Reacting on Facebook, Helen Durnford said on BBC Radio Bristol's page it would be "completely wrong" to have to pay for Parkrun.
"Health benefits are huge for physical and mental wellbeing and the parish council should recognise that for the people that live in their area," she added.
Matt Burden added on the same page that it was "short sighted in the extreme" and Becky Mear asked: "Perhaps this parish council doesn't realise it's responsible for community building and for health and well-being?"
The parish council said in a statement it "cannot and will not stop people from using the parks for exercise and running but when it comes to an organisation with paid directors, fundraisers and sponsors it would be unfair to expect the residents to pay."
On Tuesday the announcement of the Commission's legislative programme for next year will provide the opportunity to talk of a new start.
However, events at last week's two-day meeting may cast a long shadow.
On Wednesday, MEPs will get a chance to react to the failure to reach a compromise with Belgium's Wallonia region over an EU trade deal with Canada.
The agreement, known as CETA, was due to be signed this week after seven years of negotiations.
Last-ditch talks are being made to salvage the deal, but its future is hanging in the balance.
With it, trade talks with the United States, Japan - and potentially a post-Brexit UK - face an uncertain fate.
Also on Wednesday, MEPs are due to take their position on next year's EU budget ahead of a looming December deadline.
Here are the main events coming up this week...
The sitting starts with a debate on new rules to harmonise penalties against firms that break EU customs law.
The EU Commission has argued that an agreed scale for penalties would provide a level playing field for companies.
MEPs will set out their "first reading" position on the regulations on Tuesday.
After this they will discuss what the EU's diplomatic strategy should be with Iran following the landmark nuclear deal agreed last year.
A draft motion to be voted on during Tuesday calls for the bloc to explore ways of boosting economic links with the country.
However it also says Iran's human rights record could present "obstacles to trade".
The evening will see short debates on six advisory "own initiative" motions on EU policy ideas.
Among the ideas being debated this month is a motion backing an EU strategy to boost imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG).
The morning sitting will kick off with a debate on an advisory motion calling for an EU monitoring system of fundamental rights breaches in member states.
Under the scheme, the Commission would issue annual "recommendations" to national governments on their respect for EU fundamental rights.
It comes amid an ongoing EU probe into respect for the rule of law in Poland.
At lunchtime MEPs will vote on an amending budget to increase security spending at EU buildings by a total of €15.8m this year.
It includes money for 35 new recruits at the European Parliament, exempted from the institution's target to cut staff by 5% by the end of 2018.
The extra money was proposed following a review after recent terror attacks in Paris and Brussels.
They will also decide whether to grant immunity to ex-UKIP MEP Jane Collins in the libel case brought against her by three South Yorkshire Labour MPs.
The MPs took her to court after she claimed in 2014 that they had known about child exploitation in Rotherham but did not intervene.
Parliament's legal affairs committee has recommended not doing so, arguing that the comments did not relate to her role as an MEP.
In the afternoon, a commissioner will join MEPs to debate the EU executive's legislative plans for next year.
Ahead of the vote on Wednesday, they will also debate their position on next year's EU budget, which has to be agreed by December.
As per tradition, their draft motion proposes reversing cuts demanded by national governments.
It also calls for increasing spending on EU economic development schemes and programmes to help with mass migration.
In the evening the Commission will present its new plan for a common system to calculate corporate tax payments due by multinationals across the EU.
Plans for a Common Consolidated Corporation Tax Base (CCCTB) were originally put forward in 2011 but were blocked by member states.
Jean-Claude Juncker and Donald Tusk are due to speak during a debate on last week's EU leaders' summit in Brussels.
The summit was overshadowed by failure to reach agreement with Belgium's Wallonia region over the signing of an EU trade deal with Canada.
Belgium, the only country blocking the accord, needs consent from Wallonia's regional parliament before it can sign.
It leaves the credibility of the EU as a trade negotiator in doubt, with trade talks with the United States also on rocky ground.
During the lunchtime voting session, MEPs will also vote on a motion calling for a mandatory EU-wide limit on the amount of trans fats in foods.
The fatty acids, often found in partially hydrogenated vegetable oils (PHOs), have been linked to an increased risk of heart attacks.
Denmark, Austria, Hungary and Latvia have all placed national limits on the trans fats in oils and fats.
PHOs are also due to be banned in the US by June 2018.
However the motion will not be binding on the European Commission, which would need to propose legislation to introduce the limit.
The afternoon will see a series of external relations debates on relations with Belarus, Afghanistan and the situation in Iraq.
It comes after government and Kurdish forces began a long-awaited operation last week against so-called Islamic State (IS) group in the northern city of Mosul.
They will also debate the arrest of journalists and closure of media organisations following the failed coup in Turkey.
The morning sitting opens with a debate to mark the 20th anniversary of the European Volunteering Service (EVS).
MEPs will debate a non-binding motion calling on the EVS to drop its age limit for volunteers.
It also urges the EU Commission to set up a scheme allowing volunteers to gain formal recognition of their skills to help them find jobs afterwards.
A second non-binding motion to be debated during the morning calls for Common Agricultural Policy funds to be directed at smaller farms.
It notes that just 13% of beneficiaries received 74% of all funding during 2014.
A third and final motion to be debated in the morning calls for the next version of the EU's Youth Strategy to focus on tackling youth unemployment.
It says more investment should be made in vocational training teaching skills that "reflect labour market opportunities".
There will be no human rights motions at the voting session, with this having been done at the first of this month's plenary sittings.
Please note: This agenda is subject to modification at the opening of the session on Monday afternoon.
A guide to how the European Parliament's plenary sessions can be found here.
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Isma Goncalves raced onto Don Cowie's pass and fired home from a tight angle via a deflection off Darren O'Dea.
The hosts might have been further ahead by half-time but Arnaud Djoum's header was superbly saved by Scott Bain.
Dundee offered little but Jack Hamilton was forced to tip Tom Hateley's free-kick onto a post and Craig Wighton dragged a golden chance wide.
But it was far too little from Paul Hartley's side, who remain in ninth place, only a point above the relegation play-off spot.
Hearts remain in fifth place, five points behind St Johnstone, but only their second win in 10 games brought some relief to under-pressure head coach Ian Cathro.
A tense atmosphere seemed assured given the two sides' recent form, but the hosts - with midfielder Prince Buaben playing at centre-back - eased any early nerves in the 13th minute.
Portuguese striker Goncalves, playing up front on his own, eluded three Dundee defenders as he collected Cowie's threaded pass and swept the ball home for his fifth goal since arriving in January.
Hearts dominated the midfield and Dundee - with 19-year-old Daniel Higgins making his debut in defence - looked hesitant and nervy as the home side picked their passes at will.
Dundee keeper Bain made a terrific save to throw himself to his left to push away a powerful Djoum header from six yards before the interval as Hearts kept up the relentless pressure.
But the visitors came close to a leveller a minute before half-time when Hateley's free-kick was pushed onto the post by Hamilton, who reacted quickly when the initial effort appeared to deceive him.
Wighton, just on as a substitute, wasted an unbelievable chance after 63 minutes when Hearts defenders Andraz Struna and Krystian Nowak both gave the ball away, but the striker appeared to kick the ball into the ground 14 yards out to send the ball spinning well wide.
Chances were limited in a scrappy second half but Bain made stops from Alexandros Tziolis and a deflected effort from Goncalves to keep the visitors' hopes alive.
But ultimately Dundee provided little threat up front and a sixth straight defeat sends them further into the relegation mire.
Hearts head coach Ian Cathro: "It was a very important win. Towards the end it was about us getting over the line, given the situation we are in. We had to defend some long balls and direct play
"So it was an important step but it is only a small step and we want to move on very quickly and take the next one.
"I'd like us to be a little bit quicker and finish our attacks and make more chances. It was a really good save from Scott Bain that could have given us that second goal and allowed us a bit more control, so we'll try to be a bit more clinical in games.
"We're suffering from a lack of positive results; there are no other issues. We are strong together and the team are fighting hard and putting in a massive effort. There were still 16,000 hearts fans here and we want that demand and we want everyone to come with us."
Dundee boss Paul Hartley: "There wasn't a lot of quality in the game, it was a bit scrappy, but we felt if we stayed in the game, we could get something.
"Craig [Wighton] had an outstanding chance in the second half and that is the difference. When the chances come, you have got to take them and be clinical.
"I think he just choked on it a little bit, the ball got too close to his feet. He could probably have taken another touch because he was through on goal. But that will happen to him. He is still a young man and he will miss more chances throughout his career, so I won't be too critical.
"Our attitude was excellent, the shape was good defensively, the players are working ever so hard and they are not getting the breaks. They don't mean to make mistakes, they are only human. It isn't nice where we are, but keep performing like that for six games and we will be fine."
Match ends, Heart of Midlothian 1, Dundee 0.
Second Half ends, Heart of Midlothian 1, Dundee 0.
Attempt missed. Paul McGowan (Dundee) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Bjorn Johnsen replaces Esmael Gonçalves.
Attempt missed. Esmael Gonçalves (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Foul by Malaury Martin (Heart of Midlothian).
Paul McGowan (Dundee) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Esmael Gonçalves (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by James Vincent (Dundee).
Foul by Rory Currie (Heart of Midlothian).
Daniel Higgins (Dundee) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Rory Currie (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Tom Hateley (Dundee).
Alexandros Tziolis (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by James Vincent (Dundee).
Foul by Liam Smith (Heart of Midlothian).
Cameron Kerr (Dundee) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Esmael Gonçalves (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Rory Currie (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Heart of Midlothian. Conceded by Daniel Higgins.
Attempt blocked. Alexandros Tziolis (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Heart of Midlothian. Conceded by Daniel Higgins.
Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Rory Currie replaces Jamie Walker.
Attempt missed. Jamie Walker (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Jamie Walker (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Daniel Higgins (Dundee).
Attempt missed. Craig Wighton (Dundee) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Malaury Martin replaces Arnaud Sutchuin-Djoum.
Substitution, Dundee. Craig Wighton replaces Henrik Ojamaa.
Foul by Alexandros Tziolis (Heart of Midlothian).
Cameron Kerr (Dundee) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Arnaud Sutchuin-Djoum (Heart of Midlothian) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Corner, Heart of Midlothian. Conceded by Mark O'Hara.
Corner, Heart of Midlothian. Conceded by Cameron Kerr.
Foul by Krystian Nowak (Heart of Midlothian).
Marcus Haber (Dundee) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Alexandros Tziolis (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Foul by Perry Kitchen (Heart of Midlothian).
Marcus Haber (Dundee) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Second Half begins Heart of Midlothian 1, Dundee 0.
The 23-year-old, from the Kilbarchan Athletics Club in Renfrewshire, was the first British athlete to finish, well inside the 2:14:00 qualifying mark.
Tsegai Tewelde, a Glasgow-based Eritrean who claimed asylum in Britain, will also be in Rio after coming 12th.
Hawkins' brother, Derek, could also go to Brazil after posting 2:12:57.
The 26-year-old - who finished 14th - will have to rely on a discretionary place when the British selectors announce their team on Tuesday.
Callum Hawkins told BBC Sport: "I was feeling brilliant at halfway and put in a big effort.
"The last couple of miles I was really hurting and just tried to hold on. I think I got a slight negative split. I didn't even run with a watch, I was just running.
"My brother had his own plan. We train together, live in the same house. I'm chuffed for him - to be in the top three, take a minute off his PB and maybe get selection as well."
Tewelde, who claimed asylum in Britain after competing for Eritrea at the 2008 World Cross Country Championships in Edinburgh and now runs for Shettleston Harriers, described qualifying for the Olympics as "unbelievable".
The men's race in London was won in the second fastest time ever, 2:03:04, by Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge - just seven seconds outside the world record.
In the women's race, the English duo of Ally Dixon and Sonia Samuels earned places in the British team for Rio. Dixon finished 13th in 2:31:53, one place ahead of Samuels (2:32:00).
Scotland's Freya Ross finished 18th in 2:37:52 and Susan Partridge came home in 2:40:55, both missing out on automatic Olympic qualification.
"What a brilliant performance from Callum. He ran a strong, clever race; he didn't get carried away early on.
"I remember when Callum was a youngster watching him in cross-country races and it is great to see him come to such prominence.
"He was hurting, he was sore, but he kept it going and judged it perfectly.
"Derek Hawkins has also run a brilliant race. He hasn't timed it quite right but he is inside the qualifying mark, although it is not a guaranteed spot. But it may well be good enough for the selectors to look favourably on him."
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David Cameron announced on Monday the UK would accept up to 20,000 people from camps surrounding Syria with priority given to vulnerable children.
First Minister Carwyn Jones will hold a Wales summit on the refugee crisis next week.
The WRC is happy to take its share, but it wants it to happen more quickly.
Hannah Wharf, policy manager for the WRC, said: "We welcome the UK government's commitment and this rapid change in political and social support for the resettlement and relocation of refugees from Syria.
"But 20,000 over five years isn't fast enough and we can't wait until 2020 for this to happen. This needs to happen in the next year or so.
"At the moment Wales takes 8% of refugees who seek asylum across the UK.
"We don't know the details of how that will pan out with this new scheme unfolding but we do know that Wales is ready to take its fair share of 8% of 20,000 - that's just about 1,600 refugees to be taken across Wales.
"Local authorities have been having ongoing conversations across Wales about how best to support people who come into local communities.
"We know there's a huge surge of support."
Local authorities in Wales have said they are willing to "play their part" but asked for help to meet the costs.
The Welsh government has said the UK government should pay as the matter is not devolved.
Jane Brewis, 50, from Jedburgh, had denied culpable and reckless conduct on the A699 near Kelso in December.
The case collapsed after a firefighter in charge of the rescue operation said he did not feel in any significant danger due to his specialised training.
As a result Ms Brewis was found not guilty of the charge.
The firefighter told Jedburgh Sheriff Court he had little difficulty in rescuing the driver after her car got trapped between two trees in water up to the level of its door handle.
The trial did not reach the stage of evidence being heard as to whether she had ignored road closure signs.
Sheriff Peter Paterson told her: "The charge against you is one of endangering the safety of emergency services personnel with whatever that conduct was.
"But the evidence from the fire officer was that he had effectively rescued you without danger.
"The Crown cannot prove danger or potential danger."
John Davies says more needs to be spent on marketing the project, which is heavily backed with public money.
Take up in areas that have had it for a year is 19% with just over £300,000 spent on marketing, which is around 1% of the overall cost so far.
But ministers said take up was where they expected it to be at this stage.
The Welsh government signed the deal - the largest of its kind in the UK - with BT in 2012 to roll out super fast broadband across Wales.
Download speeds of up to 80 megabits per second (Mbps) are being offered to domestic customers, compared to the average download speed currently available in Wales of around five to six Mbps. Even faster speeds are available to businesses.
The project, called Superfast Cymru, aims to ensure that 96% of homes in Wales are covered by 2016 and is seen as vital for Welsh businesses in an increasingly competitive global market.
Welsh ministers are spending £58m on the scheme, with a similar amount coming from the UK government and £90m from European funding.
In two years, the aim is for around 700,000 premises to have access but so far it has gone past the 150,000 mark.
Mr Davies, who chairs the Welsh advisory committee for the communications watchdog Ofcom, said the project was transformative but more needed to be done to make people aware of when it is rolled out in their communities to encourage demand for the high-speed broadband.
He said: "For small and medium sized businesses, it gives them an opportunity to compete on equal terms with businesses elsewhere in the UK and elsewhere in the world, and on the back of that they should be able to cut their costs and increase their revenues."
He added: "There is undoubtedly take up, there are undoubtedly benefits accruing now.
"The question is, if more is done on the stimulation side, can those benefits come through faster?"
In a statement the Welsh government said: "We are at an early stage in the programme and the marketing activity.
"Current take up figures for cabinets that have been in place for over one year are around 19%. This is where we would expect take up to be at this stage."
The November attack hijacked about 900,000 routers and briefly stopped their owners getting online.
The UK's National Crime Agency said it arrested the man under a European Arrest Warrant on behalf of Germany's federal criminal police force (BKA).
The BKA said it wanted to extradite the 29-year-old to Germany to face charges of computer sabotage.
"He is accused of being the mastermind behind the attack," Cologne public prosecutor Dr Daniel Vollmert told the Press Association.
In a statement (in German), the BKA said the attack last year was "particularly serious" and was carried out in a bid to enroll the home routers in a botnet - a network of hijacked machines.
Once hijacked, the routers would be used to mount what is known as "distributed denial of service" attacks. These attempt to knock sites and servers offline by sending them more data than they can handle.
Federal police are involved, said the statement, because the attack was classed as a threat to Germany's national communication infrastructure.
The attack is believed to have been based on a malicious program called Mirai - this crawls the net seeking out devices that are vulnerable to attack because owners have not changed their default settings.
Mirai-based attacks were also carried out on routers belonging to TalkTalk and the UK's Post Office.
The figure beats last year's total of £1.3m and was raised following fundraisers around the country that culminated in a televised event on Friday night.
£1,665,582 was raised in Wales, which will go to children's charities.
This contributed to an overall UK figure of £37,100,687, which beats last years total of £32,620,469.
Helen McDermott, a former Anglia News and BBC Radio Norfolk presenter, used the sexually explicit term to describe Darren Eadie, her Mustard TV co-host.
The derogatory term was broadcast on the Norwich-based channel's The Mustard Show during a pre-recorded link.
Managing director Fiona Ryder said: "Helen and Mustard TV apologise for this lapse and any offence caused."
Eadie, a former Premiership footballer, began a link by saying the magazine show was "big on history" and joked about McDermott being a "relic".
McDermott responded by using the swearword to introduce a package that former Norwich City and Leicester City player Eadie had recorded about fossils in Happisburgh, on the Norfolk coast.
Ms Ryder said: "In a recent pre-recorded segment of a Mustard TV show, presenter Helen McDermott used inappropriate language in an exchange with a colleague.
"The segment was subsequently re-recorded, but the wrong edit of the segment was broadcast."
A version of last Wednesday's show on the Mustard TV website shows a different take, with McDermott leaving a gap where the swearword had been.
Mustard TV, which launched last March, said McDermott had since apologised on air.
"Internal disciplinary action has been taken with the presenter concerned," Ms Ryder said.
Broadcasting watchdog Ofcom said it had not received any complaints about the broadcast.
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The site is believed to contain thousands of copies of a video game called ET The Extra-Terrestrial.
A company called Atari made the game in 1982 but it was a flop and is famously thought of as one of the worst video games ever made.
Friendly Island Ltd has run the 150-year-old Guildhall as an events venue since early 2015 after the building's previous operator ceased trading.
Maria Parlane, from Chester, said she had paid the company £850 to host her partner's 60th birthday party next year but had heard "nothing" from them.
Friendly Island Ltd has not commented.
Chester and Cheshire West councillor David Armstrong said: "We have been contacted by members of the public in regards to bookings for future events at Chester Guildhall that were arranged with the former tenant.
"We have advised that any such bookings and associated payments are a contract between the tenant and the individual, and the matter should therefore be pursued with the former tenant."
Director of Friendly Island Ltd Tylon Mafi has applied to have the company dissolved.
Documents lodged with Companies House show the application has been suspended because of an objection.
Maria Parlane booked the Guildhall with Friendly Island Ltd in February 2015 for her partner's 60th birthday in December 2016.
She said: "A 60th birthday is very special, and we have saved very hard, and are still saving hard for it.
"We are very, very upset, we are hurt.
"Everything is in place, but we've got nowhere to go and have it.
"We are £850 short, we don't know whether we are going to get [it] back."
Previous operator Umbrellah Ltd ceased trading in 2015.
Director Tahera Khalid insisted she was not aware of any customers owed their deposit money, but apologised if there were any.
Ms Khalid, also known as Tara Jade, said "The overheads were just getting higher and higher and footfall declined.
"We put a great deal of investment in. We've lost everything we had."
The council is now attempting to re-let the Watergate Street venue to a new operator.
The local authority says it will look at ways of ensuring anyone affected by a similar situation in the future can be compensated.
A murder investigation was launched after Ibrahim Ismail, 23, was found outside the Raxo shisha lounge in Highgate, Birmingham, on 17 December.
West Midlands Police said two men from the city, aged aged 23 and 24, were arrested on suspicion of violent disorder.
They have been bailed pending further inquiries.
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Det Insp Martin Slevin, said: "We continue to investigate all lines of inquiry into reports that there was an altercation prior to Ibrahim's death, but we still need to people to come forward with information."
A post-mortem examination revealed Mr Ismail had stab wounds to his chest and back.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is making its final preparations to send an orbiter to the Red Planet.
The principal aim is to test out India's space technology to see if this emerging space-faring nation is capable of interplanetary missions.
The spacecraft will also collect scientific information about the planet's atmosphere and surface.
The Mangalyaan probe was to have been launched as early as 28 October, but rough weather in the Pacific forced officials to delay the launch by a week. The unmanned mission has a launch window lasting until 19 November.
If the mission succeeds, ISRO will become only the fourth space agency, after those in the US, Europe and Russia to have successfully sent a spacecraft to Mars.
According to Pallava Bagla, science editor of New Delhi television news and author of a book about India's space efforts, Destination Moon, the country's public are especially excited about the possibility of beating China to the Red Planet.
"If India does beat China to Mars you can imagine the national pride," he told BBC News.
The mission was announced in August last year by India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his independence day speech, delivered from the ramparts of one of New Delhi's most iconic buildings - the Red Fort.
"Anything said from the ramparts of the Red Fort is always replete with national pride and national pride is written very largely and boldly on this mission," according to Mr Bagla.
In 2011, a Chinese attempt to send a spacecraft named Yinghou-1 to Mars was aborted because of a technical problem. The Indian space agency then fast-tracked its Mars mission, called Mangalyaan, readying it in just 15 months.
India has had a space programme for more than 30 years. Until recently, its priority has been to develop technologies that would directly help its poor population, such as improving its telecommunications infrastructure and environmental monitoring with satellites.
But in 2008, ISRO translated its formidable capability to build and launch satellites toward exploration and send a probe to the Moon, Chandrayaan-1. The lunar mission cost more than £55m. Now the government has spent a further £60m to go to Mars.
Some have questioned the government's shift away from building infrastructure towards exploration, and wonder whether the money could have been better spent. It is a point that draws this robust response from Mr Bagla:
"You can't bring the 400 million people who live in poverty in India out of poverty with this £60 million," he says.
The shift towards exploration is also a hard-headed one by officials in the hope that it will have clear economic benefits, according to Prof Andrew Coates, who rejoices in the impressive title of "Head of the Solar System" at the Mullard Space Sciences Laboratory in Surrey, part of University College London.
"The exploration programme gives them something very high to aim for. If they can show the world they have what it takes to send spacecraft to other planets they can begin to sell launches and space on its launch vehicles to scientific organisations. It also brings India to the table of international space science exploration," Prof Coates explained.
Developing satellites and developing launchers is now big business. If India, or for that matter China, ease up on their investments in space exploration there is a risk that they could lose out, not least on the vital expertise that this cutting edge endeavour brings to their respective countries.
Sandeep Chachra, executive director of the poverty eradication charity Action Aid in India believes that investment in space exploration could potentially benefit the country's poorest.
"Investing in new technology, including space technology is an important part of the aspirations for an economy such as India. Developing a sophisticated technological base in a country with this level of poverty is not a simplistic contradiction " he told BBC News.
"What is important is to harness the advances that science and technology bring for the greater good and to use those advances to overcome ingrained poverty and build hope for future generations".
China though remains the greater power in space. The China National Space Administration (CNSA) has a well developed astronaut programme and an orbiting laboratory called Tiangong-1. The CNSA is planning to send its Chang'e-3 spacecraft and accompanying rover to the Moon in December.
The mission is part of an ambitious plan to send more robotic probes to the Moon with a view to eventually sending astronauts to the lunar surface.
The Japanese Space Agency (Jaxa) is also a major force in the region. It is by far the most experienced Asian space agency, with numerous unmanned scientific interplanetary missions under its belt.
"India, China and Japan are certainly eyeing each other up," says Prof Coates.
The growing rivalry is likely to see a new boom in space exploration - one that will eventually lead to more collaborative missions between the emerging space-faring nations in Asia. That might eventually lead to a truly global effort to send astronauts to Mars.
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As punishment for a 3-3 draw against Everton's under-23 side, which he labelled "unacceptable", players were told to come in for training on their day off.
"It would have cost them two days off if they had lost the game." Coleman told BBC Radio Lancashire, following the draw at the Crown Ground.
"They are not showing the appetite I want to see. We want to be successful this season and you're not going to be a success when you concede three goals, for a start."
Everton under-23s are defending champions of the reserve league, known as 'Premier League 2', beating academy sides from the likes of Tottenham, Manchester City and Manchester United last season.
But Accrington's inability to beat them in what was supposed to be a friendly encounter to prepare for the upcoming season did not impress Colman, who does not seem to entertain the notion that pre-season results mean very little.
"I don't think there's ever a good time to make mistakes," the 54-year-old said. "You can say it's less damaging because there's no points at stake but you've got to start winning games."
Coleman rejoined Accy in 2014 and guided them to a 13th-place finish last season, just five points short of a play off spot.
He previously managed Stanley for 12-and-a-half years between 1999 and 2012, and led the club from the Northern Premier League First Division to the Football League in 2006.
Accrington are next in pre-season action against Championship club Preston North End on Wednesday and Coleman expects to see an improvement.
"There's a lot of work to be done on the training ground and the players have been left with no uncertain terms," he added.
Nearly 10,500 people visited the Trussell Trust's 48 food banks for the first time in the charity's history.
The data also reveals a third of users cited low income - and not welfare benefit delays - for their predicament.
The figure is a 13% increase from the 9,263 people who used a Trussell Trust food bank in December 2013.
In December 2014, 10,489 people visiting Scottish food banks were given a three day supply of nutritionally balanced food by the charity - a third of them children.
The charity underlined that the final figure for December visits is likely to be even higher as food bank staff continue to input data into their system.
Ewan Gurr, the charity's network manager for Scotland, said he was concerned that many low income families were forced to face hunger in the run-up to Christmas due to financial difficulties.
He said: "Every day we are hearing working people describe the devastating reality of sustaining their families with static incomes and unstable employment against consistently rising costs of essentials like food and rent.
"In the most harrowing accounts, we hear from the families choosing whether to prioritise heating their homes or feeding their families and parents losing weight because they overlook their own health and wellbeing to feed their children."
The Trust, which partners with churches and communities, currently operates more than 1,200 food distribution centres across the UK.
The number of people using their Scotland-based food banks increased by 398% between 2012/13 and 2013/14.
However, Northern Ireland and the North East of England have seen even larger increases during the same timeframe (489% and 463% respectively).
The Trust's figures also reveal Dundee had the highest number of adults (3,750) using food banks in the last year, while south east Glasgow had the highest number of children (1,975).
A scoping study funded by the Scottish government in 2013 to provide insight into the extent of food aid provision in Scotland, reported that Trussell Trust's data is a good indicator of general provision and demand trends and reasons for demand experienced by other providers of food parcels.
The study recognised that there are many non-Trust food banks - they account for only 20% of all food centres in Glasgow - but that there is no definitive list of Scottish food banks.
Mr Gurr said: "We must accept that the rising need for emergency food in Scotland is unacceptable and the long-term reduction of food poverty must be a priority for policy makers across the spectrum."
The Scottish government blamed welfare changes and other policies introduced by the UK government.
Alex Neil, the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Communities and Pensioners' Rights, said many people in work rely on benefits.
He added: "The massive increase in food banks is primarily due to the low wage economy we are living in and the benefits changes that have been introduced by Westminster.
"What we need is a living wage across the country, and a benefits system that keeps people out of poverty instead of putting people into poverty."
But the UK government insisted it was working to reduce poverty.
A spokesman for the Department for Work and Pensions said: "The UK Government spends £94bn a year on working age benefits to provide a safety net to support millions of people who are unemployed or on low incomes so they can meet their basic needs.
"Reforms to welfare are designed to bring fairness back to the system and help people into work - 52,000 more people are now in jobs in Scotland compared to this time last year, giving more people the peace of mind and security that comes with a steady income."
For the first time in 2014, 3,005 people (28%) said they used a Scottish food bank due to low income in December, closely followed by 2,527 (24%) because of a benefit delay, and 1,555 (15%) due to a benefit change.
The Clyde, Avon and Nethan food bank reported that 77% of people given a food package in December cited low income as the main contributing factor.
Many users visiting the food banks at Airdrie and Lochaber also blamed low incomes (50% and 48% respectively).
However, this compared to 5% at the Alness and Invergordon food bank, where 74% attributed the need for food parcels to changes in their benefits.
But while the charity has attributed the rise in low income-related need for food banks, at a time of year when costs such as heating are higher, a government document published last month suggested low income families may face increasing financial difficulties in the future.
According to the report, approximately 820,000 people were living in relative poverty in 2013 - an increase of 110,000 from the previous year.
This increase in relative poverty - where someone lives in a household that receives less than 60% of the UK average income - was attributed to a continued fall in incomes.
The report concluded: "Low wage growth (particularly for those in less skilled employment), changes in the labour market, and tightening of eligibility and conditionality under welfare reform have resulted in lower median income."
Despite the absence of 23-time TT winner John McGuinness, Kneen believes more than 10 riders are capable of victory in the solo classes.
"There are some really fast lads and it's going to be very tough but I will have to bring my A game to the races," the 29-year-old said.
The opening race of this year's festival will take place on Sunday.
Earlier this year, Kneen achieved his first Enkalon Trophy success on his BMW Superstock machine in the Irish Championship short circuit meeting at Bishopscourt.
And despite limited practice this week he leads the Superstock timesheets and has posted the fourth quickest lap on his Superbike.
Rico Penzkofer, ex-racer and Penz13.com BMW Motorrad Racing team principal said: "He is a proper Manxman and will be prepared for the fortnight in the best possible way - he literally lives the track."
Since his TT debut in 2009, Kneen has been a regular top-10 finisher with a best of fifth in the 2010 Supersport Race.
The 29-year-old made his Mountain Course debut in 2008 when he became the first rider in history to record three race wins in a week at the Manx Grand Prix.
He said: "This week the weather hasn't played ball, but I feel good. We are working hard to get all the bikes set up right and comfortable. I just need more laps now but we're all in the same boat.
"I looking forward to all the races but especially the big bikes. I'm much more confident on them now and much more experienced."
The Braddan man will also ride for the Jackson Racing Honda team with Josh Brookes in the TT's two Supersport races.
The product's makers, US-based Mondelez International, said it had changed the design to reduce the weight of what were 400g and 170g bars.
Some consumers have described the move as "the wrong decision" and said the bigger spaces looked "stupid".
Mondelez said the move was down to a rise in the cost of ingredients.
In a statement on the Toblerone Facebook page, the company said it had to make a decision between changing the look of the bars or raising the price.
Outcry as Toblerone triangles are downsized
The move has resulted in the weight of the 400g bars being reduced to 360g and the 170g bars to 150g, while the size of the packaging has remained the same.
It said: "We chose to change the shape to keep the product affordable for our customers."
But consumers took to Toblerone's Facebook page to question why the company had decided to make the gaps between the triangles bigger, rather than reducing the length of the bars.
Lee Yarker said: "Fair enough reducing the weight of the bar, but why the big gap in between segments? Looks stupid imo [in my opinion], could have just made the bar shorter and kept the original design."
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Philip Joseph wrote: "It was the wrong decision. It looks like a really underhanded thing to do.
"You buy a bar expecting a normal bar and it looks like you are getting half the chocolate."
Cathy White added: "It looks dreadful. Think you should've reduced the length and kept the chunky triangles."
However, other consumers praised the company for making a public announcement on the change.
Lainey Ireson wrote: "Sadly whatever you chose won't please everyone but as Toblerone is such a great product I'm happy that you've explained - a lot of companies wouldn't be so mindful."
Mondelez said that "like many other companies, we are experiencing higher costs for numerous ingredients".
It added: "We carry these costs for as long as possible, but to ensure Toblerone remains on-shelf, is affordable and retains the triangular shape, we have had to reduce the weight of just two of our bars in the UK, from the wider range of available Toblerone products."
Other food manufacturers have previously announced rises in their product prices, blaming the falling value of the pound following the UK's decision to leave the EU.
A spokeswoman for Mondelez acknowledged that the foreign exchange rate was currently "not favourable", but added: "This change wasn't done as a result of Brexit."
However, she was unable to clarify whether the change in shape affected only bars sold in the UK and not the rest of Europe.
Walkers and Birds Eye have both said they are set to raise the prices of some items following the drop in the UK exchange rate post-Brexit.
In October, a dispute broke out between Tesco and Unilever after the food brand said it was raising prices in Britain to compensate for the fall in the pound.
The jury found Stephen Hughes, 29, and Shaunean Boyle, 25, guilty of punching, kicking and stamping on Owen Creaney in July 2014.
Mr Creaney, from Lurgan, died two days after the attack.
It took the jury just over five hours to reach a verdict after five weeks of evidence.
Both have received automatic life sentences.
A hearing to decide on the minimum time they will spend in prison before being considered for parole will take place on 18 November.
Hughes, with an address at Maghaberry Prison, and Boyle, of Edenderry Park, Banbridge, washed and changed Mr Creaney after the attack and put him in an upstairs room of a house.
After he died, Hughes and Boyle put Mr Creaney's body in a wheelie bin at the house in Moyraverty Court in Craigavon, County Armagh, where he was found by police.
As the verdicts were announced, Hughes stared straight ahead, while Boyle broke down in tears.
Before being led away, Boyle spoke to Hughes for the first time since the case commenced.
She turned to him and said: "look at what you have done". And as they were both being led away in handcuffs, she said to Hughes: "Have you no conscience on you at all?"
The Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC) was criticised after a former terror suspect was allowed on live television show Q&A two weeks ago.
Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce has cancelled his Monday night appearance, according to local media reports.
Mr Joyce's office cited the prime minister's order for why he cancelled his appearance, local media said.
"The Prime Minister has communicated that he does not want any frontbencher to appear on Q&A," a spokesman for Mr Joyce told the Sydney Morning Herald.
The Q&A program has become a lightning rod for debate in Australia about national security and freedom of speech.
The ABC last week conceded it was wrong to let Sydney man Zaky Mallah appear live on the programme to ask a question.
It is undertaking a review of the decision.
In 2005, Mallah was convicted of threatening to kill government officers but acquitted of terrorism charges.
From his position in the Q&A audience, he confronted Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs Steven Ciobo about the government's plans to strip dual nationals of citizenship if they supported terrorism.
Mr Ciobo, who was a panel guest, told Mallah he was pleased to be part of a government "that would say that you were out of the country".
Mallah angrily replied the government had "just justified to many Australian Muslims in the community tonight to leave and go to Syria and join [Islamic State] because of ministers like him".
The ABC show allows audience members to put questions to a panel of figures from various sides of Australian political and social life. High-profile politicians regularly appear on it.
Mr Joyce had said on Sunday he would be appearing on Q&A, before being told not to.
Speaking on Monday at a National Press Club address, Mr Joyce said "no threat was made" by Mr Abbott's office, but it would have been nice to have received more notice.
"That's life, you take it on the chin, he said, adding that Mr Abbott did not want ministers appearing on the show until the ABC's own review had been completed.
After Mallah appeared on the programme Mr Abbott said "heads should roll" and questioned the ABC's allegiance.
A self-styled media critic and Muslim activist, Mallah had previously been interviewed by several major Australian media outlets and international broadcasters, including the BBC.
More recently, his regular social media posts have attracted criticism, in part, because of crude and sexist references to several female journalists.
A government review led by the Department of Communications found the producers were aware of his criminal convictions but not his more-recent derogatory social media posts when he was selected to ask a question.
It hopes we will be able to create power in our own homes, store it and even sell it back to the National Grid.
This could mean billions of pounds in savings for UK households, the Business Secretary, Greg Clark, has said.
How will it work? And how soon can we all tap into this power revolution?
Here are a selection of questions asked by readers of BBC online.
The Smart Systems and Flexibility plan is designed to reduce energy bills by making the electricity network more efficient, and allow homes and businesses to manage their electric use more effectively.
Currently, the price of electricity varies throughout the day, depending on levels of supply and demand, but most consumers are on flat rate tariffs that do not reflect the times of day when power is cheaper.
The government says it aims to:
The government says the 700,0000 houses that have solar panels will benefit as the new plan opens up the possibility of households storing their power on batteries.
Some companies already offer consumers a battery package, which means they can store to excess power and either use it when they get home from work, or export it to the grid.
However, those planning to install solar power will not be given new support for installing solar panels now. But the existing Feed-in Tariff remains in place.
It may not be possible to calculate this without knowing how much power you would be able to buy and sell.
Rates of return are dependent on factors such as light levels, technology used and location.
The current support for just domestic solar panels can result in a 6-10% return, but this excludes battery storage devices, which are more expensive.
Storage is expected to operate at different scales across the energy system.
The government says some might be existing technologies like pumped hydro (pumping large volumes of water up a hill into manmade reservoirs, and releasing it when electricity is needed), or in big batteries housed in warehouses.
Household battery use could also increase, possibly using the battery in an electric vehicle or a battery on the wall.
At the moment they are expensive, but the price is expected to fall with increased innovation and greater production.
The batteries used in homes are usually the same as those that are used in electric vehicles (lithium ion).
As more of these are built and bought the costs of batteries is expected to fall rapidly.
A recent Renewable Energy Association/KPMG report put the expected cost reduction at 30% over the next three years.
Used car batteries are also now being used in homes. Nissan has a partnership with Eaton Energy Storage to install their English-made used electric vehicle batteries in homes, once they are no longer responsive enough to be used on the road, but can still provide effective home storage.
The government has been looking at this and says it recently commissioned work on the seriousness of the cyber security risk up to 2030.
It says it is using this to assess the cyber security risks contained in a smart energy system.
The government also proposes to take on additional powers for smart appliances as part of this programme, although it is not yet clear what these would be.
County Tyrone man Damien McLaughlin is due to stand trial in connection with the murder next month but has not been seen by police since November.
The PSNI have apologised to Mr Black's family.
They said they felt betrayed by the criminal justice system.
The accused had a bail condition that he should report to police five days out of seven.
The PSNI said it will review its handling of the case.
Police Ombudsman Dr Michael Maguire has now decided he will begin a formal investigation into what happened.
In a statement, the Police Ombudsman's office said it "has decided that it is necessary in the public interest to conduct an investigation to establish whether there were any failings in police conduct or in policing systems in the management of Mr McLaughlin's bail conditions".
"We are now beginning the process of securing and examining relevant evidence, including police records. A report on the findings of the investigation will be published in due course."
Mr Black was shot dead by dissident republicans as he drove along the M1 on his way to work at Maghaberry prison in November 2012.
Mr McLaughlin spent time in prison on remand on charges connected to Mr Black's killing, but was released on bail in May 2014.
A series of conditions imposed were later varied, including the removal of a stipulation that he had to wear an electronic tag and a reduction in the number of days he had to report to police.
At Belfast Crown Court on Friday, a judge revoked McLaughlin's bail after being told that he had breached those conditions.
Earlier this week, David Black's son, Kyle, said that the decision to relax the bail conditions was "laughable to say the least".
The YouGov poll for the Times found 31% of ABC1 workers, which includes junior managers and professionals, would struggle to pay a sum of that size.
The figure rises to 46% for manual workers and the unemployed.
Although inflation is currently low, many workers have not had pay rises for years.
The Bank of England said last month that it expected inflation to increase in the second half of the year, which could put more pressure on some households.
The survey of 1,648 adults across the UK was conducted by YouGov on 16 and 17 May. It found that 14% of those questioned could not pay a bill of just £100 without borrowing.
Women were less likely to have spare cash than men, while almost half of those aged 18 to 24 would not be able to find £500, compared with 23% of those aged 65 and over.
Many Americans are also in a similar financial position. Since 2013 the Federal Reserve has been asking US consumers how they would cope with a $400 (£276) emergency.
This year 47% of respondents said they would have to either borrow, or sell something they owned to be able to find that much cash.
The Money Advice Service has found that four in 10 UK adults have no more than £500 in savings, while a survey by ING bank suggested that 28% had nothing at all in their bank account.
Family debt stood at an average of £13,520 at the start of the year due to the availability of cheap credit, according to Aviva.
The figure had jumped by £4,000 in just six months to the highest since the summer of 2013, the insurer said.
The Aviva report suggested that the typical family had a savings pot worth £3,150.
Martin Lewis, the MoneySavingExpert.com founder, recommended that families put aside enough cash to pay their bills for "at least six months". However, he admitted that would be difficult for many on low incomes.
The Saracens player was told he could sit out the match against Gloucester, but insisted on racing to north London for kick-off soon after the birth.
The 27-year-old came off the bench as a 14-man Sarries side won 25-12.
"I gave him a big kiss and kissed my wife, then I asked her if I could play," the Argentine said.
"It is a big, big day for me and my family. Having a kid is the most amazing thing. This is one of the best days of my life."
Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall confirmed Figallo was "encouraged" not to play by the club, with the baby born at 11:30 GMT after a sleepless night for the new mum and dad in hospital.
"He walked into the changing room to a big roar from the players at 2.15pm," McCall said.
"At 12 we told him to stay where he was in Stevenage Hospital, that we'd manage. He hung around for 45 minutes after the baby was born and then came down. He wanted to come and help the team."
Saracens were temporarily down to 13 men in the first half, with Brad Barritt sin-binned before Schalk Brits was red carded for punching Nick Wood.
Figallo joined the action immediately after the break, with McCall praising the pack for helping Saracens move eight points clear at the top of the table with what he described as their "best win of the season".
Last Sunday, rugby league player Jamie Shaul missed the arrival of his first child to help Hull FC secure victory against Catalans Dragons.
Martin Hughes, 51, was injured in Woodhouse Park near to the Robinswood Road Metrolink stop in Wythenshawe at about 07:00 GMT.
He was treated at the scene by the ambulance service but died a short time later.
An investigation is under way to establish the circumstances. Metrolink services to Manchester Airport were suspended for several hours.
In a tribute, Mr Hughes' brothers said: "Martin was a great lover of the outdoors and loved going for long walks in the countryside and hills around Greater Manchester and beyond, he was also a keen cyclist.
"We are all devastated that he has been taken from us so suddenly."
Peter Cushing, Transport for Greater Manchester's Metrolink director, said a "thorough operational investigation" has begun and the driver and staff were being supported.
During Prime Minister's Questions, the Labour leader told the PM he had lost the backing of Conservative supporters over the controversial reforms.
Ministers are to set out new proposals following Monday's Lords defeat, with peers voting to delay the £4.4bn cuts.
Mr Cameron said any savings not made from tax credits would have to come off budgets like the police and the NHS.
People would benefit from a higher tax threshold and free childcare, he said.
The Labour leader changed his approach from his first two clashes with the PM, focusing all six of his questions on the issue of tax credit cuts due to come into force in April.
It sounded more like a PMQs of old, as Mr Corbyn accused Mr Cameron of not answering his specific question.
"What exactly does the prime minister mean?" he asked. "He must know the answer."
He also said the prime minister had "lost the support of many people who were actually quite sympathetic to his political project".
Mr Cameron said Mr Corbyn "would have to be patient" and wait for Chancellor George Osborne's Autumn Statement, on 25 November.
There was only one crowd-sourced question this week from Mr Corbyn, with his final question coming on behalf of Karen, a public sector worker worried about losing out under the tax credit reforms.
The prime minister repeated his defence of the changes, saying Karen and other workers would benefit from government policies including a higher minimum wage and free childcare as well as a stronger economy.
He also said "every penny we do not save" from welfare would have to be found elsewhere. BBC deputy political editor James Landale said the PM was trying to form a defence to Labour attacks ahead of the Autumn Statement, by framing the debate as a choice of where spending cuts would fall.
Mr Cameron also went on the offensive, saying the changes had been voted on five times by the House of Commons, with no Conservative rebellion, accusing Labour of relying on unelected peers. A "strange alliance" is forming, he said, between "the unelected and the unelectable".
Last time the Liberal Democrats were in opposition, the party's then leader Nick Clegg had an allocation of two weekly questions.
There is no such luxury in the current Parliament where the Lib Dems have just eight MPs. Mr Clegg's successor, Tim Farron, was called by the Speaker for the first time today, asking about refugees following his visit to the Greek island of Lesbos where thousands of migrants are arriving every day.
Mr Farron called for Britain to take in 3,000 unaccompanied children in Europe, as requested by Save the Children.
The PM started with a joke, welcoming Mr Farron and saying it was "good to see such a high turnout of his MPs" (most but not all of the eight-strong contingent were sitting nearby) before repeating his pledge to take 1,000 refugees from Syrian camps before Christmas.
He said he had looked at Save the Children's request carefully.
"There are other NGOs and experts who point to the very real danger of separating children from their broader families and that's why to date we haven't taken that decision," he added.
Mr Cameron announced he had ordered an independent review into children's homes to ensure those who cannot get adopted have "the best start in life".
It will be led by former Barnardo's chief executive Sir Martin Narey who Mr Cameron described as an "excellent public servant".
At the Conservative Party conference Mr Cameron promised to improve the care system which "shames our country".
A Downing Street spokesman said the review would start straight away and full details would be announced shortly.
Sir Martin will be looking at why children end up in care, what treatment they receive and how the state could do more to support them, the spokesman added.
Mr Cameron said the steel and other energy intensive industries would be refunded for policy costs including so-called "green taxes" once the European Union makes a decision on state aid.
Thousands of job cuts have been announced in the industry in recent weeks.
"And I can confirm that payment will be made immediately and that payment will be made throughout this Parliament - far more generous than what has been proposed by Labour," he said.
The session went on longer than usual, finishing at 12:38 GMT with a question from Simon Burns asking whether the government would extend workplace bullying legislation "to this chamber".
"Given that he has been called at 12:38 I would've thought that any hint of bullying was over in this House," the PM responded, a likely reference to Mr Burns' reportedly strained relationship with Speaker John Bercow.
Mrs Clinton said in a tweet on Sunday that Chinese President Xi Jinping was "shameless" for hosting a United Nations conference on women's rights that day.
Mr Xi has come under fire for hosting the summit as several women's rights activists were held earlier this year for planning a demonstration against sexual harassment on public transport.
Rights groups say several female human rights activists remain in detention.
Mrs Clinton has made women's rights a signature part of her campaign.
Chinese state media have taken care to cultivate an affable and lovable image of President Xi Jinping. Calling someone "shameless" is also a particularly bad insult in Chinese culture, which abhors "losing face".
State media on Monday thus unsurprisingly reacted with fury, with a strongly-worded editorial by The Global Times put out in both English and Chinese and carried widely in other local media outlets.
It accused Mrs Clinton of aping Republican candidate Donald Trump - who has himself made provocative remarks about China - in an attempt to gain votes through China-bashing.
In its English editorial, Global Times called her "a rabble-rouser" engaged in "ignonimous shenanigans" - but in Chinese it was even blunter: "It looks like Hillary is in a panicked frenzy, her eyes have turned red... She has started to copy Trump's speaking style and allowed herself to become a fierce big mouth."
"She really has lowered herself. Chinese people aren't angry at her, but we now despise her a little."
News outlets also widely covered a response by the Chinese delegation in New York, that said the women's rights activists "were not arrested because they were advocating women's rights issues, but because their behaviour flouted Chinese laws".
Online, the reaction was more divided. Riled-up patriotic netizens on microblogging network Sina Weibo called her "an old witch" and made references to Monica Lewinsky, the former White House intern who had an affair with Bill Clinton.
"Hillary you should quickly rush home, Lewinsky is already in your bed with Bill. Why don't you mind your own business instead of talking rubbish about China," said user Lewubianzhong.
But others took her side, decrying the detention of the activists and the state of women's rights in China.
Said user wbxxxhhh: "Hillary wasn't criticitising the arrests of the activists, but instead was criticising their arrests on cooked-up charges."
"Chinese women don't even have the right to reproduce, let alone women's rights," said Te_leinijiangtui, in a reference to China's one-child policy.
It is not certain whether Mrs Clinton has taken note of the Chinese brouhaha yet - if she has, she has yet to give a direct response.
Her campaign team meanwhile continues to press on. One of their latest tweets stressed the importance of women's rights.
The 22-year-old midfielder, from Glasgow, was stopped by police for driving erratically in the Robroyston area at about 03:00 on 5 February.
Officers asked him to provide a breath test and he gave an alcohol reading of 78mg - the legal limit is 22.
At Glasgow Sheriff Court, McGregor was also fined £500.
Sheriff Neil Mackinnon disqualified McGregor for 12 months, although he may get a reduction if he successfully completes a drink driving course.
Last August, McGregor was banned from driving for four months and fined £400 after being caught driving at 69mph in a 50mph zone.
The court opted to impose a four-month ban instead of a heavier penalty and left him with nine points on his licence.
He was convicted at Hamilton Justice of the Peace Court after claiming the speed gun was faulty.
McGregor began as a youth player at Celtic and spent a year on loan at English side Notts County in the 2013-14 season.
He returned to Celtic and scored in his first-team debut against KR Reykjavik in a Champions League qualifier in 2014.
One of the earliest arrivals after midnight was Violet Gromett, who made her entrance to the world at 00:07 at the Ayrshire Maternity Unit at Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock.
Violet, who weighed 8lb 14oz, is the first child for Sheryl Bell and David Gromett who live in Ayr.
A few minutes later a boy, Carl, was born at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow at 00:19.
He is a fourth child for Glasgow mother Leigh Bridges.
Shortly afterwards, Daniel MacPherson was born at Wishaw General Hospital, a third child for Nicola Swann from Blantyre. His two siblings helped choose his name.
Other babies arriving in the early hours included a boy born at 01:56 to Dumbarton mother Zahra Sajjad at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley.
At Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Alison Roy gave birth to daughter Lisa at 02:26.
The first baby today at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary was Alvie, born at 04:41 to local parents Kirstie and Steven Frater.
At Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert, a boy arrived at 05:33 for Cumbernauld couple Victoria and Stephen Timpson.
The first new year baby at St John's Hospital in Livingston was Imogen, who was born at 08:42 to Madison Finlay from West Lothian.
McCarthy, 26, missed Everton's win over West Brom on Saturday after suffering a recurrence of a hamstring injury.
Toffees boss Ronald Koeman said after the game that the midfielder is "one or two weeks" away from fitness.
Koeman and Republic boss Martin O'Neill became involved in a row about McCarthy's fitness in November and the player missed the 1-0 win in Austria.
McCarthy's hamstring issues have restricted him to only seven Premier League starts this term and Koeman is keen to get to the bottom of it.
"He played 30-35 minutes last week and then we need to put him in the recovery group after the game," said the Everton boss.
"It's not a big hamstring injury. He will be out for one or two weeks.
"It's another step back for the boy and that's really disappointing. We need to find a solution."
O'Neill will announce the Republic's squad for the Wales game on Monday and the expectation is that the Everton midfielder will be an inclusion.
Asked if he expected O'Neill to select McCarthy, Koeman replied: "I don't know. We know it will be another nine, 10 days [before the game] and the Fifa rule is that they have the possibility to call the player.
"If they call the player the player will go and they will see how his fitness is at that time."
The Republic lead Group D on 10 points after four rounds of fixtures, which leaves them two points ahead of Serbia with Wales a further two points off the pace in third.
Guardiola and Conte are both in their debut season in English football and face each other again on Wednesday.
The latter has fared better, with his Chelsea side leading the Premier League, 11 points ahead of fourth-placed City.
"My opinion about my colleague Conte is that he's superb," said the Catalan.
"He was able to make Italy play beautiful football - Juventus too - in a culture where it's so defensive.
"He's an excellent manager, I learn a lot when I see his teams - Juventus, Italy and now. I like to do that because you see what they want to do. Their teams control a lot of aspects.
"Maybe he's the best."
Guardiola took over at Manchester City last summer having won three successive Bundesliga titles and two German Cups with Bayern Munich between 2013 and 2016.
Before that he led Barcelona to three straight La Liga titles, two Copa del Reys and the Champions League twice.
However, the 46 year old says he was always realistic about what he could achieve with City during this campaign.
"In my case I had to win the treble and change English football," he said.
"Expectations were quite high, that's why I'm going to fall short definitely. I cannot have success this season.
"In Barcelona we won the three titles in a row, we played all the competitions, we played the Champions League every three days and we were able to play almost immediately. Sometimes you need more time."
City's performances against the top Premier League teams this season have given Guardiola belief his side are moving in the right direction.
They have drawn against Tottenham, Liverpool and Arsenal this year and beat the Gunners last December.
However, the Spaniard insists there is much more work to do.
"Our games against the big teams at home, we were much better than all of them. I was so proud," he added. "But we were not able to win. That's why we are not where we would like to be.
"Sometimes away to the big clubs we've maybe not made the best performance.
"In Monchengladbach for example, Celtic in Europe, Anfield, Arsenal in the first half - we've not given our best performance.
"Now I'd like to see what we try to do from the beginning. Be brave, show courage."
Chelsea won 3-1 at City in December after coming back from a goal down in a game which saw Sergio Aguero and Fernandinho sent off in injury time.
"We finished the game against Chelsea four points behind them. Believe me, I saw the game many times. We were much, much better. I'm sorry Antonio but we were. We deserved to win."
Chelsea suffered a surprise 2-1 home defeat by Crystal Palace last weekend, but Guardiola does not feel the loss will hurt the confidence of Wednesday's opponents, who had gone 10 home games unbeaten prior to that result.
"They will be more focused," added Guardiola. "When you win 10, 11 or 12 games in a row, the danger is to be relaxed.
"You are winning and have a points advantage. But when you lose a game, after that the warnings are there."
Police Scotland said officers attended the property at Beach Boulevard after the death was reported on Sunday morning.
The death is currently being treated as "unexplained" and the investigation is ongoing.
A number of officers have been making inquiries in the area and a mobile police office is at the scene.
Det Insp Allen Shaw said: "Our investigation is at a very early stage and there will be a police presence including a police pod in the area while initial inquiries are carried out.
"Thank you in advance to local residents for your patience."
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Dywedodd Eileen Pennall o Landudno sy'n derbyn gofal, nad yw'r gofalwyr "wedi'i hyfforddi ddigon i ddelio gyda person sy'n ddall, a dwi'n dioddef ychydig o ganlyniad i hynny," meddai.
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Paween Pongsirin was appointed to investigate trafficking networks after the discovery of mass graves at migrant camps earlier this year.
Now in Melbourne, he said he fled Thailand because influential figures implicated in trafficking wanted him killed.
He quit the Thai police last month.
Maj Gen Paween said that his investigation, which wound up after five months, was halted by influential people in the government, military and police.
His investigation resulted in more than 150 arrest warrants issued - including for politicians, policemen and military figures - and trials have begun in Thailand.
But he told the BBC's Newsday programme that "some influential figures were not happy" about the warrants issued. He was reassigned to the far south of the country, and said he feared his life was in danger.
Thailand's military junta denies claims it turned a blind eye to human trafficking. There has been no official response to Maj Gen Paween's latest comments so far.
The discovery of a mass grave in a trafficking camp along the Thai-Malaysian border in May happened almost by accident. But it shocked the Thai military government into starting a more thorough investigation into trafficking networks, which had until then operated with near-impunity.
The man they put in charge of that investigation was Police Major-General Paween Pongsirin, an officer with long experience in Thailand's south.
He pursued his task with dogged determination, bringing 88 suspects to court, including for the first time a senior military officer, General Manas Kongplan. These cases were presented by the Thai government as evidence of its good faith in wanting to stamp out the human trade.
But in October Maj Gen Paween's investigation was halted, despite his own pleas that his work was unfinished, with many more suspects at large.
He was ordered to move to the deep south, where amid an ongoing insurgency traffickers operate more freely, and where he said he and his family would be at great risk of reprisals. His appeals for help went unanswered, and he resigned from the police force.
That he has fled to Australia and sought asylum shows he feels unsafe staying in his own country; yet without his testimony the cases he initiated could well collapse. Other important witnesses have also gone into hiding.
And Thailand's claim to be serious about stopping the trafficking business looks hollow.
The discovery of mass graves in jungle camps around the Malaysia-Thai border in May put a spotlight on the human trafficking industry in the region.
Many of the migrants are believed to be Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar as well as economic migrants from Bangladesh.
An investigation by the BBC earlier this year found entire communities in Thailand had been assisting the traffickers.
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Richard Smith, 37, flew the device over restricted airspace at Wellesbourne Airfield, in Warwickshire, as well as over homes and a school.
The drone had been modified to increase its flight distance capabilities, Warwickshire Police said.
Smith, of Alcester Road, Stratford-upon-Avon, admitted 15 offences under the Air Navigation Order 2016.
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He was fined £259, ordered to pay costs of £185 and a £30 victim surcharge at Leamington Spa Magistrates Court on Wednesday. The drone was also seized.
Police said the offences took place over the course of four drone flights between December 2016 and January 2017.
Officers started investigating after a report of a YouTube video showing drone flights across South Warwickshire.
Warwickshire Police said Smith flew his drone over a mile away from himself where he could not see it.
He also flew it through fog and above the cloud base, as well as within the restricted airspace of Wellesbourne Airfield.
The force said the case was believed to be the first prosecuted by police under the 2016 legislation.
It said previous prosecutions had been carried out under old legislation and led by the Civil Aviation Authority.
"Good Spanish food doesn't get much better than paella. My version combines chicken thighs & chorizo," he tweeted.
An "abomination" wrote one user. "That thing ain't paella," wrote another, with the inclusion of chorizo proving particularly controversial.
He has previously drawn flak for his take on West African dish Jollof rice.
There are countless recipes for paella, which originates in Valencia and involves rice plus ingredients such as rabbit, seafood, snails and artichokes.
But traditionalists have very clear ideas about what should and shouldn't go into it.
"The abuses committed in the name of Paella Valenciana, are excessive - an authentic scandal," Catalan author Josep Pla once wrote.
The website Wikipaella, which aims to promote authentic paella, lists golden rules for the dish, including only using Spanish rice. And chorizo is definitely a no-no.
Tullow Oil was the worst performer on the index, shedding 6%, while Royal Dutch Shell "A" and "B" shares were both down more than 2%.
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The tourists took two wickets in the last two overs of day three as India reached 319-4, still 218 behind.
Farbrace expects the Rajkot pitch to deteriorate and thinks England are "in a good position".
"We do expect the wicket to turn and we expect it to be a little more up and down as well," he told TMS.
Stuart Broad removed Gautam Gambhir in the second over of the day but England had to wait until late in the evening session for further breakthroughs.
Murali Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara both compiled patient centuries in a second-wicket partnership of 209.
The tourists restricted India to 256 runs on the third day, with only 66 scored off 29 overs in the afternoon session as Broad and spinners Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid and Zafar Ansari maintained a tight line.
Farbrace says the situation can change rapidly in the latter stages of Test matches in India and it is important for England to stay in the game.
"We have seen a few misbehave over the last couple of days and I think it will start to happen more often," he said.
"Any advantage you can have will be a massive advantage."
He also felt England's bowlers showed control and patience given the excellent batting pitch and highlighted the contribution of Rashid and Ansari.
"Our spinners, who took a bit of stick, have shown they are capable of improving," said Farbrace.
"They are not suddenly going to be world-class spinners overnight, but they have shown a real resolute way of getting the ball in the right area more often that not. For seamers and spinners, it was all about keeping control.
"Ben Stokes had a spell just before lunch where he didn't quite get it right but that's about the only time in the day where we lost a little bit of control. To nick a couple out at the end makes our dressing room a happier place tonight."
Farbrace says England are likely to alter their bowling tactics if the pitch begins to offer more assistance.
"Tomorrow morning, the plan will be exactly the same," he said. "It may be if the wicket starts to deteriorate a little, you might find your lines becoming a little bit straighter. At the moment, our plan is to be fifth stump line."
He was also wearing glasses and was suited and booted like a politician.
So far, so ordinary, but his uncanny likeness to one of Northern Ireland's best-known politicians has not gone unnoticed.
Mr Brosnan was photographed bearing a striking resemblance to the Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams.
The Irish-born actor is currently filming in the capital for the thriller based on Stephen Leather's novel, The Chinaman.
He is playing the role of Liam Hennessy, a former IRA member turned government official.
Mr Brosnan is staring opposite Jackie Chan in the untitled Martin Campbell project.
It is not the actor's first time working with Mr Campbell. The star was directed by Mr Campbell in his Bond debut, Goldeneye in 1994.
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and Mr Adams showed a sense of humour by tweeting: "I never knew Pierce Brosnan was so good looking."
However, both economies are recovering, and well enough that there's an expectation of interest rate rises on the horizon.
The normal pattern is for prices to rise alongside economic output. So when the economy is growing, so is demand for goods and services and thus their prices.
It's not just GDP, but employment is also expanding. The UK has a record high number of people in work, while US unemployment is falling and expected to recover to the pre-recession rate of 5%, according to the Federal Reserve.
There was one other period that required a new term to describe an unusual time.
In the 1970s, stagflation referred to high inflation while output was falling - precisely the opposite of what is happening today, but similarly goes against normal economic relationships.
The reason then, as now, is oil price shocks.
In the 1970s, two wars in the Middle East caused oil prices to shoot up and raise prices, which remained elevated despite slowing economic activity.
Since the shocks were external, and there was little capacity for economies like the US to respond domestically, the result was the unusual combination of sustained high inflation during a recession.
In the past few years, the UK also saw high inflation despite the worst recession in decades. You may recall that the Bank of England routinely described it as imported price pressure. The governor said that high energy and commodity prices were raising costs and there was zero domestically-generated inflation.
Now we have the opposite - there are price movements, but these stem from cheaper imported energy. Oil prices have plummeted since last summer. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) says the UK's record low 0% CPI has been driven by energy prices (motor fuels) falling 16.6% in the past year to February. It's also down to food prices, another sizeable imported commodity, which fell by 3.4%.
This means, though, that when volatile elements like energy and food are stripped out of CPI, core inflation is still positive at 1.2%. So, prices are rising and the economy isn't truly deflationary.
Still, factory gate prices, or the prices of goods sold by UK manufacturers, are seeing deflation, falling by 1.8% from a year earlier. That eventually feeds through to what we pay in stores. But, so many goods are imported, the more important price indicators are most likely to come from abroad. For instance, China is experiencing low price pressures that will be exported.
A little breathing space in terms of the costs of energy, food, and consumer goods is welcome after years of high inflation and below-trend growth.
The big question is how worried we should be about deflation. The Bank of England says that any deflation will be temporary. In other words, it's unlikely to be 15 years of falling prices as in Japan.
In any case, for now, falling prices while the economy is growing well may warrant a new term. Suggestions are welcome!
"We cannot say this terrorist group has been exterminated," said Defence Minister Jakke Valakivi. "It is much weakened, of course, but it continues to operate."
Counter-terror chief Jose Baella said the left-wing rebels still have some 350 members, and 80 fighters.
Shining Path guerillas waged a bloody insurgency in Peru from 1980.
When the then-leader, known as Comrade Artemio, was captured in 2012, President Ollanta Humala declared the army's mission against the Shining Path accomplished.
Last week, the Peruvian army rescued 39 people, mostly children, from a farm where the rebels kept them as slave workers.
Some of the children had been born in the camp, and were fathered by rebels.
One woman told reporters they had been living and working there for 30 years.
The camp is in the Apurimac-Ene and Mantaro River Valley, an area known by its Spanish language acronym, Vraem.
The biggest blow to the Shining Path, or Sendero Luminoso, took place in 1992, with the arrest of its founder, Abimael Guzman.
Almost 70,000 people had died or disappeared in more than a decade of internal conflict.
The rebels then dispersed into small bands, who got more involved in drug trafficking.
The main faction was led by Florindo Eleuterio Flores, alias Comrade Artemio, who was arrested in February 2012.
The group is now led by the brothers Victor and Jorge Quispe Palomino, who have been indicted in the United States for drug trafficking offences.
Three-year-old Cheryl Grimmer went missing from a shower block at a New South Wales beach in 1970.
The Goodyear family gave a statement in 1970 and police, who believe they can still help with inquiries, launched an appeal to trace them.
The Nottinghamshire family, who said they were "surprised" officers had not found them, are contacting detectives.
Cheryl, originally from Bristol, disappeared from Fairy Meadow beach in Wollongong, a city south of Sydney, on 12 January 1970.
Despite a massive search, police failed to make a breakthrough and the case has remained one of Australia's longest-running mysteries.
Detectives doubt Cheryl's body will ever be found.
However, after the case was re-examined last year, a new clue emerged that led to the arrest of a 63-year-old man from Melbourne.
He has now been charged with Cheryl's abduction and murder.
New South Wales Police said they had been making inquiries with authorities in Britain to find Peter Goodyear, then aged 37, his wife Mavis and daughters Karen, aged six, and Janette, aged five, who were living at the Fairy Meadow Commonwealth Hostel at the time.
Police said attempts to find the Goodyears had "not been successful".
However, the BBC - which was inundated with responses to the appeal that was launched on Thursday - has since found the family in a Nottinghamshire village.
Mavis Goodyear, whose husband has since died, did not want to be interviewed, but told the BBC she had contacted the police concerning the case and felt "surprised" officers had not found them.
She said the family was unhappy with the publicity and felt police should have made more attempts to contact them before making an appeal in the media.
In response, a New South Wales Police spokesman confirmed they now had the details for the Goodyear family, and said they had tried to locate the family earlier "through the regular policing channels".
"Through the public appeal, we have successfully located the family and will be discussing the case with them when appropriate," the spokesman added.
3 November 2015 Last updated at 15:53 GMT
They appear to show a huge burning meteor flying through the night sky.
The green fireball is seen falling from the sky and burning up, until it disappears.
It was seen by lots of people across the capital city Bangkok and other areas.
The Thai Astronomical Society believe it could be a "fireball" because of it's brightness.
The explosions happened just before midnight local time (21:00 GMT). The first hit the Babylon Hotel, near the Tigris river, and the second struck the Ishtar, formerly the Sheraton Hotel.
The Reuters news agency said at least 30 people were injured in the blasts.
A night-time curfew lasting 12 years was lifted in Baghdad in February.
The BBC's Orla Guerin, in Baghdad, tweeted that gunfire was also heard.
Police said they were trying to defuse a third car bomb they found in the Babylon Hotel car park.
The two hotels are regularly busy on Thursday nights and had been renovated in recent years.
In 2010, the hotels were the target of co-ordinated car bombs that killed more than 30 people.
The UK government gave approval after imposing "significant new safeguards" to protect national security.
Welsh Economy Secretary Ken Skates called it "excellent news", saying the plant should use steel from Port Talbot and other producers in Wales.
Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies said the plant would play a part in "turbo-charging" the steel industry.
Earlier in September, Neath-based Express Reinforcements was named as the preferred bidder for a 200,000-tonne order of steel for Hinkley Point worth about £100m.
In July, incoming Prime Minister Theresa May announced a delay in approval for the £18bn project pending a review.
It focused on concerns about the high cost of energy from the proposed plant and the security implications of Chinese involvement alongside the French energy firm EDF.
When approval was announced on Thursday, Mr Skates welcomed the decision as "excellent news for the nuclear sector across the UK" providing a "much needed boost to the supply chain".
"The decision could also play an important part in supporting our steel industry in the UK, a major part of which is located here in Wales," he said.
"I am calling on the UK government to make sure it is supplied by steel from Port Talbot and our other steel producers here in Wales, and that opportunities for the wider UK supply chain are maximised.
First Minister Carwyn Jones said a range of businesses could benefit from the announcement.
"We are looking at businesses in Wales to act as suppliers and contractors potentially for Hinkley and that's something we want to explore."
Mr Davies hailed the decision as a "huge plus for the UK and for Wales".
"Given the proximity of the Somerset site to Wales, there are clear opportunities here for employment and businesses, with up to 26,000 jobs and apprenticeships being created," he said.
"We're already aware of big orders for steel emanating from this project, and we are hopeful that Hinkley will play its part in turbocharging Wales' steel economy.
"Now is the time for our highly skilled workforce to seize on the opportunity to be part of one of the biggest construction projects in 70 years."
UK Labour leadership contender and Pontypridd MP Owen Smith welcomed the go-ahead but criticised the UK government's delay in giving approval.
"The Tories' dithering over this decision has created jobs uncertainty and been deeply damaging to Britain's reputation as a country in which to invest.
"A better handled process may well have delivered a fairer price for the taxpayer.
"Britain needs a robust and credible industrial strategy that creates jobs, growth and the green economy of the future."
Analysis by Sarah Dickins, BBC Wales economics correspondent
The challenge for Wales is to grab the opportunities that lie with this huge 10-year investment.
But if Wales can win business building the UK's first nuclear power plant in 20 years it could help the Welsh economy for the long term.
EDF Energy has a reputation for its commitment to local firms. Next to those companies from the south west of England, south Wales is next in line to benefit - and it has the skills.
Already some work is in the pipeline, with Celsa in Cardiff. It makes recycled steel from scrap, which helps the carbon footprint of the project.
Steel from here will go to Express Reinforcements in Neath, which is already involved in the CrossRail project in London, and will be supplying Hinkley C.
But Helen Kane, chairwoman of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Wales, says the Welsh Government must make sure Wales has enough of the right skills to embrace the "massive opportunities" of Hinkley.
"It will take up a huge resource but also give us new skills and I've heard of some very specialist skills, professionally and in the trades - and we'll learn lots from that," she said.
"We've been gearing up but we also have a skills gap of mammoth proportions.
"We lost 400,000 in construction in the last recession and they haven't come back and we need to move our skills up a few gears and we need help from the Welsh Government."
On the ground there is a real fear that the best workers will be tempted away to work on Hinkley C and that will damage smaller firms.
What is undeniable is that the Hinkley C project will have a clear impact on the economy of south Wales in a number of ways.
But with a new nuclear plant planned for Wyfla on Anglesey, the expertise learnt working on Hinkley could help all of Wales in the long term.
Horizon, the firm planning to build a new nuclear power station at Wylfa, Anglesey, said approval for Hinkley was "good news for the country's security of supply and clean energy needs".
Chief executive Duncan Hawthorne said: "The emphasis must now be on delivering the government's vision of a wider nuclear programme in the UK and we remain focused on continuing to make strong progress with our lead Wylfa Newydd project.
"This includes clearing our tried and tested reactor technology for deployment in the UK, consulting across north Wales on our plans and the huge economic opportunities they will deliver, and working with government on a deal that delivers at a fair and acceptable price for all."
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The Championship side led when Hal Robson-Kanu rolled his marker to fire a powerful shot into the roof of the net.
The lead was doubled within four minutes, Matej Vydra bundling in Stephen Quinn's cross from close range.
Romaine Sawyers and Oliver Norwood hit the bar for each side after the break before Danny Williams ran clear to finish and Vydra headed a fourth.
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Reading - beaten by winners Arsenal at the semi-final stage last season - survived an early scare when Tom Bradshaw had a shot deflected just wide for the visitors.
But their superior quality told against their League One opponents, with Williams impressively crafting space for Quinn to create the second four minutes before the break.
Brian McDermott's side - 15th in the Championship - have just two league wins from 11 matches and will take a welcome boost in confidence ahead of Tuesday's trip to Ipswich.
Walsall kept an unchanged side for the trip to the Madejski despite being third in their division and with a trip to Doncaster on Tuesday.
Sawyers' strike against the bar was a moment where they could have kept the tie alive, but while they had much of the possession, it was the home side who created the more telling openings and they deserved their place in Sunday's draw.
Meanwhile, Saddlers goalkeeper Neil Etheridge was stretchered off on 78 minutes, with what appeared at first to be a serious knee injury, to be replaced by his deputy Craig MacGillivray.
But Walsall head coach Sean O'Driscoll's initial post-match assessment was that the injury is not as bad as first feared.
"I don't think it's anything structural," he told BBC WM.
Walsall head coach Sean O'Driscoll told BBC WM 95.6:
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"We said before the game that this would be our most difficult game just because they're really functional.
"They put pressure on our back line and it was just a case of when to play and when not to play.
"We got caught a couple of times and as the game progressed we realised we couldn't overplay in the middle of the park, and when we got the ball forward we were a threat."
CCTV covering the station is being viewed by officers following the attack in the early hours of Saturday.
Forensics officers have also conducted an examination of the scene.
Det Chief Insp Mark Cleland, who is leading the enquiry, said: "We are determined to do everything we can to identify the person responsible."
He is appealing for witnesses. Call British Transport Police on 0800 40 50 40 or by texting 61016, quoting reference 240 of 20/06/15. Alternatively, contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
According to figures from the sports business unit at Deloitte, clubs' total gross spending in the now-closed transfer window was £1.165bn.
The spending spree has been sparked by a new £5bn three-year television deal, which begins this season.
Each club can expect to receive between £30m and £50m from the Premier League for 2016-17 as a result of the TV deal.
"Obviously a key catalyst of this spending is the TV rights, the money is there and the clubs are spending it," Dan Jones, head of the sports business unit at Deloitte, tells the BBC.
But he also points to other factors, including the chase for Champions League places.
"There is an increased competitive tension between the big clubs that was not there before, that is leading to competition in the transfer market," he says.
"There are only four Champions League qualification spots, but you have six teams chasing those slots; the two Manchester clubs, the two north London clubs [Arsenal and Tottenham], Chelsea and Liverpool.
"That tension has been accentuated by the emergence of Leicester City last season. If you have a similar wildcard team appearing this season, then you are looking at four teams from seven fighting for those precious qualifying places."
Mr Jones said another reason for the spending spree could be the fact that there are new managers at Chelsea, Manchester United and Manchester City, and also a fairly recent appointment at Liverpool.
"New managers tend to rebuild their teams in their own way, and that invariably leads to activity in the transfer market," he says.
Meanwhile, another sports finance expert points to further reasons for the spending increase in recent years.
"TV money is obviously one big factor, but there are other issues, including the number of wealthy foreign investors who have come in and taken over English top clubs, such as at Manchester City," Harry Philp of Portland Advisers tells the BBC.
"In addition, the fact we have just come out of a major tournament, Euro 2016 in France, also means that more players will have been in the 'shop window' to attract the attentions of Premier League clubs with money to spend."
Summer transfer spending by top flight English clubs rose between 2006-07 and 2008-09 before dropping off for the next two seasons as the effects of the economic downturn hit.
A tightening of club finances and credit availability combined to dampen down the Premier League transfer market at the turn of the decade.
However, a plethora of lucrative domestic and overseas TV deals has fuelled an upwards spiral in player spending by Premier League clubs.
Competition for broadcasting rights in the UK has been driven in recent years by the entry of BT Sports into the market in 2012, and their challenge to Sky Sports' dominant position.
The biggest transfer deal of the recent summer transfer market has been Manchester United's signing of former player Paul Pogba from Juventus for £89m.
And according to Mr Philp, the transfer spending will continue to increase over the coming seasons.
"The logic is that the next cycle of domestic and international TV rights deals for the Premier League will also bring in more cash than the previous ones," he says.
"And we also now have the factor of the Chinese looking to take over and invest at English clubs, which I think will also lead to increased transfer spending in coming years as they look to make their mark."
Historians said documents, released by the US National Archives, supported the suspicion that the US did not want to anger its wartime ally, Joseph Stalin.
They showed the US was sent coded messages suggesting the Soviets, not the Nazis, carried out the massacre.
More than 22,000 Poles were killed by the Soviets on Stalin's orders.
Soviet Russia only admitted to the atrocity in 1990 after blaming the Nazis for five decades.
According to a review of the documents by the Associated Press, they show that American prisoners of war sent coded messages to Washington in 1943 saying they had been taken to see corpses in an advanced state of decay in the Katyn forest near Smolensk, in western Russia.
The group of American and British POWs had been taken by the Nazis against their will to witness the scene.
What they saw convinced two Americans, Capt Donald B Stewart and Lt Col John Van Vliet, that the killings must have been carried out by the Soviets, rather than the Nazis, who did not occupy the area until 1941.
A statement from one, Captain Donald B Stewart, made in 1950, confirmed he sent a coded message, the gist of which was: "German claims regarding Katyn substantially correct in opinion of Van Vliet and myself."
They were apparently persuaded by the advanced state of decay of the bodies - suggesting they must have died before August 1941, when the Germans seized the area.
They also saw items found on the bodies, including letters, diaries and other items, none of which was dated later than the spring of 1940.
And the good state of the men's boots and clothing suggested the men had not lived long after being captured by invading Soviet forces.
The close to 1,000 pages of new material will help determine what the US knew and when, the BBC's Kim Ghattas in Washington says.
It has long been believed that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt did not want to question the version of events put out by Stalin, an ally whom the Americans were counting on to defeat Germany and Japan.
According to the report by the Associated Press, information about the massacre was suppressed at the highest levels in Washington.
Katyn expert Allen Paul told AP some of the material did not appear in the record of Congressional hearings in 1951-52 held to investigate the massacre, suggesting it had been deliberately kept hidden.
Among the new evidence is a report sent to President Roosevelt by the then British Prime Minister Winston Churchill - who did not challenge Stalin's claim either - which also pointed to Soviet guilt.
The report is written by the British ambassador to the Polish government-in-exile in London, Owen O'Malley, AP says.
"There is now available a good deal of negative evidence," Mr O'Malley wrote, "the cumulative effect of which is to throw serious doubt on Russian disclaimers of responsibility for the massacre."
The April 1940 killings were carried out at Katyn and other sites by the NKVD secret police on Stalin's orders.
Members of the Polish elite, including officers, politicians and artists, were shot in the back of the head and their bodies dumped in mass graves.
Goodes, an Indigenous Australian who plays for the Swans, has been plagued by booing whilst on the field - especially during last Sunday's clash at Perth's Subiaco Oval where a rival fan was removed for allegedly telling him to "get back to the zoo".
The unidentified man said his ejection was an "overreaction", and described the current uproar as "political correctness gone mad".
"It was a flippant, off-the-cuff remark and the players would not have heard it for all the booing and banter coming from the crowd," he said.
Critics say the jeers are because Goodes just is not liked, but supporters say the 2014 Australian of the Year is being punished for being vocal on indigenous issues.
Olympic gold medal winner and Australia's first indigenous woman to be elected to Federal Parliament, Senator Nova Peris, said the animosity aimed at Goodes is obvious, and he is being targeted due to his stance against racism.
"Aboriginal people are a minority in this country and it is almost like when the minority is screaming out for help, when you voice your opinion, you get shouted down for it," Senator Peris told ABC radio.
"It's confronting racism and it is alive and well and happening everyday and I know that because I live every day as an Aboriginal person and I see it. He should not stop being a proud Aboriginal man."
In 2013, Victoria Police interviewed a 13-year-old girl after she called Adam Goodes an "ape" during a match against the Collingwood Magpies.
"It's not the first time on a footy field that I've been referred to as a 'monkey' or an 'ape', it was shattering," Mr Goodes said at the time.
The young girl phoned Mr Goodes to apologise, but the incident sparked a media storm, with Goodes accused of singling out the young girl and dragging her into what became an apparent media circus.
The head of the AFL has urged supporters to consider the toll the booing has taken on Goodes, as the code commits to a campaign to try and stamp out racism in the sport.
"Racism has no place in our game, and while I respect that people may have different views about what is happening to Adam, it is impossible to separate this issue from the issue of race," AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan said.
"Our game has a proud history of tackling racism and vilification, of creating awareness of differences, and of celebrating indigenous culture."
On Sunday, Goodes's Swans teammate Lewis Jetta responded to the crowd's boos by performing an indigenous spear-throwing war cry after he scored a goal.
The war dance is seen as symbol of cultural pride, and Australia's version of the New Zealand haka.
Jetta said it was his way of showing support for Goodes: "He's a superstar of the game, and a superstar for the Swans. Fans need to show more respect for what he's done for the game. All this booing stuff... needs to be thrown out the window."
Two months ago, Goodes performed a war cry during the AFL's Indigenous Round, and said he was inspired by a group of young AFL players, the Flying Boomerangs.
At the time he said he was "surprised" by some people's negative responses: "I haven't had an opportunity to show that passion, and that pride about being a warrior and representing my people and where I come from.
"For everybody else, take a chill pill, understand what I was doing. Is this the lesson we want to teach our children that when we don't understand something we get angry and we put our back up against the wall [and say] 'Oh that's offensive?' No. If it's something we don't understand, let's have a conversation."
After the attention Goodes' war dance garnered, leaders from another football code, Australia's National Rugby League (NRL), are pushing for Indigenous Australian players to perform a war dance at next year's Anzac Test.
Now Indigenous leaders want all AFL players to perform the war dance during this week's games.
"If non-Indigenous players join in, people love that - our mob love it, that there's a mob of non-Indigenous players joining in with our dancers, we think that's just great," Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda said.
The 21-year-old winger, who has signed a one-year contract, has become Gary Locke's first capture as manager with the Scottish Championship club.
Winger Bobby Barr had agreed a move to Stark's Park from Greenock Morton under previous manager Ray McKinnon.
Johnston only played once last season because of a cruciate ligament injury.
He had made his debut for Kilmarnock in 2012 and went on to make 69 appearances for the Scottish Premiership club, where he worked for a year under Locke.
The 27-year-old Barr, who was previously with St Johnstone, Albion Rovers, Livingston and Brechin City, made 42 appearances for Rovers' Championship rivals last season.
As Barr arrived in Kirkcaldy, Rovers lost 25-year-old former Partick Thistle midfielder James Craigen, who joined Falkirk after scoring nine goals in 42 appearances for the Kirkcaldy club.
26 April 2016 Last updated at 08:53 BST
The team had to climb into the small roadside drain and lift each one out by hand.
But after some good teamwork, the little cuties were reunited with their mum and waddled off to safety.
Pictures courtesy of Oklahoma City Fire Department.
North Wales Fire Service was called to the property on Gwynfryn Avenue in Rhyl, Denbighshire, at 01:55 BST on Saturday.
The fire had started in a first-floor bedroom, a spokesman said.
The person was treated for minor burns and smoke inhalation.
One eBay seller claims to have a "small supply" of the French magazine.
"This is the UK version of the magazine that will most likely be printed in English," the item description claims.
Charlie Hebdo will be available in some shops in the UK and editions are being printed in languages including English, Arabic and Turkish.
Buyers on eBay are supposed to honour their bids.
However, it is possible for users to retract offers and there is no guarantee sales will go through at the current price.
Some users have been bidding up to £60,000 before retracting their offers.
Five million copies are being printed a week after Islamist gunmen murdered eight journalists at Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris.
In total 17 people were killed last week in France.
Some of the money raised in sales from the cover price will be going to the families of the victims of last week's shootings.
There is no suggestion that any profits made by re-sellers will be contributed to the donation.
There are long queues at newsstands in France, where the edition of the satirical magazine went on sale on Wednesday.
The cover of this week's publication shows a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad crying while holding a sign saying "Je suis Charlie" (I am Charlie).
The phrase trended on social media after the shootings and has become a slogan of solidarity.
Three million copies of the latest edition of Charlie Hebdo were originally printed but this was increased to five million after overwhelming demand for the issue.
Normally 60,000 are printed each week.
One shop in Paris claims all its copies were sold in five minutes.
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Hewitt has not played since Dragons hosted Ospreys on 1 January, 2017.
Jones says the 22-year-old is training regularly, but is unable to "back it up" by playing.
"He wakes up with a slight headache after a bit of training. It's not that he's in pain I don't think but he has to be symptom free," said Jones.
"And it can take a while, can't it?"
In May, 2015 Dragons centre Ashley Smith was forced into retirement after "a series of concussive events".
In September, 2016, wing Matthew Pewtner was also forced to quit because of a head injury.
When asked if Hewitt's career could be under threat, Jones referred to the experience of another Dragons back, Adam Hughes, who returned to the fray after a long absence this season.
Jones said: "I've been asked is it the end of careers - who knows?
"I mean we've seen Adam Hughes, he's come back and lots of other players have, but it's a sensitive situation and it has to be right.
"So we've got to make sure that he's 100% comfortable and feeling great."
Hewitt was named in Wales' 2017 Six Nations squad after impressing for Dragons, but having been absent for four months, he is unlikely to be considered for a summer tour in which they play Samoa and Tonga.
Jones is more concerned that Hewitt returns only when passed fit.
He said: "We have to make sure players are correct, but some players go through the tests and pass them and then they still have symptoms which means headaches and stuff after physical training.
"So, all we can do is wait until that player is symptom-free."
Rachel Dolezal's parents say she has been "pretending to be black" for years. The case has sparked huge reaction from the public.
Here is what we've learned about Ms Dolezal since the story broke.
The 37-year-old came out fighting in an interview at her office on Friday.
Asked what she would say to those questioning her ethnicity, she replied: "Really, it was the article that was questioning, and Larry and Ruthanne [her parents], so what I say to them is, you know, I don't give two [expletive] what you guys think, you know, you're so far done and out of my life."
"I can understand that [it sounds like a misrepresentation], but like I said it is more important for me to clarify that with the black community and with my executive board than it is to explain it to a community that I quite frankly don't think really understands the definitions of race and ethnicity."
Asked directly if she identified herself as an African-American, Ms Dolezal said: "I actually don't like the term African-American, I prefer black, and I would say that if I was asked I would say that... I do consider myself to be black."
Earlier the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP) issued a statement appearing to back the activists position, saying: "One's racial identity is not a qualifying criteria or disqualifying standard for NAACP leadership... In every corner of this country, the NAACP remains committed to securing political, educational and economic justice for all people.''
Ms Dolezal claims she has received hate mail at the NAACP's post-office box. However the authorities think it is unlikely a letter that didn't have a date stamp or bar code could have been placed in the box without a key, according to the Associated Press news agency.
The activist also says she has been a victim of hate crimes in the past, and local media have detailed some of these allegations after submitting public records requests.
The reaction to the case has been passionate and widespread. There have been some supporting voices, but mostly commentators have vilified Ms Dolezal for "cultural appropriation", placing her in the context of recent US debates over transgender identity and police treatment of black people.
One tweet gained a particular amount of traction. Twitter user Godfrey Elfwick claims he was born in the wrong skin and identifies as being black.
Genuine or not, the post sparked conversation about the idea of a "transracial" identity, and over the tone and subtext of much of the commentary.
Sowing the seeds of confusion still further, the Elfwick post was subsequently commented on by a fake Rachel Dolezal account.
Ms Dolezal's parents Lawrence and Ruthanne adopted four young children, two of whom are black, when she was a teenager. Her parents said this fuelled her interest in the African-American community.
But two of her adopted brothers say she asked them to keep quiet about her racial origins. Her brother Zach told the Washington Post that his adopted sister asked him not to speak of Lawrence and Ruthanne Dolezal as their parents. And her brother Ezra Dolezal told Buzzfeed News that she asked him "not to blow her cover".
"His sister did not offer 'any logical explanation' for why she was changing her identity, and Ezra never confronted her about it. But it was the next stage after growing apart from her parents, Ruthanne and Larry Dolezal, and leaving their home in Montana," the article says.
One thing is clear, however. Rachel Dolezal's identity continues to baffle America.
The Frenchman fired home his first after being played in by Lewis Grabban, but James Chester soon headed home Conor Hourihane's corner to equalise.
Mendes squandered an easy chance, but made no mistake after the break as he swept home his second of the game.
Grabban sealed the win from the spot after Leandro Bacuna fouled Liam Kelly.
The victory was Reading's first in a league game at Villa Park and put them just one point behind third-placed Huddersfield, but perhaps more importantly six points clear of Fulham in seventh, with just four games remaining.
It was a tremendous turnaround by Jaap Stam's side after a 7-1 defeat by Norwich in their previous game, and the Dutchman left top scorer Yann Kermorgant on the bench as one of four changes.
Villa had won their five previous home games without conceding a goal, but that record was soon ended as Mendes marked his first league start by firing past Sam Johnstone.
Reading keeper Ali Al-Habsi made a superb save from Mile Jedinak, only to let himself down from the resulting corner by failing to get anywhere near the ball as Chester levelled.
Johnstone twice denied Grabban before the interval but he could do nothing about Reading's second just a minute after the restart, as the forward produced a perfect ball for Mendes to restore their lead.
Sub Scott Hogan wasted Villa's best chance of the second half, and they remain 12th in the table after Grabban converted the penalty to make the points safe.
Aston Villa boss Steve Bruce: "I don't like getting beaten and I don't like getting beaten by sloppiness. I thought that was a thing of the past, a performance like that.
"I couldn't fault their effort but it was how they handled making a mistake, if you're going to play for a big club like this you've got to be able to handle that.
"We made more individual errors than we have done in the past three months. We have been punished and given really, really bad goals away."
Reading manager Jaap Stam: "I'm very happy with the character of my team throughout the whole season. Okay, sometimes we get defeats but we're not too worried about defeats.
"We're very confident in how the team can play. You can have an off day - look at PSG against Barcelona - but it's about what you do after.
"For Joseph it wasn't the easiest season because he came from France and had some injuries. He has worked hard in the last couple of months.
"As a player you can respond by talking in the press, by calling the manager certain names, but you can also respond by working hard in the game and scoring goals."
Match ends, Aston Villa 1, Reading 3.
Second Half ends, Aston Villa 1, Reading 3.
Attempt saved. Yann Kermorgant (Reading) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt missed. Jack Grealish (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Conor Hourihane.
Jonathan Kodjia (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by George Evans (Reading).
Attempt missed. John Swift (Reading) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Garath McCleary.
Attempt missed. James Chester (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Conor Hourihane with a cross following a set piece situation.
Substitution, Reading. George Evans replaces Liam Kelly.
John Swift (Reading) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Alan Hutton (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by John Swift (Reading).
Corner, Reading. Conceded by Alan Hutton.
Attempt missed. Conor Hourihane (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Jonathan Kodjia.
Alan Hutton (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Yann Kermorgant (Reading).
Goal! Aston Villa 1, Reading 3. Lewis Grabban (Reading) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Leandro Bacuna (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Penalty conceded by Leandro Bacuna (Aston Villa) after a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty Reading. Liam Kelly draws a foul in the penalty area.
Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Liam Moore.
Attempt blocked. Jonathan Kodjia (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Leandro Bacuna.
Substitution, Aston Villa. Jack Grealish replaces Nathan Baker.
Liam Moore (Reading) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jonathan Kodjia (Aston Villa).
Attempt blocked. John Swift (Reading) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Yann Kermorgant.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Yann Kermorgant (Reading) because of an injury.
Substitution, Reading. Yann Kermorgant replaces Joseph Mendes.
Attempt missed. Scott Hogan (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Mile Jedinak.
Attempt saved. Lewis Grabban (Reading) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Garath McCleary.
Attempt blocked. Alan Hutton (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Mile Jedinak (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jonathan Kodjia.
Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Jordan Obita.
Jordan Obita (Reading) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Jordan Obita (Reading).
Alan Hutton (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Reading. Garath McCleary replaces Adrian Popa.
Corner, Reading. Conceded by Mile Jedinak.
Chris Gunter (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Its first verse was written for a single voice and not the grand choral opening for which it is now famous, claims Professor Jeremy Dibble.
The song was written by Sir Charles Hubert Parry in 1916.
It is popular with rugby union fans and has been played at the England cricket team's home test matches since 2004.
According to Professor Dibble, Parry's original score said "all available voices" should sing the song - but only from its second verse.
"Parry wrote the first verse of Jerusalem for a lone voice, probably a soprano," he said.
The second verse was meant to have "everyone singing together," he continued, "to reflect his desire to create a song of strength, hope and unity".
Jerusalem is one of the unofficial supporters' songs of the England rugby union team.
It was also one of the three hymns sung during the Prince William and Catherine Middleton's 2011 wedding.
"People clearly enjoyed singing it together in church, at meetings and at the Last Night Of The Proms," said Professor Dibble.
As a result, he went on, "we've forgotten Parry's original intention of a solo beginning".
The song is based on a short poem by William Blake from the preface to his epic Milton a Poem, one of a collection of writings known as the Prophetic Books.
In the most common interpretation of the poem, Blake implies that a visit of Jesus would briefly create heaven in England, in contrast to the "dark Satanic Mills" of the Industrial Revolution.
During the 1920s, many Women's Institutes started closing their meetings by singing Jerusalem. As this practice caught on nationally, it became the unofficial anthem of the WI.
Professor Dibble made the discovery about the song while researching Parry's works ahead of a BBC recording to be released in October.
The sharp-talking American founded the hedge-fund firm Skybridge Capital, which manages $14.5bn in assets ("it was $15bn, but we got hit in the market", he jokes), and is a staple on the World Economic Forum circuit.
Back home, he is courted by Republican presidential candidates in pursuit of financial contributions, as well as his ability to persuade other wealthy donors to support a particular candidate.
But as the funding of political campaigns by a select group of billionaires comes under fire in the US - from Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders on the left and Donald Trump on the right - Mr Scaramucci unapologetically makes the case for the wealthy intervening in the political process.
"I've always viewed myself as a business person," he says.
"I never got involved in the political process until 2008-09, when it dawned on me that I have now become a minority partner in my own life.
"Whatever money I'm making the government is taking more than 50%, so I should be involved, in my opinion, with the hiring decisions on the people that are the majority partners in my life".
Although avowedly a Republican, his gripes with the Obama administration revolve around deficit spending, financial regulation and security - rather than around immigration or reproductive rights, for example.
It's hardly surprising, therefore, that he's no fan of some of the current candidates, who have, he claims, "hijacked reality TV ideas".
That's a direct jab at Mr Trump, who fronted the US version of The Apprentice.
But the frustration with Mr Trump, who has accused hedge fund managers of "getting away with murder" for not paying enough in taxes, is that being a billionaire he can afford to finance his own campaign, cutting big donors out of the process.
For now, Mr Scaramucci is backing Florida's Jeb Bush, and is confident that someone other than Mr Trump will become the next US president.
But, what if his worst nightmares come true?
"If Donald Trump becomes the next president, I'm looking forward to the BBC helping me find a flat somewhere in London," he jokes.
14.50-15.15 Opening of Conference by Baroness Brinton,Lib Dem president
10.35-12.05 Debate: Safe and Free
12.05-12.50 Debate: An End to Homelessness
13.00-14.30 Consultative sessions: nuclear weapons, sex work
14.40-15.25 Debate: Tackling Corruption and Corporate Crime
15.25-15.45 Speech: Norman Lamb, former care minister
15.45-16.30 Debate: Adopting Pre-exposure Prophylaxis
09.00-09.45 Debate: Combatting Racism
09.45-11.05 Debate: The opportunity to succeed, the power to change
11.05-11.25 Speech: Alistair Carmichael, former Scotland secretary
11.25-12.05 UK and European Collaborative Research and Erasmus
12.05-12.50 Q&A session on education
14.50-15.10 Speech: Kirsty Williams, former leader of the Welsh Lib Dems
15.10-15.55 Q&A session with Tim Farron, Lib Dem leader
15.55-16.40 Debate: Restoring Access to Justice
09.00-09.30 Emergency motion or topical issue
09.30-11.00 Debate: Europe
11.00-11.20 Speech: Baroness Kramer, Lib Dem Treasury spokeswoman
14.10-14.55 Debate: Investing in the Green Economy
14.55-15.15 Speech: Willie Rennie, leader of the Scottish Lib Dems
15.15-16.45 Debate: Mending the Safety Net
16.45-17.00 Reports: Diversity Engagement Group, Campaign for Gender Balance
17.00-18.00 Constitutional amendments: Diversity quotas
09.00-09.45 Emergency motion or topical issue
10.50-11.30 Report: Parliamentary party
11.30-11.50 Speech: Baroness Brinton, Lib Dem president
11.50-12.50 Policy motion: Future transport
14.10-15.30 Speech: Tim Farron, Lib Dem leader
7 November 2015 Last updated at 14:34 GMT
Some people lit candles, others danced with joy.
More than four thousand people have died because of the virus over the past 18 months.
But there's been 42 days without any new cases.
An official announcement is expected from the World Health Organisation tomorrow.
BBC reporter Tulip Mazumdar joined in the celebrations.
He will be joining the communications consultancy Charlotte Street partners, which is based in Edinburgh and London.
It was founded last year by BAA's former communications director, Malcolm Robertson, and the former head of group communications at RBS, Andrew Wilson.
Mr Pringle was previously a senior special adviser to Alex Salmond.
The father-of-one Tweeted the news by saying: "Moving on from working for @theSNP, 1st started in 1989! Proud to be part of it. Start at @cstreetpartners in Aug after a Westminster stint."
In 2012 he was charged with fraud, and thrust into the midst of 13,000 inmates at Puente Grande Prison, in central Mexico.
Mr Cueto-Felgueroso, a lifelong entrepreneur, was faced with a stark choice - sink into depression or worse, or find the best way to survive. He chose the latter.
"Even in the most adverse circumstances you can find the formula for success," he says.
Struck by how many of the inmates had tattoos, and the fact that much of the ink work had been done while behind bars, using the rudimentary tools available, Mr Cueto-Felgueroso came up with the idea of using the same methods to transfer designs onto leather.
So he started paying the prison tattooists to imprint designs onto leather bags and wallets
By the time Mr Cueto-Felgueroso was found innocent and released 11 months later, he'd amassed 650 such items, which he used to set up a social enterprise called Prison Art.
The business now sells up to 600 bags, wallets and purses a month, all tattooed by prison inmates, and retailing at up to 6,500 pesos ($390; £261).
Inmates who work on the bag designs can earn up to 6,000 pesos a month - well above the typical government salary for prisoner jobs such as cleaning and maintenance, which pay as little as 50 pesos per week.
Two years after Mr Cueto-Felgueroso left prison, the brand now has four shops, including an outlet in one of the most luxurious hotels in the historic centre of Mexico City.
And in total the business has generated more than 200 jobs inside and outside the prison. In fact, those who have been released often go on to get jobs in the small factory near the prison, which also now makes t-shirts.
With profits reinvested back into the business, Mr Cueto-Felgueroso says his main motivation is to provide "decent work" for inmates, offering them a way out other than crime.
The 48-year-old says: "The problem in Mexico is that guilty and innocent people are mixed for a long time in prison, criminal proceedings are very long.
"[There are] no opportunities and decent work, and for many, joining the ranks of crime is the only way out."
Prison Art isn't the only venture offering Mexican prisoners an opportunity for rehabilitation. At the Santa Marta Acatitla men's prison in the eastern part of Mexico City, an amateur dramatics group has been turned into the first professional theatre company inside a Mexican prison.
The venture originated through four amateur workshops offered by independent theatre group Shakespeare Forum, founded by Mexican actors Bruno Bichir and Itari Marta.
The men's prison troupe has gone onto perform three professional productions since 2010. These are open to the general public, who, as part of their 200 pesos ticket price, are bussed into the prison from downtown Mexico to watch the performance.
The money generated from the theatre shows has enabled actors, set designers and stagehands to receive a salary, and in all has generated employment for 35 people, both inside and outside prison.
But the social enterprise project is much more than a source of employment, it is "a lifetime chance" for inmates to escape the "black hole" of prison, says Ms Marta, 39.
She and Mr Bichir started working with the prisoners after some inmates go in touch to invite them.
Israel Rodriguez, who was released from Santa Marta Acatitla prison five years ago, says the theatre company helped him transform his life.
After serving an 18-year sentence, he had nothing, and little chance of employment, but the Shakespeare Forum offered him a job as a security guard, whilst he trained as a professional actor.
The chance has enabled him to break away from the stigma of being an ex-prisoner, and since then he has moved on to work on productions with other theatre companies, and he now helps to lead the prison theatre company.
Hands Weaving Dreams, a brand of bags, decorative items and furniture, was started with a similar aim to offer prisoners, in its case female ones, hope.
Sisters Claudia Martinez-Erazo, 47, and Diana Martinez-Erazo, 42, started the firm seven years ago, with just 1,500 pesos, after Claudia lost her job.
They started to employ female prisoners upon the recommendation of their aunt, who volunteered at a prison.
Female prisoners across Mexico now make Hand Weaving Dreams products, which are sold in major Mexican department stores, and also exported to both the US and Europe.
Diana, who studied architecture, is in charge of the design of the products, while Claudia manages the business side of things at the for-profit venture.
Claudia says they pay the prisoners fairly for their work, enabling the women, who often have no other means of financial aid, to send out money to help care for their families and children.
Diana adds: "One of the biggest challenges was to try to help them without weighing stereotypes. Not to see them either as victims or as criminals but as artists, as creative workers.
"It is not my role to judge them or save them. We need to work with them to give them a dignified choice to move forward."
Taller Nu - a clothing and shoe brand started in 2012 by fashion design students Pilar Obeso and Olga Olivares - also use prisoners to help make some of its products.
The co-founders decided to do this after holding a workshop in a prison, and because they say they wanted the firm to have a positive social impact in their local community.
The for-profit business sells its creations in fashion stores in Mexico City, New York and Tokyo, as well as online.
As the business grows, Ms Obeso, 26, says they will continue to use prison inmates.
"Our model seeks to generate jobs, training and productive skills for prisoners, helping them to better integrate into society when they are released."
Alloa are still searching for their first home win, but kept Buddies keeper Jamie Langfield busy early on.
Matchwinner Watson cleared Iain Flannigan's effort off the line following a scramble.
And the defender netted the clincher to leave Alloa 13 points adrift at the foot of the table.
St Mirren manager Alex Rae watched the game from the stand after accepting a one-match touchline ban, having been sent from the dugout area during Tuesday's defeat by Raith Rovers.
A statement from the Swiss team said Englishman Smith, 54, had "decided to go back to the UK for family reasons. He has already left the company".
Smith, previously technical director of Caterham, Force India, Jordan and Red Bull, was appointed on 1 July, 2015.
The move leaves Sauber without a technical director before the start of the new season in Australia this week.
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Thomas Day, 39, from Liverpool, appeared at the city's sheriff court charged with theft by housebreaking.
He made no plea and no declaration and was released on bail.
On Tuesday another man from Liverpool, 37-year-old John Davies, also appeared in connection with the incident.
He and his co-accused John Murphy, 31, from Aberdeen, also made no plea and no declaration to the theft by housebreaking charge and were released on bail.
All three men are to appear in court again at a later date.
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Charles McCann challenged the ban at the Court of Session in Edinburgh after it was introduced in December 2011.
His case was supported by judge Lord Stewart who said the blanket ban was "flawed in every possible way".
But three judges reversed the decision after hospital authorities appealed.
Lord Carloway, who heard the appeal with Lady Paton and Lord Brodie, said: "The decision about whether patients, or indeed staff and visitors, should be permitted to smoke within the boundaries of the State Hospital was, and is, one of management.
"It is not for the court to review the merits of the decision and to substitute its own views on the desirability of imposing a comprehensive smoking ban in the State Hospital."
Mr McCann, who suffers from schizophrenia, has spent 18 years detained in the Lanarkshire institution.
He successfully argued that he would be allowed to smoke if he was a prisoner or if his condition could be treated in the community.
But Lord Carloway said: "Many persons have cravings for different consumables from tea or coffee, alcohol in a variety of different forms, through to chocolate and other foodstuffs.
"However, in the context of an institution such as the State Hospital, it is a question for management to decide what is to be made available to the patients."
Lord Carloway said the smoking ban was "proportionate to the legitimate aim of promoting the health of those detained and those at work".
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The Italian competition authority said it had had complaints from consumers and businesses about the website.
It has launched a separate investigation to see if agreements booking sites Expedia and Booking.com hold with hotels are preventing consumers from getting better deals.
Trip Advisor has defended its business.
"It is important to note that Trip Advisor fights fraud aggressively and we are confident in our systems and process," said a spokesman.
"Every single review goes through our tracking system, which maps the how, what, where and when of each review.
"Unfortunately every major service industry has to confront the challenge of fraud, but ultimately, if people didn't find the reviews on our site helpful and accurate they wouldn't keep coming back."
Expedia said it was "convinced it is acting in full compliance with all applicable laws". Booking.com has yet to comment.
Trip Advisor is a highly influential site, where a volume of positive or negative reviews can strongly affect tourism businesses.
The Italian competition authority will try to establish whether Trip Advisor has sufficient measures in place to detect reviews made by people who had not visited the place in question.
The watchdog also said it was looking at whether Trip Advisor did enough to distinguish between content submitted by travellers and posts paid for by hotels and other travel businesses.
In a separate investigation, booking websites Expedia and Booking.com are to be investigated over clauses they put in place for hotels that are listed on the sites.
"The analysis centres on clauses applied by Booking and Expedia that prevent hotels from offering better prices and conditions through other online services and, generally, any other booking system (including hotels' own websites)," the watchdog said.
"The authority believes the use of such clauses by the main two platforms on the market may significantly limit competition."
The announcement comes in the same week that Italy launched an investigation into Google, Apple, Amazon, and games publisher Gameloft over "free-to-play" games.
The watchdog said it had concerns that the games did not make it clear how much it may cost to progress in the game.
"Consumers could wrongly believe that the game is entirely free and, in any case, that they would know in advance the full costs of the game," the watchdog said.
"Moreover, insufficient information seems to be provided to consumers about the settings needed to stop or limit the purchases within the app."
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The avian influenza strain H5N8 was discovered in a dead wild swan near Lough Beg, County Londonderry.
The swan was reported by a member of the public as part of the Department of Agriculture's dead wild bird surveillance programme.
Initial testing has indicated the presence of the H5N8 strain of bird flu. However, the department has said the risk to the public is very low.
There have been multiple confirmed cases of bird flu among wild and farmed birds in Great Britain in recent months.
Avian influenza is a contagious disease that affects birds, including poultry: It can spread quickly, often proving fatal.
It can occur in both wild and farmed birds, but the threat to the public is said to be very low.
Officials have been on alert for the disease since cases were confirmed in Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland.
Since last month it has been compulsory for owners of chickens, hens, turkeys and ducks to house them.
Where it's impractical, measures must be put in place to separate them from wild birds.
Owners of commercial poultry flocks have been urged to step up their biosecurity measures.
There have also been two confirmed cases among wild birds in the Republic of Ireland in the last six weeks - in County Wexford on 28 December and County Galway on 13 January.
Robert Huey, Stormont's chief veterinary officer, said the finding of bird flu in Northern Ireland was "not unexpected" and that it was "possible that more cases will be confirmed".
He added: "Expert advice remains that consumers should not be concerned about eating eggs or poultry and the threat to public health from the virus is very low."
He added that bird keepers must "remain vigilant" and guard against their flocks becoming infected.
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has extended a prevention zone until March that requires all keepers of poultry and other captive birds to keep them indoors and away from wild birds.
The Ulster Farmers' Union chairman Tom Forgrave urged all poultry keepers to ensure "biosecurity measures are in place and are as robust as possible".
The Food Standards Agency said that on the basis of current scientific evidence, bird flu does not pose a food safety risk for consumers.
"The risk of getting bird flu through the food chain is very low," it added.
"Some strains of avian influenza can pass to humans, but this is very rare.
"It usually requires close contact between the human and infected live birds."
Gray, who was playing in the sixth tier of English football with Hinckley United in 2012, netted his first after a defensive mix-up between John O'Shea and Papy Djilobodji.
The striker rounded Vito Mannone for his second before completing his treble with a low shot from Ashley Barnes' pass.
Barnes converted a penalty to make it 4-0, before a consolation goal from Jermain Defoe after good play from Adnan Januzaj.
31 mins (1-0, Gray): Centre-halves O'Shea and Djilobodji both challenged for the same ball, it hit O'Shea's shoulder and bounced backwards. The ball fell to Gray who ran through and his shot was too powerful for Mannone.
51 mins (2-0, Gray): A speculative ball was hit forward and Gray held off a challenge from Djilobodji and got to the ball before Mannone, who had sprinted out of his penalty area. Gray rounded the keeper and put it into an empty net.
53 mins (3-0, Gray): Sunderland substitute Steven Pienaar stood on the ball and that allowed Burnley to hit a ball into Barnes, who had time and space to pick a pass to Gray and he steered his shot past Mannone.
67 mins (4-0, Barnes): Barnes converted a spot-kick after Seb Larsson had bundled Scott Arfield to the floor in the penalty area.
71 mins (4-1, Defoe): Januzaj dinked in a pass to the back post that evaded the head of Ben Mee. Defoe took a touch to set himself and shot from close range past Tom Heaton.
Sunderland end 2016 in the relegation zone and boss David Moyes will surely be furious with a woeful performance from his side.
They have a lengthy injury list that includes Jordan Pickford, Paddy McNair, Lee Cattermole, Jan Kirchhoff and Duncan Watmore and they suffered more problems at Turf Moor.
Defender Lamine Kone went off after clattering into an advertising hoarding, before striker Victor Anichebe pulled up with a hamstring injury.
Kone's injury proved crucial as Sunderland were terrible defensively from that point onwards. Three of the four goals came from simple balls forward that should have been dealt with, while the fourth came after a rash challenge.
To make things worse for the Black Cats, they could now lose Wahbi Khazri (Tunisia) and Didier Ndong (Gabon) to the Africa Cup of Nations in January, with Moyes unlikely to have much money to spend in the transfer window.
Sunderland are in their 10th successive campaign in the top flight and only avoided relegation from the Premier League in the penultimate game of last season. Many more defensive performances like this will see them ending 2017 in the Championship.
Burnley manager Sean Dyche: "This has been a good week for sure, the end of a good calendar year for us at Burnley.
"I'm pleased with our calmness today, and we felt we could get the ball down more. We want to mix our football and we were productive. Andre Gray got his hat-trick today, great for both himself and the team.
"We'd like to think we are a persistent team, though the Premier League is a tough division and whoever you play won't make it easy. We have to do what we can, be effective, and I think we were today. We are learning about how to deal with this league.
"We don't overthink every game, but we always want to challenge. You have got to get points on the board and so far this season we have done that. As a unit, we think we can be effective, can be a real team and take this challenge on."
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Burnley striker Andre Gray, who also scored in the 1-0 win over Middlesbrough on 26 December, added: "It's been a massive week, two big wins against the teams around us.
"It's massive for me to score a hat-trick - four years ago I never thought I'd be playing in the Premier League, never mind scoring three in one game. I have had to work hard, do the right things and hope that it'll pay off. Today, obviously it has.
"We are only halfway through the season though - a lot can change. We need to dig in and stay up."
Sunderland manager David Moyes: "We were dire today, really, really bad. It was a poor performance, and defensively especially we were all over the place.
"You have to do the old-fashioned defensive things well and we didn't. My players were well-briefed on the opposition and you just have to hope they take that into the game.
"We made the same mistakes time and time again; missed headers, missed bouncing balls, the same stuff. The players have to take responsibility as well as me, and that was dire, as bad as anything I have been involved in here. I can't walk into the dressing room and say "Yeah, that was great lads." It wasn't.
"We have to stick together, but today defensively we were poor. We threatened at times going forward but we couldn't defend. You can ask me questions about myself and my future, that's fine. We're in the bottom three, I know that."
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Both teams have tough challenges in their next matches.
Burnley play at Manchester City and Sunderland host Liverpool, with both matches kicking off at 15:00 GMT on Monday, 2 January.
Sunderland will be without defender Billy Jones after he picked up his fifth booking of the season following a rash sliding tackle on Stephen Ward.
Match ends, Burnley 4, Sunderland 1.
Second Half ends, Burnley 4, Sunderland 1.
Corner, Burnley. Conceded by Donald Love.
Attempt missed. Sebastian Larsson (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Steven Pienaar.
Attempt missed. Scott Arfield (Burnley) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Sam Vokes with a headed pass.
Substitution, Burnley. James Tarkowski replaces Ashley Barnes.
Attempt saved. Patrick van Aanholt (Sunderland) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sebastian Larsson.
Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Matthew Lowton.
Attempt blocked. Jermain Defoe (Sunderland) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Steven Pienaar.
Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Dean Marney.
Patrick van Aanholt (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by George Boyd (Burnley).
Steven Pienaar (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Scott Arfield (Burnley).
Steven Pienaar (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by George Boyd (Burnley).
Corner, Burnley. Conceded by Donald Love.
Corner, Burnley. Conceded by Papy Djilobodji.
Substitution, Burnley. Sam Vokes replaces Andre Gray.
Attempt saved. Ashley Barnes (Burnley) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Scott Arfield with a cross.
Corner, Burnley. Conceded by Billy Jones.
Attempt saved. Adnan Januzaj (Sunderland) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Patrick van Aanholt.
Substitution, Sunderland. Donald Love replaces John O'Shea.
Goal! Burnley 4, Sunderland 1. Jermain Defoe (Sunderland) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Adnan Januzaj.
Corner, Burnley. Conceded by Papy Djilobodji.
Foul by George Boyd (Burnley).
Adnan Januzaj (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Andre Gray (Burnley) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by John O'Shea (Sunderland).
Substitution, Burnley. Johann Berg Gudmundsson replaces Steven Defour.
Goal! Burnley 4, Sunderland 0. Ashley Barnes (Burnley) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Penalty Burnley. Scott Arfield draws a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Sebastian Larsson (Sunderland) after a foul in the penalty area.
Steven Defour (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Steven Pienaar (Sunderland).
Attempt missed. Fabio Borini (Sunderland) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Jermain Defoe.
Offside, Sunderland. Steven Pienaar tries a through ball, but Patrick van Aanholt is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Didier Ndong (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Billy Jones.
Attempt saved. Scott Arfield (Burnley) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by George Boyd.
Attempt blocked. Adnan Januzaj (Sunderland) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Didier Ndong.
Trainer Best was last month found guilty of ordering conditional jockey Paul John to stop two horses from running on their merits.
But the BHA used solicitor Matthew Lohn on the disciplinary panel.
Lohn was being paid to advise on other matters, and the BHA will not oppose an appeal on "perceptions of fairness".
The case will go back to the organisation's appeal board on 24 May, when Best's conviction is likely to be overturned.
However, the BHA insists it opposes other grounds for appeal and will effectively push for a retrial.
"Having received further details concerning the appeal, and having taken advice, we have decided not to contest the appeal on the grounds of apparent bias. We are still contesting the appeal on other grounds," said spokesman Robin Mounsey.
"Perceptions of fairness in relation to the structure and composition of our disciplinary panels is a legacy issue and we have already agreed to tackle this in our integrity review and have already started to review the structure and composition of disciplinary panels, appeal boards and our licensing committee.
"Our view is the most appropriate next step in this case is for there to be a rehearing before a new disciplinary panel."
The news regarding Best was first reported by the Guardian on Friday.
Privately, the BHA is disappointed details leaked out and insists it can still achieve a conviction, but the new development will have wider implications.
Other cases involving Lohn - who sat on the panel which issued an eight-year ban to Mahmood Al Zarooni in the Godolphin doping scandal - could now be open to challenge.
However, it is thought an Al Zarooni appeal is unlikely as he admitted all the charges against him at the original hearing three years ago.
The BHA has indicated Lohn does not wish to comment. Meanwhile, Best maintains he is innocent of any wrongdoing.
The MPs, including former Conservative Attorney General Dominic Grieve, are concerned the report will not be published before May's election.
The debate, which has been granted by the Backbench Business Committee, will take place on 29 January.
The inquiry by Sir John Chilcot was set up under the last government in 2009.
It took evidence from its last witness in 2011, but there have been prolonged discussions about which documents would be allowed into the public domain.
In June last year, Sir John announced he was satisfied that the "gist" of talks between former Prime Minister Tony Blair and former US President George Bush could be made public, removing a major obstacle to publication of his report.
He then intended to write to those who were to be criticised to give them an opportunity to respond before publication.
The MPs, who also include former Conservative frontbencher David Davis, Lib Dem former Home Office Minister Norman Baker, Labour backbenchers, Scottish and Welsh nationalists and Green Party MP Caroline Lucas, said they feared this process was being abused by people wanting to delay the report until after the general election.
Mr Blair has previously said he wanted the Chilcot report to be published as soon as possible and that he "resented" claims he was to blame for its slow progress.
The MPs, who formally asked the Backbench Business Committee to provide time for a debate, hope the move will allow them to press for publication by the middle of February - and they will call on Sir John to explain the reasons for any delays.
Government ministers have conceded that if the final report is not completed by the end of February, it would be wrong to release it in the heat of a closely-fought election campaign.
The move makes it the seventh year in a row that more than 20% failed to endorse the boss's pay.
Investors also raised concerns over succession plans at the business when Sir Martin, 72, finally retires.
Last year 34% of investors refused to back his pay deal of £70.4m - the biggest in UK corporate history.
The vote took place at the company's annual general meeting on Wednesday and saw 21.3% of shareholders either vote against his pay or abstain.
WPP has attempted to reign in the vast sums paid to Sir Martin since 2012, when he faced a 60% revolt by investors.
Since then, he has been paid more than £210m.
Investors said they also wanted the board to give clearer indications over the company's future.
Major investment funds, including Standard Life Investments, Royal London Asset Management and Hermes asked chairman, Roberto Quarta, for clarity.
Deborah Gilshan, stewardship and governance director at Standard Life Investments, which has a 1.5% stake in WPP, said: "[Succession] remains the key governance risk to our long term investment in WPP.
"Unusually, the CEO's service contract may be terminated by either the company or Sir Martin without any notice.
"Given this, we suggest the board consider what lead time would be required to ensure an orderly succession and discuss this with Sir Martin."
Mr Quarta insisted succession planning was well underway with key talent across the WPP group meeting the board.
He added that a "constantly refined list" of external candidates was also available.
Sir Martin has constantly defended his high pay, pointing out that WPP, which he essentially founded in 1985, continues to grow from strength to strength.
Royal London Asset Management (RLAM), which holds shares worth £106m, remained unconvinced.
Ashley Hamilton Claxton of RLAM, explained why the organisation voted against the pay package.
She said: "Executive pay at WPP continues to look excessive.
"Whilst we acknowledge that the reduction in the total long term bonuses and incentives available to executives under the new remuneration policy is a step in the right direction, the sheer scale of these remains exceptionally high, at over nine times the salary for the CEO."
Fair Work Secretary Roseanna Cunningham said anticipated funding for employability services would reduce by an estimated 75%.
She has outlined "serious concerns" in a letter to the UK work secretary.
A UK government spokesman said Scotland would get its "fair share" of funds.
Control over the Work Programme and Work Choice is due to be transferred to Scotland in 2017 as a result of the Smith Commission on further devolution.
The services involved are those designed to get people with disabilities and on benefits back into work.
A consultation was carried out over the summer on the potential for implementing distinctive new services but Ms Cunningham said the spending review would limit the Scottish government's options.
She has written to UK Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith about her concerns.
She said: "We estimate DWP (Department for Work and Pensions) intends to cut its spend on Scottish programmes to be devolved by around £40m annually - around 75%.
"This undermines the agreed intentions in Smith and comes on top of existing limitations in powers being devolved.
"It is our view that the Smith Commission envisaged the Scottish government having greater influence over these issues from April 2017 and this cut diminishes their recommendations to an unacceptable level."
She added: "The UK proposals will magnify the challenge of helping those further from the labour market into work."
Ms Cunningham said she had requested an urgent meeting of the joint ministerial working group on welfare to discuss the issue.
"The clarity needed to procure services has also not been forthcoming from DWP with a number of information requests by the Scottish government remaining unanswered after several months," she said.
"The lack of information on this vital issue is unacceptable and this latest move will have serious implications on both unemployed people in Scotland and the support they require."
A UK government spokesman said: "The Spending Review 2015 clearly responds to today's challenges and looks to spend taxpayers' money in the most effective way.
"Scotland will get its fair share of spend for the new contracted employment programme and will be able to use its own resources to top this up.
"We are firmly committed to delivering the Smith Commission Agreement in full, which includes the transfer of powers over contracted employment support for people with disabilities and those at risk of long-term unemployment in Scotland."
It looked at alternatives and outlined three options, one based on property, the others on land and income.
The cross-party body believed any new system should continue to be one of "general tax" rather than a "system of charges for specific services".
Scottish councils typically raise 15p of every pound spent from council tax.
The predominant view of the commission is that local government's tax base should, if it could be proved feasible, be broadened to include income
The report has not recommended any particular option but hopes to inform the debate ahead of next year's Holyrood election.
The current system contributes £2bn to help pay for local government expenditure such as refuse and recycling, education, roads maintenance and leisure facilities.
The commission outlined three alternatives which could bring in a similar sum of money;
Its report said: "The predominant view of the commission is that local government's tax base should, if it could be proved feasible, be broadened to include income.
"Income is widely perceived to be a fairer basis on which to levy a tax, although a locally variable income tax presents substantial administrative challenges."
The reform group was set up by the Scottish government and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities in February 2015 and was tasked with examining alternatives that would "deliver a fairer system of local taxation".
It listed a number of recommendations, including;
The report added: "We believe this is the time to reform local taxation. We have conducted more in-depth analysis of potential forms of tax available than ever before to inform debate and the construction of detailed proposals.
"We have concluded that there is no one ideal tax but we have shown that there are ways of designing a better tax system.
"There is now a real prospect of beginning a programme to make local taxation fairer - more progressive, more stable, more efficient and more locally empowering."
Marco Biagi,Scottish government's Minister for Local Government - "We will consider the findings of the report carefully and we will set out our detailed proposals for reform by the end of the parliamentary term, embodying the principles of the commission's report."
Jackie Baillie, Scottish Labour's public services spokeswoman - "This is a comprehensive report that looks at a number of different options for local government finance. The challenge for all political parties now is to consider these options and come forward with their solution to put to the electorate next year."
Willie Rennie, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader - "This report sets out plenty of alternatives for the reform of local government finance but after eight years, people might have expected more from a government that said it was committed to reforming the council tax system."
Ruth Davidson, Scottish Conservative leader - "The Scottish Conservatives decided to set up an independent commission into fair and competitive taxation last year, headed by Sir Iain McMillan, to study these issues. Once that has reported, we will set out our own plans on local taxation."
Andy Wightman, Scottish Green MSP candidate and commission member - "The Scottish Green Party will consider the findings of the commission carefully and bring forward proposals in our manifesto for the 2016 Holyrood election."
It was picked up during a wildlife recording event at Slievenacloy Nature Reserve.
Grasshoppers are usually green or brown to blend in with their environment for safety, so a pink one is an unusual sight.
"The pink or purple is a colour variation caused by genetics, which makes this grasshopper a very interesting and strange find," said Deborah McLaughlin, nature reserves officer at Slievenacloy.
The wildlife recording event was organised by Ulster Wildlife and Belfast Hills Partnership to find and identify as much wildlife as possible on the reserve.
Chief Constable George Hamilton said the government's decision to raise the terror threat level to "critical" also applies to Northern Ireland.
But Operation Temperer - a military deployment in response to the attack - does not apply to Northern Ireland.
Mr Hamilton said he did not feel it was necessary to ask for military support.
He pointed out that the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) currently has almost 7,000 officers who, unlike their counterparts in the rest of the UK, are all routinely armed.
The UK terror threat level was raised to its highest level of "critical" on Tuesday night, following the attack on the Manchester Arena, in which 22 people were killed and 59 injured.
The critical assessment means the authorities believe that more attacks may be imminent.
Home Secretary Amber Rudd has said it "seems likely" that suspected bomber Salman Abedi was not acting alone.
In response to the increased threat, the PSNI chief constable said the public will see an increased police presence at iconic sites and buildings, transport networks, and where large numbers of people congregate.
Mr Hamilton said that some parts of the UK were "more vulnerable and susceptible than others" but added Northern Ireland already had specialist firearms officers in place because of the specific threat from dissidents.
"Unfortunately in Northern Ireland, we have had the threat level at severe in relation to the threat level emanating from violent dissident republicans," Mr Hamilton said.
"So, the movement for us from severe to critical to do with this Jihadist extremist threat is less of a gearing up than it would be in other parts of the UK."
Mr Hamilton said he could ask for military support, but did not feel it is needed.
He explained that his officers were used to dealing with a threat level from dissident republican paramilitaries which has been assessed as "severe" for the past eight years.
The severe threat means an attack is considered "highly likely" and is only one level below the "critical" assessment issued by the government following the Manchester attack.
The chief constable insisted his decision not to deploy soldiers is for operational reasons, and not because of any political pressure not to do so.
Mr Hamilton said the PSNI had very well equipped and trained officers and was "fortunate" in terms of its security resources.
"We get an additional security fund of around £60m per year to allow us to deal with the severe threat emanating from violent dissident republicans," he told reporters
"Every officer, unfortunately, in this jurisdiction has to carry a firearm.
"These are assets that we don't like to have but actually at a time like this, of a critical threat, it becomes a valuable asset that some of our colleagues in other parts of the UK don't have."
When asked if he was under any direct or implied pressure not to ask for military assistance - in case doing so would annoy Sinn Féin', the SDLP and the Irish government - the chief constable replied: "None whatsoever."
"I don't think I've ever come across as having been fettered by political commentary or political consequence, and I'm certainly not fettered in asking for military support if I need it."
Mr Hamilton said deploying troops under the current circumstances would be "disproportionate" and "unnecessary".
"There is absolutely no requirement and I'm quite satisfied that we can mitigate the risk as it currently stands with the policing resources that I have available to me."
The PSNI says the threat level will be kept under constant review.
After the attack, Northern Ireland's political parties suspended their election campaigns as a mark of respect to the victims, and vigils were held in Belfast and Londonderry.
The first televised general election debate involving Northern Ireland's political parties, scheduled for Wednesday, has been postponed.
Meanwhile, at Belfast's SSE Arena, extra security was introduced for a show on Tuesday night featuring Professor Brian Cox.
On Tuesday night, Belfast City Hall was lit up in the colours of the Union Flag in solidarity with Manchester.
Earlier, some 40 people assembled at Derry's war memorial for a candlelit vigil to honour the dead.
Members of the city's Muslim community joined the vigil and addressed the crowd.
Trade union members, students, families, and community organisations were also there to show their support.
Anna McAree, an 18-year-old from Derry, said they wanted to show their support and defiance.
"It could have been me or my friends, it could have happened to anyone anywhere, so it's really important to show solidarity to the families and those affected today," she said.
Amnesty International director in Northern Ireland Patrick Corrigan said the vigil at Belfast City Hall was "really a spontaneous response by members of the local community and really it is an opportunity to stand in solidarity with the citizens of Manchester from the citizens of Belfast".
"To say we share your pain, and it is a response that is about a sense of community, a sense of humanity and the simple message tonight is, we stand together," he added.
Police Service of Northern Ireland's Chief Constable George Hamilton said a bullet-proof vest may have saved the injured officer's life.
He was shot at least twice in his right arm in the attack on the Crumlin Road on Sunday and had surgery overnight.
The PSNI is treating the attack as attempted murder and has released a photo of the suspected getaway car.
The red Audi was found burnt out in Culmore Gardens at about 20:00 GMT on Sunday.
A 36-year-old man has been arrested and police have said their main line of inquiry is "violent dissident republicans".
The injured officer is said to be "recovering well in hospital" but faces further surgery.
The chief constable said people were filling their cars with fuel at the garage when the shots were fired and there were "multiple strike marks on the forecourt".
He added that police now believe the attack was not a drive-by shooting but that a gunman fired shots from behind a fence, across the road from the petrol station.
"This is an attack on the entire community, people walking from the forecourt to their cars with bullets whizzing round them and striking the garage forecourt - completely reckless," he said.
"Whatever people's motivation for doing this, it is just crazy."
He added that the officer was "wearing ballistic body armour which may have helped".
Mr Hamilton said such incidents "don't happen on ad hoc or opportunistic way. So we'd be pretty convinced that this is a planned operation"
The chief constable added: "The use of violence for any sort of political objective hasn't worked in the past and it's certainly not going to work in the future."
The PSNI detective leading the investigation, Det Supt Kevin Geddes, said: "We have recovered bullets from a number of locations on the forecourt and in several cars."
He added that his officers were trying to trace the movements of a red Audi A4, registration number KNZ 2862.
He appealed for sightings of the getaway car on Flax Street and Crumlin Road at about 19:30 GMT on Sunday.
It was found burnt out in Culmore Gardens about 30 minutes later.
"I'd also like to hear from anyone who noticed this car and its movements during December 2016 up to last night's shooting," Mr Geddis added.
Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire and the NI Justice Minister Claire Sugden have described the attack as "sickening".
Ms Sugden said there remained a significant terrorist threat in Northern Ireland "particularly against PSNI officers and indeed prison officers and that threat hasn't gone away with political instability, if anything it has been heightened.
"I had voiced my concerns at the outset of all the political instability that we need to be vigilant against this type of attack because I do think there will be people who will take that opportunity."
Assistant Chief Constable Mark Hamilton said the attack was "reckless madness" and warned that there could have been "multiple deaths".
"This was a very concerted attack on our officers - a very concerted attempt to murder them," he added.
Mark Lindsay, chairman of the Police Federation for Northern Ireland, said it was "an appalling act".
"This attack on the life of an officer is a stark reminder of the determination on the part of terrorists to murder and maim police officers," he said.
"They believe that by causing great grief to a family they are somehow advancing their warped and outdated plan. The wider community will be outraged by this attack on one of their police officers.
"This attempted murder underlines the fragility of our peace."
DUP leader Arlene Foster condemned the shooting and said it was "the work of cowards".
Sinn Féin's Gerry Kelly said those responsible had "absolutely nothing to offer society and need to call a halt to these activities immediately".
The Social Democratic and Labour Party's Nichola Mallon said those involved in the attack were "calculating criminals intent on destabilising a community which continues to make strides toward reconciliation".
Alliance Leader Naomi Long said she believed they "intended to kill" and that "using guns in a residential area shows a callous disregard for the entire community".
Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt said: "We must find a way to end this."
The leader of the Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV), Jim Allister, said the incident was a "reminder of the wickedness and criminality of all terrorism".
The View From Castle Rock imagines the experiences of Munro's Scots ancestors who sailed from Leith in 1818 with the hope of a better life in Canada.
It was adapted by playwright Linda McLean.
Event organisers said the specially-commissioned work would form the centrepiece of August's festival.
The full programme will be announced on 9 June.
Following daily performances at the book festival, The View From Castle Rock will go on tour to the Borders including the Ettrick Valley - home of Munro's ancestors.
Festival director Nick Barley said: "Alice Munro is celebrated across the globe as the greatest living short story writer.
"She is also fascinated by her heritage and her family's voyage from Scotland to Canada in the early 19th Century.
"Today, at a time when the refugee crisis is such a topical issue right across Europe, I am proud that the Book Festival and Stellar Quines will bring Munro's story dramatically to life as the centrepiece of a thoughtful, far-reaching discussion about human migration."
Munro has published 13 collections of stories and a novel and in 2013 was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
It has criticised Welsh governent's decision not to press ahead with a gun ban on Greenland white-fronted geese.
Voluntary bans are in place at some wetlands including the Dyfi estuary but the society said only an outright ban can ensure the birds' protection.
Natural Resources Minister Alun Davies extended a voluntary shooting ban.
The UK is thought to host about half the white-fronted goose population of around 25,700 each winter.
The birds are thought to be "highly loyal" to the sites where they spend the winter, so if those populations are killed off the locations are unlikely to be reoccupied by younger birds with no parents to teach them where to land.
Only a small number are thought to over winter in Wales but some sites where they could be found has already been lost.
In Scotland and Northern Ireland the birds are fully protected at all times.
Their numbers increased following shooting bans elsewhere in Europe including in Greenland in 2006 but have declined rapidly over the last few years.
The exact reason for this decline is unclear, but the scientific evidence has shown that the species is extremely vulnerable to hunting pressure.
Ministers in Wales had consulted about a shooting ban which would have come into place on 1 September.
The consultation paper said that failure stem the birds' adult mortality as far as possible "could be seen as a failure to meet both international and domestic conservation obligations".
Wos president Iolo Williams said: "I am ashamed that Wales remains the only country where you are allowed to kill this declining species.
"The Welsh government is meant to be driven by the principles of sustainable development and continuing to allow the shooting of a rare species is clearly not sustainable.
"Studies on their wintering grounds at Wexford Slobs in Ireland clearly showed that the geese are extremely sensitive to hunting mortality."
But the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) said wildfowling clubs on the Dyfi estuary had been protecting the main over-wintering population of the geese in Wales for 40 years.
A spokesman said the voluntary no-shooting approach had been a success.
"This conservation effort has been working for four decades. Introducing a law telling people to do what they are already doing seems completely unnecessary."
In July, Natural Resources Minister Alun Davies said two-thirds of the responses to the consultation supported an extension of the existing voluntary ban on shooting the geese.
Mr Davies also urged relevant organisations to work together to enhance protection of the birds by expanding the area covered by the voluntary ban.
Announcing his decision, he said: "Measures such as an extension of the shooting ban, improved habitat management on the important [Dyfi] wintering grounds and a more effective recording system to increase our understanding of this precious bird will all help significantly in our efforts to protect this endangered species."
It claims that the government has failed in its duty to implement an Irish language strategy.
The group said the Irish language community felt "hugely disappointed and frustrated".
Conradh president Cóilín Ó Cearbhaill said a strategy for Irish had been published in January 2015.
It followed consultation carried out by Culture Minister Caral ní Chuilín.
"Conradh na Gaeilge therefore finds it unsatisfactory that the strategy has not yet been accepted by the executive, despite the progressive steps as outlined above having been taken," he said.
In a statement on Monday, the group said it was taking legal proceedings against the executive to see that the Irish language strategy 2015-2035 was implemented, as outlined under the 2006 St Andrew's Agreement.
Danny Whitaker finished calmly under pressure to give Macclesfield the lead but Connor Jennings, netting against his former club, made it level before the break.
Lee Bell then restored the hosts' lead when he nodded in a Scott Barrow cross.
But Evans headed in Sam Finley's cross to maintain Carl Darlington's unbeaten start as Dragons' caretaker boss.
Play-off chasing Macclesfield are now without a win in five matches.
Wrexham interim manager Carl Darlington told BBC Radio Wales: "I thought we were very unfortunate today. That was our fourth game in eight days. To come out with the attitude and desire and the work rate that they've put in, you can only commend the players for that."
Match ends, Macclesfield Town 2, Wrexham 2.
Second Half ends, Macclesfield Town 2, Wrexham 2.
Goal! Macclesfield Town 2, Wrexham 2. Rob Evans (Wrexham) header from a difficult angle on the left to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sam Finley with a cross.
Foul by Sam Finley (Wrexham).
Paul Turnbull (Macclesfield Town) wins a free kick.
Attempt missed. Andy Bishop (Wrexham) header from the centre of the box misses to the left.
Foul by Lee Bell (Macclesfield Town).
Sam Finley (Wrexham) wins a free kick.
Foul by Danny Whitaker (Macclesfield Town).
Dean Keates (Wrexham) wins a free kick.
Connor Jennings (Wrexham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Connor Jennings (Wrexham).
Scott Barrow (Macclesfield Town) wins a free kick.
Substitution, Wrexham. Rob Evans replaces Jay Harris.
Substitution, Macclesfield Town. Will Haining replaces Jack Sampson.
Attempt missed. Connor Jennings (Wrexham) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
Corner, Wrexham.
Foul by Matthew Barnes-Homer (Macclesfield Town).
Jay Harris (Wrexham) wins a free kick.
Foul by Paul Turnbull (Macclesfield Town).
Jay Harris (Wrexham) wins a free kick.
Foul by Andy Bishop (Wrexham).
Thierry Audel (Macclesfield Town) wins a free kick.
Foul by Matthew Barnes-Homer (Macclesfield Town).
Andy Bishop (Wrexham) wins a free kick.
Attempt missed. Danny Whitaker (Macclesfield Town) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Substitution, Wrexham. Wes York replaces Joe Clarke.
Corner, Wrexham.
Offside, Wrexham. Andy Bishop tries a through ball, but Andy Bishop is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Sam Finley (Wrexham) right footed shot from outside the box.
Goal! Macclesfield Town 2, Wrexham 1. Lee Bell (Macclesfield Town) header from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Scott Barrow with a cross.
Attempt missed. Connor Jennings (Wrexham) header from a difficult angle on the left. Assisted by Dean Keates.
Corner, Wrexham.
Corner, Wrexham.
Substitution, Macclesfield Town. Scott Barrow replaces George Pilkington.
Attempt missed. Jay Harris (Wrexham) right footed shot from outside the box.
Attempt blocked. Connor Jennings (Wrexham) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Foul by Dean Keates (Wrexham).
Matthew Barnes-Homer (Macclesfield Town) wins a free kick.
Foul by Jay Harris (Wrexham).
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The Terriers, third in the Championship, held Premier League side City to a goalless draw in the original game at John Smith's Stadium.
The only replay from the fifth round will kick off at 19:45 GMT.
Arsenal, Chelsea, Lincoln, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Millwall and Tottenham are all already through.
The Glasgow rivals meet in Sunday's Scottish Cup semi-final and Deila acknowledges Rangers are a better side than the one Celtic beat 2-0 last year.
"We know when we are playing at our best that we can beat anybody and Rangers as well," said Deila.
"I'm really looking forward to it. It's my fourth semi-final. It's the biggest cup and one we haven't won in my time."
Deila picked up the League Cup last season, with Celtic easing past Rangers in a one-sided semi-final.
This term, Rangers have run away with the Championship title and Deila has been impressed by the work done by opposite number Mark Warburton.
Despite a few domestic wobbles and another poor showing in Europe, the Norwegian insists his team have not regressed in his second season.
"We are top of the league, they are top of the league, so they are a better team than they were last year, that's for sure, because they didn't win the league last year," said Deila.
"Rangers is a big club. They have the second highest budget in the country, so of course it should be a big fight.
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"But right now we are the best team in Scotland and that is something we should be proud of and it gives us a lot of confidence.
"We are looking forward to it, but at the same time we have to be really focused and avoid stupid mistakes."
Celtic missed out at this stage last season, losing goalkeeper Craig Gordon to a red card early in the second half as Inverness CT won 3-2 victory in extra time.
Another red card was to prove costly in the last four of the League Cup in January as Efe Ambrose was sent off against Ross County, who recovered from the loss of an early goal to triumph 3-1.
"We have trained the whole week with 10 men", joked Deila before stressing the need to remain calm during what could be a typically feisty derby.
"It is so important to keep everyone on the pitch, but you never know in football, it could also be that we play 11 against 10 the other way.
"You have to prepare for every scenario. We have experience of playing 11 against 10 and hopefully now we are going to play 11 against 11.
"We have to play aggressively but at the same time be very controlled."
Hibernian face Dundee United in the first semi-final on Saturday.
South African Myburgh struck a six and 15 fours in his 118 and the home side were going well as they reached 224-2.
But his dismissal triggered a collapse and they were all out for 299, with Collingwood claiming 5-57.
Graham Onions cleaned up the tail for figures of 4-59 and Durham were 98-2 in reply at the close.
The North East county have only won one of their last 14 Championship meetings with Somerset, who included Australian batsman Tom Cooper in their line-up for the first time.
Cooper, who has played international cricket for the Netherlands, looked good in making 47 out of a second-wicket stand of 93 with Myburgh following the early dismissal of Marcus Trescothick.
He fell lbw to Paul Coughlin, but it was former England all-rounder Collingwood who did the real damage either side of tea as he picked up his first four wickets in the space of 20 balls and added Jim Allenby after the re-start.
James Hildreth hit two sixes in his 53, only to fall lbw to Collingwood, who had Myburgh caught at short cover in his previous over.
When Durham replied, Lewis Gregory removed both openers with only 13 on the board, but Scott Borthwick, who hit 52 not out at a run-a-ball, with 12 fours, and Michael Richardson (35) shared an unbroken stand of 85 in 15 overs before the close.
Somerset batsman Johann Myburgh:
"It's a great feeling to get my maiden Championship century.
"I've played well in previous innings for Somerset, but that was probably my best knock over a sustained period.
"We feel the game is evenly balanced. We let things slip a bit before tea, but we will still have a relatively new ball in the morning and a couple of quick wickets would put us back on top."
Durham skipper Paul Collingwood:
"I'm as surprised as anyone to be standing here talking about taking five wickets on the opening day of the season.
"It was only my second five-for in first-class cricket and my first for a decade. There were some good balls and some poor shots.
"We are pleased with our position, having remained positive throughout the day and can hopefully push on tomorrow."
The 32-year-old needed to make the top two in the K1 200m final of the Duisburg stage of the Sprint World Cup but finished fifth.
The Wiltshire athlete said: "The two most important races of the last four years - the Worlds last year and today - were probably my worst.
"I can't explain why. I'm not going to dwell on it. It just didn't happen."
There was Olympic disappointment, too, for Angela Hannah and Lani Belcher. They needed a win in the K2 500m to earn a place in Rio but finished third.
"It is hard to take, coming away with third," said Belcher. "We never thought for one minute that we couldn't win, which is what makes it harder."
There was better news for Britain's paracanoeists in Duisburg as they secured their full contingent of six boats for the Rio Paralympics.
But according to Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter, who has been associated with the club for more than 20 years, beating Wasps 23-20 to win their maiden Premiership title on Saturday was no fairy tale.
"It does feel like it's been a long journey getting here," he said after their Twickenham triumph.
"I've never once woken up feeling it's a dream because the people who have lived and breathed it every day know how hard we've worked, and they know the sacrifices that have been made."
How did the Devon club become champions of England for the first time, having been in rugby union's fourth tier 21 years earlier?
Of the more visible characters involved in the Exeter journey, chief executive Tony Rowe and Baxter himself have been two of the constants.
In 1997, Exeter were just gaining promotion from the third tier and by this point it was clear they were on an upward trajectory.
The next substantial shift was off the field - a stadium move from the old County Ground to their Sandy Park home in 2006, which paved the way for greater growth.
Gareth Steenson, Phil Dollman and Ben Moon - dubbed 'the originals' - were then on the scene for Exeter's arrival into the Premiership four years later.
"When I first arrived I was in a different place," said Steenson, who kicked the winning points in extra time on Saturday. "I was at Cornish Pirates, I'd just lost my father and it felt a little bit closer to home because the airport was pretty close.
"You could see the vision of the club in everything it was doing. It was a place that was going to go forward, it was just a matter of when it would take the step."
It was fitting that fly-half Steenson, who kicked 24 points in the match that brought them up from the Championship, was once again on hand to lead his side to their biggest victory to date.
"If I'm being honest, I said a prayer to my old man upstairs and he helped me with the last kick I think," he said.
Dollman, another Exeter veteran, also featured prominently in the win over Wasps, scoring a try before being forced off injured.
"It was nice to get a dot down - it's something to tell the grandchildren when I get a little older," he told BBC Radio Devon. "This is probably the biggest achievement of my life so far."
Never mind being behind in the dying moments of both the semi-final and final. Like any great story, there were moments many months earlier where it seemed Exeter would endure a season of relative mediocrity after being beaten Premiership finalists in 2015-16.
A sobering European Champions Cup defeat by Clermont at Sandy Park and losing four of their first six Premiership matches sparked crisis talks between players and management.
"I think we were patting ourselves on the back in pre-season after how well we did in 2015-16 - we probably rolled into the season if we're honest with ourselves," said Steenson.
"We did sit down after the Clermont game - a hiding at home - and we said: 'This season's going to peter out for us if we don't get our heads down.'
"We had a few harsh words and then we just grafted it out."
The Northern Irishman makes the healing process sound simple, but it led to Chiefs putting together an outstanding unbeaten league run from the end of October, which remains intact.
Rowe, the man who has pulled the strings off the field throughout, told BBC Radio Devon: "There was a time when I thought we couldn't do it and we wouldn't do it, but we did and it's fantastic."
It is testament to the culture at the club that Baxter, even in a moment of glory, was still keen to point out his own very rare mistakes, centring around their Anglo-Welsh Cup defeat by Leicester in March.
"The Anglo-Welsh Cup and the Premiership, they're a tough mix - we were not committing guys into that final who were going to play in the Premiership for us," he said.
"We didn't want our whole squad travelling to the game, we wanted them fresh for training the next day going into the Premiership.
"That was probably a little bit wrong, because I think as a group they're so tight and they're so strong they wanted to be there for each other.
"Now, in hindsight, was it a good decision? Possibly. Did it hurt us a little bit as a squad? They were probably fighting against me, and I think as a group they didn't really like it.
"It probably wasn't good for us and it's probably a mistake I won't make again."
The backbone of Exeter's continual climb over the past couple of decades must, in part, be down to a ruthless ability within the hierarchy to shelve a success and aim for the next branch up.
No sooner had the party poppers and streamers hit the Twickenham turf, businessman Rowe was setting new challenges for his head coach.
"We set our stall out many years ago - we wanted to be Premiership champions," he said. "Here we are, champions of England. It hasn't quite sunk it yet but it's just incredible.
"People probably won't doubt us now - we are here, we're rightful champions and we're going to stay here - our next challenge is Europe, champions of Europe."
Baxter smirked knowingly when told of his boss' grand plans but, though he was less boisterous with his words, the Exeter head coach agreed this title has to be a building block.
"The truth is we need to put a group of players together in this close season who are going to turn around and do something about the fact that we are now the Premiership champions, and do something about that to make sure it stays that way," he continued.
"Part of that will be us playing and performing better than we did last season in Europe.
"We've let ourselves down in Europe for a couple of seasons now, with our performance in the first round, and it should be a marker for us that we're not going to let that happen again.
"Within the next couple of weeks they're all going to get a phone call or an email and be told: 'Now is the time to pull your socks up.'"
Ellen Pao claimed she missed out on promotions at Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers because of her gender.
Ms Pao, now an executive with the website Reddit, says she was dismissed after complaining.
The firm has said its decisions were based on her performance.
The case has drawn attention to a lack of gender diversity in the technology industry - particularly among its top executives.
Venture capital firms are a chief source of funding for many start-up companies in Silicon Valley. Kleiner Perkins - as it is commonly known - has invested in companies including Snapchat, Spotify, Uber, Twitter, and Google.
In addition to punitive damages, Ms Pao was also seeking $16m (£10.7m) in compensation for lost wages.
During closing arguments, jurors heard conflicted stories of Ms Pao's tenure at the firm.
Her attorneys portrayed her as a successful junior partner who was discriminated against because the firm judged men and women differently.
Ms Pao's lawyer, Alan Exelrod, said two of her male colleagues had been promoted, despite the fact that one was called confrontational and the other was accused of having "sharp elbows" - an apparent reference to his attitude towards other workers.
The firm's legal team said Ms Pao was a failed investor and sued to get a big payout as she was being pushed out.
They said she was a difficult person to work with and had a history of conflicts with colleagues, all of which contributed to the decision to dismiss her.
A study given as evidence during the trial said that women are largely underrepresented in top roles in the venture capital industry.
Californian investor and entrepreneur Eric Ries told the BBC the wider issue of gender bias in Silicon Valley is well documented but can be unintentional.
"Silicon Valley aspires to be a meritocracy so we have a culture that values outsiders and the perspectives they bring, and there is this idea that good ideas can come from anywhere... that's our aspiration but the reality is in many ways we fall short," he said.
From October, Facebook, YouTube, and other sites with more than two million users in Germany must take down posts containing hate speech or other criminal material within 24 hours.
Content that is not obviously unlawful must be assessed within seven days.
The new law is one of the toughest of its kind in the world.
Failure to comply will result in a 5m euro penalty, which could rise to 50m euros depending on the severity of the offence.
In a statement, Facebook said it shared the goal of the German government to fight hate speech.
It added: "We believe the best solutions will be found when government, civil society and industry work together and that this law as it stands now will not improve efforts to tackle this important societal problem."
German MPs voted in favour of the Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz (NetzDG) law after months of deliberation, on the last legislative day before the Bundestag's summer break.
But it has already been condemned by human rights groups and industry representatives.
They claim the tight time limits are unrealistic, and will lead to accidental censorship as technology companies err on the side of caution and delete ambiguous posts to avoid paying penalties.
The law will not come into force until after the German federal elections, which will be held in September.
Justice Minister Heiko Maas singled out Facebook, which has some 30 million users in Germany, saying experience had shown that without political pressure, "the large platform operators would not fulfil their obligations" to take down illegal content.
He added that while the law "does not solve all problems", it tackles the issue of hate crimes on social media, which are "increasingly a problem in many countries".
Mr Maas, who oversaw the legislation, told the German parliament that online hate crimes had increased by almost 300% in the past few years, adding that "no one should be above the law".
The bill was drafted after several high-profile incidents of fake news and criminal hate speech being spread on social media sites in Germany.
One case involved the targeting of prominent Green MP Renate Kunast, with a post that falsely suggested she was sympathetic to a refugee who had murdered a German student in the southern city of Freiburg.
For its part, Facebook said it had already made "substantial progress" in removing illegal content, and called into question the efficacy of the law.
The company recently announced it had hired an extra 3,000 staff (on top of the 4,500 it already has) to help monitor "the millions of reports" that come through every week.
Social media companies also point to a recent report by the European Commission, which showed that some 80% of all reported illegal content is already removed in Germany.
In addition to social media sites themselves, three voluntary, independent bodies currently monitor the German internet.
The BBC was given access to one of them, run by Eco, the German Association of the Internet Industry, in Cologne.
In a small, heavily secured office, three legal experts sifted through thousands of complaints from members of the public.
One example shown to the BBC was of a YouTube video titled "Sieg Heil", a phrase that can be illegal in Germany.
The video was reported to the local police in North-Rhine Westphalia, and followed up with the social network itself after a few days.
But the organisers of the facility, which has been in existence for 15 years, are also concerned about NetzDG, which they say has been "rushed through" for political expediency.
"It takes time to define if a complaint's content is really illegal or not," said Alexander Rabe, a member of the Eco board, which was consulted by the government on the draft law.
Mr Rabe also pointed out that much of what many might deem to be "fake news" or hate speech on their social media feeds was not in fact illegal content under current German law.
The bill has also faced criticism from human right's campaigners.
"Many of the violations covered by the bill are highly dependent on context, context which platforms are in no position to assess," wrote the UN Special Rapporteur to the High Commissioner for Human Rights, David Kaye.
He added that "the obligations placed upon private companies to regulate and take down content raises concern with respect to freedom of expression".
The law could still be stopped in Brussels, where campaigners have claimed it breaches EU laws.
Currently the taxi-booking app relies on Google's mapping technology to display local maps and mark pick-up locations.
But a senior Uber executive says that more relevant information can be drawn if it produces its own road maps.
The firm is said to be investing $500m (£380m) in the mapping project.
"Existing maps are a good starting point, but some information isn't that relevant to Uber, like ocean topography," said Brian McClendon, who up until 2014 was vice-president of Google Maps.
Writing on Uber's website, Mr McClendon said: "There are other things we need to know a lot more about, like traffic patterns and precise pick-up and drop-off locations."
"Moreover, we need to be able to provide a seamless experience in parts of the world where there aren't detailed maps, or street signs," he added.
Last year, Uber began scanning roads across the US using mapping cars, which can track the geographical position of each street and motorway.
The firm said that these vehicles will be operational in Mexico "this summer", as part of a wider plan to use these vehicles in big cities around the world.
According to The Financial Times, Uber has set aside some $500m for its global mapping strategy.
Uber declined to comment on the purported investment figure, as well as the structure of its global plan, when contacted by the BBC.
Scott Vineer was found with severe brain and head injuries close to the towpath on Laganbank Road.
Ryan Craig, from Ashmount Gardens, Lisburn, County Antrim, was due to go on trial for attempted murder.
In light of his guilty plea to the lesser charge on Tuesday, the crown decided not to proceed.
Mr Vineer, who now walks with crutches, was in Craigavon court supported by his family.
Speaking afterwards, he said he was pleased and relieved.
His mother, Helen-Louise, said: "The night they found him, they told us they expected him to die, and when he survived for 24 hours, they thought he would be in a vegetative state for the rest of his life - so he has proved them wrong, and that's my boy."
She said the attack on her teenage son had left him with brain damage.
"He has tremors in his left arm, and being left-handed that causes him problems," she said.
"His balance has been affected, his short-term memory has been affected and his speech can be quite slurred at times."
Scott Vineer also revealed that he was now preparing for a different challenge, that of being best man at his mother and step-father's wedding in August.
"I'll have to write a speech and all. It's going to be nerve-wracking, but I'll get over it," he said.
Craig will be sentenced in August.
Scott Vineer was 17 when he was assaulted on his way home from the South Eastern Regional College in September 2012.
He was beaten about the head and left unconscious behind a disused warehouse on the Lagan towpath, in Lisburn.
He spent three months in a coma, only returning home six months after the attack.
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The champions will attempt to secure their first Grand Slam since 2003 by beating France in Paris on Saturday.
Australian Jones - who became England's first foreign coach in November - has won the trophy at his first attempt.
"It's a fantastic achievement," he told BBC Sport.
"We've made sure the players are responsible, we play in a style that suits our resources and the players enjoy themselves."
Jones has overseen an evolution in England's style and personnel since taking over from Stuart Lancaster in the wake of the team's exit from the group stages of the Rugby World Cup in October.
Hooker Dylan Hartley has replaced Chris Robshaw as captain, while 21-year-old second row Maro Itoje is among those to be given debuts.
After a 15-9 victory away to Scotland in their Championship opener, England cruised to a 40-9 win over Italy before coming through strongly in the second half to beat Ireland 21-10 in Jones' first home match at Twickenham.
After holding off a late Wales rally to claim a 25-21 victory the day before, England's title was confirmed as France, the only side who could possibly overhaul them at the top of the table, were beaten 29-18 at Murrayfield.
Reacting to England's Six Nations triumph, Sir Clive Woodward, who led England to Grand Slam and World Cup glory in 2003, sent his congratulations on Twitter.
"[Winning the Six Nations] is a serious turnaround from RWC shambles - Eddie Jones 10/10 brilliant," tweeted the former England head coach.
Meanwhile, Sale hooker Tommy Taylor has replaced the injured Jamie George in England's 32-man training squad ahead of next Saturday's game against France in Paris.
Scotland meet Ireland while Wales face Italy in next weekend's other matches.
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Helen Ward opened the scoring for Wales in the first half before Ewa Pajor levelled for Poland.
The draw was Wales' second from two games so far in the friendly tournament, after they fought back to draw 2-2 with Finland on Wednesday.
Jayne Ludlow's side face the Czech Republic in their final group-stage match on Monday.
A Kayleigh Green goal was ruled out for offside before half-time, after Wales' all-time record goal scorer Ward's 24th-minute effort.
Poland, ranked five places above Wales in 31st in the Fifa world rankings, beat the Czech Republic in their opening game.
Ludlow's side are preparing for their Euro 2017 qualifier away to Kazakhstan on 12 April.
Wales are third in their Euro 2017 group after four games, five points behind group leaders Austria, who have won all three of their matches to date.
Wales starting side: O'Sullivan, Rowe, Harding, Jones, Ingle (c), Dykes, James, Green, Fishlock, Ward, Estcourt.
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The Rhinos, who are bottom of Super League, were beaten 52-12 by the Tigers on Thursday evening.
McDermott led the Headingley side to the treble last season.
"It's a terrible scoreline and defensively it was terrible. It's up there as one of the worst performances in my time here," he said.
Last season's champions have now lost 11 of their 14 league fixtures this season and are six points outside the top eight.
If the team fail to break into the top eight when the league splits after 23 matches then they will end the season in The Qualifiers and face the possibility of relegation.
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"I back the players to come up with something and I don't want to be critical of them, but there still has to be some accountability," he added.
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Trains are not running between Buxton and Hazel Grove, while there are limited bus services after Saturday's landslip, National Rail said.
A road in Higher Poynton, Cheshire, remains closed after part of it was washed away in the deluge.
There were further heavy showers earlier with 28.4 mm (1.1 in) rain recorded in Morecambe, Lancashire.
National Rail said: "A landslip near Hazel Grove means that trains are unable to run between Buxton and Hazel Grove.
"Disruption is expected to continue until the end of service on Sunday 19 June."
Middlewood Road in Higher Poynton will remain shut for a number of days while safety inspections take place, Cheshire East Council said.
A big clean-up operation is under way after parts of region were hit by flash floods over the weekend.
Some people were forced to leave their homes during Saturday night's downpours in Poynton.
Advocate General for Scotland Richard Keen QC is alleged to have contravened section two of the Firearms Act 1968 by failing to safely secure a shotgun.
Lord Keen is charged with breaching the legislation at his home on 31 December last year.
It followed reports of a break-in at the property in Ann Street in Edinburgh.
A spokesman for Lord Keen said he "deeply regrets this inadvertent breach of licence conditions".
According to court papers, Lord Keen is alleged to have failed to comply with the conditions of his firearms certificate by not securing a 12-bore shotgun.
The charge states that - according to the conditions - shotguns must at all times "be stored securely so as to prevent so far as reasonably practicable, access to the shotguns by unauthorised persons".
The case is due to call at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Wednesday 1 March.
Police were initially called to Lord Keen's home following a report of a break-in.
A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: "Following a report of a housebreaking at a property on Ann Street in Edinburgh on December 31 2016, a 62-year-old man has been reported to the procurator fiscal for a firearms licensing offence."
One of Scotland's leading lawyers, Lord Keen, 62, is a former Dean of the Faculty of Advocates and was appointed Advocate General in May 2015.
Most recently, he represented the UK government during the Supreme Court hearing on triggering Article 50.
The QC successfully argued that the consent of the Scottish Parliament was not needed before negotiations on Brexit formally began.
He is also famous for representing al-Amin Khalifa Fhima, who was acquitted of the Lockerbie bombing.
A statement from Lord Keen's spokesman said: "Lord Keen deeply regrets this inadvertent breach of licence conditions, which was a one-off error.
"He has held a licence for many years and has always adhered strictly to the licence conditions, as evidenced by a number of police inspections."
A UK government spokeswoman said: "We are aware Lord Keen is in correspondence with the procurator fiscal regarding a legal matter relating to an inadvertent breach of licence conditions.
"Having considered the issue carefully, we are satisfied that this matter has no bearing on Lord Keen's ability to carry out his ministerial duties to the highest standard."
The staff were working at the Medway Secure Training Centre in Rochester, managed by security firm G4S.
The allegations - uncovered by Panorama - involve unnecessary force, foul language and a cover-up.
Paul Cook of G4S said he was "shocked and appalled" and was supporting a police investigation.
However, G4S has written to the BBC to try to stop Panorama from broadcasting the undercover footage, arguing that the filming was unauthorised and illegal.
The claims relate to 10 boys aged 14 to 17.
The centre holds 56 children, mainly boys, aged 12 to 17. It is not allowed to take any more while the investigation takes place.
Mr Cook, managing director of G4S children's services, told BBC Radio Kent he was informed of the allegations on 30 December and referred them that day to the Medway Child Protection team and the police.
He said the BBC had referred to "staff hurting and inappropriately restraining young people, using foul and abusive language and failing to report... their actions".
Among the allegations uncovered by Panorama and now subject to investigation are that Medway staff:
Mr Cook said the seven members of staff named in a Panorama document sent to him were immediately suspended.
Safeguarding had also been stepped up at the centre while the investigation takes place, he added.
The Howard League, which campaigns for penal reform, tweeted the allegations were "extremely concerning", adding it had legal clients at the centre.
Tweeting in a personal capacity, its CEO Frances Crook said she was pleased Panorama had investigated abuse in G4S homes.
She added: "@TheHowardLeague has represented children who've had serious injuries in G4S secure children's homes. It demands public concern."
Medway had a troubled start. Within months of opening in 1998 there'd been a serious disturbance, security breaches and mass staff resignations.
In recent years conditions appeared to have settled down. An Ofsted inspection report in September 2014 rated Medway as "good with some outstanding features". Inspectors said the centre was "orderly" and "calm"; young people were said to feel safe.
The evidence gathered by Panorama seems to paint a different picture and will raise questions about G4S's suitability for looking after some of Britain's most troubled, vulnerable and violent teenagers after it was stripped of its contract for managing Rainsbrook secure training centre in Northamptonshire in 2015.
There are also questions for those who regularly monitor Medway - did they have any concerns and did they alert the authorities?
Kent Police said in a statement: "All necessary safeguarding measures have been taken and inquiries are ongoing."
The Youth Justice Board said it had increased its monitoring of the centre and increased the presence of its independent advocacy service, delivered by Barnardo's.
Deborah Coles, who is the director of the charity Inquest, which helps people bereaved by a death in custody, said in any other setting the treatment "would be child abuse".
"That it took undercover filming to reveal the mistreatment of imprisoned children points to the culpable failure of monitoring and oversight by the YJB and G4S," she said.
"Following the deaths of two children in 2004 following the use of force, assurances were made that the culture and practices would be changed and yet the abuses continue.
"This points to a lack of accountability and culture of impunity.
"It is clear these institutions are incapable of reform and must be closed down."
The Panorama programme Teenage Prison Abuse Exposed will be broadcast on Monday, 11 January on BBC One at 20:30 GMT.
What are the true figures behind the industry in Scotland, and what do the politicians plan to do about it?
To put it simply, fewer houses are being built in Scotland than there used to be.
Builders, property firms and politicians say this is driving up prices, making things hard for both renters and first-time buyers and leaving tens of thousands of people on council waiting lists for a home.
Throughout the first nine years of the Scottish Parliament, more than 24,000 houses were built in Scotland every year.
But the figures started to slip from 2007/08, the beginning of a slide which left new builds under 15,000 by 2012/13.
There is some evidence of the market beginning to rally slightly in recent years, but with the independent Commission on Housing and Wellbeing recommending in 2015 that 23,000 new houses be built annually, the figures are still some way from meeting targets.
Why is all of this important? Well, statistics show young people in particular are now struggling to get on to the housing ladder.
Up to 2005, at least half of homes where the householder was aged between 16 and 34 were privately owned, either outright or via a mortgage.
However, since then the figure has been on the slide - and in 2012 the number of people from that age group renting privately overtook those owning. By 2014, 30% of people in this category were owners, 41% rented privately and 26% were social renters in council houses or similar.
The house building market was hit hard by the economic downturn starting from 2007, with lots of small and medium sized builders going out of business.
The chief decline in house building was in the private sector; in the five years after the economic downturn, the number of houses built by private firms fell by more than half.
Throughout this period, building by local authorities and housing associations rose, taking up some of the slack.
But as the private sector began to recover in the years leading up to 2014, public sector building fell back again, with the 3,353 houses completed by local authorities and housing associations in 2014 the lowest since 2004.
Firms also complain that projects spend too long caught up in the planning process, with government statistics suggesting it takes 64 weeks for a major development to get planning permission.
Companies say local authorities also often ask them for large contributions towards local infrastructure, for new roads, water treatment works or schools, which they say make it "extremely difficult" for some developments to go ahead.
Lobby group Homes for Scotland, which represents 95% of Scotland's building firms, has put together a manifesto for May's elections.
They are calling on the next Scottish government to put pressure on councils to lift barriers and streamline the planning process, as well as fostering wider commercial lending to small and medium building firms.
The key buzzword for politicians has been "affordable" housing. This mainly means houses for social rent, such as council houses - but in recent years a number of other forms of affordable housing have started to win funding.
The main way the government helps fund projects is through the Affordable Housing Supply Programme. It funds a range of schemes including council house building and grants for social landlords to build or renovate properties. The last Scottish government spent £1.7bn on this scheme, and pledged a further £572m for 2016/17.
While the number of new build houses constructed under this programme did not increase significantly across the last Scottish Parliament, the number bought up and redeveloped as affordable housing did.
As mentioned above, there is also a difference drawn between houses on this scheme built or refurnished for social rent, and those for "other affordable rent" - the latter category including things like mid market rent grants aimed at people who could pay more than a social rent.
While there was a decrease in the number of houses built purely for social rent in the last parliament, there was a steady increase in these "other" properties - something which has been criticised by opposition parties.
The SNP say they would build 50,000 new affordable homes by the end of the next parliament, which would include 35,000 housing association or council properties.
Scottish Labour has pledged to go beyond this figure and build a minimum of 60,000 affordable homes, with 45,000 of them going to councils or housing associations for social rent. They also plan a deposit system to help first-time buyers.
The Conservatives pressed for the number to be even higher, with Ruth Davidson saying in February that the next Scottish government should strive to build 100,000 new homes by boosting building by 10% year on year, with 50,000 of them falling into the "affordable housing" categories.
The Scottish Liberal Democrats want to see 110,000 new homes built across the term of the next Scottish Parliament - 50,000 of them affordable homes, of which 40,000 would be for social rent rather than purchase.
The Scottish Greens meanwhile have targeted "radical" reform of the housing sector, starting with rest controls on the private sector. The party also wants to introduce a tax on derelict land to free it up for the development of affordable homes, and want at least 12,000 new social rent houses build each year.
UKIP has set a target of 50,000 social and affordable houses being built across the five-year parliament, while Rise have called for "an ambitious target of 100,000 new homes".
Amy, directed by Asif Kapadia, was named best documentary at the European Film Awards.
The film was condemned by her father Mitch Winehouse for painting the singer's family in a negative light.
Best European film went to Youth while British actress Charlotte Rampling was given a lifetime achievement.
Rampling also won best actress for her role in the British drama 45 Years at the event in Berlin on Saturday night.
Veteran actor Michael Caine received two trophies - he was presented with an honorary award and was also named best actor for Youth.
He said: "It's been 50 years and I've never won an award in Europe. And now I've won two in one evening. It's so strange because I (usually) sit in these audiences and just clap someone else."
The film, which co-starred American actors Paul Dano and Harvey Keitel, earned Italian filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino the award for best director.
Greek director and writer Yorgos Lanthimos picked up the screenwwriting award for his surreal drama The Lobster, which starred Irish actor Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz.
The Irish film Song of the Sea was given the animation award.
German-Austrian star Christoph Waltz, currently on screens in the latest Bond adventure Spectre was presented with the award for European achievement in world cinema.
The European Film Academy was founded in 1988 and aims to promote films from across the continent.
Ports, fearing they will not get paid, refuse to let them dock or unload.
That means the ships are forced to wait for Hanjin, its creditors or partners to find a solution.
It's a case of unprecedented scale, with experts expecting the deadlock to last for weeks, if not months.
"[It is] a major disaster for the shipping companies and for the companies that own the goods in those containers," Greg Knowler, maritime and trade analyst with IHS Markit, told the BBC from Hong Kong.
Read more: Shipping giant Hanjin to enter receivership
Not only are ships not allowed to unload, containers waiting to be picked up are also being held back by the ports as collateral over unpaid bills.
And even if the ports did allow them in, Hanjin would probably not as the vessels could expect to be immediately repossessed by the firm's creditors.
Beyond the ships and containers, there is of course the cargo within those containers - in many cases part of a tight chain of supply and delivery.
By September, the global shipping industry is already into what is its busiest time of the year ahead of the Christmas season.
"Just imagine, there are some 540,000 containers with cargo caught up at sea," explains Lars Jensen, chief executive of Sea Intelligence Consulting in Copenhagen.
That means that a lot of the goods en route to the US are geared at the busy year-end holidays and any disruption will be a major headache for the companies that have entrusted their products into the hauls of the Hanjin freighters.
Let's break down the somewhat confusing ownership structure at play here.
Hanjin operates partly with its own ships, and partly with vessels it leases from others. So some of the vessels stuck at sea are owned by other companies who now can't get them back and on top of that have to assume they won't get paid for leasing them in the first place.
The containers on board the ships are also not all Hanjin's own. As the company is part of an alliance with five other cargo firms, there will be a mix of containers on each vessel - some belonging to Hanjin, the rest to the other four partners.
And lastly, there are the firms who own the content of the containers, for instance an Asian electronics firm sending its goods to the US market.
Hanjin's bankruptcy is the largest ever to hit the shipping industry so there's no roadmap as to what will happen now, no precedent of comparable scale.
There are the containers stuck at ports.
Let's take a container brought from, say, the Philippines to Hong Kong, to then be picked up from there and taken to the US.
Berthing and handling of that cargo at the Hong Kong port costs money. If Hanjin can't pay that, the port will hold on to those containers as collateral until someone will be willing to pay.
A possible solution would be that the companies who own the contents of those containers ask other shipping companies to step in and pick up where Hanjin left off. The cost of this would be immense, and would come on top of anything they had already paid to Hanjin beforehand. Part of it might be covered by insurance but it would still be an extremely costly endeavour.
The containers stuck on board the ships are the next problem. While at sea, there is no way to get the cargo off board.
Ships that are only leased by Hanjin could see their actual owner take back control and bring them into a harbour. They would still need to be cleared of their cargo but could then be leased to other companies.
Given that the owners of any leased vessels would probably not want to foot the bill themselves they may try to draft in the four partner lines that have containers on the ship or maybe even the companies whose cargo is inside those containers.
The ships owned by Hanjin itself would most likely have to be sold before anyone would bring in the money to get them into a port and cleared. The fact that they would have to be sold as is, i.e. at sea, and with a load of overdue containers on board would probably weigh down the price of the vessels.
Each stranded ship has about 15 to 25 crew on board. Unable to call at any port, they will have to depend on the supplies they have with them until a solution can be found. While food should last long enough, they will eventually need fuel.
In a worst-case scenario, should they find themselves unable to pay for fuel being delivered by a shuttle, they would risk running into serious trouble. In that case though, nearby ports would likely be forced to accept them.
Aside from the prospect of being stuck for weeks at sea, the sailors will also face uncertainly over their wages. Most of them are not actually hired by Hanjin but by crewing agencies. Those agencies are unlikely to get paid by Hanjin and therefore won't be able to pay the crews.
"Unless someone steps in very quickly - and there is no sign of that - this will last a very long time," according to Mr Jensen.
Ships, cargo and crew might find themselves stuck for weeks, if not months, without knowing when and where their current voyage will end.
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The 33-year-old competed in three Olympics and won bronze at the 2011 World Championships.
Turner's defence of his Commonwealth title ended prematurely last month when he hit a hurdle and failed to finish in the opening heat at Glasgow 2014.
He qualified as a fastest loser for Thursday's European Championships semi-finals in Zurich, his last major event.
In an interview with the BBC, Turner continued: "It is not a decision I have taken quickly.
"It is not something because of the disappointment in Glasgow - it has been in my mind for pretty much the whole year.
"Now is the right time for me to hang up my spikes and become a normal guy again. I have a lot going on outside track and field.
"That doesn't mean I am taking these [European] Championships for granted. I want to go out on a high and I am going to give it everything I have got."
Turner endured a traumatic 2013 when the sudden death of his mother was compounded by a burglary at his house on the day of her funeral.
"It was a really tough time in my life," he said. "I decided I didn't want to do anything at all - I didn't want to train, I didn't want to get out of bed.
"I knew my mum would not want me to go out like that. I pushed myself and got back out on the track. I have made two championships, which is more than I expected to do."
Reflecting on the disappointment of Glasgow 2014 he said: "When you try too hard it is easy to make a mistake. It is not because I got lazy. It was because I wanted it so much.
"Sitting on that track was a lonely place to be. I look at those pictures and it keeps me motivated to keep going for these last few races. That was one moment when I realised my days on the track were numbered.
The Nottingham-born athlete, whose personal best time is the 13.22 seconds he recorded in June 2011, said his decision to retire was not influenced by persistent Achilles injuries.
Having regained full fitness following three operations, Turner said: "Now I am completely fit and healthy and it feels so good. I wake up in the morning and I could moonwalk if I wanted to. I could do ballet.
"I would struggle mentally to cope with it if injury forced me to give up. I just feel now is the right time for me to take a step back and let these young guys take it on.
"To even medal and become a champion is such a proud thing for me. I have the medals. I have the memories.
"My kids can take those medals to school to show people. That is what matters to me. I have opened doors for my children. They get bragging rights that their dad is on TV. I am a little sad they won't get to say that any more but I am delighted I have been able to do that for them."
Turner will compete in tomorrow's semi-finals alongside fellow British athletes Will Sharman and Lawrence Clarke, after his time of 13.51 seconds saw him qualify as a fastest loser.
The South of Scotland Golden Eagle Project has secured more than £1m from the Heritage Lottery Fund and has Scottish government backing.
It aims to increase bird numbers in Dumfries and Galloway and the Borders to possibly 16 nesting pairs.
Public meetings are being staged in Peebles, Selkirk and Moffat to discuss the proposals.
The project could see eagle chicks raised and released in the Moffat hills and various locations in the Scottish Borders.
An online survey has already been launched.
"We'd like to hear from as many people as possible," said Cat Barlow, project manager at the South of Scotland Golden Eagle Project.
"We think this project is incredibly exciting.
"A revived population of golden eagles offers great opportunities for tourism and wider benefits for people and nature in the south of Scotland."
Presentations at the public events will explain what is proposed and look at the successes of similar schemes elsewhere in the country.
The events are being co-ordinated by the Southern Uplands Partnership which specialises in developing and implementing community and environmental projects across the south of Scotland.
Their project manager Pip Tabor said: "There will be a number of speakers and presentations at the evening events, whilst the drop-ins are for those who are unable to attend the main meetings.
"We plan to have a range of information to hand out.
"We really would encourage anyone with an interest to come along."
The venues for the public meetings are:
Drop-in sessions at each meeting are from 15:00 to 18:00 followed by the main meeting from 19:00 to 21:00.
An uneasy coalition of two regional leaders - socialist friends-turned-adversaries-turned-allies - has handed a resounding defeat to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in Bihar, one of India's poorest and most backward states.
Bihar's voters can be fiendishly difficult to fathom - economic aspirations are often leavened with primordial loyalties of caste and religion.
Bihar is Mr Modi's second consecutive setback this year after he swept to power with an overwhelming majority in 2014.
In February, an upstart anti-corruption party scorned by the prime minister routed his party in Delhi. Now an untidy "grand alliance" comprising an alphabet soup of local parties - JDU(U) and RJD led by Nitish Kumar and Laloo Prasad Yadav respectively - have felled the BJP and its charismatic leader in Bihar.
The long and bitter battle for Bihar
Beef, Bihar and the Indian PM
Mr Modi was the indisputable face of his party's campaign in Bihar. He led the campaign, addressing 26 public meetings across the length and breadth of the state.
What's more, his trusted aide Amit Shah, who is also the BJP president and chief poll strategiser, camped in the state and spoke himself at more than 70 meetings.
Mr Modi came to Bihar promising jobs and development in a reprise of the campaign which helped him to sweep to power in federal elections last year.
In fact, his party and its allies won 31 of the 40 parliamentary seats in Bihar in 2014.
But the prime minister's lustre has somewhat diminished since. In what was a protracted five-phase election, his party's campaign ramped up the rhetoric, asking voters, among other things, if they wanted "a [Bihar] government… that protects terrorists".
Amid growing countrywide concern over rising intolerance and Hindu hardliners running amok, Mr Modi and Mr Shah raised the sensitive issue of cow slaughter and consumption of beef - the cow is regarded as sacred but polarises opinion in Hindu-majority India.
They invoked Pakistan and accused his rivals of stealing affirmative action quotas for minorities. Things became so bad that the election authorities stepped in and proscribed two provocative BJP campaign adverts.
Mr Shah told a rally that if "by any chance" his party lost Bihar, "then firecrackers would be let off in celebration in Pakistan". Mr Kumar met the BJP's high-pitched campaign with a measured response, addressing concerns over equitable growth and development. Meanwhile his ally, Mr Yadav mined the caste vote successfully, making sure that not many voters strayed to the BJP.
Mr Modi and his party, say analysts, have a lot of lessons to learn from the Bihar verdict.
First, running a campaign that uses development, caste and religion does not always work. Voters should be more respected for their wisdom.
Secondly, voters appear to be increasingly sceptical of Mr Modi's promises of growth and development. Many believe the Bihar verdict shows he hasn't convinced many people that he has the ability to deliver on his key promise.
Even some of his most ardent supporters say Mr Modi has run a lacklustre and underwhelming government in the past 18 months. The tyranny of expectations is beginning to bite. The needless provocations of some of his noisy lawmakers and ministers and the radical fringe are giving his government a bad name at home and abroad.
Thirdly, Mr Modi is seen as a less invincible and strong leader. The rout in Delhi shattered the aura of invincibility. The Bihar debacle proves that the enthusiasm has waned further. Many are wondering how a prime minister with one of the largest poll victories in India's history is unable to rein in hardliners in his own flock.
Finally, the BJP should now be ready to face a reinvigorated opposition - in tatters after last year's debacle.
Although it still remains India's strongest party, Mr Modi's binary politics - either you are with us, or against us - has effectively helped unite a rag-tag opposition, which now believes that it can take on the BJP by forging similar coalitions as in Bihar. Even the Congress, lacking fresh ideas and led by a reluctant leader, appears to have staged a modest recovery.
The fact that the BJP could not take on a motley coalition in which one of the leaders, Mr Yadav, was convicted in a corruption case and has been effectively barred from holding office until 2024, points to the BJP's lack of political imagination and accommodation.
"The results are a reality check for Mr Modi and the BJP. The majoritarian climate was becoming suffocating," says Yogendra Yadav, social scientist and a former leader of the opposition Aam Aadmi Party. Congress party MP Shashi Tharoor believes that the Bihar verdict is a victory for development [under Mr Kumar's government], communal amity and democracy.
Eighteen months in power, and Mr Modi and the BJP are already at the crossroads.
The prime minister needs to regain the initiative, rein in the recalcitrant hotheads in his party and engage with his opponents in a more befitting manner.
"The results are a big blow to Mr Modi's momentum. His future now depends on how he responds. If he uses this verdict as a wake-up call and cleans out the ugly side, he could turn it around. There will be also infighting in the party now," political analyst Pratap Bhanu Mehta tells me.
Mr Kumar and Mr Yadav face the tough job of staying together and working together for Bihar - coalitions in India can be notoriously fickle, and governments run by them are infamous for corruption and cronyism. It is still not clear how this coalition will work for Bihar.
For Mr Modi, as he gets ready to embark on a much-hyped trip to the UK next week and for another fawning reception by the diaspora, it is possibly time to reflect. "It may be easier for him to win an election in Wembley or Leicester than in Bihar," quips analyst Vir Sanghvi. That cannot be very good news for a man who offered India so much hope.
Formula 1 teams and drivers are showing their support at this weekend's Russian Grand Prix with #BillyWhizz stickers on their cars and helmets.
An online fundraisier for the 17-year-old has raised more than £760,000.
"It really hit home," said Hamilton. "Just to see a kid, I've been there, been in that position of racing."
The three-time world champion added: "He was doing well fighting to get to Formula One and then such a horrific incident.
"I think I was affected more by Billy's incident than I probably have been by most, with the exception of what happened in Formula One."
Monger hit the back of another car on 16 April during the Formula 4 British Championship at Donington Park in Leicestershire and had to be airlifted to hospital.
Mercedes driver Hamilton, 32, pointed to the example of former Formula 1 driver Alex Zanardi, who had both legs amputated after crashing in the American Memorial 500 CART race at Lausitz, Germany, in 2001.
The 50-year-old Italian returned to racing less than two years after the accident, competing in the World Touring Car Championship.
He then took up hand-cycling and won four Paralympic gold medals.
"My mind just shines onto Zanardi and showing what he was able to do," added Hamilton. "I have all the belief, or hope, that Billy will be able to do something similar."
When it opened in 1964, it was the fourth biggest suspension bridge in the world and the longest outside the United States.
Five decades on, it carries 24 million vehicles across the Forth every year, but its days as a mass transport route are numbered.
A new crossing will open in two years' time and the Forth Road Bridge's role in the life of Scotland will be greatly reduced.
Those that work on the bridge now and those who helped to build the structure 50 years ago think that role has been undervalued.
Bridge historian Lillian King told the BBC programme The Bridge: Fifty years across the Forth: "Building the bridge absolutely transformed the country and transformed trade.
"When you think of the volume of traffic that goes across that bridge, and did from the beginning, people must have been just desperate to get this bridge open."
She adds: "They had been trying for at least 200 years to get a bridge or a tunnel to cross the Forth because they were aware that this was a main link between the south of Scotland and the Highlands."
Train travellers had been able to cross the estuary via the Forth Bridge since 1890.
The road bridge that was built alongside it has long lived in the shadow of its iconic neighbour.
The utilitarian design of the road bridge, the traffic congestion and the maintenance problems that have dogged it in recent years have further downgraded this once great engineering feat.
"There are people who say that the road bridge is just a viewing platform for the rail bridge," says Kate Downie, artist in residence at the Forth Road Bridge.
"But I think of them as a bit like salt and pepper. You can't have one without the other."
Traci Liebisch, who is responsible for inspecting the road bridge on a daily basis, says the bridge is a "grand old lady".
She says: "I personally think she is quite an historic monument and Scotland should be proud of having a bridge like this.
"I think she's done not bad in her 50 years. I'm proud to work on a structure like this, that is known world-wide."
Before the road bridge opened on 4 September 1964, cars could only get across the Forth on a ferry.
Four ferries criss-crossed the river, with services running every 15 minutes at its peak.
Each ferry took about 30 cars, but they could also carry lorries and buses, caravans and passengers.
Stephen Reid, who was one of the ferry skippers, says that in the early 1950s the ferry could sit at the pier for 15 minutes and leave empty because nobody had cars.
"Then all of a sudden everybody had cars and we just could not cope," he says.
Construction of the bridge began in 1958.
At the time, the longest suspension bridge in the world was San Francisco's Golden Gate, and the bridge across the Forth was based on its distinctive design.
Barry Colford, who is the current bridge master and chief engineer, says: "All the traffic, all the load of the bridge, is suspended in mid-air. It is very simple.
"It is just like a rope bridge over the Andes, except it is made of steel."
The three large suspension bridges that had been built before the Forth had all been in more "benign" climates and there were worries about the stormy Scottish weather.
Historian Lillian King says: "The thing they were afraid of was a repeat of the Tacoma Narrows bridge in America that shook itself to bits in gales not half the strength of the ones that hit the Forth."
Barry Colford says: "The Forth bridge had a stiffening girder because of the lessons learned at Tacoma in 1940."
By the time construction started in September 1958, the estimated cost of the bridge and its approach roads was £16.2m.
No company in the UK was large enough to take on the job alone so a consortium, the ACD bridge company, was formed.
The first job saw divers helping to build the dams that would allow water to be pumped out so the towers could be sunk into the river bed.
Once the newly-assembled steel towers were in place wire-mesh catwalks were installed high above the water to give the bridge workers access.
Jimmy Lafferty, the steel-erecting foreman, was officially acknowledged as the first man to walk across the river on foot using the catwalk.
But two young engineers had in fact made it across before the walkways were finished.
Hector Woodhouse, an assistant engineer on the bridge, says: "They had not quite finished the mesh but we were not going to stopped."
His pal Alan MacDonald, a section engineer, adds: "We did a tightrope act down the cables so that we could become the first people to cross the bridge."
The pair stepped off together to both claim to be first.
The antics of Hector and Alan confirm Lillian King's assertion that health and safety was nothing like as rigorous as it is today.
She says: "Seven men died in the making of the bridge but only four men died on the bridge itself."
On 22 June 1962 the single worst accident of the whole bridge project was when Masterton viaduct, a large section of one of the approach roads, collapsed, trapping four men beneath it. Only one survived.
Once the towers and walkway were in place the next job was to spin the cables that would hold the bridge in place.
The main cable is made up of more than 11,000 high tensile steel wires and the process of "spinning" involved each individual wire being carried across the Forth on a large pulley system.
The work went on 24 hours a day. At either side of the river the wires were encased in concrete anchorages.
The spinning of the cable took nine months, with some 30,000 miles of wire being carried back and forth across the water.
By 1963, the towers and the cables were in place and the "Meccano set" work of erecting the deck could begin. It was built from the towers outwards
Ms King says: "This is a precision piece of work. You see it come out bit by bit. It is like building a tunnel, you wonder if it is going to match up when you get to the middle point."
On the 20 December 1963, the north and south sections of the bridge were joined in the middle, forming the basis of the fourth longest suspended span of steel roadway in the world.
Current bridge master Barry Colford says: "The people who built the bridge and the engineers who designed it without computers, with seven-figure log tables, it is quite incredible how well it is built when you look at the tools they had to do it with."
The Forth Road Bridge was finally ready for its grand opening on 4 September 1964, a day so foggy the bridge could not be seen from the riverside.
The Queen officially opened the bridge and as her car drove across at 11am the fog started to lift.
George Barnett was a tea boy and handyman during the bridge's construction.
He was chosen for the honour of unfurling a flag before the Queen crossed the bridge.
He said: "I was 18 when I hoisted the flag for the Queen. It was a great feeling.
"Three weeks after it we got paid off. That was the bridge finished. We all shook hands and went our different ways."
During the six years it took to construct, amateur film-maker Jim Hendry was given special access to the bridge and the men who were building it.
Fifty years on, the men who built the bridge were invited to watch Mr Hendry's film and were still proud of what they achieved.
Hector Woodhouse says: "Look at it. It is mathematics in action isn't it?"
Assistant engineer Douglas Strachan says: "It was three-and-a-half years of my life and I can drive over it in one-and-a-half minutes, but there is satisfaction. I can see something as an end product to my civil engineering career."
Net income in the July-to-September rose to $1.1bn (£687m).
Alibaba, founded in 1999 by Jack Ma, floated in New York in September, breaking records by raising $25bn.
The shares have traded around 45% above the listing price in expectation that the firm's rapid growth will continue. The shares rose 4.2%.
After taking account of certain one-off costs in the quarter, net income fell by 39%. The costs included $490m in incentive and retention payments to certain executives, and the costs of consolidating newly bought businesses, as well as other investments and marketing costs.
Revenue rose 53.7% to $2.74bn, its fastest growth for three quarters, with mobile revenues accounting for 22% of the total.
Alibaba's platforms carry 80% of Chinese online commerce, a fast-growing market where spending is forecast to triple from its 2011 level by 2015.
Often described as a combination of eBay and Amazon, Alibaba does not sell its own goods, but links buyers and sellers. It says it is the largest online and mobile commerce company in the world in terms of volume.
There has been speculation that its main source of earnings - from advertising and sales commissions - might be affected by China's slowing economy.
Alibaba's companies include the Taobao and Tmall.com retail websites, which are household names in China but little-known outside the country.
It plans to expand into emerging markets, and, eventually, to operate in the US and Europe.
Escentual.com, started by Rakesh Aggarwal in 2000 in his parents' garage, has moved to a new operations centre at Ocean Park.
The move was backed by the Welsh government to ensure the expansion stayed in Wales.
The jobs will be created over the next two years and a further 20 will be safeguarded.
London 2012 champions Jade Jones and Geraint Thomas lead the 23-strong Welsh contingent spread across 11 sports.
"They include current and former World, European and British champions," said Sport Wales chief Sarah Powell.
A record 30 Welsh athletes competed in London while the previous record for an overseas Games was 17 at Athens 2004.
The most successful Olympics for Welsh athletes was the 1920 Antwerp Games where Christopher Jones and Paulo Radmilovic won water polo gold while John Ainsworth-Davies and Cecil Griffiths were in the title-winning 4x400m relay team.
London 2012 was the largest overall Welsh medal haul of seven, when taekwondo star Jade Jones, cyclist Geraint Thomas and rower Tom James won gold, boxer Fred Evans, rower Chris Bartley and sailor Hannah Mills claimed silver, while Sarah Thomas won bronze in the hockey.
Sport Wales - the body responsible for developing and promoting sport and physical activity in Wales and distributing Lottery funds - has a rolling medal target of six to 10 medals across two Olympic Games cycles.
Taekwondo's 57kg class world number one Jade Jones is the only Welsh athlete defending their title.
Double team pursuit track champion cyclist Thomas will compete in the road race at the 2016 Games and he is set to be the first Welsh athlete in action in Rio on Saturday, 6 August - the day after the opening ceremony.
Here are the Welsh athletes who have qualified for the 31st Olympic Games in Brazil:
NAME: Seren Bundy-Davies
DISCIPLINE: 400m & 4x400m relay
DATE OF BIRTH: 30 December, 1994
FROM: Manchester
HONOURS: 4x400 gold at 2016 European Championships 2016, 4x400 bronze at 2015 World Championships
Bundy-Davies is Wales' only track and field athlete at Rio, the first time that has happened since the 1952 Helsinki Games in Helsinki. Ranked number 31 in the world, she is expected to win a relay medal, which would be Wales' first track and field medal since Jamie Baulch and Iwan Thomas won 4x400m silver at Atlanta 1996. The 21-year-old is studying at the University of Manchester for a biomedical science degree.
NAME: Joe Cordina
DISCIPLINE: Men's lightweight (60kg)
DATE OF BIRTH: 1 December, 1991
FROM: Cardiff
HONOURS: 2015 European Amateur champion, 2014 Commonwealth Games champion
The 24-year-old world number eight shares his St Joseph's stable in Newport with current featherweight world champion Lee Selby, 2012 Olympic welterweight silver medallist Fred Evans, 2010 Commonwealth bantamweight champion Sean McGoldrick and British flyweight champion Andrew Selby.
NAME: Elinor Barker
DISCIPLINE: Women's team pursuit
DATE OF BIRTH: 7 September, 1994
FROM: Cardiff
HONOURS: 2013 World & European team pursuit champion, 2014 World, European & World Cup team pursuit champion, 2015 World team pursuit runner-up, 2014 Commonwealth Games points race runner-up & scratch race bronze medallist
The 21-year-old joins the world record-breaking team pursuit squad alongside Laura Trott and Joanna Rowsell-Shand that will be hoping to defend their Olympic crown in Rio but the United States are favourite. The British team pursuit trio won gold in London in world record time. Barker is the youngest member of the British cycling team and started riding aged 10 to get out of swimming lessons.
NAME: Owain Doull
DISCIPLINE: Men's team pursuit
DATE OF BIRTH: 2 May, 1993
FROM: Cardiff
HONOURS: 2013 European team pursuit champion, 2014 European team pursuit champion, 2015 World team pursuit runner-up & European team pursuit champion, 2016 World team pursuit runner-up.
The 23-year-old, like Elinor Barker, is in a British team pursuit squad that is defending an Olympic crown after winning gold in a world record time in London in 2012 - and Great Britain are favourites to retain their title. Welsh-speaking Doull, whose childhood ambition was to be a fireman, gave up a promising rugby career to join the British Cycling Junior Academy aged 14.
NAME: Ciara Horne
DISCIPLINE: Women's team pursuit
DATE OF BIRTH: 17 September, 1989
FROM: Warwickshire (father from Penarth)
HONOURS: 2014 European & World Cup team pursuit champion, 2015 European team pursuit champion, 2016 World team pursuit bronze medallist
The former national junior swimmer and triathlete joined a cycling team in 2009 and joined the Welsh Cycling Performance Programme in 2012, representing Wales at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Horne, born to an Irish mother and Welsh father, has a physiotherapy degree from the University of Birmingham.
NAME: Becky James
DISCIPLINE: Women's sprint and keirin
DATE OF BIRTH: 29 November, 1991
FROM: Abergavenny
HONOURS: 2013 World keirin and sprint champion and team sprint and time trial bronze medallist, 2010 Commonwealth Games sprint silver and time trial bronze medallist, 2014 World team sprint and keirin bronze medallist, 2016 World keirin bronze medallist
James became the first Briton to win four medals at one World Track Cycling Championship at Minsk 2013 and the 24-year-old competes in the sprint event that her hero Victoria Pendleton won 2008 gold and 2012 silver at Olympic Games. James, a former junior show jumper who loves baking, is fifth favourite on her Olympic debut, with Kristina Vogel the bookies' choice.
NAME: Geraint Thomas
DISCIPLINE: Men's road race
DATE OF BIRTH: 25 May, 1986
FROM: Cardiff
HONOURS: TRACK: 2008 & 2012 Olympic team pursuit champion, 2007, 2008 & 2012 World team pursuit champion, 2014 Commonwealth Games road race champion ROAD: 2016 Paris-Nice champion, 2015 & 2016 Tour of Algarve champion, 2015 E3 Harelbeke champion
Thomas is bidding to become Wales' most successful Olympic athlete for 96 years as the 30-year-old is aiming for his third successive Olympic gold at Rio. But he is expected to play the supporting role for Chris Froome as he did at the Tour de France. The 2014 BBC Cymru Wales Sports Personality of the Year, who lives in both Cardiff and Monaco, has a dog called Blanche and has just bought a Grade II listed mansion in south Wales to hire as a wedding venue.
NAME: Natalie Powell
DISCIPLINE: Women's -78 kg
DATE OF BIRTH: 16 October, 1990
FROM: Builth Wells
HONOURS: 2014 Commonwealth & Astana Grand Prix champion, 2013 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix runner-up, 2014 Samsun Grand Prix runner-up
The 25-year-old will become the first Welsh woman to compete in judo at the Olympics after beating 2012 silver medallist Gemma Gibbons to the -78kg Team GB place. The world number eight, whose hero is former England football captain David Beckham, started judo when introduced to the sport by friends at school.
NAME: Victoria Thornley
DISCIPLINE: Double sculls
DATE OF BIRTH: 30 November, 1987
FROM: St Asaph
HONOURS: 2011 World bronze medallist (eight), 2015 European bronze medallist (double sculls)
The former equestrian rider and model was the first graduate of rowing's 'Sporting Giants' talent identification scheme to win a medal when she won the 2009 World Under-23 Championships. Thornley was fifth in the eight boat at London 2012 and now races alongside Katherine Grainger as the five-time Olympian defends the double sculls title in Rio.
NAME: Chris Bartley
DISCIPLINE: Men's lightweight four
DATE OF BIRTH: 2 February, 1984
FROM: Wrexham
HONOURS: 2010 World champion, 2012 Olympic silver medallist, 2007, 2011, 2013 & 2014 World runner-up, 2014 European runner-up
The 32-year-old, an ever-present in the four since 2009, was part of the lightweight men's four that missed out on gold by less than a second at London 2012. Bartley, who studied biology at the University of Nottingham, is one of Team GB's most experienced rowers.
NAME: James Davies
POSITION: Forward
DATE OF BIRTH: 25 October 1990
FROM: Carmarthen
HONOURS: 2012 Dubai Sevens Plate winner
The 25-year-old Scarlets flanker is the younger brother of Wales and British and Irish Lions centre Jonathan Davies. He is nicknamed 'Cubby' because his brother is known as Jon 'Fox' Davies because their parents ran the Fox & Hounds pub in the Carmarthenshire village of Bancyfelin. The former Wales Sevens captain impressed in the Pro12 in the 15-man game last season and was a contender for Wales' tour to New Zealand.
NAME: Sam Cross
POSITION: Forward
DATE OF BIRTH: 26 August, 1992
FROM: Abergavenny
The 23-year-old former Gwent county footballer who also represented Team GB at the World Student Championships in rugby league, is a centrally contracted Welsh Sevens international and has won 100 caps. Cross played for Cardiff Met University when studying a sport and exercise science scholarship.
NAME: Jasmine Joyce
AGE: 9 October, 1995
FROM: St David's
Joyce will be the only non-English representative in the Team GB female rugby squad. The 20-year-old, who was called up by Wales after impressing for the Pontyclun Falcons and the Scarlets, has taken a sabbatical from her university studies to concentrate on her rugby career.
TRAVELLING RESERVE: Luke Treharne (Wales)
NAME: Hannah Mills
DISCIPLINE: 470 class
DATE OF BIRTH: 29 February, 1988
FROM: Cardiff
HONOURS: 2012 Olympic 470 class runner-up, 2006 World 420 champion, 2012 World 470 champion, 2011 & 2015 World Championships 470 runner-up, 2014 European 470 runner-up
Mills and her crew Saskia Clark's gold hopes at the 2012 Games were blown off course by a wind shift in Weymouth and finished the medal race next to last, leaving them with silver. Mills, who started sailing aged just eight, is currently fourth in the world rankings but favourite to win in Rio.
NAME: Chris Grube
DISCIPLINE: 470 class
DATE OF BIRTH: 22 January, 1985
FROM: Chester
HONOURS: 2014 World Cup Miami round bronze
Grube failed to qualify London 2012 after he was beaten to Team GB selection by Luke Patience and Stuart Bithell, who went on to win Olympic silver. He was dropped from the Royal Yachting Association elite Olympic Podium squad in 2014 because of poor results. But the 30-year-old was paired with Patience in January 2016 after Patience's initial partner Elliot Willis was forced to withdraw after being diagnosed with bowel cancer. They are now ranked third in the world.
NAME: Elena Allen
DISCIPLINE: Women's Skeet
DATE OF BIRTH: 12 July, 1972
FROM: Blackwood
HONOURS: 2014 World team skeet champion and skeet runner-up, 2013 World team skeet runner-up and skeet bronze medallist, 2014 Welsh Commonwealth Games skeet silver medallist, 2006 English Commonwealth Games skeet pairs bronze medallist.
The 44-year-old, who will hope for an improvement at her third Olympics, was born in Moscow and her mother Tatiana Bogdanova was a World and European Championship shooting competitor for the Soviet Union. Allen moved to the UK aged 20 and married fellow shooter Malcolm Allen, who is now her coach. The world number 39 has a modern languages degree from the University of Bradford.
NAME: Jazz Carlin
DISCIPLINE: 400m and 800m freestyle
DATE OF BIRTH: 17 September, 1990
FROM: Swindon (both parents Welsh)
HONOURS: 2014 Commonwealth & European 800m freestyle champion, 2014 European 400m freestyle runner-up, 2015 World 800m freestyle bronze medallist, 2010 Commonwealth 200m freestyle runner-up, 2009 World 4x200m freestyle relay bronze medallist
The Welsh record holder in 200m, 400m and 800m freestyle made her international swimming debut aged just 15 and became the first Welsh female swimmer to win a Commonwealth title since Pat Beavan in 1974. The Manchester United fan and qualified personal trainer is fourth in the world in her favoured 800m freestyle and is fourth favourite to win on her Olympic debut with defending champion and world record holder Katie Ledecky a huge odds-on favourite.
NAME: Georgia Davies
DISCIPLINE: 100m backstroke
DATE OF BIRTH: 11 October, 1990
FROM: Swansea
HONOURS: 2014 Commonwealth 50m backstroke champion and 100m backstroke runner-up, 2014 European 50m backstroke runner-up, 2010 Commonwealth 50m backstroke bronze medallist, 2016 European 50m backstroke bronze medallist & 4x100m medley & mixed medley relay champion, 2014 European 100m backstroke & 4x100m medley relay bronze medallist
Davies is a 250-1 rank outsider for 100m backstroke gold as her favoured 50m backstroke event is not included in the Olympic schedule. The 25-year-old was an Olympic semi-finalist at London 2012 and the world number 11 will be aiming for the final in Rio and hoping for relay success.
NAME: Ieuan Lloyd
DISCIPLINE: 200m freestyle and individual medley
DATE OF BIRTH: July 9, 1993
FROM: Penarth
The City of Cardiff swimmer made his Olympic debut as a teenager at London 2012, finishing 19th in the 200m freestyle, but hasn't lived up to his early promise. The 23-year-old returned to form this year and is expected to feature in the 4x200m freestyle relay as well as 200m individual medley, where he is ranked 27th in the world..
NAME: Chloe Tutton
DISCIPLINE: 200m breaststroke
DATE OF BIRTH: 17 July, 1996
FROM: Rhondda
HONOURS: 2016 European 100m breaststroke bronze medallist and 4x100m relay medley champion
Following an international debut at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, the 20-year-old has burst on to the scene within the last 12 months and won the British 200m breaststroke title ahead of European silver medallist Molly Renshaw - and in a British record time. Tutton narrowly missed the Olympic qualification time but her performance convinced selectors she should go to Rio and the world number five is an outside bet for a medal.
NAME: Jade Jones
DISCIPLINE: 57kg
DATE OF BIRTH: 21 March, 1993
FROM: Flint
HONOURS: 2012 Olympic champion, 2015 European Games champion
HONOURS: 2012 Olympic 57kg champion, 2011 World 57kg runner-up, 2015 European Games 57kg champion, 2016 European 57kg champion, 2014 European Championships 57kg runner-up, 2010 European Championships 53kg bronze medallist, 2012 European Championships 57kg bronze medallist
Wales' only current world number one is favourite to retain the Olympic crown she won in such style as a teenager in London, the first taekwondo gold Great Britain have ever won. The 2012 BBC Cymru Wales Sports Personality of the Year, nicknamed 'The Headhunter' because of her style, was encouraged to take up the sport as a child by her grandfather because Jones was "quite naughty".
NAME: Non Stanford
DATE OF BIRTH: 8 January, 1989
FROM: Swansea
HONOURS: 2013 ITU World triathlon champion, 2012 World under-23 triathlon champion
The 27-year-old was handpicked by double Olympic champion Kelly Holmes as a possible star of the future in her teenage years when Stanford was a promising distance runner. But Stanford, second favourite for Olympic gold in Rio behind reigning back-to-back world champion Gwen Jorgensen, converted after joining the University of Birmingham triathlon club during her sport and exercises sciences degree. Stanford is the first woman to win an Under-23 and senior world title.
NAME:Helen Jenkins
DATE OF BIRTH: 8 March, 1984
FROM: Bridgend
HONOURS: 2008 & 2011 ITU triathlon world champion, 2011 ITU triathlon team world champion
Jenkins is among Britain's most consistent female athletes, achieving more World Triathlon Series podium finishes than any other British woman and winning the world title twice. Jenkins, who married British team-mate and coach Marc at Disney World in Florida in 2008, is preparing for her third Olympics and is third favourite as the 32-year-old hopes to improve on her 21st-placed finish at Beijing in 2008 and fifth at London 2012.
He was granted a short private audience with the head of the Catholic Church on the latest leg of his overseas trip.
The two men have in the past clashed on issues such as migration, climate change and a Mexico-US wall.
Mr Trump is now in Brussels for talks with Nato and EU officials.
He will also hold meetings with Belgium's King Philippe and Prime Minister Charles Michel.
After the meeting between President Trump and the Pope, the Vatican said there had been an "exchange of views" on international issues.
Mr Trump, who BBC Europe editor Katya Adler says seemed star-struck, said of the Pope: "He is something, he's really good. We had a fantastic meeting and we had a fantastic tour, it was really beautiful. We're liking Italy very much... it was an honour to be with the Pope."
Later Mr Trump tweeted: "Honor of a lifetime to meet His Holiness Pope Francis. I leave the Vatican more determined than ever to pursue PEACE in our world."
He arrived in Europe from Israel and the Palestinian territories, where he vowed to try to achieve peace in the region.
The US leader began his foreign trip with a two-day stop in Saudi Arabia over the weekend, urging Muslim countries to take the lead in combating radicalisation.
Mr Trump and his entourage arrived at the Vatican just before 08:30, in a meeting that was arranged at the last minute.
The US president was greeted by Archbishop Georg Ganswein, the head of the papal household, and escorted by the Swiss Guard to the offices of Pope Francis.
Correspondents say Mr Trump seemed subdued during their initial meeting, while Pope Francis was not as jovial as he sometimes is with world leaders.
The two men appeared much more relaxed at the end of their 30-minute private meeting.
The Vatican said later that they shared a commitment to "life, and freedom of worship and conscience" and expressed hope that they can collaborate "in service to the people in the fields of healthcare, education and assistance to migrants".
On international affairs, their "exchange of views" covered the "promotion of peace in the world through political negotiation and interreligious dialogue", and highlighted the need to protect Christian communities in the Middle East.
After the meeting, they exchanged gifts. Mr Trump gave the Pope a boxed set of writings by the civil rights leader Martin Luther King.
The Pope gave Mr Trump a signed copy of a message he delivered for World Peace Day, along with some of his writings about the need to protect the environment.
He also presented him with a small sculptured olive tree, telling Mr Trump through an interpreter: "It is my desire that you become an olive tree to construct peace".
Mr Trump responded by saying: "We can use some peace." He also said he would read the texts the Pope gave him.
Mr Trump also met Italy's president and prime minister while in Rome.
Ever so slowly and flanked by the Swiss Guard the leader of the world's pre-eminent superpower walked through the Vatican to meet the leader of one of the world's pre-eminent religions.
And were there ever two more different people? Pope Francis with just the merest hint of a smile; President Trump beaming. They sat across from each other in the pontiff's study as though one was going for a job interview.
During the election campaign, when Pope Francis visited the US-Mexico border he said that people who choose to build walls and not bridges weren't Christian. Donald Trump said those comments were disgraceful.
And in February, just after Donald Trump had tried to introduce his travel ban from six mainly Muslim countries and suspended the refugee programme, the Pope tweeted: "How often in the Bible the Lord asks us to welcome migrants and foreigners, reminding us that we too are foreigners!"
The normal mantra when two world leaders meet is to say "there is more that unites us than divides us". Almost certainly true. But there are real differences as well.
Mr Trump was joined not only by his wife, daughter and son-in-law but also Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and National Security Adviser HR McMaster.
Both Melania and Ivanka Trump were dressed in black with their heads partially covered, in keeping with a traditional Vatican protocol that is no longer expected to be rigorously observed.
Melania, a Catholic, asked the Pope to bless her rosary beads.
In a light-hearted exchange, Pope Francis asked her what she gave her husband to eat. It was initially thought he had suggested "pizza" to her, but in fact he said potica, which is a cake from Mrs Trump's home country of Slovenia. She laughed in response, and agreed with him.
This is Mr Trump's first visit to Europe since taking office in January.
Security has been stepped up across Rome, with the areas around the Vatican City, the Italian presidential palace and the American ambassador's residence, where Mr Trump is staying, temporarily closed to traffic.
Despite the heavy police presence, about 100 anti-Trump protesters held a rally in one of Rome's squares on Tuesday evening.
Significant protests are also expected in Brussels where he will meet EU and Nato officials.
This visit will be about damage limitation with the fervent hope of establishing some kind of transatlantic chemistry, the BBC's Europe editor Katya Adler says.
She adds that the tone in Brussels has gone from off-the-record sneering when the erratic and unpredictable Mr Trump first won the November elections, to outright concern now that the implications of his presidency have begun to sink in.
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Mr Trump will end his tour on the Italian island of Sicily at the G7 summit on Friday.
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Blues came from 11 points down to win 18-17 at Myreside, with Lloyd Williams' late try sealing a dramatic win.
"I'm thrilled with the way the boys adapted with the conditions in the second half," Wilson said.
"They carried on trying to play and created two really good tries to get us back in the game."
Blues had received two yellow cards during the first half and were trailing 17-6 early in the second half before Sion Bennett's try set up a tense finale,
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Scrum-half Williams collected his own speculative chip-kick to snatch a vital victory to maintain Blues' challenge for a top six finish.
"We solved a few problems at half time in terms of stopping some of the things they wanted to do and held on for dear life," Wilson told BBC Wales' Scrum V.
"And there was a great defensive set to finish. Defensively I thought we were excellent.
"We knew when to go and when to get out, keep getting width and coming forward and we did that really well.
"Credit to the boys, that was a huge set not to give a penalty away and hold on for what will be another good away win for us."
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The line, supported by the FA, was set up after ex-Crewe Alexandra player Andy Woodward revealed he had been a victim of sexual abuse as a young footballer.
The NSPCC said 75% of the calls that resulted in a referral to police or other agencies came from abuse victims.
Police have so far identified 83 potential suspects.
In the last three weeks, more than 20 former footballers - including ex-youth players, trainees and professionals - have come forward with allegations of historical abuse in football.
Within two hours of the hotline opening on 23 November, it received 50 calls, and in the first week 860 calls were made.
Not all calls result in referrals, but the NSPCC said 94% of the referrals made by helpline staff have been to police.
More than 20 UK police forces have confirmed they are investigating claims of historical child abuse in football.
The Football Association has announced an internal review.
On Tuesday, the Metropolitan Police said it was investigating people linked to 30 football clubs in London, four of which are in the Premier League.
Last week police chiefs said 98 clubs involved in the investigation.
The National Police Chiefs' Council said 98% of the identified victims were male and that investigations span all tiers of football.
NSPCC chief executive Peter Wanless said it was encouraging that people were coming forward.
He said: "It's clear that for far too long, hundreds of people who suffered abuse as youngsters in the game have not been able to speak up, but it is encouraging that so many are finally finding their voice in a climate today where they know they will be listened to and supported."
The charity said the number of calls to the helpline does not reflect the number of people or victims, as multiple calls can come from one individual.
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Eleven Supreme Court judges unanimously rejected the Welsh Government's argument for AMs to be consulted before the UK government triggers Article 50 and formal divorce talks with the European Union.
The judges said the Sewel convention, although important for harmonious relationships between Westminster and devolved governments, is not a matter for the judiciary.
And it said that relations with the EU are a matter for the UK government.
But the Welsh Counsel General Mick Antoniw was clear as he emerged from the court:
"It's certainly a victory because it does two things. Firstly it upholds the sovereignty of parliament in terms of the government having now to bring a Bill to parliament on Brexit, which opens an opportunity to engage through the Sewel convention.
"We've never argued for a veto and the court made that point in terms of Sewel but what it did do was stress the importance of the Sewel convention as a process of engagement and I think that gives us strong comfort in terms of the arguments we made in the court being accepted by the Supreme Court today."
Under the Sewel convention, Westminster doesn't normally legislate in devolved areas without the consent of AMs. But if the judges have ruled that relations with the EU are reserved to the UK government, will the convention apply?
Although they may be no legal compulsion to consult AMs, MSPs or MLAs, politically they will be consulted, even if there is frustration in Cardiff, Belfast and Edinburgh at the nature of that consultation.
Brexit Secretary David Davis told MPs: "The Supreme Court has ruled clearly in the government's favour on the roles of the devolved legislatures in invoking Article 50.
"But while this provides welcome clarity, it in no way diminishes our commitment to work closely with the people and administrations of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland as we move forward with our withdrawal from the European Union."
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The Canaries lost 2-1 to promotion rivals Huddersfield on Friday and are 15 points behind second-placed Brighton after the top two won at the weekend.
Norwich are currently four points outside the Championship's top six.
"The way things are going at the moment for us and the way they're going it looks highly unlikely we'll catch the top two," Neil told BBC Radio Norfolk.
"It looks as if the play-offs might be our best option."
Neil was speaking straight after Friday's defeat at Carrow Road, which came courtesy of two goals by Terriers winger Elias Kachunga, and said his side need to show real improvement to achieve an instant return to the Premier League following relegation last season.
The 35-year-old added: "It's going to be extremely difficult, it's a mammoth task and we're certainly going to have to raise our bar to be able to achieve it."
Purvis was part of the British team to win silver in the team event - their first men's team medal at a world championships - in Glasgow.
"It's great to be back," he told BBC Scotland. "Its always fantastic to be in front of a home crowd.
"To be here in a big arena in front of an enthusiastic crowd."
Purvis, who competed at the recent Scottish championships in Perth, is taking part in the Gymnastics World Cup at the Emirates knowing that he is constantly under the selectors' microscope with the Rio Olympics looming.
Britain have secured a team place in Rio thanks to their world championships showing, but the five men making up that team have yet to be announced.
The final line-up will be confirmed on 12 July.
"Rio is always on the back of your mind, but you have to keep your feet on the ground," said Purvis. "You have to train and get on the team.
"These competitions allow me to prove myself and that's what keeps your head settled.
"It's one thing to dream, but to try and get there in reality is another."
Purvis was part of the GB men's team to win bronze at the 2012 Olympics in London and, two years later, he won gold for Scotland at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on the parallel bars as well as silver with the men's team.
Last year's world championships achievements followed and he is fresh from being crowned Scottish champion two weeks ago.
"Confidence is high," Purvis added. "At the moment, the key momentum is about hitting these results and scores.
"Training has been good, so I'm ready to go and hit the routines I know I can."
The 27-year-old joined Swansea in 2015, but made only three appearances before going on loan to former club St Etienne.
The ex-France Under-21 cap can play on the wing, but is primarily a left-back.
Neil Taylor's presence in Swansea's defence helped ensure Tabanou's chances to impress were rare.
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Australia has said it will take more Syrians, but stopped short of increasing its overall refugee intake.
Social media has taken up the push for a policy change, with people on Tuesday posting photos to #lightthedark.
More vigils will be held this week, which will also remember a Syrian child who drowned on the coast of Turkey.
An image of three-year-old Alan Kurdi lying face down on a beach has sparked an international outcry over the human cost of the European migrant crisis.
An estimated 10,000 people attended the ceremony at Sydney's Hyde Park on Monday night, and thousands more in other cities.
They came ahead of an expected announcement on Tuesday from the Australian government authorising air strikes against the so-called Islamic State group in Syria.
Members of Prime Minister Tony Abbott's own party, including several state premiers, have called for more to be done for people fleeing Syria.
A Kosovo-type solution has been discussed that would see Syrians and Iraqis housed in Australia, then returned home once the countries were safe.
The Federal Opposition has called for 10,000 additional places for refugees from the Middle East, with priority to be given to those from conflicts in Syria and Iraq.
Opposition Labor leader Bill Shorten also said the government should spend an extra $A100m ($69m; £45.6m) on aid for refugees.
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.
Tourists were increasingly leaving comments like "I was here" in several languages on monuments and signs at Base Camp on the Chinese side of the mountain, they said.
They plan to erect tablets tourists can deface instead, to meet their demands for somewhere to leave their mark.
The Great Wall of China also recently introduced a designated graffiti zone.
Officials in Tibet told local media that as tourists already have to register to enter the scenic area, it would be easier to identify the culprits.
"Starting this year, we will set up a blacklist system to punish badly-behaved tourists, such as those who leave graffiti. The blacklist will be made public through media outlets," said Gu Chunlei, deputy head of Tingri County tourism bureau.
May is the peak time for tourism to Everest in Tibet, with 550 visits a day to the base camp there at the height of 2015, according to Xinhua.
Police have appealed for witnesses to the incident, which happened at William Hill in Sauchiehall Street at about 15:50 on Sunday.
A 27-year-old man was treated in hospital for a head injury and a 26-year-old, who was punched in the face, declined medical attention.
Officers were reviewing CCTV footage as part of their inquiries.
One suspect was described as being white, of heavy build, and about 35-45 years old.
He was wearing a blue T-shirt and jeans.
The other suspect was described as being white, in his mid-40s and wearing a blue T-shirt.
Det Con Stephen Palmer said: "We know there was a disagreement between the men and violence broke out as a result of that confrontation.
"I am appealing to anyone who was within the premises at the time to contact us.
"Any small piece of information could assist our investigation."
The 25-year-old has made 80 league appearances for the Championship side since joining from Chesterfield in August 2014.
Cooper is the second player to extend his stay at Elland Road this week after full-back Gaetano Berardi signed a new three-year deal on Tuesday.
Thomas Christiansen's side have started the season with wins over Bolton in the league and Port Vale in the EFL Cup.
It is being held to mark 80 years of the brand, which was launched by the Nottingham-based company in 1935.
In Victorian times, colour cosmetics had been considered a form of deception more suited to actresses and prostitutes.
However, attitudes were changing by the early 20th century.
One of the exhibition's curators, Sophie Clapp from the Boots Archives, said people were partly influenced by the glamour of Hollywood stars.
"The suffragettes started to wear bright red lipstick as an act of defiance and then you get the flapper movement in the 20s, again showing that modernity and trying to be something a bit way out there, and really that softens in the 1930s," she said.
"We started to get requests from our customers later on in the late part of the decade, and our response was to start producing a few different products that were colour cosmetics."
Another curator, Dr Richard Hornsey from the University of Nottingham, said his favourite parts of the exhibition are from the middle of the 1930s.
'Not quite respectable'
"At the time cosmetics and particularly colour cosmetics were very daring and women don't really have much experience of them," said Dr Hornsey, a lecturer in Modern British History. "There's very tentative advice about how to wear colour.
"There's this lovely line in one of the advice booklets that says 'Only you should know that the rouge is there'. Because it's still not quite respectable to wear make-up or to be seen to be wearing too much make-up, which is this big fear at the time."
Cosmetics were not rationed during World War Two, but manufacturers faced government restrictions on the amount they could produce.
"There's some anxiety early on about whether important factory resources should be spent on producing make-up, but then this realisation that make-up is really important," said Dr Hornsey.
"It's important partly because women are entering a lot of male jobs, going into factories, driving buses and so forth, and this is a way that women can retain their femininity while they're in uniform.
"But also there's something about the act of putting on lipstick, for instance, that becomes an act of defiance. 'I'm still going, I'm still beautiful, I'm still doing my daily routine, you haven't got me yet Hitler'."
Ms Clapp said there was an "explosion" in the number of products available after the war.
Beauty products were often promoted as a way of getting male attention, with one slogan telling women: "Someone is always looking at you. Stay lovely always."
But later the focus changed to women's self-expression and style.
"Suddenly there's a shift in the 70s where it's much more about them doing it to make yourself feel good," said Ms Clapp.
"And this seems to be a theme that's carried on and it's still really what we would think of today, as the reason why we put make-up on every day."
"Certainly the idea of looking good for men seems to have completely disappeared over the last several decades and I don't think that's going to be coming back," said Dr Hornsey.
The exhibition is at the Weston Gallery at Nottingham Lakeside Arts until 17 April and a series of free talks is also being held to accompany it.
Ex-England midfielder Cole, 33, has joined Coventry City on loan from Villa, who are 19th in the table with four points from nine games.
Grealish, 20, has scored one goal in six top-flight appearances this season and Cole said: "The gaffer loves him.
"He has gone beyond potential and is an important cog in the wheel at Villa."
Grealish made his Villa debut in the penultimate game of the 2013-14 Premier League season but played a more prominent role last season as the club narrowly avoided relegation and reached the FA Cup final.
He recently opted to play for England, despite having turned out for the Republic of Ireland at Under-21 level.
Cole, a former West Ham, Chelsea and Liverpool player, added: "When you step into that world of Premier League football the expectancy levels are massive and someone with the ability levels of Jack, the expectancy levels go up so you need to have the mentality to cope.
"It is important that the club build the team around him. I think they have the perfect gaffer for him.
"He is going to be a massive player for Villa over the future."
Villa won their opening league game of the season but have since lost seven and drawn one of their following eight games.
Sherwood has come under pressure but Cole has backed the 46-year-old to avoid relegation with the West Midlands club.
"The manager has a lot of qualities he brings to the table and he is also getting better everyday," said Cole.
"He is learning the trade himself. But he is definitely good enough to keep Villa up."
The two events were not related. It was not in response to the latest school shootings in the US that Mexican politicians moved to change the legislation. But the timing was certainly symbolic.
Ironically for a country awash with hundreds of thousands of illegal firearms, Mexico has some of the most stringent gun laws in Latin America.
Mexicans do have the right to own a registered gun in their home, but only the military, police and citizens with federal permits can carry arms outside the home.
Obtaining that licence costs $150 (£93) and involves rigorous checks. Consequently, many ordinary Mexicans who want to carry a weapon simply buy on the black market.
Since the Mexican government shut down the last private gun shop in the 1990s, there is just one legal gun store in the entire country, located in Mexico City and controlled by the military.
This latest piece of legislation was aimed at stemming the flow of magazines for automatic weapons into the country by closing a longstanding legal loophole.
Senator Arturo Zamora of the ruling PRI party introduced the measure to parliament saying: "The traffic of magazines for high-calibre weapons is in the hands of criminal organisations."
"These magazines pose a threat to society. They are not being brought into country with the aim of protecting people but rather to be used in crimes such as extortion, kidnapping and murder."
As the US grapples with the implications of the shootings in Newtown, there has been relatively little mention of the impact the country's lax gun laws have had on its southern neighbour.
Last year a US Senate report, submitted by the Democratic senator leading the push for greater gun control, Dianne Feinstein, said as many as 70% of the guns in the hands of the Mexican drug cartels came from the US.
Two years earlier, the number cited had been even higher, at about 90%.
For the pro-gun lobby, however, the statistics were inaccurate and the report fundamentally flawed.
The figure was based on some 30,000 guns confiscated by the Mexican authorities and submitted to the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) for tracing.
Critics of Senator Feinstein's report say there are tens of thousands of weapons which were not handed over for tracing and many more still in circulation in Mexico whose origins are unknown.
"The single biggest supplier of firearms to the Mexican criminals is the US government through our sales to the military and the police," argues Robert Farago of the pro-gun online magazine The Truth about Guns.
Those firearms are "fully-automatic assault rifles", says Mr Farago, which "then seep to the cartels. They also have weapons coming in from China and Eastern Europe."
One particular episode involving US weapons in Mexico has created more tension between the two countries over the issue than any other.
In a botched sting operation by the ATF called Fast and Furious, US authorities lost track of some 1,400 weapons they were hoping would to lead them to drug kingpins. Instead the guns simply ended up arming Mexican gangs, particularly the Sinaloa Cartel.
"Fast and Furious" weapons have turned up in violent crime scenes across Mexico.
Now a Republican Senator from Iowa, Charles Grassley, has called for an investigation into whether guns from the bungled operation were used in a shoot-out earlier this year in which a 20-year-old beauty queen, Maria Susana Flores Gomez, was killed.
For pro-gun commentator Robert Farago, Fast and Furious is an example of where the problem lies.
"The idea that US gun laws are in any way impacting the availability of firearms in Mexico is ridiculous," he says. "It's not United States' gun stores they need to worry about."
Nevertheless, the 2011 Senate report concluded that the private sale of military-style weapons was "arming Mexico's drug trafficking organisations at an alarming rate", and called for the Assault Weapons Ban to be reinstated.
Those calls have turned into urgent demands from some quarters in the wake of the massacre at Newtown.
In Mexico, politicians and members of civil society have long made a link between US gun laws and the firepower of Mexico's cartels.
Asked whether greater gun control north of the border would improve security in Mexican communities, PRI Senator Arturo Zamora was emphatic: "Definitely it would, yes. In June, the Defence Ministry stated that in the last six years, it confiscated more than 12 million cartridges of different calibres."
Tighter US gun laws, he says, would immediately help to curb the illegal traffic of so many bullets and weapons into Mexico.
Needless to say, US gun enthusiasts vehemently disagree.
"It's absolutely laughable," says Robert Farago of the senator's argument.
"If anything, Mexicans should be copying our gun laws and Second Amendment rights. What Mexicans need are more magazines, more guns, more bullets in the hands of law-abiding citizens."
Most law-abiding Mexicans, however, believe more guns are the last thing the country needs.
Gemma Chan, who also appeared in Sherlock Holmes and is the partner of comedian Jack Whitehall, was giving evidence at the Old Bailey.
Schizophrenic Frederic Russell, 28, has been charged with murder but is not well enough to stand trial.
The jury must instead decide if he stabbed Colin Hammond in Putney.
The 65-year-old was killed last October as he walked down the street in west London.
Miss Chan told the court she was walking towards Putney Bridge underground station when she saw two men fighting on the ground.
The younger man, who had a goatee beard, was on top of an older man, kneeling on him and gripping his clothes around his neck with their faces a few inches apart, she said.
Miss Chan said she heard one of the men shout that he did not have money.
She said she retraced her steps and noticed that the younger man had his right hand pressed into the neck of the older man for about six seconds.
Miss Chan added that when the younger man pulled away, she saw there was a knife in his hand which she described as being about 12cm (5in) long.
The knifeman then got to his feet and walked along the road and disappeared out of view, she added.
The actress told jurors she went up to Mr Hammond, who was still lying on the ground and groaning and holding his neck, and asked him if he was alright.
She told the court that Mr Russell then reappeared and that the pair of them stared at each other for about three seconds before the road started to fill with people as a train had left Putney station.
Miss Chan said the defendant then disappeared in to the crowd of people.
She said she stayed with the victim until emergency services arrived later.
The case continues.
There were 124,066 officers in the year ending March 2016 compared with 143,769 seven years ago - a fall of 14%.
Both front line and local police numbers have fallen while officers on long-term sick leave have increased.
The Police Federation for England and Wales said the figures were "deeply worrying and disappointing".
Police budgets have faced significant cuts since 2010 - an overall 18% reduction in real terms. Meanwhile crime has continued to fall with a 6% drop in offences compared with last year.
The Home Office said the figures showed police forces had demonstrated that, with reform, it was possible to deliver more for less.
The cuts, which began under the coalition government, have led some forces to share services while many have also reduced costs by closing police stations, reducing procurement costs and reorganising the workforce.
The latest Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW), which asks people about crime they have experienced and includes offences not reported to police, showed that despite the falling number of officers there was a 6% fall in the number of incidents for the year ending March 2016.
However, it did not include new figures showing almost six million fraud and cyber crimes were committed in the same period.
Crimes recorded by police forces also showed an annual rise of 8%. However, the ONS said this was not considered a reliable indicator of trends in crime; most of the latest rise is thought to be due to improved crime recording practices.
Police Federation chairman Steve White, which represents rank and file officers, said: "Whichever way you look at it, the figures are deeply worrying and disappointing.
"The continued increase in police recorded crime, and inclusion of cyber-crime and fraud figures, clearly shows on-going and rising demand on the police service. This, at a time when officer numbers continue falling.
"The increased demand is taking its toll. The figures highlight increased levels of sickness across officers in England and Wales, illustrating the intense pressures they face. This cannot be allowed to continue.
"At a time when safety and security of the public is at the top of the political agenda, it is time to refocus priorities and invest further in the police."
A National Security Agency (NSA) document shows location, websites visited and contacts are among the data targeted from mobile applications.
It is the latest revelation from documents leaked by Edward Snowden.
In a statement, the NSA said it was not interested in data beyond "valid foreign intelligence targets".
"Any implication that NSA's foreign intelligence collection is focused on the smartphone or social media communications of everyday Americans is not true," the statement said.
By Gordon CoreraSecurity correspondent, BBC News
From the very start, the Snowden revelations have thrown a spotlight on the tech sector as well as the intelligence agencies.
In some cases, it was clear they were complying with laws - for instance providing metadata - but having to do so secretly. That is something they have now won the right to disclose at least a little more.
In other cases, it appears that some companies might have been doing more than they strictly had to leading to awkward questions.
And in other cases, the intelligence agencies appear to have been hacking into the companies - for instance their internal data links - without knowledge or permission.
The more publicity that this has all attracted the more the companies have distanced themselves from government with expressions of anger and calls for more transparency.
In the case of the latest Angry Birds and Squeaky Dolphin revelations, it appears that NSA/GCHQ are effectively piggybacking off customer data that companies designing software - whether Rovio or Google - collect themselves and without the companies knowing.
This will anger the companies, not least because it may throw a spotlight on just how much personal information they collect from ordinary people who may not have known about it in the past.
The report, published by the New York Times, ProPublica and the Guardian, says the NSA and Britain's GCHQ have worked together since 2007 to develop ways to gain access to information from applications for mobile phones and tablets.
The scale of data gathering is unclear.
But the reports suggest data is gained from a variety of mapping, gaming and social networking applications, using techniques similar to the ones used to intercept mobile internet traffic and text message data.
The documents also reveal the two agencies are increasingly convinced of the importance of mobile applications data.
The joint spying programme "effectively means that anyone using Google Maps on a smartphone is working in support of a GCHQ system" one 2008 document from the British intelligence agency is quoted as saying.
Another GCHQ report, in 2012, laid out how to extract information from Angry Birds user information from phones on the Android operating system. The game has been downloaded 1.7 billion times across the world.
The British spy agency said it would not comment on intelligence matters, but insisted that all of its activities were "authorised, necessary and proportionate".
Another NSA document described a "golden nugget" - a perfect scenario where NSA analysts could get broad selections of information from the applications, including networks the phone had connected to, documents downloaded, websites visited and "buddy lists".
Other applications mentioned by the documents include the photo-sharing site Flickr, movie-based social network Flixster and applications that connect to Facebook.
Developers are responsible for the information generated from each application, but there was no suggestion firms were actively agreeing to give the spy agencies data.
On Monday, the justice department announced it had reached agreement with five major internet firms over their request to share information about how they responded to orders from the NSA and other agencies.
Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Facebook and LinkedIn had previously sued the US government over being able to disclose to the public more information on what they have released to intelligence agencies.
Under the compromise announced, the firms will be able to release:
As part of the deal, the firms will delay releases of the number of national security orders by six months.
But tech firms cannot reveal government surveillance of new technology or new ways to communicate that they create for up to two years.
This caveat has been criticised by Ladar Levison - the founder of Lavabit, the secure email service that Edward Snowden used - who said the provision would undermine confidence in start-ups.
"While our courts are allowed to keep ethically dubious court order secret, it will remain impossible to trust private data to American companies," he told the New York Times.
Apple was quick to take advantage of the new rules.
It has revealed that it received between zero and 249 national security orders between 1 January and 30 June affecting between zero and 249 accounts.
Late on 10 July, Russian troops placed new demarcation signposts along the administrative boundary between the annexed territory of South Ossetia, which was removed from Georgia's jurisdiction by force in the war of 2008, and Tbilisi-controlled territory.
Crucially, a further 1.5km into the Georgian territory was added overnight. The new "border" is now a de facto occupation line, just a mile away from a major highway linking Georgia's eastern and western regions
Not only did this "land grab" disrupt the lives of villagers, whose households ended up overnight within the Russian-controlled territory, a kilometre-long section of the BP-operated Baku-Supsa oil pipeline also now lies outside of Tbilisi's reach.
Russia has been denying any involvement in the latest incident, advising the Georgian authorities to talk directly to the Ossetian "government". Russia recognises South Ossetia as an independent state, while Georgia and the most of the rest of the world regard South Ossetia a part of Georgia by right.
Georgia's Western ambitions have been a thorn in Russia's side since the early 1990s after it emerged as an independent state from the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Moscow has only really reacted since the mid-2000s, as Georgia's former President, Mikhail Saakashvili, instigated reforms to attempt to meet Western club accession conditions - efforts that earned him the reputation in Moscow of "Washington's puppet".
Signing a trade agreement with the EU in 2014 and contributing to peace-keeping missions in Afghanistan lent further weight to the Russian accusation that the country had "defected".
Most recently, Nato military training exercises near Tbilisi, talks over a potential Nato training centre in Georgia and slight but steady progress towards visa liberalisation with the EU may also have contributed to Moscow's wrath.
Russia's antipathy towards Nato has long been known, but its inability to accept former Soviet states' closer partnership with the European Union is rather more recent.
In September 2013, Moscow forced Armenia to scrap years of negotiations over its EU trade agreement and join the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union. Two months later, Moscow tried to buy Ukraine's loyalty by offering its soon-to-be-ousted President Viktor Yanukovych $15bn of bailout money in exchange for abandoning its European path.
The transformative power of political modernisation that comes with closer association with the EU is ultimately what irks the Russian leadership.
Political change with economic growth in countries like Ukraine, Georgia or Moldova is seen as a threat to the Russian regime, since success in these countries may motivate the Russian population to question their own governance model.
Russia's modus operandi of weakening a country that is unwilling to tow Moscow's line has been fanning the flames of separatism, as we are now witnessing in eastern Ukraine.
Moscow has been doing this in the internationally recognised Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia since the late days of the Soviet Union. This policy culminated in the 2008 war that saw both territories occupied by Russian troops. Russia subsequently proclaimed them as independent states.
As in 2008, when Moscow began its invasion on the eve of the Beijing Olympics, the timing of the latest provocation was skilfully chosen. Tied down with the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, the nuclear talks with Iran and Greece's financial woes, the West has a lot on its plate.
Russia's actions are also a consequence of its current anti-Western bent, which needs external enemies for regime maintenance and Putin's high approval ratings at home. With the war in Ukraine at a stalemate, and the Nato Article V pledge to come to the rescue of the Baltic states in case of Russian provocation, Moscow needs an easier target.
Georgia's only option to counter Russia is international assistance. But Western reaction has been limited to expressions of concern. No major Western news network covered Russia's latest move in the first few days after it took place.
Only a visit to the South Ossetian administrative boundary by European Council President Donald Tusk brought a semblance of international attention to the situation.
Unless the West sends a clearer message about the unacceptability of Russia's policies and defends any violation of Georgia's statehood, Russia may be emboldened to make further territorial advances.
In the absence of such a message, Tbilisi risks succumbing to mounting Russian pressure and faces a stark choice between changing its foreign policy course in Russia's favour on the one hand and further dismemberment on the other.
With Armenia already firmly within the Russian orbit through its Eurasian Economic Union membership and Azerbaijan reheating its relations with Moscow, Georgia remains the West's last serious toehold in the South Caucasus.
Georgia's loss, therefore, would in essence signify the transfer of the whole region, with its substantial energy transit potential and geopolitical significance, to the Russian sphere of influence.
George Mchedlishvili is an academy associate in the Russia and Eurasia Programme at the independent think tank Chatham House.
The Most Reverend Justin Welby said so-called Islamic State is "igniting a trail of fear, violence, hatred and determined oppression".
He also branded IS as "today's Herods" - a reference to the Biblical king at the time of Jesus's birth.
The archbishop delivered his sermon at Canterbury Cathedral.
He said: "Confident that these are the last days, using force and indescribable cruelty, they [IS] seem to welcome all opposition, certain that the warfare unleashed confirms that these are indeed the end times.
"They hate difference, whether it is Muslims who think differently, Yazidis or Christians, and because of them the Christians face elimination in the very region in which Christian faith began.
"This apocalypse is defined by themselves and heralded only by the angel of death."
The archbishop - spiritual leader of the world's 85 million Anglicans - also said that to those who have been, or are being, "dehumanised by the tyranny and cruelty" of IS, then "God's judgment comes as good news, because it promises justice".
Referring to IS as Isis, he told the congregation: "Today's Herods - Isis and their like - around the world propose false apocalypses.
"But you and I are called this morning to respond in worship and transforming, world-changing obedience, both as individuals and together, to this revelation of the baby that defines God.
"For it is our response to Jesus that defines us."
He has also tweeted: "In our world today extremists talk of coming apocalypse: it's already happened - in newborn Jesus, God radically reimagined the world.
"The apocalypse of Christmas judges every power, reaches every refugee and asks us all how we respond to Jesus, Prince of Peace."
Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster and the head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales, used his homily at midnight mass to say in a life shaped by faith in God, there is "absolutely no room at all for gratuitous violence".
He said: "No to all violence against the innocent. Yes to mercy. If we learn those lessons, then our world and our families will be more graceful places... and then, you and I can be protagonists of unarmed goodness."
The archbishop added that he hoped Christians who had been forced to leave their homes in northern Iraq would find some comfort from the Christmas story.
"I think many a Christian who's been driven from their home, who's seen family members killed, who knows of relatives who are in great distress, will draw great comfort from this feast and from the knowledge that their plight is being talked about throughout the world," he said.
Elsewhere, Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, in his own message for the festive season, will condemn "aggressive secularism that threatens to relegate spirituality and sanctity within our society" as well as the "shameful scourge of hatred and oppression, which remains the most pressing global challenge of our time".
The Anglican Archbishop of York visited an open prison in North Yorkshire on Christmas Day to lead morning services. Dr John Sentamu attended Kirklevington Grange Prison, where he told inmates that it is never too late for a fresh start.
Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, better known as "Ahok", is accused of insulting Islam during election campaigning.
Two protests against him, the last bringing together 200,000 conservative Muslims, have been held in the city.
Indonesia is the world's largest Muslim-majority nation.
Mr Purnama is Christian and ethnic Chinese - a double minority in Indonesia, where ethnic Chinese are about 1% of the population.
Sunday's counter-rally was pitched as a "parade of Indonesian culture".
It featured traditional dances from across the country and a giant flag proclaiming "We Are Indonesia". Police said 30,000 people attended the rally.
The Jakarta Post said the rally was organised by two parties that are part of President Joko Widodo's coalition. Mr Widodo is a political ally of Mr Purnama, but turned up for the last rally against him on Friday.
Speaking from the stage on Sunday, Surya Paloh, the chairman of the National Democratic Party, said Indonesians could not work together if they were "scattered, blaspheming, humiliating each other and no longer trust each other".
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In a campaign speech in September, Mr Purnama said Islamic groups who were using a Koranic verse to discourage support for him were deceiving voters. The verse is interpreted by some as prohibiting Muslims from living under the leadership of a non-Muslim.
Islamic groups said he had criticised the Koran and lodged complaints with the police.
Mr Purnama later apologised but denied committing blasphemy, which carries a maximum five-year jail sentence.
On Wednesday, Indonesian prosecutors confirmed his case could go to trial.
A large protest against the governor on 4 November turned violent, leaving one man dead and dozens of police and demonstrators injured. A larger rally was held on Friday.
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Ranieri was sacked by the Premier League champions in February and said on Monday night that "someone behind" him may have been working against him.
Shakespeare said: "We have never had any arguments or hard feelings.
"Free speech is there for everybody. I don't have any problem with that. I have a clear conscience."
Speaking on Sky Sports on Monday, Ranieri hinted at problems with somebody at Leicester, but refused to name anyone, leaving Shakespeare to face questions in the build-up to Wednesday's Champions League quarter-final with Atletico Madrid.
Ranieri said: "I don't want to say who it is. I am a loyal man. What I had to say, I said face to face."
Shakespeare, who did not see the interview live, said that he had spoken with Ranieri on the day the Italian was sacked and believed their relationship was good.
"Claudio was in good humour, he came across exactly as I know him," Shakespeare said.
"My stance is the same from my first interview [as manager] when I stated that I'd spoken to Claudio the night he was relieved, he thanked me for my time, and I thanked him.
"He said it was football. It was good to see him enjoying his football and he came across really well."
Leicester won their first five league games under Shakespeare before losing at Everton on Sunday but start as underdogs against an Atletico side who have reached the Champions League final in two of the past three seasons.
Captain Wes Morgan has travelled with the squad but is not fit to start as the Foxes look to cause the latest upset in a remarkable couple of seasons.
"These are the nights that drive you on," said Shakespeare.
"When you look at where the club has come from, to walk through a stadium like this, a lovely traditional ground filled with cups and trophies, it gives you a tingle."
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Johnstone, 21, has been ruled out for up to eight months, a lay-off that has also ended any hopes of him making the England squad for the World Cup.
He will undergo surgery once the knee has settled from the initial damage.
"I'm trying to be positive about it," Johnstone told the club website.
"The amount of pain I was in I didn't think it was good, but I didn't think it was anywhere near as serious as it is."
Johnstone's injury is a big blow to Wakefield, as his eight tries in 12 games have been key in their rise to sixth place in the table.
Last season he scored 20 tries in 25 games to help Trinity reach the Challenge Cup semi-final and finish in the top eight.
"We've got to wait a couple of weeks for the inflammation to settle down," physio Ryan Carmody said.
"Unfortunately he will require surgery but the surgeon is really good, he's worked with a lot of rugby players.
"We're looking at six-to-eight months, it's standard protocol. We're really confident Tom's going to be absolutely fine."
Anna Lewis, 27, who lives in Fishponds, was last seen last seen leaving her work placement at Southmead Hospital on Thursday 13 April.
Avon and Somerset Police said her disappearance was "out of character".
A spokesman said Ms Lewis was known to go on camping trips without telling others but had never gone missing for such a long time before.
The police spokesman added they were "growing concerned for her welfare".
Ms Lewis was reported missing on Friday by her family, who do not live locally.
She is described as white, about 5ft 5in tall, of slim build, with brown eyes and long dark brown hair; which she tends to wear in a low ponytail.
Police said she tended to wear jeans or walking trousers, hiking boots and loose jumpers.
The 21-year-old former Everton trainee made 10 league appearances for the Clarets last season as they won promotion to the Premier League.
He has previously had loan spells at Milton Keynes Dons and Brentford.
"He's a player I've known for a long time and I actually tried to sign when I was manager of Wigan," Fleetwood head coach Uwe Rosler told the club website.
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The body of Ms Downey, 51, was discovered in a house in the Toberhewney Hall area at about 02:50 GMT on Friday.
The man who has been charged is due to appear at Lisburn Magistrates' Court on Monday.
All charges are reviewed by the Public Prosecution Service.
PSNI Inspector David McGrory said enquiries into the murder were continuing and asked the public for their assistance in locating a mobile phone which he believes "has been missing somewhere in the Lurgan area since around 9pm on the evening of Thursday 19th January".
He asked anyone finding a phone in the Lurgan area to contact detectives at the incident room in Mahon Road station.
China's Yunyi Guokai Sports Development Limited completed their takeover of the Premier League club on Thursday.
Pulis, whose position has been under scrutiny in recent weeks, said he was "pleased" the deal had been finalised.
However, the 58-year-old added: "I won't be leaving. If I leave, it will be the club's decision for me to leave, it won't be my decision."
Pulis, who has a year left on his contract, was disappointed the Baggies failed to land some of his preferred transfer targets this summer but chose not to quit.
"I've signed a contract and I'm going to see that contract through," he said, adding that he was "not worried" about his contract running out.
"If we sit down and talk about a new contract we do, if we don't, we don't," he continued.
"It doesn't change my view, my perspective or my attitude to doing my job.
"Every day I wake up I realise and understand how lucky I am to be in this game, irrespective of all the criticism you get or don't get. I'm a very fortunate lad and every day I'm in it I'm lucky."
Pulis thinks the club's new owners will run the club in a similar way to former owner Jeremy Peace.
"They've bought into Jeremy's model," said Pulis. "I think they are going to try to run it on similar lines. I still think Jeremy is going to be involved a little bit.
"[Chief executive] John Williams has moved in as chairman so there will still be that continuity."
Asked if he had spoken to the new owners, Pulis said: "That will come, I think."
That is not the line you would expect from the newly appointed leader of an airline, especially one at the heart of one of the biggest corporate failures in the aviation history.
But those were the exact words of Kazuo Inamori - who is now credited with Japan Airlines' (JAL) dramatic revival - less than three years ago.
The carrier had just filed for bankruptcy with more than $25bn (£16bn) of debt. The government stepped in to bail it out and the 80-year-old founder of hi-tech giant Kyocera was its choice as the new chairman.
"I declined the offer numerous times because I had no clue about airlines," he tells the BBC.
"I didn't even know that JAL had such a huge debt until it went bust," he laughs.
With little experience in the sector, he was not the only person who was sceptical. Friends and family also advised him against accepting it.
But despite those objections, he took the job - without pay - because "if we couldn't revive JAL, it would have been a huge blow to Japan's economy which was already struggling", he says.
Three years later, JAL is making money again and has relisted on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Of course, a huge injection of taxpayers' money helped. Its rival All Nippon Airway has been criticising JAL for having an unfair advantage.
But under Mr Inamori's leadership, the carrier shed about a third of its workforce, trimmed employee benefits and reduced unprofitable routes.
He says his biggest challenge was to change JAL's "rigid and bureaucratic" corporate culture. Until its privatisation in 1987, Japan Airlines was owned by the government for more than three decades.
"I felt very uncomfortable because the company didn't feel like a private firm at all," Mr Inamori recalls.
"Many former government officials used to get golden parachutes into the firm so I am not saying that it was all JAL's fault.
"But even then, I was surprised that there was no true leader who could unite all the staff during the crisis," he adds.
So how did he manage to change such a deeply rooted corporate culture?
"My simple philosophy is to make all the staff happy," he says. "It has been my golden rule since I founded Kyocera when I was 27.
"Not to make shareholders happy but simply to create the company that every employee is proud to work for," he adds.
"Many people were sceptical if such a simple philosophy would work but in the end, it did."
Soon after his appointment, JAL issued a small booklet of Mr Inamori's philosophies - he was ordained as a Buddhist priest - and held compulsory sessions for staff to attend.
However, not everyone welcomed the moves initially.
That is when he unleashed another secret weapon.
"I brought six cans of beer after these sessions or to people who were working late," he says.
"After a beer or two, people opened up and told me their honest opinions."
The tactic is known as nommunication in Japan - communication with drinks to have less formal business chats. And he says using it has paid its dividends.
"It really feels that all of our employees are united now, which is the key to the company's revival," Mr Inamori says.
The dramatic turnaround of JAL is one of a few success stories from Japan Inc in recent years.
The economy, once the world's second largest, has been overtaken by China.
Its electronics makers, which used to dominate the industry, have been losing out to their overseas rivals.
Mr Inamori says the downfall has been partly caused by the lack of strong business leaders.
"What puzzles me is why Japan's economy has been struggling for the last 20 years because we have the technologies, skills and great people.
"But I guess people got too complacent after the economy grew spectacularly since the end of World War II.
"Today, we are lacking strong business leaders who can make difficult decisions and be inspirational, people who work hard for the good of the company, not for their personal gains."
The government's persistence to appoint Mr Inamori to JAL's top job in 2009, just before he turned 78, may prove his point - that the country does not have younger leaders to rely on for such a challenging task.
Mr Inamori represents a generation of Japanese businessmen who supported the country's dramatic recovery after the war.
He helped to revive the carrier which was once seen by many as a symbol of the country's post-war boom.
But not only is Japan's legacy fading fast, but the people who drove it are also now in their 70s and 80s.
JAL may have been lucky to have had Mr Inamori to lead its revival. But the question remains if Japan has raised the next generation of strong businessmen who can confidently lead the industry.
It's not every day that an "amateur" can succeed like Mr Inamori did with JAL.
Five-time world champion O'Sullivan produced two century breaks but never led in the match and was eventually knocked out 5-4.
Joyce will meet home favourite Ding Junhui in the last 16.
Two-time World Championship finalist Ali Carter also went out after a 5-3 defeat by Michael White.
World champion Mark Selby had no trouble reaching the third round as he beat Martin O'Donnell 5-1, while defending champion Judd Trump beat Eden Sharav 5-0.
John Higgins will face fellow former world champion Mark Williams in the third round after overcoming Mark Davis 5-2. Williams beat Michael Holt by the same scoreline.
As a result of the move, 500 full-time jobs and 1,000 part-time jobs will go, the retailer said.
Future Shop, Canada's biggest electronics brand, had been owned by Best Buy since 2001.
After the changeover is completed, Best Buy will have 192 Canadian stores.
Best Buy said it would be investing C$200m (£106.5m; $158m) in its operations there over the next two years.
There would also be restructuring costs of at least C$200m, it added.
Analysts say the move will rationalise Best Buy's offer in Canada and get rid of duplication. Best Buy and Future Shop outlets are often found in close proximity, they say.
Other observers took a mixed view of the development. "Best Buy may now be the 'de facto' big-box tech store in North America, but that power grab is coming at a stiff price," said technology news website Engadget.
Officers want to trace a light-coloured saloon car spotted near the scene of the attack at Balerno on 27 August.
The woman was walking along Newmills Road after midnight when a man approached her from behind, threatened her and took her into a field.
An update on the inquiry was posted on the BBC's Crimewatch website on Monday.
The suspect is described as white with a slim build. He is around 6ft tall and possibly has long hair.
At the time, he was wearing a grey hoodie and dark jeans. He may also speak with an Edinburgh or English accent.
The officer in charge of the investigation, Det Insp Grant Johnston said: "We are hopeful that tonight's Crimewatch appeal will help jog people's memories and result in a vital piece of information.
"Anyone who believes they have information that could assist with our ongoing enquiries is asked to come forward immediately."
Detectives said a light-coloured five door saloon car seen a short time before the attack, near the railway line further down Newmills Road towards Gowanhill Farm Road.
Det Insp Johnston stressed that the people in this car are potential witnesses and appealed for them to come forward.
Only a description of the driver is available. He is said to be his 20s and around 5ft 7in tall.
There were also thought to be two or three passengers in the vehicle.
Many believe the white image on the outside wall of a toilet shows a man praying, interpreting it as a message from God.
Riot police have been deployed to keep an eye on the crowd as people queue day and night to see the mark.
Most southern Malians are Tijani Muslims, a moderate sect of Sufi Islam.
''We believe it is a vision of our prophet,'' Aliou Traore, who lives in the compound, told the BBC.
''People have come from Senegal to see it and several Malian government ministers and religious leaders have paid us a visit,'' he said.
Mr Traore said the mark has been changing shape since it first appeared.
"Sometimes the white apparition leaves the wall altogether and moves around the compound. Then it goes back,'' he said.
The BBC's Alex Duval Smith in Bamako says people do not have to pay to see the mark but are leaving money in a bucket, which the Traore family say they will give to the local mosque.
When our reporter visited the compound, the mark seemed to look like a drying patch of cement in the shape of a standing woman.
Photos of the image have been circulated widely in Bamako by mobile phone since it appeared on Saturday evening, our correspondent says.
"It's a miracle, I've seen it," schoolteacher Aboubakar Diarra said after looking at the wall.
"It's obviously true. It's a sign from God to Mali that our nation is great."
Followers of Tijani sect - who are mostly found in West Africa - are known for respecting "miracle" signs.
Russia's direct intervention in the Syrian war has consolidated President Bashar al-Assad's position and ensured that regime change will not happen any time soon. It has also transformed the tactical environment in which the Israeli Air Force operates.
Russian combat patrols and sophisticated radars and air defences potentially limit Israel's freedom of action in the airspace over Syria.
So the Israeli prime minister and Russian president have much to discuss. Indeed they have frequent meetings - Mr Netanyahu rushed off to Moscow soon after the Russian military intervention in Syria was announced in 2015, and he was back there again last April. The regularity of these contacts underscores the importance of this "odd-couple" in Middle Eastern diplomacy.
Of course, Moscow's view of the Middle East has always mattered to Israel. Russia remains a permanent member of the UN Security Council. It has been the chief military backer of key regional players like Syria.
And it is of course the original home of hundreds of thousands of Israeli citizens who emigrated there from the Soviet Union. Many of them retain strong ties to Russia.
Russia has, for the time being, supplanted the United States as a key player in crisis management in Syria (accepting that direct intervention in a war is a "generous" interpretation of the phrase "crisis management").
Moscow has signalled that it intends to be in Syria for the long-term. It plans to expand its small naval base in the country and its air base looks more and more like a permanent fixture. The country's future will be influenced by key external players like Turkey and Iran but it is the Russians whom the Israelis believe can be persuaded to take on board Israel's strategic concerns.
Israel has largely been indifferent to the fate of President Assad. It has been largely concerned about what happens in the border region near the Israeli-held Golan Heights. Its fear has been that extremist groups would infiltrate the area or that local forces would declare their support for so-called Islamic State.
This is the case, for example, with the Yarmuk Martyrs Brigade - a local militia that holds the territory facing Israeli forces in the southern part of Syria near its border with Jordan.
Now with the fall of Aleppo to Syrian government forces - backed by the Russians and crucially the Iranians - Israel's strategic concerns are growing. On a trip to the Golan just a few weeks ago, senior Israeli military commanders told me of their concern that pro-Iranian groups like Hezbollah or other Shia militias could take over the border region, opening up a new front between Tehran and Israel.
Battle lines in a future war between Israel and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah organisation could extend from the Mediterranean coast along the Israeli-Lebanon border and well into Syria too, making it a much more extensive and destabilising conflict.
So Mr Netanyahu's chief message to Mr Putin will be that, in any putative peace deal in Syria, pro-Iranian forces should ideally be sent home or at the very least compelled to keep away from the border area.
Their talks may also have a military dimension. Israel is eager to maintain its military co-ordination with Russia to avoid encounters in Syrian air-space. (Something similar to the arrangement that operates between the US and Russia over northern Syria).
Israel is eager to prevent sophisticated weapons systems being delivered to Hezbollah. It carries out periodic air strikes against warehouses or weapons convoys and these strikes do not seem to have been especially hindered by Russia's military presence next door.
A good proportion of these weapons of course are Iranian-supplied, and Israel hopes that Moscow can act as a break on Tehran's growing influence in the region. Iran's broadening role has recently been a key element of the dialogue between Mr Netanyahu and the new Donald Trump administration as well.
But it is the Russians who are the active players on the ground, hence the deepening and complex diplomatic dance between Israel and Moscow.
The scam involves transferring stolen money through children's bank accounts to hide it from the authorities.
According to The Times, the Met Police wrote to parents warning that pupils were being approached outside school gates and on social media.
Det Ch Insp Gary Miles said the Met wanted to "make parents aware so they can discuss this with their children".
In a statement, he added: "Children are getting accounts at a younger and younger age - 13-year-olds now have access to money that they didn't have before."
According to fraud prevention service Cifas, the number of so-called "misuse of facility" frauds involving people under 21 has almost doubled in the last year.
It said there were 4,222 cases in the first half of 2017, compared to 2,143 in the same period last year.
Cifas has previously reported that young people are increasingly tempted by fraudsters who offer a small cash fee in return for transferring money through their bank accounts.
Allowing a bank account to be used in this way carries a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison and could affect credit ratings, police said.
A force spokesman said: "The Met would always remind people not to allow anyone access to their bank accounts and that requests for money transfers should be declined unless you are certain you know where and from whom it has come."
The council had previously voted to demolish the listed building to make way for a new city square.
However councillors agreed to market a 125-year lease for the former concert hall to settle whether a realistic alternative exists.
With the closing date for applications now past, the five proposals received will be evaluated.
The authority has taken on independent commercial property expert Jones Lang Lasalle to establish whether any of the bids set out a credible and financially deliverable business case for the redevelopment of the hall.
The building has sat empty since the opening of Perth's new city concert hall opened in 2005.
Proposals previously mooted for the building include converting it into a luxury hotel or a food hall.
The scientists said that in September 2015 the hole was around 4 million sq km smaller than it was in the year 2000 - an area roughly the size of India.
The gains have been credited to the long term phasing out of ozone-destroying chemicals.
The study also sheds new light on the role of volcanoes in making the problem worse.
The natural production and destruction of ozone in the stratosphere balances itself out over long time, meaning that historically there has been a constant level to protect the Earth by blocking out harmful ultraviolet radiation from the Sun.
Its absence increases the chances of skin cancer, cataract damage, and harm to humans, animals and plants.
British scientists first noticed a dramatic thinning of ozone in the stratosphere some 10 kilometres above Antarctica in the mid 1980s.
In 1986, US researcher Susan Solomon showed that ozone was being destroyed by the presence of molecules containing chlorine and bromine that came from chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). These gases were found in everything from hairsprays to refrigerators to air conditioning units.
The reason the thinning was occurring mainly over Antarctica was because of the extreme cold and large amounts of light. These helped produce what are termed Polar Stratospheric Clouds.
In these chilled-out clouds, the chlorine chemistry occurs that destroys the ozone.
Thanks to the global ban on the use of CFCs in the Montreal Protocol in 1987, the situation in Antarctica has been slowly improving.
Several studies have shown the declining influence of CFCs, but according to the authors this new study shows the "first fingerprints of healing" and the ozone layer is actively growing again.
Prof Solomon and colleagues, including researchers from the University of Leeds in the UK, carried out detailed measurements of the amount of ozone in the stratosphere between 2000 and 2015.
Using data from weather balloons, satellites and model simulations, they were able to show that the thinning of the layer had declined by 4 million sq km over the period. The found that more than half the shrinkage was due solely to the reduction in atmospheric chlorine.
Normally measurements are taken in October when the ozone hole is at its largest. But this team believed they would get a better picture by looking at readings taken in September, when temperatures are still low but other factors that can influence the amount of ozone, such as the weather, are less prevalent.
"Even though we phased out the production of CFCs in all countries including India and China around the year 2000, there's still a lot of chlorine left in the atmosphere," Prof Solomon told the BBC World Service Science in Action programme.
"It has a lifetime of about 50-100 years, so it is starting to slowly decay and the ozone will slowly recover.
"We don't expect to see a complete recovery until about 2050 or 2060 but we are starting to see that in September the ozone hole is not as bad as it used to be."
One finding that puzzled researchers was the October 2015 reading that showed the biggest ozone hole on record over Antarctica.
The scientists believe that a key contributor to the record hole was volcanic activity.
"After an eruption, volcanic sulphur forms tiny particles and those are the seeds for Polar Stratospheric Clouds," Prof Solomon told Science in Action.
"You get even more of these clouds when you have a recent major volcanic eruption and that leads to additional ozone loss."
"Until we did our recent work no-one realised that the Calbuco eruption in Chile, actually had significantly affected the ozone loss in October of last year."
The study has been hailed as "historically significant" by some other researchers in the field.
"This is the first convincing evidence that the healing of the Antarctic ozone hole has now started," said Dr Markus Rex from the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Germany.
"Right now the state of the ozone layer is still really bad, but I find it very important that we know the Montreal Protocol is working and has an effect on the size of the hole and that is a big step forward."
However others are not entirely convinced that the decline shown in the new study is down to a reduction in the amount of chlorine in the stratosphere.
"The data clearly show significant year to year variations that are much greater than the inferred trends shown in the paper," said Dr Paul Newman from Nasa.
"If the paper included this past year, which had a much more significant ozone hole due to lower wave driven forcing, the overall trend would be less."
Regardless of these questions, the scientists involved in the study believe the ozone story is a great role model for how to tackle global environmental problems.
"It's just been remarkable," said Prof Solomon.
"This was an era in which international co-operation went rather well on some issues. I was inspired by the way the developed and developing countries were able to work together on dealing with the ozone hole," said Prof Solomon.
The study has been published in the journal Science.
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Artillery began firing on the city early on Monday, in a long-awaited assault from Kurdish peshmerga, Iraqi government and allied forces.
Tanks are now moving towards the city, which has been held by IS since 2014.
The UN has expressed "extreme concern" for the safety of up to 1.5 million people in the area.
The BBC's Orla Guerin, who is with Kurdish forces east of Mosul, says tanks are advancing on the city, throwing up clouds of dust.
As the operation began, one Kurdish general told our correspondent: "If I am killed today I will die happy because I have done something for my people."
Kurdish forces say they have retaken a number of villages in their advance.
Meanwhile pro-government forces are attacking from an airbase in Qayyarah, about 60km (37 miles) to the south, which was recaptured in August.
The US-led coalition fighting IS is backing the assault with air strikes, The operation is complex and analysts say it could last for weeks, if not months.
The start of the operation was announced by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in a televised address in the early hours of Monday (local time). "The hour of victory has come," he said.
"God willing we will meet in Mosul to celebrate the liberation and your salvation from Isis (IS) so we can live together once again, all religions united and together we shall defeat Daesh to rebuild this dear city of Mosul," Mr Abadi said.
About 30,000 pro-government troops are involved in the operation. The main assault is being led by Iraqi army troops based south of Mosul.
About 4,000 Kurdish peshmerga militia have begun clearing villages in the east.
Sunni tribal fighters and Shia-led paramilitary forces are also due to take part. Planes from the US-led coalition against IS are providing air support.
US Special Operations personnel are advising forces on the ground. Elite Iraqi counterterrorism forces are expected to join in the coming days.
An estimated 4,000-8,000 Islamic State fighters are defending the city.
What can be said with certainty is that the liberation of Mosul will be a multi-phased operation.
First the logistical base for the operation must be established at Qayyarah airbase. This is also the collecting point for the Iraqi forces that will liberate Mosul.
The next phase will be a multi-pronged advance on the outskirts of Mosul. This phase will unfold in fits and spurts: one day 10 miles will be gained easily, another day there will be tough fighting at an IS strongpoint or a pause to bring up supplies.
During November and December the main battle will probably begin. But for the Iraqi and coalition forces, the issue of civilians will be a tricky factor.
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Mosul, the oil-rich capital of Nineveh province, was Iraq's second-largest city before IS militants overran it in June 2014.
Its capture became a symbol of the group's rise as a major force and its ability to control territory. It was there that IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi proclaimed a "caliphate" in parts of Iraq and neighbouring Syria.
The city was one of Iraq's most diverse, comprising ethnic Sunni Arabs, Kurds, Assyrians and Turkmens, as well as a variety of religious minorities.
While members of those minorities largely fled the onslaught by IS, many local Sunni Arabs initially welcomed the militants, angered by the sectarian policies of the previous Shia Arab-led central government.
But after two years of brutal IS rule, opposition has reportedly grown inside Mosul.
One major concern for those still there is the involvement of Shia militiamen in the offensive, after they were accused of sectarian abuses in other cities that have been recaptured.
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has sought to reassure them by saying only Iraqi security forces would be allowed to enter Mosul.
Even if IS is driven out of Mosul, the group will still control areas of northern and eastern Iraq.
The UN's under-secretary for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, Stephen O'Brien, asked for civilians to be protected and be given access to assistance "they are entitled to and deserve".
"I am extremely concerned for the safety of up to 1.5 million people living in Mosul who may be impacted," he said in statement.
As many as a million people could be forced to flee their homes because of the operation, he added.
There are no firm figures on how many people remain in Mosul, but there were more than two million there when IS took the city more than two years ago.
The ruling is the latest twist in a decade-long UK chocolate wars saga between Nestle and Cadbury.
The Dairy Milk maker failed in its own attempt to trademark the shade of purple it uses after Nestle complained.
But on Wednesday, it was the Cadbury bosses celebrating the latest attempt to foil KitKat's plans.
Nestle claimed that the shape of the bar was so unique, it should be protected by law.
But time after time, judges have thrown out the attempt.
Its case was not helped by the existence of a similar Norwegian bar, called Kvikk Lunsj, which means "quick lunch" and has been around since 1937.
A spokesperson for Nestle said the company is weighing up its options.
"Nestle is disappointed by the Court of Appeal judgment and is considering next steps.
"KitKat is much loved around the world and its four-finger shape is well known by consumers.
"Nestlé's four-finger shape has been granted trademark registration in many countries of the world, for instance Germany, France, Australia, South Africa and Canada, further protecting it from imitations."
Cadbury's owner, Mondelez, which fought the attempt, said: "We are pleased with the Court of Appeal's decision today and welcome their conclusion.
"As we have previously stated, we do not believe the shape of the KitKat bar should be protected as a trademark in the UK."
The ruling could lead to copycat versions of the bars hitting shelves, a practice some discounter supermarkets have popularised.
Aldi and Lidl have both been accused of selling own-brand versions that are remarkably similar to famous brands.
KitKats were first snapped up by the public in 1935 by Rowntree, when it was called the Chocolate Crisp.
In September 2015, Nestle failed to persuade European judges of its arguments.
The European Court of Justice said that the company had to demonstrate the public relied on the shape alone to identify the snack.
They concluded this was difficult to prove if goods also showed a brand name, such as KitKat.
Nestle has experience of trying to register difficult trade marks.
It took more than 40 years for it to register the slogan "Have a Break" as a trade mark, finally succeeding in 2006.
Nestle first tried to trademark the shape of the four-fingered chocolate bar in 2010, but its attempts were opposed by Cadbury.
The two have also battled over other trademarks. In 2013, Nestle blocked Cadbury's attempts to register the shade of purple used in the packaging of Dairy Milk.
Nestle has not sought to trademark the two-fingered bar.
Shapes can be trademarked for certain distinctive products - such as the familiar Coca-Cola bottle - but others can struggle.
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He told the BBC the 48% who had voted to Remain felt "disenfranchised" and it was not clear "what we are moving to".
He said that "if the will of the people shifts" as details of what Brexit means for the country begin to emerge, then, "Why shouldn't we recognise that?"
Prime Minister David Cameron and Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn have both ruled out a second EU referendum.
When asked on Radio 4's The World This Weekend whether "keeping our options open" meant a second EU referendum, Mr Blair replied: "It means whatever we decide it should mean as we see how this debate develops."
But he said the case for leaving the EU had "crumbled".
He said the government should engage now with other European Union countries to see what room there was for manoeuvre, stressing the continuing importance of David Cameron's role in this, rather than waiting for the outcome of the Tory leadership race.
He said the referendum had been an event of "seismic importance" but warned the focus in the wake of Mr Cameron's resignation as prime minister would be on the Conservative leadership contest rather than the country's national interest.
He said that once the practical effects of the UK's decision to leave the EU became clearer, then there should be a role for Parliament.
"Right now it's clear. We're leaving," he added.
"But we don't know what we're going to. If what happens as we develop this negotiation with the rest of Europe, it does become clear - and let's suppose for example we find we're shut out of the single market, we have to rely on the World Trade Organisation as the route back in to different trade deals....
"My point is this. We are sovereign. Let's just keep our options open."
The former prime minister said Britain had "diminished" its place in the world and would have to "fight to get it back".
There have been some calls for a second referendum and an online petition calling for one has been signed by more than four million people, although thousands of signatures were removed after it was hijacked by hackers.
Legally speaking, the petition would have to show a clear majority of the electorate now favoured Remain for a second referendum to be triggered, says the BBC's legal correspondent Clive Coleman.
The five Conservative leadership candidates have all said they would not hold a referendum on Britain's exit deal from the EU.
Work and pensions secretary Stephen Crabb, who campaigned for Remain, said the referendum was a "clear instruction to government" and there could be "no attempt to sidestep it".
Justice Secretary Michael Gove has said he would wait until at least 2017 to kick off the two-year process of negotiating the UK's withdrawal by invoking Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty.
Home Secretary Theresa May, who is seen as the frontrunner, has said the government should not invoke Article 50 before the end of the year.
But energy minister Andrea Leadsom says it should be triggered as quickly as possible, to remove economic uncertainty.
In an interview with the Sunday Telegraph, former defence secretary Liam Fox pencilled in a date when the UK would leave the EU - 1 January 2019.
Mr Blair was also asked about immigration and the Labour leadership crisis on The World This Weekend.
He said there was not much more the UK could achieve by being out of the EU than it could from within and that it should explore options for what could be done without "having to eject ourselves from the entirety of the European Union".
But he said: "Even if you apply an Australian points system to European migration, you are going to get European migrants."
He would not be drawn into the debate over whether Jeremy Corbyn should stay or go as Labour leader, but said: "We have to have an opposition that holds the government to account."
Meanwhile, the former prime minister refused to comment on the long-awaited public inquiry into the Iraq War, which will be published on Wednesday.
The Chilcot report was launched in 2009 into the UK's participation in the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 - which led to the toppling of Saddam Hussein.
There have been calls for Mr Blair to apologise for his role in leading Britain into the war, in which 179 British service personnel were killed.
"I know why you have to ask me, and I hope you understand why, having spent several years saying I will wait for the report, I will actually wait for the report," he told the BBC.
Labour's John McDonnell also said he would not comment until the report was published - but refused to rule out calling for Mr Blair to be tried for war crimes over Iraq.
Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond said many MPs were "absolutely determined that account has to be held".
He said those MPs believed "you cannot have a situation where this country blunders into an illegal war with the appalling consequences" without "a judicial or political reckoning for that".
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Giles graduated in physics at Durham University in the summer before turning his attention to a career in football.
He posted a highlights video of his time playing in the north east online and eventually an agent secured him a trial with the club.
"I'm hoping to learn a lot while I'm here from a really talented bunch of players," he told BBC Radio Oxford.
Giles played for National League South Maidenhead United as a youngster and while at university, played for Durham and Ashington, who are now managed by former England cricketer Steve Harmison.
After arriving at Oxford, he played in development matches against Premier League clubs Aston Villa and Southampton, who included internationals Juanmi and Jay Rodriguez in their side, and showed enough to earn a professional contract.
"This is a new chapter for me. I've never played football professionally before so I'm going to try and develop for the first couple of months," he added.
"I think I'll improve coming back from training every day and hopefully eventually reach new heights at this club."
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The local council is to relinquish its shares in the company that owns and manages the 96-year-old stadium.
Those shares will be transferred to the club, with the council recovering its original £100,000 outlay.
The council became one of three shareholders in the company when it was set up in 1991 to safeguard the stadium, which is also used by Rochdale Hornets rugby league club.
The Rugby League Facilities Trust were also involved in that deal, but the League One club now owns 100% of shares in the stadium company.
Rochdale Hornets have signed a new long-term lease to continue playing at Spotland as part of the new agreement.
Loans of £529,000 the stadium company has with the council will be repaid over a period of nine years.
"It has been our desire for the last 10 years to secure a deal to regain ownership of Spotland," said Dale chairman Chris Dunphy.
"The board has worked tirelessly during that time to bring our vision to fruition and today is a proud day in the club's history."
After posting their highest one-day total in a 3-0 series win, England racked up a T20 best 187-5.
Opening pair Tammy Beaumont, who made a 53-ball 82, and Lauren Winfield, with 74 from 45 balls, added 147, the fourth highest women's T20 stand of all time.
Pakistan were never in the hunt, ending on 119-7, with Dani Hazell, Jenny Gunn and Nat Sciver each taking two wickets.
The second of the three T20s takes place in Southampton at 14:00 BST on Tuesday as part of a double-header with the England men's team, who take on Sri Lanka at 18:30.
England's women will expect to wrap up a series victory over a vastly inferior Pakistan side.
Indeed, it will take sterner opposition to judge the progress made since the retirements of former captain Charlotte Edwards and batter Lydia Greenway, a new era implemented by coach Mark Robinson, with Heather Knight installed as captain.
Still, the explosiveness of Beaumont and Winfield can be in no doubt, the openers following up a partnership of 235 in the second ODI with England's best T20 stand.
Beaumont, who made back-to-back centuries in the ODI series, looked set to pass Edwards' England record T20 score of 92 not out when she was trapped lbw trying to reverse-sweep the medium pace of Asmavia Iqbal.
England perhaps should have amassed an even bigger total, but managed only 19 runs in a final three overs that saw four wickets fall.
It was a score always likely to beyond the tourists, who struggled to find the boundary in the face of England's changes of pace.
Debutant Sophie Ecclestone, a left-arm spinner with a classical action, impressed with 1-21 from four overs, while a brilliant boundary catch by a tumbling Danni Wyatt gave Gunn her second wicket.
The 27-year-old has played more than 100 games for the Blues after recovering from a stroke suffered during a game in 2010.
Brecon-born Hobbs previously played for Pontypridd and represented Wales at a U-19s and U-20s level.
"I am really looking forward to the new challenge ahead at Newport Gwent Dragons," said Hobbs.
Dragons director of rugby Lyn Jones added: "I have always been impressed with Sam as an all round player.
"When we were made aware of his availability, we had no hesitation in making him an offer to stay in Wales, beating off offers from England.
"He will add a great deal of experience and character to a maturing Newport Gwent Dragons squad."
Hobbs had to take a six month break from rugby after suffering a "small blood clot" on his brain in 2010.
It has also agreed to a request to set up a joint investigation with Jordan.
The Israeli military says Raed Zaytar, who was of Palestinian origin, tried to grab a soldier's rifle and strangle him after crossing into the West Bank.
But the incident was condemned by the Palestinian Authority and Jordan's government, which called it "hideous".
On Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office issued a statement saying: "Israel regrets the death of Judge Raed Zaytar... and expresses its sympathies to the people and government of Jordan."
"Israel has already shared with Jordan the results of its preliminary investigation of the incident," it added. "Israel has also agreed to a Jordanian request to establish a joint Israeli-Jordanian team to complete the investigation."
Jordan's Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour meanwhile told parliament that Israel was "completely responsible" for Mr Zaytar's death.
"Jordan has pressured Israel to formally apologise. Jordan is now part of the probe into the shooting," he said.
MPs dismissed the Israeli expression of regret and the Speaker, Attef al-Tarwaneh, said the shooting had violated Jordan's 1994 peace treaty with Israel.
Lawyers and judges staged a protest outside the Palace of Justice in Amman to demand the deportation of Israeli diplomats.
The Palestinian Authority has also strongly condemned the shooting and demanded the formation of an international investigative committee.
Originally from the northern West Bank town of Nablus, Mr Zaytar had been working as a magistrate in Jordan since 2009.
Hundreds of Palestinians turned out for his funeral on Tuesday in Nablus. Palestinian Authority security personnel escorted his body in a 20-vehicle military procession.
Mr Zaytar was on board a bus that transports people across the Allenby Bridge crossing with about 50 others on Monday morning when it was stopped by Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint.
Describing Mr Zaytar as a "terrorist", the Israeli military said that after getting off the bus he "ran towards the soldiers yelling 'Allahu akbar', attempting to seize their weapons".
"The soldiers felt an immediate threat to their lives and fired toward his lower extremities. The suspect then began to strangle a soldier and the force resorted to firing again," it added.
On Tuesday evening, the Palestinian news agency Maan cited a witness as saying the incident began when Mr Zaytar was pushed over by the soldier as he attempted to board the bus at the checkpoint.
Mr Zaytar got up and pushed the soldier, who then opened fire, the report said. The first shot missed, but the second hit him in the chest, it added.
The witness said the judge lay on the road bleeding for about half an hour before an Israeli ambulance arrived and medics tried to revive him.
In a separate incident on Tuesday, three Palestinian militants were killed in an Israeli air strike on the southern Gaza Strip.
The Israeli military said it hit the group immediately after they had fired a mortar shell at Israeli forces.
Islamic Jihad's military wing, the al-Quds Brigades, said the men had been trying to prevent "an Israeli incursion east of Khan Younis".
The group has sporadically fired rockets and mortars at Israel, while Gaza's ruling Hamas movement has refrained from firing rockets since a 2012 ceasefire with Israel.
An unmanned Israeli surveillance aircraft crashed just hours earlier in the same area. The Israeli military said the drone came down because of a technical malfunction.
On Monday, a Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli troops who opened fire on a group throwing stones at Israeli vehicles near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Israel said.
Cockerill faced increasing scrutiny after his injury-hit side slipped to 10th in the Premiership table.
But Blaine Scully's early try at a windy Welford Road settled home nerves.
And although some solid kicking by fly-half Nick Evans kept Quins in touch and a late Karl Dickson try ensured a nervy finale, Tigers deservedly held on.
The margin of the victory could easily have been greater as Leicester avoided losing four consecutive Premiership games for the first time since October 2003.
Quins never looked like breaking through until the closing stages of a game in which defences were on top, by which time they trailed by 13 points - largely thanks to the boot of Owen Williams.
But it was also some wayward kicking by the Welshman that meant the sixth-placed visitors were not out of sight by the time Dickson went over.
However the manner of an ultimately tense win - following defeats by Bath, London Irish and Gloucester - was of little importance, especially given the tricky conditions.
Quins had also faced criticism after a poor start to the season, and both Cockerill and counterpart Conor O'Shea had been defiant in the build-up.
Leicester scored inside four minutes after a lively start full of the spirit and character Cockerill and a noisy and expectant home crowd demanded.
Mathew Tait and the fit-again Manu Tuilagi helped work the ball out wide and Jamie Gibson's powerful run and well-timed pass - which Quins felt went forward - allowed Scully to go over for a converted try.
Williams then slotted over two penalties - after successful efforts from Quins fly-half Nick Evans had twice reduced the gap to four points.
But although the visitors were never out of sight, Tigers were by far the more threatening, winning the forward battle and providing good ball for their backs.
Only a brilliant tackle by Matt Hopper prevented the home side's top try-scorer Vereniki Goneva going over in the corner after England full-back Mike Brown made a mess of a high kick.
Williams then missed a couple of opportunities before knocking over a simple kick to give hosts a 16-6 interval lead.
Evans and Williams traded kicks again in the early stages of the second period, but chances remained at a premium as the rain began to teem down.
Tigers remained on top, but Williams mistimed a pass when a try seemed likely out wide and also missed two kicks to wrap up the points.
Scrum-half Dickson, a late stand-in for Danny Care whose partner gave birth on Friday morning, then scampered under the posts to put the Londoners within one converted try but, although Williams missed another penalty, Tigers secured the points.
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Leicester director of rugby Richard Cockerill: "I'm relieved. I'm happy for the players and the club because we have had some stick in the last few weeks.
"When people say we have lost the hunger and there's no pride in the shirt, that's just rubbish. People who know this place should have a bit of respect.
"They can shout at me and think I'm poor but don't attack the quality of this club and what it's about."
Harlequins director of rugby Conor O'Shea: "We got stuck in the middle of the pitch and we did not deal with their kicking game.
"The only time we held on to the ball was when we scored. We did not play in the right areas of the pitch.
"That's the disappointing thing in conditions like that."
Leicester: Tait; Scully, M Tuilagi, O Williams, Goneva; Burns, B Youngs; Rizzo, Ghiraldini, Balmain, Thorn, Kitchener, Gibson, Salvi, Crane.
Replacements: Ayerza for Rizzo (47), Mele for B. Youngs (72).
Not used: Briggs, Pasquali, De Chaves, Barbieri, Harrison, Benjamin.
Harlequins: Brown; Yarde, Hooper, Casson, Tikoirotuma; Evans, Dickson; Marler, Gray, Collier, Matthews, Robson, Wallace, Robshaw, Easter.
Replacements: Sinckler for Collier (67), Lowe for Casson (41).
Not Used: Ward, Marfo, Twomey, Trayfoot, Stuart, Lindsay-Hague.
Attendance: 21,150
Referee: Tim Wigglesworth (RFU).
Lloyd will be surprised if the 2013 champion and holder Novak Djokovic do not meet in their third consecutive Grand Slam final.
"The addition of Ivan Lendl is a masterstroke," Lloyd said of Murray being reunited with his former coach.
"I tipped him to win at the start of the event and I'm still sticking with it."
Murray, 29, has not won a Grand Slam since his triumph at SW19 three years ago.
The Scot lost to world number one Djokovic in the Australian Open and French Open finals this year, with the Serbian world number one the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to hold all four majors at the same time.
Djokovic holds a 5-2 record against Murray in Grand Slam finals and Lloyd anticipates another meeting for the number one and two seeds for this title.
"To me, Murray is going to get to the final, I can't see him not," said the 61-year-old two-time mixed doubles champion at Wimbledon.
"They're a step above everybody else, Novak and Andy, and I expect them to get there again."
Murray dropped just six games in defeating Yen-Hsun Lu on Thursday following a comfortable first-round success against Liam Broady.
Up next is Australian John Millman, who defeated 26th seed Benoit Paire to reach the third round for the first time.
"People think maybe he'd like a tougher match, but I disagree with that," said Lloyd.
"He's got to keep his energy ready for the second week, especially if it comes to the ultimate test against Novak Djokovic when you've got to be at 100%."
Meanwhile, Lloyd is delighted that Tennis Scotland have announced Davis Cup captain Leon Smith as their new performance director.
"Scotland has had an amazing few years with the Murray brothers, Colin Fleming, Jamie Baker, the list goes on," he told BBC Scotland.
"We've had some really good players in Scotland and hopefully we will continue to do so, but it's all about the grassroots.
"And, if someone like Leon Smith comes up there and imparts a lot of the stuff that he's been learning - and with his experience and he's a good big name now - one would hope that he will see things he can put in place and help out."
Jonathon Herd, 44, was discovered at a home in Lees New Road, Oldham, shortly before 12:20 BST on Sunday.
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said two men, one aged 37 and the other aged 38, have been arrested.
A police spokesman said that a 30-year-old man arrested on Monday remains in custody.
GMP said the man had suffered "multiple stab wounds" and died at the scene.
Det Insp Carl Jones, said: "This is a fast moving investigation and we now have three men in custody.
"Our work does not stop here and we will continue to carry out extensive enquiries to establish exactly what happened and who was involved in Jonathan's tragic death."
Reports say rescue teams have not yet been able to free the survivors, but have made contact and sent in supplies.
The rock fall at the gypsum mine, in the eastern province of Shandong, was so violent that it registered at China's earthquake monitoring centre.
Nine miners are still missing. Seven have already been rescued and one is known to have died.
Rescuers used infrared cameras to peer into darkness at the wrecked mine. The cameras detected the surviving miners waving their hands.
The workers were weak with hunger but otherwise were in good health, state media reported. They told rescuers they were in passages underground that were intact.
Ma Congbo, the chairman of Yurong company which owns the mine, drowned himself by jumping into a mine well early on Sunday, China's Xinhua news agency said.
His motive was not clear but the Chinese authorities have toughened punishment of employers who are seen as negligent.
China has a long history of industrial accidents. The latest incident comes days after a landslide caused by construction waste in southern China left dozens of people missing and presumed dead.
The nation's mines have long been the world's deadliest, but safety improvements have reduced deaths in recent years.
Last year, 931 people were killed in mine accidents throughout China, significantly fewer than in 2002 when nearly 7,000 miners were killed.
The ADP National Employment Report said private firms added 200,000 jobs in September, which was slightly higher than expected.
The results have raised hopes that the key non-farm payrolls figure - due on Friday - will also be strong.
The Dow Jones jumped 235.57 points, 1.47%, to 16,284.7, while the S&P 50 gained 35.94 points, 1.91%, to 1,920.03
The Nasdaq index rose 102.84 points, 2.28%, 4,620.17.
Shares in the Ralph Lauren fashion house rose 14% after its founder announced he was stepping down as chief executive.
Stefan Larsson, the president of the Gap-owned budget chain Old Navy, will be the firm's new chief executive, although Mr Lauren will continue to oversee the company's creative look and strategy.
Most of the victims resulting from the raid on a residential district in Rastan were reportedly children.
A video posted online after the strike showed several bodies, including those of three children, lying on a floor.
One of the last rebel strongholds in Homs province, Rastan has been besieged by troops since the start of the year.
The town, where some 120,000 people are believed to be sheltering, was one of the first areas to rise up against President Bashar al-Assad in 2011.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based group that monitors the Syrian conflict through a network of sources, said 13 people were killed in Wednesday's air strike, including two parents, their two sons and four daughters.
The Local Co-ordination Committees, an opposition activist network, put the death toll at 12.
The LCC reported that the government warplanes had fired "vacuum missiles" on a shelter, an apparent reference to fuel-air explosives (FAEs).
FAEs are more powerful than conventional high-explosive munitions of comparable size, are more likely to kill and injure people in bunkers and shelters, and kill and injure in a particularly brutal manner over a wide area, Human Rights Watch says.
Such bombs are reported to have been used by Syrian government and Russian forces, which launched an air campaign against Mr Assad's opponents last year.
The Lynx UK Trust said the animal, which has been extinct in Britain for 1,300 years, would help control deer populations and attract tourists.
But it has now ruled out Ennerdale in the Lake District and Thetford Forest in Norfolk, as too small to support populations of the big cat.
Sites in Northumberland and Scotland are still being considered.
Opponents argued the animals would be a threat to livestock and wildlife.
Dr Paul O'Donoghue, chief scientific advisor with the Lynx UK Trust, said Kielder Forrest in Northumberland and two further sites in Scotland had a "much stronger" suitability due to factors such as bigger forest blocks and fewer roads.
The trust previously said it wanted to place up to six lynx at different sites across the UK as part of efforts to repopulate the species and has targeted lodging a formal application with Natural England to begin the trial later this year.
However, the National Sheep Association (NSA) expressed fears the move could damage the livelihoods of farmers.
Chief Executive, Phil Stocker, said: "NSA has been active in highlighting the many reasons why the UK is unsuitable for this project and is pleased that these reasons have forced Lynx UK to discount the Lake District and Thetford Forest as potential release sites.
"Our work will now continue to highlight issues with the sites in northern England and Scotland still under consideration.
"It is unacceptable to threaten the welfare of sheep and the livelihood of farmers with this scheme and it is NSA's aim to ensure Lynx UK and its supporters cannot continue to ignore the vital role of sheep in underpinning countryside management and supporting rural communities."
The Portaferry woman won two European gold medals in an outstanding junior career before landing silver and bronze medals at senior level in 2012.
McMahon also competed at the London Olympics in 2012 but has struggled for form in recent seasons.
"This was an unexpected and difficult choice," said McMahon on Tuesday.
"It is not easy to give up something that you have done your whole life.
"My sport took me to some unimaginable highs and it's been an honour for me to represent my country all over the world.
"I will always cherish the unforgettable memories I have from my career, as well as the friendships I made along the way."
McMahon set a host of Irish records across a range of events and distances but she acknowledged in her retirement announcement that she felt "I was capable of a lot more".
"Regardless, I would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has been involved in helping me reach my goals over the years.
"I wouldn't have been able to live out my dream as an Olympian or take up a scholarship in the USA without you all."
After winning European junior medals in 2010 and 2011, McMahon won 50m breaststroke silver at the European Senior Championships in Hungary in 2012.
Later that year, the Northern Irishwoman won a European short course bronze medal.
McMahon went into the 2014 Commonwealth Games with high hopes of challenging for medals but struggled in Glasgow and she missed out on qualification for the Rio Olympics last year.
Chris Evans - a classic car nut and speed freak - has already ruled himself out of the running, but here are some of the people producers may (or may not) be considering.
Model Jodie Kidd is a former racing driver who currently presents The Classic Car Show on Channel 5.
"I've always liked everything high-octane," she told The Express last year - and, true to her word, she once held the pole position on Top Gear's "Star In A Reasonably Priced Car" leaderboard, completing her circuit in 1 minute, 48 seconds.
As a friend of the programme - she also took part in 2010's Ashes Special - she is likely to be high on the producers' wishlist.
But last year, she ruled out a permanent role on the show: "I couldn't join those boys. No, God no," she told the Radio Times.
On Red Nose Day, affable comedian John Bishop was among the first to lampoon Jeremy Clarkson over his suspension.
Imploring viewers to send money to poverty-stricken children in Uganda, he said: "I'm not saying I'll punch someone over food - that's Jeremy Clarkson's job."
The star's irreverent humour, combined with an eye for telling detail, make him a perfect fit for Top Gear's shaggy dog storytelling.
The show's endurance challenges won't pose a problem - he once cycled overland from Australia to Liverpool to raise money for the NSPCC.
And he's another high achiever in a Reasonably Priced Car. His lap time, driving a Kia Cee'd, was 1 minute, 42.8 seconds.
Suzi Perry has been covering Formula 1 since 2013. Before that she was the BBC's MotoGP motorcycle racing correspondent for 13 years.
She undoubtedly knows her stuff - and, it transpires, she's been asked to host the show before.
"Years ago, when TV was about to bring Top Gear back and rebrand it with Jeremy, James [May] and Richard [Hammond], I sat down and talked to Andy Wilman, the series producer, about joining them," she told the Telegraph last year.
"I remember thinking, 'I might be out of my depth and it might not be a good idea', instead of grabbing the opportunity.
"Looking back, I may have made a large error, but it's not like I didn't work for the next 15 years. I don't regret it - but it was probably a bad decision."
Recently released from his ITV contract, Adrian Chiles is undoubtedly looking for a new, high-profile TV job.
A hugely talented sports broadcaster, he is better known for football punditry than his knowledge of cars - but he once spent a day shadowing motor racing boss Eddie Jordan for a BBC documentary.
His everyman style and droll sense of humour would be a good fit for Top Gear - but BBC bosses will note that Chiles was once forced to apologise by ITV after implying Polish football supporters were all builders.
Given Top Gear's track record, though, that might be considered a qualification.
When most of her peers were obsessing over Duran Duran, Vicki Butler Henderson fell in love with a Volkswagen Golf GTI MkII.
She began racing 100cc karts at the age of 12 and was overtaken by David Coulthard in her first race. But she also went on to became the first women ever to win a Maserati race, in 2002.
A former road Tester at What Car? magazine, she made regular appearances on Top Gear before jumping ship to work as a presenter on Channel 5's Fifth Gear.
Butler-Henderson counts Jeremy Clarkson as a friend, meaning he may put in a good word for her with Top Gear's producers.
He heaped praise on her driving skills after racing her in 2010.
"I was in an Aston Martin DBS convertible. She was in a Ferrari California and we had most of Silverstone to play with. By rights, I should have kicked her arse. I had four more cylinders, a million more horsepowers and two more testicles. I didn't though. I couldn't even get close.
Yes, he ruled himself out - but that was before Clarkson was sacked.
The BBC Radio 2 presenter is a self-confessed petrolhead, who has one of the most prestigious car collections in Britain. Among his previous purchases is a £12 million 1963 Ferrari 250GTO.
He's also admitted that he'd be a good fit for Top Gear, telling his breakfast show audience: "From what I've seen on Twitter and various social media, there's a 50/50 split approximately as to whether me being involved in the show is a good idea.
"In TV or radio, if you get a 50/50 love/hate reaction that usually equals massive hit. I used to work for [ratings body] Barb and knock on people's doors and this was the rule of thumb.
"However, I'm in the 'no' camp. So regardless of whether it would be a hit, I'm voting a no for myself on that show, so that's never going happen."
No doubt the BBC will try to change his mind over the next few months.
When Clarkson was suspended, a petition to have Alan Partridge installed as his successor attracted thousands of signatures.
Partridge drove a Rover 800 - and wore a Castrol GTX jacket to a funeral - but his real-life alter-ego, comedian Steve Coogan, is a serious car enthusiast.
He once owned a £100,000 Ferrari, but used it so little he admitted that "for a round trip from Brighton to Manchester and back it would have been cheaper to hire a twin-engined light aircraft".
However, he is not a fan of Top Gear's humour.
"If I say anything remotely racist or sexist as Alan Partridge, for example, the joke is abundantly clear. We are laughing at a lack of judgment and ignorance," he wrote in The Observer four years ago.
"With Top Gear it is three rich, middle-aged men laughing at poor Mexicans."
The list of potential candidates is long and exhaustive.
Former racing drivers Tiff Needell, Eddie Irvine and Eddie Jordan are all being tipped by bookmakers, as are London Mayor Boris Johnson and Jamiroquai singer Jay Kay.
X Factor presenter Dermot O'Leary, owner of a classic 1968 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia, has also been mooted for the job, as have Geordie duo Ant and Dec.
Charismatic motorcycle racer Guy Martin is considered a fan favourite. He previously presented a series on land speed records for Channel 4 - which saw him set a new world sledge speed record of 83.5 mph.
Rowan Atkinson - who is currently the second-fastest "Star In A Reasonably Priced Car" at 1 minute, 42.2 seconds - is another contender, although the BBC may struggle to insure him.
The Blackadder star is responsible for the UK's biggest ever car insurance payout. It cost his insurance company £910,000 to repair his 240mph McLaren F1, after he crashed it into a tree in 2011.
The Right Reverend Tim Stevens, , who has sometimes been criticised for being "too political", is standing down after 16 years.
In his time, he has been vocal on poverty issues, as well as setting up charities for refugees and a food bank in the city.
The service will be shown on big screens outside Leicester Cathedral on Saturday from 15:00 BST.
Bishop Stevens said working in Leicester and Leicestershire had taught him a lot over the years and he would "miss it immensely".
He said: "It has been the most fulfilling, challenging and interesting years of my life.
"It has been full of change, the city is different since I came, the relations between faiths have changed and the nature of the community has changed and we go full of gratitude."
Rt Rev. Stevens has also been widely commended for his work on inter-faith relations and the reinterment of Richard III earlier this year.
Dean of Leicester, The Very Reverend David Monteith said there would be "tears of sadness and tears of joy" at the bishop's final service.
He said the Bishop would remove his robes and mitre and place them on the cathedral floor before leaving in simple robes.
The ceremony will be followed by a party with food, drink and music in the gardens.
Pupils at Osmani School and Thomas Buxton School, 120m (394ft) apart in Whitechapel, were told to stay at home until 16 and 23 November respectively.
The spiders can give a "nasty bite which may cause an allergic reaction in vulnerable people", the schools warned.
Nests and eggs were found in the buildings and school grounds which are closed for fumigation.
"Pest control teams are currently on the premises of both schools, dealing with the infestation of false widow spiders," a spokesperson for Tower Hamlets Council said.
"The spiders are not considered to be dangerous but do bite.
"Due to health concerns for staff and pupils the schools will be closed until next week.
"If you are worried about the health of your child - in particular around spider bites - please do make sure that you refer your child to a local GP."
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A statement published on both schools' websites said: "The safety and wellbeing of the children is our main concern so we have to take immediate action to deal with the problem.
"We are very sorry for the inconvenience and disruption to family life and also to the children's learning."
Osmani School is due to reopen on 16 November and Thomas Buxton on 23 November.
A spokesman for the Department for Education said it was aware of the closures and that the decision to send pupils home was a matter for the school.
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His swearing-in ceremony is scheduled for Tuesday. But main opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi, 79, will also be sworn in as president "by the people" on Friday at a mass rally Martyrs' stadium in the capital, Kinshasa.
People voted, votes were counted - but we don't know who is in control. DR Congo - two-thirds the size of Western Europe - is headed for a period of institutional sluggishness and isolation in the West.
An incumbent entourage that is likely to continue pillaging the country's resources opposes an aged runner-up with a political ego larger than his capacity to propose a constructive political agenda.
Even before outside observers cast doubts on the veracity of the results, Mr Tshisekedi cried foul, unilaterally declaring himself president.
Mr Tshisekedi is the charismatic leader of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS), a historically important political movement.
Kinshasa then braced itself for mass uprisings. But the doomsday scenario did not unfold.
DR Congo's demonstrators do not want to be martyrs like those of the Arab world.
The fear of winding up in The Hague at the International Criminal Court (ICC) calmed tempers.
Like the announcements by the election commission and the Supreme Court, Mr Kabila's ceremony is likely to be a non event.
The foreign minister of former colonial power Belgium, Didier Reynders, will not attend.
He accused the Supreme Court of not having examined the results thoroughly enough when confirming Mr Kabila's victory with 49% of the vote to Mr Tshisekedi's 32%.
Other Western governments are likely to follow suit because they often take Belgian cues as to what diplomatic stance to take towards Kinshasa.
Mr Reynders' position is a slight embarrassment to Mr Kabila but doesn't really count for much.
Europe and the US have relatively little leverage over him because DR Congo has the natural resources that the world needs.
Barter deals made in recent years with China are proof. China is rehabilitating Congolese infrastructure in exchange for favourable mining contracts.
The opposition was fragmented during the electoral campaign and suffered from their inability to agree on a common opposition candidate.
But there are now hints that the opposition may finally be tying to forge a united position.
Mr Tshisekedi wields popular support, particularly in the two Kasai provinces and in Kinshasa.
He has more to win by peaceful action than by inciting violent street movements.
A group of peaceful demonstrators with bible in hand is more powerful in the Congolese context than mobs throwing stones.
His capacity to badger Mr Kabila cannot be underestimated.
Pockets of the country could follow him, putting pressure on the central government's capacity to levy taxes and control territory, blemishing Kinshasa's reputation nationally and internationally.
Mr Tshisekedi destabilized ex-dictator Mobutu Sese Seko in the early 1990s by organizing peaceful Christian marches and general strikes, earning himself the nickname Moses. People saw him as a saviour.
Kasai, also under his impetus, refused Mr Mobutu's five million Zaire banknote, putting further pressure on the dictator.
This success helped overshadow a skeleton in his closet: He was an actor in the assassination of DR Congo's first independence leader, Patrice Lumumba. According to Ludo De Witte's book The Assassination of Lumumba, Mr Tshisekedi has not commented on the allegation.
Mr Tshisekedi is not going to bow down to Mr Kabila or be shoehorned into a power-sharing arrangement.
He can take advantage of Mr Kabila's vulnerability in Kinshasa.
Imagine President Barack Obama being persona non grata in Washington DC. That is Mr Kabila's situation in the city that is the seat of the country's institutions.
The risk of an even worse investment climate also weakens Mr Kabila.
The Dutch brewery Heineken, which keeps the beer flowing in DR Congo, or US mining company Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc, for example, could find themselves under pressure by shareholders sensitive to the problems of paying taxes to a government seen as illegitimate.
Mr Tshisekedi is also stubborn and unpredictable.
This explains why Western diplomats and businessmen actually prefer to have Mr Kabila wearing the emperor's clothes.
Despite certain problems with him - such as the lack of investment security in the mining sector - he does represent a sense of continuity.
When Mr Tshisekedi, 79, dies, most observers believe, the UDPS will wither away.
Mr Kabila, 40, could improve his legitimacy by investing some of the country's wealth into improved macroeconomic management and social programmes - even as a benevolent dictator.
The country has its own resources to do so and could rely on continued international aid if human rights and investment conditions are improved. This depends on political will.
Alternatively, he could govern the country as a reclusive and unpopular strongman catering to opportunistic business partners. Another revision of the constitution, prolonging his mandate or legalizing a third term, is not to be excluded.
As the stalemate drags on, Congolese people continue to pay the price.
Theodore Trefon is senior researcher at the Royal Museum for Central Africa and author of the blog Congo Masquerade: The political culture of aid inefficiency and reform failure.
The disruption is part of a UK wide strike called by the Unite union.
It balloted its members after failing to reach an agreement with the employer, Swissport, in a long-running dispute about pay.
A second 48-hour strike is planned to start on 6 January.
Belfast International Airport said it is looking into the implications of the strike: "December the 23rd is one of the busiest days of the year with around 62 inbound, and 62 outbound flights.
"Christmas Eve is also very busy for flights.
"We have contingency plans in place to deal with any industrial action.
"We have teams on stand-by to minimise any disruption over this busy time."
Unite Regional Officer, George Brash, has called on Swissport to engage with his union through the conciliation service ACAS.
He said: "We appreciate that this is a very busy time of year at our airports and we are urging management to make a serious offer to meet the workforce's pay expectations.
"This will be a UK-wide strike involving over 1,500 check-in staff, baggage handlers and cargo crew.
"It is likely that this will result in severe disruption at both Belfast City and International Airports where Unite represents the overwhelming majority of workers."
Reports say several people were injured - some seriously - at the Bruscella factory in the town of Modugno.
The first blast reportedly triggered a series of explosions and a fire, which is threatening a nearby forest.
Firefighters and ambulance crews are now at the scene. The cause of the blast is being investigated.
The factory was said to have been busy preparing fireworks as many Italian towns celebrate festivals at this time of the year.
The Broadway League said takings in 2014-2015 were up 7.6% to $1.36bn (£883m).
Attendance also climbed with 13.1 million theatregoers watching a show - a rise of 7.3% on the previous season.
The bumper figures were helped by musicals such as The Lion King - which set a sales record for a show over one season - Wicked and The Book of Mormon.
The Lion King took $101.9m (£66.1m), with sales for Wicked reaching $91.7m (£59.5m) and The Book of Mormon, $84.2m (£54.6m).
The rise in total box office takings comes as less of a surprise, due to more seats being sold at "premium" prices and general ticket price increases.
The current top average ticket price for a musical is $177.30 (£115) for The Book of Mormon. For a play it is $153.40 (£99.50) for The Audience.
A number of plays starring Hollywood A-listers also helped drive audiences to Broadway.
Bradley Cooper's turn in The Elephant Man, Helen Mirren reprising her role as Queen Elizabeth in The Audience and Hugh Jackman's The River all featured limited runs over the past year.
The League said Broadway attendance surpassed that of the 10 professional New York and New Jersey sports teams combined by more than 2.6 million - the largest difference since 2005.
Overall, 37 productions - including 10 new musicals and five revivals, as well as 11 new plays, nine play revivals and two specials - opened during the season.
"It's been an extraordinary season on Broadway and I'm thrilled that we have broken all records," said Charlotte St Martin, president of the Broadway League which represents theatre owners, operators, producers, presenters and general managers.
"We've been saying for several years now that there is something for everyone on Broadway. To have audience growth of over 13% in two years clearly proves our point."
The deal, struck with the Obama administration, applies to people held in Australia's offshore detention centres in Papua New Guinea and Nauru.
The Australian leader on Monday confirmed he had spoken to Mr Trump, and the agreement would go ahead.
Mr Turnbull would not comment on Mr Trump's controversial immigration ban.
"It is not my job as prime minister of Australia to run a commentary on the domestic policies of other countries," he told reporters in Canberra.
Mr Trump's executive order, signed on Friday, halted the entire US refugee programme for 120 days, indefinitely banned Syrian refugees, and suspended all nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries.
Australia holds asylum seekers, many from Iran, Iraq, Sudan and Somalia, in centres on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island and Nauru.
Under the deal negotiated in November, offshore detainees were to be assessed and the most vulnerable resettled in the US.
Australia's tough policy of sending people who arrive by boat to offshore facilities has been criticised.
Mr Turnbull said Mr Trump had confirmed he would honour the deal when the pair spoke by phone for 25 minutes on Sunday.
"We discussed the importance of border security," Mr Turnbull said. "The threat of illegal and irregular migration, and recognised that it is vital that every nation is able to control who comes across its borders."
He said he could not put a timeline on any resettlements, which were subject to "very rigorous" security screening by US immigration officials.
Mr Turnbull said he was not aware of any Australian dual nationals being denied entry to the US.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Australia would seek exemptions for its dual nationals.
"I have directed our officials in Washington DC to work with US officials to ensure any preferential treatment extended to any other country in relation to travel and entry to the United States is extended to Australia," she said in a statement.
Earlier, the opposition Labor Party criticised the government for being "missing in action".
"We've seen UK Prime Minister Theresa May make it clear that she does not support this travel ban," deputy leader Tanya Plibersek told the Australian Broadcasting Corp.
"I think it would be very important for the Australian government to make a clear statement about its view on this discriminatory travel ban."
The two were dragged out of a car by a group of men along a highway between Noida, a Delhi suburb, and Kanpur city on Friday, reports said.
Three male relatives travelling with them were assaulted and tied up.
The incident has caused outrage across the country and raised questions about police efficiency.
Some of the victims alleged that they got no response from the official helpline number.
One of the men who was attacked told the Hindustan Times newspaper that the line had been continually busy and that when they finally got through, the officer at the other end of the line had "repeatedly asked questions instead of rescuing the family".
Family members also alleged that a police van had driven past the field in Bulandshahr area where the incident took place, but had not stopped.
Senior police officer Sujeet Pandey told BBC Hindi on Monday that the three men, who were arrested on Sunday, were remanded in prison after they were identified by their victims.
Three more men were detained today, he added.
The Uttar Pradesh state government has suspended seven policemen in connection with the incident and set up a 300-member taskforce to investigate the incident.
The family was also robbed of money, jewellery and their mobile phones.
Scrutiny of sexual violence in India has grown since the 2012 gang rape and murder of a student on a Delhi bus.
However, brutal sexual attacks against women and children continue to be reported across the country.
"Rwy'n cofio cael breuddwydion ar y pryd am fy ngwraig a fy mab bach. A'u bod nhw wedi marw yn y theatr," meddai Mark Williams, sy'n 43 oed o Ben-y-bont ar Ogwr.
"Ro'n i'n cael meddyliau byw o weld y cyllyll ar y bwrdd, wrth fy ymyl i."
Byddai'n deffro gan feddwl fod ei feddyliau'n hollol wir, meddai, wrth gofio'n ôl i'r cyfnod ar ôl geni ei blentyn cyntaf.
Mae 19 Mehefin yn nodi diwrnod rhyngwladol iechyd meddwl i dadau.
Er mai gyda merched fyddai rhywun fel arfer yn cysylltu iselder ôl-geni, neu post-natal depression, mae dynion hefyd - gan gynnwys Mark - yn dioddef.
"Yn anffodus, aeth [fy ngwraig] Michelle ymlaen i ddioddef o iselder ôl-geni difrifol iawn, ac fe wnaeth hynny siglo fy myd, a newid pethau'n llwyr," meddai Mark.
Roedd e'n enedigaeth hynod o drawmatig, a chafodd ei wraig ei rhuthro i'r theatr yn sydyn er mwyn cael genedigaeth Gesaraidd.
"Yn amlwg, roedd gen i ofn mawr. Ro'n i'n meddwl ei bod hi'n mynd i farw. Ond roedd hi a fy mab bach newydd, Ethan, yn iawn, diolch byth," meddai.
"Ond yr hyn ddaeth i'r amlwg ar ôl ychydig o amser ar ôl genedigaeth Ethan oedd bod fy ngwraig yn dioddef o gor-bryder ac iselder."
Mwy o straeon am iechyd meddwl
Nid yw bob tro'n hawdd i fyw gyda chymar sy'n dioddef o iselder, meddai. Mae'n gallu bod yn straen.
Ag yntau'n 30 oed ar y pryd, doedd ganddo ddim syniad beth oedd y salwch.
"Do'n i ddim yn adnabod neb a oedd yn dioddef o iselder ôl-geni, nag iselder nag unrhyw fath o salwch meddwl, a bod yn onest," meddai Mark Williams.
"Ro'n i mor annysgedig am iechyd meddwl, ac arfer meddwl: 'Sut all pobl ddioddef o iselder?'"
O fewn wythnosau i enedigaeth ei fab, bu'n rhaid iddo roi'r gorau i'w swydd er mwyn gofalu am Michelle ac Ethan.
"Ro'n i'n arfer dwlu ar yr ochr gymdeithasol o fy swydd i, ac ar ôl gorffen, ro'n i wedi fy ynysu'n llwyr."
Wrth edrych yn ôl, roedd angen uned mam a'i phlentyn ar Michelle.
"Ond yn anffodus, doedd gyda ni ddim syniad bod y fath beth yn bodoli," meddai.
"Roedd rhaid i mi fod yn gryf er mwyn gofalu amdani hi, a fy mab bach. Ond mewn gwirionedd, do'n i ddim mewn hwyliau da chwaith."
Wrth edrych yn ôl ar bethau, roedd yr arwyddion yna. Roedd ganddo iselder ôl-geni.
"Roedd yr enedigaeth drawmatig ac iselder ôl-geni fy ngwraig yn ffactorau enfawr wnaeth arwain at fy mhroblemau innau," meddai Mark.
Yn ystod misoedd cyntaf ei blentyn, roedd hi'n dywyll iawn arno, ac fe gafodd e nifer o feddyliau ofnadwy.
Ond doedd hi ddim yn opsiwn i ymddiried yn neb.
"Ro'n i eisiau lladd fy hun... doedd dim byd yn gallu pylu'r meddyliau yna," meddai.
"Wnes i fyth ofyn am help. Wnes i jest cadw'n dawel, yn sgil y stigma. Wnaeth fy iechyd meddwl ddirywio gymaint.
"Rwy'n cofio siglo nôl a 'mlaen ar gadair, a heb yn wybod i mi, wnaeth fy mam yng nghyfraith fy ngweld i.
"Dywedodd hi y byddwn i'n OK. Y cyfan ro'n i eisiau oedd gweld Michelle yn gwella, wnes i ofyn iddi gadw'n dawel am fy mhroblemau fy hun, rhag ofn y byddai hi'n cael ei heffeithio, a bod ei chyflwr meddyliol hithau'n gwaethygu."
Ar ôl cael cymorth swyddogol, cafodd dabledi a chwnsela.
"A digwydd bod, ges i ddiagnosis bod gen i ADHD hefyd, cyflwr sydd wedi bod yn rhan ohona i ers o'n i'n blentyn medden nhw," meddai Mark.
Ar ôl cyfnod o ddioddef, roedd e'n awyddus iawn i ryw ddaioni i ddod allan o frwydr negyddol, meddai, ac ers 2011 mae Mark Williams wedi bod yn ymgyrchu dros famau a thadau sy'n dioddef o iselder ôl-geni, yn ogystal ag iselder.
"Dwi eisiau gweld pob rhiant yn cael cefnogaeth. Mae'n angenrheidiol," meddai.
"Erbyn hyn dwi wedi sefydlu International Fathers' Mental Health, sy'n codi ymwybyddiaeth, yn addysgu ac yn cynnig adnoddau i'r teulu cyfan.
"Ar ôl siarad gyda dros ddwy fil o dadau ym mhob cwr o'r byd, boed hynny mewn grwpiau cefnogi ac ar gyfryngau cymdeithasol, dwi wedi dysgu bod hi'n bwysig trafod, a thaclo'r broblem.
"Os mai dim ond y tad sy'n dioddef hyd yn oed, mae'r teulu cyfan yn goddef."
Mae mor bwysig i gofio bod tadau, yn ogystal â mamau, yn gallu dioddef o salwch meddwl ar adeg a ddylai fod yn hapus iawn.
"Rhaid sicrhau bod dynion yn siarad am eu teimladau, ac yn dod i adnabod y symptomau yn gynt," meddai Mark.
"O gael cymorth yn gynt, mae modd gwella yn gynt. Rhaid i weithwyr iechyd proffesiynol hefyd sicrhau bod tadau'n cael yr hawl i agor eu calonnau, a dweud sut maen nhw'n teimlo, er mwyn ceisio cadw'n iach, a chefnogi'r mamau."
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The Times writes that left-wing Labour MPs could challenge the party's first Queen's Speech, possibly joining forces with the Scottish National Party to oppose cuts. The piece is based on an interview John McDonnell, leader of the Socialist Campaign Group, gave to the New Statesman.
The FT writes that Nick Clegg, the Lib Dem leader, is preparing to exact a "steep price" to allow to the Conservatives to hold a referendum on British membership of the EU in the event of a hung parliament.
The Guardian leads with David Cameron's claims yesterday that families will face a £3,000 tax rise if Labour are elected, with the newspaper saying the charge was "undermined" by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
The Telegraph says Ed Miliband's credibility on the economy "suffered a new blow" after business leaders raised concerns over the use of their quotes in a party advert.
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"The four Westminster leaders offer us nothing more than further swingeing cuts to our public services and no commitment to securing an economic recovery for all."
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"Under no circumstances would we ever vote for the renewal of Trident or the spending of money on the renewal of Trident. In terms of any formal arrangement with Labour, I've made clear and I can't make clearer Trident is a red line."
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In Sunderland, the party won 21 of the 25 seats, but mayor Bob Heron lost his to Independent Anthony Allen. The Conservatives also took a Labour seat.
Gateshead Borough Council remained unchanged with Labour holding 18 seats and the Liberal Democrats four.
Labour held North Tyneside with 44 seats, took 17 out of 18 on South Tyneside and kept control in Newcastle with 52 seats.
By Fergus HewisonBBC Newcastle political reporter
No major surprises and not much of a headline perhaps. But, on closer inspection, the interesting story is about UKIP.
So lots of UKIP second places - but no councillors elected.
The question is: can UKIP translate votes into seats in future and gain power rather than just support?
In South Tyneside, UKIP lost a previously-held seat. It failed to take any seats in Sunderland but came second in 16 wards and the same position in nine Newcastle wards, 14 in South Tyneside, nine in North Tyneside and 13 in Gateshead.
UKIP chairman Steve Crowther described this result as "extremely encouraging".
"It's not somewhere where we have had a strong performance before, in the North East - an area that we are looking to build," he said.
It is not known what will happen to the Sunderland mayoral post as it is mainly ceremonial and the one-year term was due to end soon.
Mr Heron said he was "quite stunned" at the result.
"However, we've always had close elections in the Copt Hill ward, so I knew it was one of those things which would have to go right up to the wire," he said.
In North Tyneside, the Conservatives now have 12 seats and the Liberal Democrats four.
South Tyneside Council will now be made up of 49 Labour councillors, three Independents, one Conservative and one UKIP.
In Newcastle, there was one gain each for Labour and the Liberal Democrats and two losses for the Liberal Democrats.
A 24-hour strike by Network Rail workers was to have taken place from 17:00 BST on Thursday, followed by a 48-hour walk-out next week.
Acas said four days of talks helped "formulate" revised proposals for the RMT and other unions to consider.
The RMT has 16,000 members at Network Rail in operations and maintenance.
RMT general secretary Mick Cash said the union would consult on the details of the revised package.
Members of the TSSA and Unite unions will also be consulted.
Network Rail chief executive Mark Carne said: "I am very pleased that the industrial action has been suspended. With Acas's help, we have had very constructive talks with the unions over the weekend and I hope they will be able to agree this deal."
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin said: "I am pleased that the union has engaged with Network Rail in order to avoid a dispute.
"I hope that this deal will be now ratified by the union swiftly."
The revised offer is for a 2% increase in pay, backdated to January this year.
This will be followed by a rise in line with RPI inflation next year, based on the November 2016 figure - currently forecast to be about 1.5%.
There would also be no compulsory redundancies for the duration of the agreement, and the unions agreed to participate in discussions with Network Rail to deliver savings through areas such as sub-contracting.
A "comprehensive job security package" is also to be agreed.
Network Rail originally offered workers a four-year deal of a single £500 payment followed by three years of rises in line with RPI inflation.
This was turned down by both the RMT and TSSA, and the unions called a strike starting on the 25 May bank holiday.
It was suspended after Network Rail tabled proposals for a 1% rise this year, and a rise of about 1.4% next year, but this offer was not accepted by the RMT.
The blaze has been described by the NIFRS as "well-developed" over two floors.
Police are also at the former children's hospital and have warned motorists to take care on the Ballinderry Road.
No one was in the building when the fire broke out.
"Two fire appliances from Lisburn fire station and one fire appliance each from Cadogan and Springfield fire stations have been deployed to the scene," a spokesperson said.
Parking charges at Glan Clwyd Hospital at Bodelwyddan have been scrapped after an external contract came to an end.
It follows a Welsh Assembly Government pledge that users would be able to park free at almost every NHS hospital in Wales by the end of 2011.
Hospitals where parking is run by private companies were forced to reduce costs until contracts expired.
At Glan Clywd, the changes accompany a new parking system to make it easier for patients and visitors to park.
Their parking will remain in the front of the hospital, close to the main public entrances, with additional parking available in the car park on the right hand side of the access road.
Designated parking areas for the renal, cancer and maternity units will continue with no time limits or charges.
Arrangements for accessible parking for the disabled will not be affected by the changes.
New signs are being put up to direct the public to the designated parking areas.
The remainder of parking spaces on the site will be available for staff.
A spokesperson for the hospital said: "We appreciate that the new system will take time to fully develop and bed-in.
"In the meantime our immediate priority is to ensure that disruption to patients and visitors is minimised while the new arrangements are being implemented."
A shortage of doctors across the NHS has resulted in more shifts being filled by medics on locum contracts. The latest year-on-year figures show a 4% increase in locums working in acute hospitals and community health.
But an investigation by the BBC raises troubling questions about the risks an over-reliance on locums poses to patient safety.
Figures from the General Medical Council (GMC) show that in the three-year period to 2013, locums working in the acute sector - mainly in district hospitals - were attracting almost twice as many complaints as staff doctors. That amounted to more than 250 locums being complained about.
The majority of those complaints result in a formal investigation.
"I do not want to demonise locums," the GMC's chief executive, Niall Dickson, told the BBC. "Lots of good doctors are doing lots of good locum work."
But "locum work does attract risk," he added. "It is risky in the sense that the doctor may not know enough about the hospital where he or she is working.
"It is risky in the sense that they may be brought in when the team is under considerable pressure, and it is risky in the sense that there may be some locum doctors who find it more difficult to find a permanent job.
"So it is an area where we have some concerns."
Many locums are employed through medical recruitment agencies. It's a fast-paced business where staff have to be found - sometimes at short notice - to cover for absences and busy periods.
The GMC says employers have to do more to verify the qualifications and competence of the locums they take on.
In the summer, a court case highlighted concerns that some NHS trusts and agencies were not doing the most basic pre-employment checks.
Levon Mkhitarian was jailed for six years after impersonating a doctor. He'd worked as a locum in A&E departments, cardiology and cancer wards across south London and Kent for almost two years before finally being caught.
He used a false passport and other forged documents to assume a legitimate doctor's identity. The recruitment agency that placed him in work failed to inspect the original documents - relying instead on photocopies, which masked the fact that had "cut and pasted" them together.
It's estimated he dealt with more than 3,000 patients - although there was no evidence that he had harmed anyone.
Mkhitarian - who had a medical degree but had failed to complete his practical training - was eventually caught when a hospital security check revealed another doctor with the same details.
Mkhitarian had a history of using deception to get locum work. Back in 2010, he obtained provisional registration with the GMC, which allowed him to work with very close supervision.
He applied, and got, locum work requiring doctors with full registration - and that went on for three years because no-one was doing the simple check on his registration status.
When the GMC discovered he had lied about his registration, he was struck off. At that point, he stole a legitimate doctor's identity.
For Mr Dickson, the Mkhitarian case stands as a stark reminder to vet doctors before they get on to the wards.
"If someone turns up brandishing a GMC number - that does not mean they're fit to practice," he said.
"A GMC stamp is not good enough for anyone to say, 'Oh, that's alright - I don't need to do anything.' There are responsibilities that agencies, and responsibilities that employers, have."
The regulator has now introduced a system of revalidation - requiring the performance of all doctors, including locums, to be regularly assessed.
Kevin Green, chief executive of the trade group representing medical recruitment agencies, the Recruitment and Employment Confederation, said agencies strived to ensure only appropriately qualified people were employed - and were often the first to spot problems.
"Normally it is the agencies that do spot these issues and flag them up to the GMC, because agencies aren't there to provide staff without the qualifications," he said.
"They want to have a long-term relationship with the NHS and the trusts they support, and they want to make sure the doctors that they put in are qualified and have the right competency.
"We've taken the references, and it is not in [the agencies'] interest to provide someone who has deceived them and gone through the process of trying to falsify their records to get work in the NHS."
The Department for Health said: "We want the NHS to be the safest healthcare system in the world and we expect all employers to carry out appropriate pre-employment checks to make sure their doctors are fit to provide safe patient care."
You can hear more on this story on File On 4 on BBC Radio 4 at 20:00 GMT on 3 November 2015 or listen later via the programme podcast.
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The 27-year-old was given an extended break by Gunners boss Arsene Wenger after helping his country retain the Copa America in June.
"I hope I got it right, that he had a good rest and regenerated a little bit. We will see on Sunday," Wenger said.
However, new City signing Leroy Sane will not feature in the game.
German international midfielder Sane, 19, joined City for £37m from Schalke on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Wenger believes City have appointed Guardiola to improve their record against other big teams.
City finished fourth last season but won just one of 10 matches against other teams who finished in the top six.
"If they took Guardiola, it is certainly because they are conscious of that problem," Wenger said.
Guardiola has won the Champions League twice as a manager and also claimed three Bundesliga titles in three season with Bayern Munich.
City start their Premier League campaign at home to Sunderland next Saturday, while Arsenal open their season with a home game against Liverpool next Sunday.
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Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez will make his first appearance of pre-season in the friendly against Manchester City in Gothenburg on Sunday.
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The programme will compare diabetes in both countries to determine common and specific problems.
The grant comes from the National Institute of Health Research Global Health programme.
The Dundee project is one of 33 research units and groups sharing over £120m of funding.
It will look at new ways of diabetes screening using smartphone technology and retinal scans.
The project will see Dundee's expertise in the use of medical records twinned with data from 400,000 Indian diabetic patients.
Diabetes affects one in 12 people in India, amounting to about 69m people.
Dundee University's chairman of pharmacogenomics Prof Colin Palmer, who will lead the new research unit, said: "With increasing economic development and lifestyle changes those numbers are rapidly increasing.
"We need to understand more about diabetes in different populations."
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Dundee University has been awarded a £7m grant to establish a clinical partnership between Scotland and India to combat diabetes.
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Paulo Ribeiro was one of four local suspects who denied any involvement when questioned by British detectives.
"I thought it was incredible," he said.
The men were questioned in connection with Scotland Yard's theory that the three-year-old was taken in a burglary that went wrong but were never charged with any offence.
It is 10 years to the day since Madeleine disappeared from the McCanns' holiday apartment at the Ocean Club complex in the Portuguese resort of Praia Da Luz.
The British investigation into the case was started in 2011 at the request of the then Prime Minister David Cameron. It has cost more than £11m.
The four men, who were questioned in 2014, were made official suspects and are still living in Praia Da Luz.
Mr Ribeiro said: "I knew of nothing when the police arrived at my door with a piece of paper that had a drawing on it, saying it bore a likeness to me and that someone had said I was involved and that I looked like the person who had kidnapped Maddie.
"I don't know who that person was."
He said he was at home on the night that Madeleine disappeared and that he was not involved in any burglaries.
The Portuguese police clearly believe the men know nothing about what happened.
Pedro do Carma, deputy director of the Policia Judiciaria, told Panorama he had never considered them to be suspects.
"I can only say that we questioned those people on request of the Metropolitan Police and only based on the request of the Metropolitan Police.
"We never questioned those people. We never saw or looked at those people as suspects of the crime."
Last week, Scotland Yard announced there was no evidence to implicate the four men and the case against them had been closed.
The Met say they are pursuing new lines of inquiry and that they have not ruled out the burglary theory.
But many in Portugal are sceptical about the Met's involvement.
Carlos Anjos, the former head of the Policia Judiciaria officers' union, has told Panorama that the British investigation has been a waste of money.
"This burglary theory is absurd. Not even a wallet disappeared, no television disappeared, nothing else disappeared. A child disappeared."
The BBC Panorama programme - Madeleine McCann: Ten Years On - is on BBC1 at 9pm Wednesday and available on iPlayer afterwards.
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One of the suspects questioned by British police about Madeleine McCann's disappearance has said he was shocked to be asked about how she went missing.
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The figure is eight times as big as the previous best guess, which counted perhaps 400 billion at most.
The new total of 3,040,000,000,000 trees represents roughly 420 trees for every person on the planet.
A team from Yale University in America carried out the research and collected information from over 400,000 forest plots around the world.
The new number will now help with a wide range of research - everything from studies that look at animal and plant habitats to climate issues.
What is clear from the study is the influence humans now have on the number of trees on Earth.
The team estimates we are removing about 15 billion trees a year, with roughly only five billion being planted back.
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There are just over three trillion trees on Earth, according to a new report.
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The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said people had "literally nowhere safe to run".
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon voiced alarm "over reports of atrocities against a large number of civilians".
Thousands of people are trapped in just a handful of rebel-held districts, which are facing intense bombardment as government troops advance.
It is hard to know exactly how many people are trapped in the besieged areas, although one US official with knowledge of efforts to secure safe passage for people in the city told the BBC that there were around 50,000 people.
Some residents have sent out messages saying they are crowded into abandoned apartments and rainy streets, unable to take shelter from the bombing, the New York Times reports.
Teacher Abdul Kafi Alhamado described on Monday how his district was densely packed with people who had arrived from other areas, and "bombs are like rain", so there are "huge numbers of casualties".
"People are running, they don't know where, just running. People are injured in the streets, no-one can go to help them. Some other people are under the rubble, no-one can help them," he told the BBC.
Many are said to be fearful about what will happen to them after the city falls, particularly after allegations by opposition activists that Syrian government forces have been carrying summary killings of rebels in neighbourhoods that were captured on Monday.
These claims appear to be backed up by the UN's humanitarian adviser on Syria, Jan Egeland, who said they had received "detailed reports of massacres of unarmed civilians, of young men, of women, children, health workers".
In western Aleppo, which is under government control, Syrian state TV showed footage of people celebrating at the prospect of an imminent victory.
Again, it is not entirely clear. Russia's military, allied to the Syrian government forces, says 98% of the city is now back in government hands.
According to the AFP news agency, the rebels have control of just a handful of neighbourhoods, including Sukkari and Mashhad.
The Syrian army's Lt Gen Zaid al-Saleh said on Monday that the battle "should end quickly", telling the rebels they "either have to surrender or die".
The British-based monitoring group, the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights (SOHR), has also said the battle for Aleppo "had reached its end", with "just a matter of a small period of time" before "it's a total collapse".
Ban Ki-moon's spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, said "the secretary-general is alarmed over reports of atrocities against a large number of civilians, including women and children, in recent hours in Aleppo".
"While stressing that the United Nations is not able to independently verify these reports," he said, the secretary-general had "instructed his special envoy for Syria to follow up urgently with the parties concerned".
Meanwhile, the ICRC said a deepening humanitarian crisis could only be averted if basic rules of war and humanity were respected, warning "this may be the last chance to save lives".
Homage to Aleppo
Assad's fragmenting military
Mr Egeland tweeted that the governments of Syria and Russia were "accountable for any and all atrocities that the victorious militias in Aleppo are now committing".
The Kremlin has hit back at Mr Egeland's allegations, saying the atrocities "are actually being committed by terrorist groups", by which it means the rebels.
"The fact here is he doesn't talk about these atrocities, which shows that unfortunately he doesn't have any information about the reality of the situation in Syria and Aleppo," said President Vladimir Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov.
The US said on Monday that Russia had rejected the idea of a pause in the bombing to allow people to leave.
The Russian Centre for Reconciliation of the Opposing Sides says it has helped 7,796 civilians leave rebel-held areas in the past 24 hours.
For much of the past four years, the city has been divided roughly in two, with the government controlling the western half and rebels the east.
Syrian troops finally broke the deadlock with the help of Iranian-backed militias and Russian air strikes, reinstating a siege on the east in early September and launching an all-out assault weeks later.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says that at least 415 civilians and 364 rebel fighters have been killed in rebel-held areas since 15 November and another 130 civilians have died in rebel rocket and mortar attacks on the government-controlled west.
Analysts say the fall of Aleppo would be a big blow to the opposition, as it would leave the government in control of Syria's four largest cities.
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The UN and Red Cross have appealed for civilians to be protected, as fighting in Syria's Aleppo nears its end.
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The corporation's current HQ in Llandaff will shut and staff will relocate to a new building in Central Square in 2018.
BBC Cymru Wales director Rhodri Talfan Davies said the location was a chance to be closer to audiences.
The ageing infrastructure of the current HQ is the reason for the move.
The new 150,000 sq ft (13,936 sq m) building relies upon the wider Capital Square development around Cardiff Central train station to progress as planned.
The Capital Square project, to be delivered by Rightacres Property, include proposals to relocate the bus station.
As well housing the existing BBC staff and services based at Llandaff, S4C has announced in principle that it plans to share some broadcasting services with the BBC at the new centre.
Mr Talfan Davies said the new broadcast centre promised to be "an exciting new home in a remarkable location right at the heart of the action".
"The public rightly demand the best from the BBC - and this development will at last give our programming teams the tools, the technology and the facilities to serve our audiences for decades to come," he said.
BBC Cymru Wales announced in August 2013 that it wanted to leave Broadcasting House in Llandaff.
Broadcasting House, and the BBC's Ty Oldfield opposite, have both been for sale since autumn 2013.
It is understood that the sale of the land will be concluded in the coming months, and will help fund the new development.
First Minister Carwyn Jones said the new building would provide a state-of-the-art headquarters on a par with those in Glasgow, Salford and London.
"It is particularly important for the people of Wales, which requires public service broadcasting that properly represents their dynamic, devolved nation, with a thriving political democracy and creative content industry," he said.
Cardiff council leader Phil Bale, said the new building would fast-track its plans for the bus station area, which currently does not give the best impression of the city.
"This type of investment comes around once in a generation. It boosts Cardiff's emergence as a leading centre for creative industries in Europe," he said.
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The site of Cardiff bus station is set to undergo a major regeneration with the announcement that BBC Cymru Wales is to move its headquarters there.
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Anderson dismissed Paul Collingwood (50) and Adam Hickey (0) on day two as he recovers from a shoulder injury.
Scott Borthwick (64) top-scored as England all-rounder Ben Stokes only made 21 with Durham dismissed for 291, a first-innings lead of 87.
Haseeb Hameed led the hosts' second-innings charge as they closed on 59-1.
Anderson, the world's top-ranked Test bowler, suffered a stress fracture in the right shoulder blade during the third Test against Sri Lanka, but could return to face Pakistan in the second Test at Old Trafford, starting on 22 July.
He helped Lancashire regain some momentum in the match after a dismal batting display on day one.
But it was Matt Parkinson who struck first on Sunday, taking a catch off his own bowling to dismiss Stokes with his first ball of the day.
Borthwick was bowled by spinner Simon Kerrigan soon after, and despite Collingwood's 61-run stand with Paul Coughlin (26), Durham failed to totally dominate.
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England paceman James Anderson ended a two-day spell playing for Lancashire with figures of 3-58 in an evenly-poised match against Durham.
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Prosecutors accuse Fifa president Sepp Blatter of making a "disloyal payment" of $2m (£1.6m) to Mr Platini.
Mr Platini has provided information to the investigation but said he did so as a witness.
Both men deny any wrongdoing.
Mr Platini has said he is still determined to run for Fifa president once Mr Blatter steps down.
Asked whether criminal proceedings had been opened against him, Mr Platini said: "Absolutely not. I was heard last week by the Swiss Authorities only as a person providing information and I cooperated fully."
But this was contradicted by the Swiss attorney general, Michael Lauber, who said: "We didn't interview Mr Platini as a witness, that's not true. We investigated against him in between as a witness and an accused person."
Mr Lauber also said he was prepared to search the Uefa headquarters as part of the investigation.
The allegations centre on a payment made to Mr Platini in 2011 at Fifa's expense for work he completed almost a decade earlier.
It came just two months before Uefa gave its backing to Blatter's 2011 presidential campaign, leading some to question the timing of it.
Mr Platini said he was told when starting the work that Fifa would not be able to pay him all the money because of its "financial situation".
But Fifa accounts show a revenue surplus of around $83m (£55m) from 1999-2002, when Mr Platini undertook the work as a technical adviser.
Fifa was thrown into turmoil this year when the US and Swiss authorities launched separate investigations into corruption at the body.
Mr Blatter is also suspected of signing a contract that was "unfavourable to Fifa". He is due to stand down next year, but says he will carry on in the role despite the criminal proceedings.
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Michel Platini, the head of European football's governing body Uefa, is being treated as "in between a witness and an accused person'' by Swiss prosecutors investigating corruption at the world football authority Fifa.
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But his vessel is not arriving laden with dead seals. Rather, he and his crew are in Tromso for the premiere of a documentary about Norway's last seal-hunting expedition to the dangerous ice edge off the coast of Greenland.
Sealers - One Last Hunt is an unashamed celebration of a controversial industry that a century ago numbered more than 200 ships. Their owners, captains and crews did much to shape the economy of coastal Norway, which stretches north of the Polar Circle towards Russia and the Barents Sea.
Along with many locals, the documentary's producers lament the demise of the seal-hunting industry.
"People buy meat in the store that's packed in plastic, and they don't want to see how animals are killed," says co-producer Trude Berge Ottersen. "Seal hunting is an old culture and tradition. It's been a big part of northern Norwegian culture. So for me it's better to eat seal meat than to eat chicken or produced salmon."
Accusations of animal cruelty have long been levelled at seal hunters in the Arctic by campaigners.
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) describes the commercial hunts as "cruel and wasteful". The Humane Society refers to "defenceless pups [that] die a cruel death". Greenpeace is opposed to what it calls an "inhumane and cruel industrial hunt", while defending traditional hunting by Arctic Indigenous communities.
Images of bleeding seals purportedly clubbed to death by brutal hunters have been a persuasive feature of anti-sealing campaigns that eventually brought the Norwegian seal-hunting industry to its knees.
And while the film also features pools of red-hot seal blood as it mixes with pristine white snow and blue ice, it paints a more nuanced picture by offering an insight into the harsh conditions endured by the Arctic hunters.
Mr Kvernmo believes the protesters who have shaped public opinion have misunderstood the situation. "I know a lot of their information is wrong - it's not a real picture of what's going on," he says.
Gry Elisabeth Mortensen, who co-produced the documentary with Ms Ottersen, agrees.
Seals are no longer clubbed to death, she explains. Rather, high-powered guns with expanding bullets are used to deliver a swift death.
"I think it's perhaps the most ethical meat you can have," Ms Mortensen argues. "The seals are lying on the ice, maybe sleeping, and then they get a shot in the head, and that's it."
After the seals have been shot, dedicated "jumpers" use the hakapik hunting tool - a heavy wooden club with a hammer head and a hook. The jumpers deliver blows to the animals' heads to ensure they are dead, before hooking them and dragging them back to the boat.
"We are doing it in the most humane way that it could be done," Mr Kvernmo says.
However, the entire debate about whether Norwegian seal hunting is cruel has been rendered largely irrelevant by a 2009 European Union ban on trade in seal products. That includes skins that are made into boots and jackets, omega 3-rich oil used in food supplements, and meat that has been served in restaurants or cooked in homes across the Arctic region.
Seal-skin boots can still be bought in Tromso's shoe shops, but probably not for much longer.
"It's over," says Mr Kvernmo as he heads into the cinema for the screening of the documentary. "In Norway, there's nobody hunting anymore. The protest industry has been the winner."
However, the withdrawal in 2015 of a 12m kroner (about £1m) Norwegian government subsidy means the practice is no longer economically viable. Subsidies had accounted for up to 80% of sealers' income.
More lucrative opportunities now await Mr Kvernmo. These days, his boat is kept afloat by fees from film crews, which help ensure seasoned seal hunters' knowledge about the Arctic lives on.
"Throughout all these years on the ice and at sea, Bjorne really has a lot of knowledge and respect for the nature and the animal life there," says Ms Ottersen.
Mr Kvernmo is also working for the oil and gas sector, again putting him at odds with environmentalists.
"We don't think there's any room for oil in the Arctic," Jennifer Morgan, executive director of Greenpeace, told the recent Arctic Frontiers conference in Tromso.
Norwegian energy giant Statoil has been exploring the Arctic for oil and gas. Bjorn Otto Sverdrup, its head of sustainability, defends its policy and says there has to be a gradual shift to renewable energy. "We cannot change that system overnight."
The Norwegian government also argues that oil and gas exploration can take place safely in the Arctic.
"We have shown that it is fully possible to combine ocean-based industries, such as fisheries, aquaculture, shipping and energy, and a healthy marine environment," Prime Minister Erna Solberg told the Arctic Frontiers conference. "But it is crucial to set high environmental standards and ensure that these are met."
Norway is also set to announce a national ocean strategy. "Sustainable use of ocean resources is the very foundation of Norway's prosperity and well-being," Ms Solberg said.
Although the formerly lucrative seal hunt has become a thing of the past, Norway's Arctic gold rush appears to be far from over.
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Captain Bjorne Kvernmo, who first began hunting seals more than four decades ago, guides MS Havsel into the harbour of Tromso, the Norwegian city that owes its existence to his trade.
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People who attended a christening at the same venue the following day have also been reporting feeling sick and having diarrhoea.
Public Health England (PHE) said it is likely to be norovirus with up to 40 people who attended the club infected.
The venue has voluntarily shut and will be conducting a deep clean.
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PHE is investigating with Cornwall Council.
The chairman of Falmouth Rugby Club James Instance said: "We have closed the club to the public pending results of their investigations and shortly will be undertaking a deep commercial clean of the premises."
Therapy DnB, who organised the sold out event, had been advising people who attended to see a doctor, and have been posting regular updates on Facebook.
Hedex, one of the DJ's at the event, said on Twitter on Monday: "I am so ill I am considering to start writing my will."
Dr Sarah Harrison, consultant in health protection for PHE South West, said: "Norovirus is highly infectious.
"PHE is working with environmental health officers from the council to ensure that appropriate precautions and procedures are in place."
The latest advice from PHE is that anyone with suspected norovirus should drink plenty of water and avoid preparing food for, or direct contact with, others until 48 hours after the symptoms have stopped.
He told MPs such processes created "more economic recession and poverty".
Pro-independence Catalans are watching Scotland's referendum on independence on Thursday closely, with plans for a similar vote in Catalonia in November.
If Scotland backed independence, it would have to reapply to the EU as a new member state, Mr Rajoy said.
Catalonia's regional parliament is set to vote on a resolution on Wednesday that could pave the way for a November referendum on independence from Spain.
Last Thursday, hundreds of thousands of Catalans formed a "V" for "vote" along two of Barcelona's main roads calling for their right to vote.
But Spain's national government is opposed to any move towards independence and its blessing is constitutionally required to make a referendum legal.
Speaking to members of parliament on Wednesday, Prime Minister Rajoy described referendums like the Scottish example as "a torpedo below the waterline for European integration".
He said the spirit of the age was integration, and not separation, which was why he would find it very difficult to agree to holding a referendum.
If Catalonia's parliament does pass a law allowing a "consultation vote", Spain's constitutional court is widely expected to declare it "illegal".
Catalonia's President Artur Mas has previously promised to hold a vote on 9 November.
He told the BBC last week that he hoped Scotland would vote "yes" in its referendum, as he believed an independent Scotland would be accepted into the EU, proving that an independent Catalonia could expect the same.
But Prime Minister Rajoy said that Scotland would have to undergo all of the processes that apply to any new state in joining the EU.
He said it was clear under EU treaties and from statements from European leaders that "if a part of a state becomes separate, it becomes a third party in relation to the European Union".
For "separate territories within a member state" to join the EU would take years and depend on the ratification of all 28 member states, he added.
Mr Rajoy has previously suggested that he might block Scotland's entry into the EU.
Catalonia is one of Spain's richest and most highly industrialised regions, and also one of the most independent-minded.
Until recently, few Catalans had wanted full independence, but Spain's painful economic crisis has seen a surge in support for separation.
We have loads of advice on how taking a few minutes out of your day to get organised can make you feel calmer, clearer and more in control. Why not try a few and let us know how you get on via our Facebook page or Twitter?
10 O'Clock Rule
This is called the 10 o'clock rule, but it could be the 9 o'clock rule, the 11 o'clock rule or whatever suits you. Simply set your watch or phone to beep every night at 10 o'clock.
Whatever you are doing when your alarm goes off, get up and prepare for morning. The beauty with this is that very quickly you won't need the reminder, you will just get into the habit of automatically getting ready.
Things you might want do are:
Once you have figured out what you need to do each day of the working week, make a note of it and stick it on your bedside table or stick it in your phone so you can check it off each night.
Different people have different routines in the morning (check out Kate Cross's morning!), but really productive people spend some time preparing for the day ahead. Here are some tips to try and make your day run smoother.
Check your Calendar
If you actually put appointments in you diary, well done. If you check it regularly, even better!
It's funny how when you made that dental appointment six months ago you were convinced you would remember it. You just didn't remember it this morning.
Take a few minutes to check what you have coming up today and tomorrow to avoid that sickening feeling when you realise you have missed an appointment or meeting… and potentially have to wait months to reschedule it.
Top three tasks
Do you think every morning "I really should do…." and then get side tracked and only remember the task in the evening?
This can go on for days and then you just start to feel despondent at how badly organised you are.
Each day set yourself three tasks that you want to do and make sure you do them. They might be small ones that you keep putting off ("I must ring Mum") or larger one ("I really need to start that assignment/project") but writing it down in the morning will bring it to the forefront of your mind for the day; and checking it off in the evening will give you that warm glow of having achieved something.
Do this every day and you'll soon start motoring through tasks.
Chunk it up
Dream of being BFFs with Zara Larsson? Try learning Swedish with your extra nine minutes - it's her native language!
Sometimes our long term goals get suffocated by our day to day chores. How often have thought "I'd love to learn a foreign language" or "I would love to learn to tap dance"? Sometimes these big "someday, one day" goals never come to anything as we don't know where to start.
Well, a simple way to get going is to break a big task into small chunks.
So, you want to learn a foreign language? Why not make one of your three tasks for today to spend half an hour at lunch browsing the internet to find out what is there, or to ring a local college to see if they do a course? It may only take five minutes to start on the road to your new life, and you have just acquired nine more minutes a day by not hitting snooze.
Use your smart phone
You probably lose more time browsing social media on your phone than this tip will save, but that's a different article altogether!
There are loads of free apps which can help you get organised, but just using the calendar, notes and email apps that probably came with your phone will help you take control. Reminders are a great way to prompt you when you are out and about to do things.
Also, if you just can't resist hitting the snooze button then you can usually disable the snooze function on you phone's alarm, so it's not a case of "Don't Hit Snooze" but "Can't Hit Snooze". Go on, try it. Dare you.
If you want to take your organisational skills to the next level, why not introduce a weekly planning session - ask yourself, what is in my calendar for the coming week? What three big tasks do I want to achieve this week?
Take a bit of time to get your head around the upcoming week. If you know what to expect, then you should be calmer and most importantly, happier.
The King's College London team says leg power is a useful marker of whether someone is getting enough exercise to help keep their mind in good shape.
Exercise releases chemicals in the body that may boost elderly brains, say the scientists, in the journal Gerontology.
But they say more research is needed to prove their hunch.
It is difficult to untangle leg strength from other lifestyle factors that may have an impact on brain health and the study did not look specifically at dementia, experts say.
The researchers tracked the health of more than 150 pairs of twin sisters aged between 43 and 73 at the start of the study.
Leg power was measured (at the start of the study) using a modified piece of gym equipment that measured both speed and power of leg extension, while brain power was measured (at both the start and the end of the study) using computerised tasks that tested memory and mental processing skills.
Generally, the twin who had more leg power at the start of the study sustained their cognition better and had fewer brain changes associated with ageing measured after 10 years. And the finding remained when other known lifestyle and health risk factors for dementia were included.
Lead researcher Dr Claire Steves said: "When it came to cognitive ageing, leg strength was the strongest factor that had an impact in our study.
"Other factors such as heart health were also important, but the link with leg strength remained even after we accounted for these.
"We think leg strength is a marker of the kind of physical activity that is good for your brain."
Alzheimer's Society director of research Dr Doug Brown said the findings added to the growing evidence that physical activity could help look after the brain as well as the body.
"However, we still don't fully understand how this relationship works and how we can maximise the benefit," he said.
"And we have yet to see if the improvements in memory tests actually translate into a reduced risk of dementia."
Alzheimer's Research UK director of research Dr Simon Ridley said: "We know that keeping active generally can help reduce dementia risk, and it's important to take into account strength training as well as aerobic exercise."
The plan is part of the Kirkcudbright Charter, which aims to make the best use of the town's public buildings.
Council papers have revealed that the design team behind the project will ask Dumfries and Galloway Council for funding of £1.68m.
It exceeds the authority's budget for the entire charter by £195,000.
The team will also apply for funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), which has previously committed almost £1m to the project on a provisional basis.
According to a report to the council's Stewartry area committee, the new plans for the gallery were "very positively received" by HLF.
The authority will also be asked to support an increased funding application to the heritage fund.
Ricci Gallagher, 46, died in hospital a week after suffering head injuries at the farmhouse in Little Burstead, Essex, in July.
The house belongs to Richard Glanville, 60, who was arrested along with a 54-year-old man from Basildon.
Essex Police said they had been released from their bail.
The force said the case against the men was dropped "due to insufficient evidence".
Mr Glanville worked for Aurora Fashions, a holding company that owned Oasis, Coast, Warehouse and Karen Millen until 2013.
Police were called to Mr Glanville's home minutes after Mr Gallagher had reported a fire at his property, about half a mile away in Blind Lane.
Part of the police inquiry was focusing on why Mr Gallagher had been at the farmhouse.
The Pontypridd couple are one of 90 gay or lesbian families to have adopted in Wales over the past 10 years.
The adoption of son Ollie, three, has been so successful, they have since fostered twice, and are now looking after a teenage boy with autism.
"From my early 20s, I knew I wanted to have a child and have a family," said Tyrone.
"Fostering and adoption made me realise it is achievable. It's been fantastic. It's made my dreams come true."
According to the Fostering Network, there is an urgent need for 500 foster families across Wales. And on the 10th anniversary of the law changing to allow same sex couples to adopt, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community is being urged to fill the gap.
Last year, there were 30 adoptions by same-sex couples across Wales, a six-fold increase since 2011.
Campaigners, charities and councils welcome the figures. But, they say, there is still a long way to go to tackle misconceptions from both within society and the LGBT community.
According to a 2013 survey by equality charity Stonewall, 80% of LGBT people would expect to face barriers if they applied to become foster parents. Almost half would expect to be treated worse than heterosexual people if they wanted to adopt.
In fact, anyone over 21 who has a spare room can adopt or foster.
"A lot of same-sex couples grew up in a time when same-sex adoption and fostering wasn't common, or was outlawed. So you have generations of stigma. When I came out, I had to accept that I would never become a dad," said Andrew White, director of Stonewall Cymru.
Mr White and his husband adopted their son, now six, in 2012 - an experience he describes as "the biggest privilege, challenge and joy" of his life.
"It's extraordinary to be so ordinary," he said.
"If you have any questions about becoming a family and think it's possible, pick up a phone and learn as much as you can. There are so many children in need of forever families. And it's absolutely vital that every child gets the best chance."
But, he says, there is still a level of cultural prejudice.
"I've yet to meet one same-sex couple who, on approval, weren't asked about whether their child will be bullied. Yes, it may be a issue - but would they ask a mixed race or older couple?
"It's something new for LGBT people to get used to. And its comparatively new for adoption agencies too."
The charity New Family Social was formed in 2007 to support LGBT adopters and foster carers. It organises the LGBT adoption and fostering week, which holds advice and support events across Wales from 7 March every year.
"In an ideal world, there wouldn't be a need for an LGBT adoption and fostering week," admitted New Family Social spokesman James Lawrence.
He says that schools are better equipped than ever to protect children of LGBT parents from bullying and the greater visibility of LGBT families means society has become more accepting. But, he warns, there is work to be done.
"The research is quite a stark reminder that there is a huge expectation of discrimination. And although the adoption stats are encouraging, it doesn't mean we should be complacent."
For Tyrone, 29, and Graham, 35, potential stigma was a concern. But, they say, the adoption and fostering processes could not have been easier.
"The only time my sexuality was raised was when I first called and was asked for my wife's name," Graham, a South Wales Police officer, said. "We also talked to another same-sex couple at the information evening."
Ollie settled into his family with the help of a personalised photo story book and DVD, explaining his new family and how it worked, using teddy bears with his parents' names.
"We are from the valleys; you would think there would be old ways of thinking about traditional families," Tyrone, a former special needs teaching assistant, said. "We do get questions from people. But we haven't come across anything negative. We are not a traditional family. But we hope we become traditional."
For many same-sex couples, surrogacy is a popular route to parenthood. Steps singer Ian "H" Watkins, from Cwmparc, Rhondda Cynon Taff, and partner Craig Ryder recently became parents to twins born to a surrogate mother.
Tyrone and Graham instead decided to help children who already needed a family.
Carers like the Williams family are in huge demand across Rhondda Cynon Taff. The county wants to recruit 150 foster families and has a shortage of carers for children aged eight and over.
"If we could clone Graham and Tyrone, every child in Rhondda Cynon Taff would have a safe, supportive foster home for as long as they need it," a council fostering team spokesman said.
For many, LGBT foster and adoptive carers have exactly the kinds of qualities needed to take on the responsibility of a looked after child.
"As a community we have experience of being bullied or being made to feel different. In the journey of adoption, those are good experiences to enable you to empathise with your child," Mr White said.
A weekly allowance that pays for foster children's day-to-day needs, set at a minimum of £166 across Wales, has now enabled Tyrone to become a full-time father and carer.
It is the beginning of a journey he hopes will see his growing family give more children a loving home.
"I would encourage any family to go to training," he said.
"You can foster on weekends and there are so different ways of giving support to children who need care. There are no barriers."
The mainstay of the highly-prosperous economy is tourism, accounting for about 80% of GDP. An estimated 10 million people visit each year, drawn by winter sports, a warm summer climate and duty-free goods.
The country's banking sector enjoys partial tax-haven status.
For more than 700 years Andorra was ruled jointly by the leader of France and the Spanish Bishop of Urgell.
The first Andorran Constitution was passed in 1993, establishing parliamentary government. It then joined the United Nations and Council of Europe.
The co-princes remain Andorra's heads of state, but the roles are honorary.
Andorra is not a member of the EU, but enjoys a special relationship with it and uses the euro.
Population 79,300
Major languages Catalan (official language), Spanish, French
Major religion Christianity
Life expectancy 81 years (men), 87 years (women)
Currency euro
Area 468 sq km (180.55 sq miles)
Co-heads of state: Joan Enric Vives i Sicilia, Bishop of Urgell, Spain, and President Francois Hollande of France
Head of government: Antoni Marti
Antoni Marti took over as head of government after his Democrats for Andorra coalition heavily defeated the incumbent Social Democratic Party (PS) in an early parliamentary election in May 2011.
Mr Marti campaigned on a platform of opposing the introduction of an income tax proposed by Mr Cassany, but in June 2013 he bowed to European Union pressure and announced that Andorra would bring in personal income tax after all.
His predecessor, Jaume Bartumeu Cassany, had called the snap election when the opposition blocked the government's budget in parliament for the second year running.
The Andorran media scene is partly shaped by the proximity to France and Spain.
Andorrans have access to broadcasts from both countries, and for many years Andorra was home to Sud Radio, a powerful station broadcasting to southwest France.
There is a public service TV station, TVA, and Radio Nacional d'Andorra operates several radio stations.
Some key dates in the history of Andorra:
AD 803 - Emperor Charlemagne recovers area of present-day Andorra from Moors and is said to grant charter to its residents. After Charlemagne's death Andorra is granted to Spain's Count of Urgell by Charles II, grandson of Charlemagne.
1133 - Count of Urgell cedes Andorra to bishop of Urgell.
1278 - Under terms of "pareage" agreement, Andorra adopts joint allegiance to a French and a Spanish prince after disputes between French heirs to the Urgel countship and the Spanish bishops of Urgell.
1419 - Elected body, Council of the Land, is established to deal with local issues.
1607 - French royal edict establishes French head of state and bishop of Urgell as co-princes.
1936-39 - French troops sent to protect Andorra from spillover from the Spanish Civil War.
1939-45 - Andorra is neutral during the Second World War, becomes important smuggling route from Vichy France into neutral Spain.
1982 - First executive branch of government - "Govern" in Catalan - takes office. Its head is elected by Council of the Land.
1990 - Andorra signs customs union with EU.
1993 - First constitution adopted by referendum. Document reduces feudal powers of two princes. New executive, legislative and judicial arms of government are set up. Andorra joins United Nations. France, Spain establish embassies.
The crash happened after a mother-of-three stopped her car on a level crossing north of the city.
She was killed in the subsequent inferno along with five train passengers.
Accident investigators also said there were no problems with the signals or barrier at the site of the collision.
But they remain unaware why the driver, 49-year-old Ellen Brody, became stranded on the crossing at Valhalla, about 20 miles (32km) north of New York City.
An official from the National Transportation Safety Board, the federal agency leading the probe, said on Thursday that a witness in a nearby car had seen Ms Brody stop on the crossing in the moments before the train approached.
Investigator Robert Sumwalt said that the barrier was seen to come down on the rear of the car, a Jeep Cherokee, at which point Ms Brody got out and appeared to inspect the damage.
He said that, according to both the witness and the train driver, after returning to the car she suddenly drove forward slightly - straight into the path of the oncoming train.
Data retrieved from the train's recording device suggested it was travelling at 58mph (92km/h) an hour, added Mr Sumwalt - just below the 60mph speed limit for that section of track.
In addition to the six deaths there were 15 injuries, seven of them serious.
The electrified third rail of the track came through the front carriage of the train after the crash, setting it on fire.
Passengers had to escape from the rear carriages.
The line on which the accident happened, Metro-North, is the second-busiest rail system in the US, serving about 280,000 passengers a day in New York and Connecticut.
Last year, the National Transportation Safety Board issued rulings on five accidents that occurred on the network in 2013 and 2014, criticising Metro-North while also finding conditions had improved.
Robert Fidler built the castle at Honeycrock Farm, in Salfords, Surrey, in 2002 and hid it behind hay bales.
Reigate and Banstead Borough Council first ordered it to be knocked down in 2008. The government backed the council after an appeal last year.
Mr Fidler said demolition would be like Rembrandt ripping up a masterpiece.
The four-bedroom property, on green belt land, includes a kitchen, living room, study, a gravelled forecourt and a conservatory.
Mr Fidler, who keeps a herd of Sussex cattle at the farm, submitted a new planning application in February 2014 to retain the house, in Axes Lane, on the basis of agricultural need.
"Obviously it would be quite difficult to demolish something you are very proud of," he said.
"I don't think I have any choice really.
"What they are saying now is if I don't demolish it within 90 days, they can put me in prison."
The Department for Communities and Local Government decision follows a High Court ruling in 2010 that the house must come down.
The council said if the house were allowed to remain, it would set an unacceptable precedent for development in the green belt.
"The construction breached national and local planning rules designed to protect the green belt, which local authorities like ours have a duty to uphold," the authority said in a statement.
"It has been previously established that the house and associated constructions were unlawful and this has been accepted by Mr Fidler.
"The Secretary of State's decision demonstrates that people who ignore planning rules set for the good of everyone, are likely to find themselves in this unfortunate position."
The contraction was much bigger than expected and follows a 0.3% drop in the first three months of the year.
The Office for National Statistics said
the fall was largely due to a sharp slowdown in the construction sector.
It said it was not yet sure of the size of the effect of the poor weather and the extra June bank holiday.
This means that these figures, which are the first estimate for what happened in the economy between April and June, are more uncertain than usual.
"The bottom line from all this is that the underlying performance of the economy was probably somewhat better than the headline figure of -0.7% would suggest, having regard to the extra bank holiday and to the poor weather," said Joe Grice from the ONS.
"How much that effect might be is something we won't be able to say or to quantify until we have further experience against which to judge."
The figures could be revised in the coming months as more information comes in. The first estimate is largely based on information the first two months of the three-month period.
"Nevertheless, the overall picture is of an economy that remains fragile,"
the ONS said in its latest analysis of the economy.
Prime Minister David Cameron said the figures were disappointing: "They show the extent of the economic difficulties that we're grappling with, not least the situation right across the eurozone where our neighbours are also really struggling.
"Clearly we've got to keep doing everything we can to get out of this difficult situation and provide the growth and jobs that our people and our economy needs."
Chancellor George Osborne said the country faced "big challenges".
"But given what's happening in the world, we need a relentless focus on the economy and recent announcements on infrastructure and lending show that's exactly what we're doing," he said.
By Stephanie FlandersEconomics editor
Why are the figures so bad?
In response, shadow chancellor Ed Balls said the "truly shocking" figures showed the government's economic plans had failed.
"If these figures don't make the chancellor wake up and change course, then I don't know what will," he said.
"Thank goodness the Olympics will give our economy a much-needed shot in the arm. But this short-term boost is not enough - we need a plan B now to get the economy moving again and radical reforms to set Britain on a new course for jobs, growth and long-term prosperity."
The ONS did point to some more positive signs for the economy. Employment is growing "modestly", it said, with 181,000 jobs created in the past three months.
With prices rising at a slower rate, the squeeze is also easing on household incomes.
However the output of the economy is still 4.5% lower than it was during its peak before the onset of the financial crisis in 2008.
By Hugh PymChief economics correspondent, BBC News
What a muddle. On the face of it economic output has tumbled by much more than expected In the second quarter this year.
But the ONS has admitted there is a lot more uncertainty than usual because of the bad weather and the extra bank holiday.
Output is falling, yet jobs are being created in the economy, as last week's labour market data demonstrated. The business organisation the CBI says it thinks the economy is flat rather than negative.
What's really going on? We can say with certainty that the UK economy is not in a good place. As to what really happened between April and June, we may have to wait another year or more till all the revisions have taken place.
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Output in the building sector fell 5.2% in the second quarter compared with the first. It is continuing to feel the effects of the economic slowdown and a sharp drop in public spending on social housing and infrastructure projects.
The ONS said the end of major Olympics projects could also be having an effect.
"This is a disaster for UK growth," said Alan Clarke, economist at Scotiabank.
"It looks like construction has done a lot of the damage," he said. "On average for the year, it's looking very unlikely that we'll be on the right side of zero growth. More likely we'll be contracting."
Production industries, which include manufacturing, decreased by 1.3%, due in part to weak demand from the eurozone, one of the UK's biggest trading partners.
The fall in services output by 0.1% surprised some, including RBS economist Ross Walker, who said he had expected the retail sector to grow during the quarter.
"We thought even with the drag from the Jubilee that we would probably just about squeeze some growth out of that sector, [but] it's contracted."
However, John Longworth, director general of the British Chambers of Commerce, said many firms were faring better than the statistics suggested.
"We're not completely convinced about the accuracy of the figures," he said. "Our business surveys and other business surveys and also the employment figures all belie what the ONS are saying about GDP and it wouldn't be the first time in history that two successive quarters have been revised upwards from negative to positive."
But he added: "Nonetheless, there's no question that the economy is, at best, stagnating."
An economy is considered to be in recession when its output has declined for two consecutive three-month periods.
The UK economy is in a double-dip recession as after a period of recession, it briefly starting growing again before a second bout of falls.
Earlier this month, the International Monetary Fund said that the UK faced "significant challenges" from a stalling recovery, high unemployment and threats from the eurozone.
After a goalless first half, the floodgates opened as Blair Turgott foraged forward for the Ravens and smashed an unstoppable shot past Daniel Atkinson in the 51st minute.
Three minutes later, Louis Dennis doubled the lead from the penalty spot after a foul by the goalkeeper.
Max Porter struck in left footed to put affairs beyond a forlorn Guiseley in the 71st minute, although Adam Smith did restore some cheer for the Lions with a late, deflected volley.
Substitute Bradley Goldberg, however, completed the rout for the away side, curling in after a fine solo run.
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Match ends, Guiseley 1, Bromley 4.
Second Half ends, Guiseley 1, Bromley 4.
Goal! Guiseley 1, Bromley 4. Bradley Goldberg (Bromley).
Goal! Guiseley 1, Bromley 3. Adam Smith (Guiseley).
Substitution, Bromley. Bradley Goldberg replaces George Porter.
Substitution, Bromley. Lee Minshull replaces Alfie Pavey.
Goal! Guiseley 0, Bromley 3. Max Porter (Bromley).
Substitution, Guiseley. Nicky Clee replaces Will Hatfield.
Substitution, Guiseley. Luke Porritt replaces Oli Johnson.
Substitution, Guiseley. Adam Smith replaces Michael Rankine.
Goal! Guiseley 0, Bromley 2. Louis Dennis (Bromley) converts the penalty with a.
Daniel Atkinson (Guiseley) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Guiseley 0, Bromley 1. Blair Turgott (Bromley).
Second Half begins Guiseley 0, Bromley 0.
First Half ends, Guiseley 0, Bromley 0.
Javan Vidal (Guiseley) is shown the yellow card.
Connor Dymond (Bromley) is shown the yellow card.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Fernando Forestieri scored the only goal from the spot after Rajiv van La Parra handled Tom Lees' shot.
Huddersfield, who would have gone top with a win, went close to an equaliser when Elias Kachunga's effort was cleared off the line by Daniel Pudil.
Forestieri and David Jones had earlier both hit the woodwork for the Owls.
Huddersfield went into the game boasting a 100% record at the John Smith's Stadium this season after winning all five of their previous home league games by a single goal.
But their first home defeat of the season in front of a record league crowd at their ground of 22,368 sees them remain third in the table, a point behind leaders Norwich, while Sheffield Wednesday climb to seventh after their fifth win in seven matches.
The Owls began the brighter and saw Jones clip the top of the bar with a cross-shot in the opening minutes, although it was Huddersfield who had the better first-half openings as Keiren Westwood saved from Kachunga and Kasey Palmer.
Forestieri clipped an effort against the post when clean through straight after the break but made no mistake when he sent Terriers keeper Danny Ward the wrong way from the spot to score on his fourth successive visit to Huddersfield.
And although Kachunga went close to earning his side a point, Liam Palmer should have made it 2-0 in stoppage time only to shoot straight at Ward when unmarked inside the box.
Huddersfield manager David Wagner told BBC Radio Leeds:
"I have no complaints with the performance - it wasn't outstanding but it was good - but we're disappointed with the result
"If two strong sides play against each other then it's even and tight and one situation decides the game, and unfortunately it was a situation for Sheffield Wednesday.
"We did a lot of things right and I can accept this result because we tried everything. Sheffield Wednesday are one of the best sides in the division and we were competitive against them."
Sheffield Wednesday head coach Carlos Carvalhal told BBC Radio Sheffield:
"It was a fantastic win. Huddersfield are a very good team, they have a good dynamic and cause their opponents problems.
"But I think today they played against a team that was ready to play them and because we were ready they found it difficult to create chances.
"Huddersfield had more of the ball but we controlled the game and created the more clear chances. We deserved to win."
Match ends, Huddersfield Town 0, Sheffield Wednesday 1.
Second Half ends, Huddersfield Town 0, Sheffield Wednesday 1.
Corner, Huddersfield Town. Conceded by Liam Palmer.
Jonathan Hogg (Huddersfield Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Kieran Lee (Sheffield Wednesday).
Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. Glenn Loovens replaces Gary Hooper.
Attempt saved. Liam Palmer (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gary Hooper.
Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. Atdhe Nuhiu replaces Fernando Forestieri.
Substitution, Huddersfield Town. Michael Hefele replaces Chris Löwe.
Foul by Rajiv van La Parra (Huddersfield Town).
Adam Reach (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Mark Hudson (Huddersfield Town) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Chris Löwe with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Huddersfield Town. Conceded by Daniel Pudil.
Attempt missed. Tom Lees (Sheffield Wednesday) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ross Wallace with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Tommy Smith.
Corner, Huddersfield Town. Conceded by Daniel Pudil.
Attempt blocked. Jack Payne (Huddersfield Town) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Aaron Mooy (Huddersfield Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Sam Hutchinson (Sheffield Wednesday) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Nahki Wells (Huddersfield Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Sam Hutchinson (Sheffield Wednesday).
Substitution, Huddersfield Town. Jack Payne replaces Kasey Palmer.
Gary Hooper (Sheffield Wednesday) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Christopher Schindler (Huddersfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Gary Hooper (Sheffield Wednesday).
Goal! Huddersfield Town 0, Sheffield Wednesday 1. Fernando Forestieri (Sheffield Wednesday) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
Penalty conceded by Rajiv van La Parra (Huddersfield Town) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
Attempt blocked. Tom Lees (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Chris Löwe.
Rajiv van La Parra (Huddersfield Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Fernando Forestieri (Sheffield Wednesday).
Attempt missed. Chris Löwe (Huddersfield Town) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
Elias Kachunga (Huddersfield Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Daniel Pudil (Sheffield Wednesday).
Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. Ross Wallace replaces Barry Bannan.
Christopher Schindler (Huddersfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Gary Hooper (Sheffield Wednesday).
Foul by Kasey Palmer (Huddersfield Town).
Fernando Forestieri (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Huddersfield Town. Conceded by Kieran Lee.
Birchfield Harrier Peake cleared 4.15m to take the title.
Paralympic gold medallist Aled Sion Davies threw a personal best 14.95m to win the senior men's shot put.
Wales' David Omoregie ran a personal best of 7.63 seconds in the 60m hurdles to finish second behind Olympian Andrew Pozzi.
The event was the first chance for Welsh athletes to earn qualification points for places at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.
Omoregie narrowly missed out on the 2016 Rio Olympics.
European junior world record-holder Omoregie met the Olympics qualification standard a week after Team GB named their squad for Rio.
Davies had an impressive 2016 taking gold in the F42 shot put in Rio and winning the European title in the same discipline last June.
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Jukes, 39, made 32 appearances for Leigh as a player between 1995 and 1998, and has been an assistant coach at the Championship club since 2009.
Rowley left Centurions on Thursday, 10 days before the start of the new season, citing personal reasons.
"This is not a difficult appointment or one that needed much consideration," Leigh owner Derek Beaumont said.
"It goes without saying that there is a lot of pressure associated with the position, more so this year with the investment in the squad and the clear intention to achieve Super League."
Leigh have won the Championship title in each of the past two years, but missed out on promotion to the Super League last season after winning only one game in the Qualifiers.
It said some 750,000 children witness domestic violence each year, which can have a "profound and lasting impact".
The charity has launched a video campaign on Facebook, encouraging viewers to raise funds and awareness by sharing the hashtag #givethemrefuge.
The launch comes as Refuge's specialist services face possible funding cuts.
One in four women in the UK experience domestic violence, and two women are killed each week by a partner or ex-partner in England and Wales, the charity said.
Refuge's video shows a girl unwrapping presents while being filmed by her sister, but the children end up abandoning their presents to run away from a violent argument between their parents.
An unnamed 22-year-old abuse victim said the fictional video was similar to her own childhood memories of living in "daily fear and terror" after witnessing her father "abuse, threaten and intimidate" her mother.
"It was only after a frantic phone call I had with my father that I knew he would fulfil his threat to 'smash her brains against the wall' and kill my mother," she said.
She eventually escaped to a refuge with her mother and brother, where they were supported by Refuge, she said.
"Not only did the refuge give us safety, anonymity and a place to overcome our trauma and rebuild our lives, but my brother and I had the opportunity to enjoy our childhood and also start over," she said.
Sandra Horley, chief executive of Refuge, said more than 3,300 women and children were supported by the charity, with children making up about two-thirds of people in the charity's accommodation.
She added that the charity was "fighting to raise funds to keep its services running".
She was reportedly found by troops in a tunnel under the Iraqi city on Thursday along with 19 other foreigners.
Officials are trying to confirm if she is the same girl who went missing from the German town of Pulsnitz last year.
Iraq's government has declared victory over IS in Mosul, although clashes continue in parts of the Old City.
The almost nine-month battle left large areas in ruins, killed thousands of civilians and displaced more than 920,000 others.
Photographs of the girl being detained by Iraqi troops were published by local media over the weekend.
The German DPA news agency reported that the group of foreigners were in possession of weapons and explosives belts when they were found. They included five Germans, three Russians, three Turks and two Canadians, it added.
At first, the girl was thought to be Russian, according to the Kurdish BasNews website. A Yazidi family then thought she might be their missing daughter, but that was subsequently ruled out.
On Monday night, the Bild newspaper said the girl was believed to be a 16 year old who had gone missing from her home in the German state of Saxony last summer.
Shortly before travelling to Syria via Turkey, the girl had reportedly converted to Islam and been in contact with IS members online.
She had been under investigation for allegedly preparing for a possible act of terrorism, but prosecutors suspended the probe following her disappearance.
On Tuesday, the chief prosecutor in the German state of Saxony, Lorenz Haase, said officials were reviewing new evidence and that the investigation would resume if the girl "reappears and is conclusively identified".
An Iraqi official told Reuters news agency he believed the girl was of Slavic origin, possibly Russian. She had been taken to a hospital for treatment for burns after being detained, and would probably be handed over to her country's diplomatic mission and not kept in Iraq, he added.
The German BfV domestic intelligence agency estimates that 930 people, about 20% of them women, have left the country to join IS in Iraq and Syria.
A record of the communications is contained in government files just released by the National Archives in London under a 30-year rule.
Argentine forces landed on the Falklands on the morning of 2 April. At 10:30 GMT, Britain's Foreign Secretary, Lord (Peter) Carrington, sent an urgent telegram to the governor: "You have discretion from me and the defence secretary to blow up the airstrip if you can do so, to prevent it being used after invasion to resupply an invasion force".
However, communications between London and the Falklands capital, Stanley, had become intermittent, and a handwritten note on the telegram records: "This message was never received."
By the following day, 3 April, the governor, Rex Hunt, had been forcibly evacuated by the Argentines to Montevideo.
From there, he gave the Foreign Office a rundown of his final hours at Government House in Stanley.
"We destroyed all secret papers and cypher equipment except for two Mark Vs on which we were awaiting instructions when communications failed and we ran out of time. The Mark Vs were left in the strong room and I hope will be rendered useless when the Argentines have to blow the door to get in".
In the meantime, Britain's ambassador in Buenos Aires, Anthony Williams, had been taking his own "precautionary measures".
A telegram on 1 April noted: "We have already started destruction of all sensitive material prior to 1981 and, more recently, of higher sensitivity.
"We expect to complete this operation inconspicuously within 18 hours or in less time if it becomes appropriate to use incinerator in this smokeless zone."
As Britain assembled a task force to sail for the South Atlantic, it became apparent there were not enough ships. The main requirement was for a passenger liner to carry 1,700 men.
By Laurie MargolisBBC News
Look at the Falklands Cabinet papers, and you'll find references to "an amateur radio ham at the BBC by the name of Margolis" who spoke to the islands immediately after the 1982 invasion.
Yes, that was me. Still at the BBC. Still a radio amateur - call-sign G3UML
So on 2 April, 1982, I sat at an amateur radio station in London's West End looking for anything from the Falklands. Argentina claimed they'd invaded.
From the islands, for hours, nothing. Until I spoke to a plumber called Bob McLeod at Goose Green. Bob had shattering news - invasion, overwhelming force, shooting, an aircraft carrier off Port Stanley, the British governor and marines seized. It was over.
I went on Radio 4 with the whole story. I was called by a Foreign Office official. He wanted everything I knew, which was quite a lot. Thirty years on, the detail of that conversation re-emerges in the Cabinet papers.
With the Queen's approval, a Royal Prerogative was invoked to requisition a P&O liner, the Canberra, and a freighter, the Norsea, which would carry vehicles and equipment.
A ministerial memo to the prime minister of the time, Margaret Thatcher, had read: "Without these ships, the Chiefs of Staff assessment is that the military capability of the force would be severely degraded, given the likely threat."
Dr Gregory Fremont-Barnes, a lecturer in war studies at Sandhurst, suggests Britain's grand plan was rather "ad hoc". "There was no contingency for retaking the Falklands," he says.
"The papers in the National Archives show the government was caught somewhat wrong-footed. Nonetheless, once the news of the invasion comes through, they operated extremely quickly and the Task Force left on 9 April, a week after the invasion."
On the diplomatic front, Mrs Thatcher received a welcome offer of assistance from President Francois Mitterrand of France on 3 April.
He telephoned her to say: "If there's anything we can do to help, we should like to." But a few weeks later, as the Falklands War entered a critical phase, relations between London and Paris had soured.
The government files reveal intense diplomatic efforts by Britain to prevent the sale of French Exocet missiles to Peru.
In a confidential telegram to President Mitterrand, dated 30 May, Margaret Thatcher said there was dismay in London at the prospect of French missiles ending up in Argentina.
"I must ask you with all the emphasis and urgency at my command to find a means of delaying the delivery of these missiles from France for at least a further month. Naturally we would prefer them not to be supplied at all but the next few weeks are going to be particularly crucial."
Mrs Thatcher wrote that one Peruvian ship had been sent away from France empty, but another ship was on its way to France to take delivery of weapons - Peru was protesting to France about a breach of contract.
Contained in Mrs Thatcher's message to President Mitterrand was an implicit warning: "If it became known, as it certainly would, that France was now releasing weapons to Peru that would certainly be passed on to Argentina for use against us, France's ally, this would have a devastating effect on the relationship between our two countries."
There were no such difficulties between Britain and the United States. A telegram from the British embassy in Washington, dated 3 May, shows that the US Defence Secretary, Caspar Weinberger, had expressed "eagerness to give us (Britain) maximum support". The US even offered the use of an aircraft carrier, the Eisenhower.
However, as the war neared its climax, the Reagan administration in Washington was trying to promote the idea of a joint US- Brazilian peacekeeping force to take over the Falklands.
On 31 May 1982, President Ronald Reagan made a late night telephone call to Mrs Thatcher, urging Britain to talk before the Argentines were forced to withdraw.
According to the notes recorded by John Coles, the prime minister's private secretary, Mr Reagan's view and that of the president of Brazil was that "the best chance for peace was before complete Argentine humiliation".
Mr Reagan apparently said if the UK retained sole military occupancy, the UK might face another Argentine invasion in the future.
However, Mrs Thatcher was in no mood to compromise. "The prime minister emphasised that the UK could not contemplate a ceasefire without Argentinian withdrawal," wrote her private secretary
"The prime minister stressed that Britain had not lost precious lives in battle and sent an enormous task force to hand over the Queen's islands immediately to a contact group."
The PM said she understood the president's fears but as Britain had had to go into the islands alone, with no outside help, she could not now let the invader gain from his aggression, he added.
"She was sure that the president would act in the same way if Alaska had been similarly threatened."
The war lasted just over 10 weeks, but the diary of Britain's 3 Commando Brigade paints a bleak picture of conditions in the Falklands as 15,000 Argentine forces surrendered on 14 June.
The Argentines had been dug in for weeks and many were suffering from malnutrition and disease. This created a problem for the victorious British troops as they entered Stanley.
"Near riot as a result of too many POWs moving down from the airfield", was a comment written in the Brigade diary.
The weather was deteriorating. Helicopters could not fly. British forces were short of artillery rounds, and an end to hostilities was not immediately confirmed from Buenos Aires.
"The momentum of the British attack had largely run out of steam in terms of its logistics, not in terms of morale or the brilliant leadership of junior commanders, but in terms of supply. I daresay that if the Argentines had put up a stiff resistance in and around Stanley itself, British forces might have found themselves in very great difficulty," says historian Gregory Fremont-Barnes.
However, 3 Commando Brigade's diary catches the mood as it becomes clear the war is over: "Consolidate, re-organise, sort out, and breath a sigh of relief".
All document images courtesy of the National Archives
Chief engineer Barry Colford imposed a restriction on "abnormal" loads and said it needed to remain until all the truss end links were strengthened.
One of the links has since cracked, leading to the closure of the bridge.
Transport Scotland said the restriction imposed was not related to the current structural defect.
The email was sent to Lesley Hinds, convener of the Forth Estuary Transport Authority - which formerly ran the bridge - in February.
Mr Colford said he was banning all vehicles weighing more than 150 tonnes from using the bridge because of analysis carried out about the pressure on key beams.
He said he would discuss the matter directly with Transport Scotland, and added: "The restriction needs to be in place until all the truss end links are either strengthened or replaced.
"This will not be done before 31 May 2015. TS (Transport Scotland) will have to make the decision on what to do with the truss end links after 31 May 2015."
A Transport Scotland spokesman said: "The restriction on exceptionally large abnormal loads was not related to the present defect on the bridge.
"It was related to potential unacceptable overstress to the truss end brackets and associated welds within the towers. This is being addressed by the ongoing strengthening works.
"Restrictions on loads of this type have little impact as there are very few movements of this size and they are agreed in conjunction with Transport Scotland, local authorities and Police Scotland who escort such loads."
He added that since the start of 2013 only one load of 140 tonnes had crossed the bridge so the additional restriction was a further safety measure that would have minimal impact and would allow hauliers to pre-plan their routes.
He said: "The defect which has resulted in the closure of the Forth Road Bridge was identified in the last few weeks. It was unexpected and not predicted by previous analysis that was carried out by Forth Estuary Transport Authority."
The spokesman added that "critical maintenance" had always been funded.
It was announced last Thursday that the bridge, which carries an estimated 70,000 vehicles a day between Edinburgh and Fife, would be closed after engineers spotted a crack in a steel truss close to the north tower.
It was later confirmed the crossing would have to remain shut until the new year for repair work to take place.
A temporary repair will involve the shear truss end having metal splints attached to either side.
Last week, Scotland's Transport Minister Derek Mackay said that five years ago Forth Road Bridge bosses had considered replacing the part of the crossing which has cracked, but decided not to.
It was later announced that a Holyrood committee is to examine options for a "focused inquiry" into the issues leading to the closure of the bridge.
Speaking on BBC Scotland's Sunday Politics programme, Kenneth Gibson, the SNP convener of the finance committee, said: "Derek Mackay has been quite clear and frank about what the difficulties are and what we are doing to resolve this.
"The first minister made it crystal clear that this problem that was found a few weeks ago was not picked up on previous maintenance because it was only a new flaw in the bridge."
Speaking on the same programme, Scottish Labour's Jackie Baillie said: "You only need to listen to people on phone-in programmes to understand just how agitated and angry they are with all of this. So that has to be the priority.
"But we do need to learn from our mistakes and we do need the Scottish government to put everything in the public domain, to be transparent and not to engage in ever-increasing amounts of spin to hide the truth from people about cut budgets and cancelled maintenance contracts."
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie repeated calls for former Forth Road Bridge chief operating officers Barry Colford and Alistair Andrew to provide evidence to any inquiry into the closure of the bridge.
He added: "Reports that have emerged over the past week regarding maintenance budgets and missed opportunities for repair work underline the need for a wide-ranging inquiry."
Lawro's opponent for this weekend's Premier League fixtures is German comedian Henning Wehn.
The Hagen-born comic's stand-up career actually owes its origins to English football, after he took part in an open-mic night while working for Wycombe Wanderers in 2002.
Wehn explained: "The company I was working for in Germany was about to go under so I looked at my CV, which looked all right, but I didn't speak English.
"I thought 'that has to change' so I applied to the 92 League clubs in England, because I'd always worked in sports marketing. I ended up working for Wycombe in their marketing department.
"They are still the first result I check, and I try to get to five or six games a season. A lot of the people who I worked with are still there, so it's great to go home."
Wehn is touring the UK with his new show 'Eins, Zwei, DIY' and is using his travels to watch "as much football as possible".
"So far I've been to Bristol Rovers versus Forest Green and Oldham against Bradford," he added.
"There's not that many people at lower league games so I can get in and out easily. If there's lots of people I might miss soundcheck."
You can see all of Henning's predictions on Football Focus at 12:10 GMT on Saturday on BBC One and the BBC Sport website.
A correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth ONE point. Getting the exact score correct earns THREE points.
Last week, Lawro got four correct results from 10 Premier League games, with no perfect scores.
His score of four points was was beaten by Citizen Khan actor Adil Ray, who picked three correct results, but had one perfect score to give him a total of five.
We are keeping a record of the totals for Lawro and his guests (below), and showing a table of how the Premier League would look if all of Lawro's predictions were correct (at the bottom of the page).
All kick-offs 15:00 GMT unless otherwise stated.
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Henning's prediction: 1-1
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Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Henning's prediction: 1-1
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Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Henning's prediction: 2-1
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Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Henning's prediction: 2-0
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Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Henning's prediction: 1-1
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Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Henning's prediction: 1-0
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Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Henning's prediction: 1-1
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Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Henning's prediction: 0-1
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Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Henning's prediction: 0-3
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Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Henning's prediction: 1-1
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Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan
Lawro's best score: 17 points (week seven v Ossie Ardiles)
Lawro's worst score: 3 points (week nine v Mark Wright and Karen Hauer)
They met informally at the European Council summit in Brussels amid tensions over the handling of talks.
Downing Street said Mrs May had not sought to be present at that meeting and it showed the EU was facing up to the reality that the UK was leaving.
It comes as the UK government plays down a suggestion that negotiating a UK-EU trade deal could take 10 years.
The BBC understands the UK's senior diplomat in the EU warned ministers that the European consensus was that a deal might not be done until the early to mid-2020s.
Arriving in Brussels, Mrs May was asked about the 10-year claim, but concentrated her answer on the subject of immigration, which is what the EU leaders have focused on during a chunk of their one-day summit.
She added that a smooth UK exit from the EU was "not just in our interests, it's in the interests of the the rest of Europe as well".
Despite her absence from the later, informal meeting, Downing Street said Mrs May would play a full role in talks on other issues such as Syria.
This was echoed by European Parliament president Martin Schulz, who told the 28 leaders the UK would still enjoy the "rights and benefits" of EU membership while still fulfilling its "duties".
At the summit, the leaders discussed controlling mass migration into Europe, the EU's relationship with Ukraine, co-operation with Nato and economic matters.
Speaking afterwards, Mrs May said they had also discussed "the appalling situation in Syria".
"We heard from the mayor of eastern Aleppo, he had one plea for us - to allow the safe evacuation of the people in the city," she said.
"President Assad and his backers - Russia and Iran - bear responsibility for the tragedy in Aleppo, they must now allow the United Nations to ensure the safe evacuation of the civilians who are left there.
"The UK is going to provide a further £20m of practical support for those who are most vulnerable. The mayor of eastern Aleppo said to us: 'We can't bring back those we have lost, but we can save those who remain.' And that is what we must now do."
The UK is to send a further 40 officials to Greece to try to speed up asylum claims from Iraqis, Afghans and Eritreans arriving there, in an effort to deter others from coming.
There are already 70 UK caseworkers "experienced" in dealing with the return of asylum-seekers taking part in the trial scheme.
The UK is pressing for more EU-wide action to tackle economic migration at its source, working with countries such as Libya and Egypt to help control their borders.
Mrs May has also held bilateral meetings with the leaders of Latvia and Lithuania as well as the president of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz.
One of the issues to be discussed by the 27 non-UK EU leaders is who will lead their negotiating team, amid tensions between the different EU institutions.
It is expected to be former EU Commissioner Michel Barnier who is in charge of the European Commission's Brexit team.
Former Belgian prime minister Guy Verhofstadt, who is leading the European Parliament's Brexit taskforce, claimed it could start separate negotiations with the UK unless EU leaders take "its role seriously".
He warned the European Commission not to "sideline" the Parliament.
Mrs May spoke to the new Italian prime minister Paolo Gentiloni on Wednesday. She has already held face-to-face talks with 23 EU leaders to brief them on the UK's intentions after June's referendum vote to leave the EU.
The prime minister also spoke to Donald Tusk, the president of the European Council, who confirmed she would update the rest of the EU on the UK's preparations.
A senior EU official said that, by the end of the summit, the 27 would be "procedurally prepared" for the negotiations and there was a consensus that although the process would be led by the Commission, it would be "controlled" by the member states.
It said the 27 were sticking to the principle of "no negotiation without notification", meaning talks could only begin once the UK triggered Article 50.
The orange detonators were found near Queens Road in Greenfield, Flintshire, on Sunday.
The 5cm (2in) round orange discs are used by rail staff to warn maintenance workers of approaching trains and give a loud bang on impact.
Police said the detonators could be "dangerous in untrained hands".
"Only two years ago a teenager from Essex sadly lost his sight after a detonator accident, so I can't emphasise the dangers enough," said PC Carl Jones, of North Wales Police.
"We are obviously concerned for the safety of the individuals who have the detonators, regardless of their age, and I would urge anyone who has information that could help us with our enquiries to contact us as soon as possible."
Scott started Scotland's opening-weekend defeat by England, but Duncan Taylor took his place against Wales and Italy after a thigh injury in training.
Scott's latest set-back came in Edinburgh's 28-23 Pro12 defeat by Connacht on Friday.
The 25-year-old will have a further examination this week to determine whether he will need surgery.
Scott, who has won 34 caps, was forced off just 23 minutes into Edinburgh's defeat.
Scotland coach Vern Cotter will now decide whether to continue with Saracens' Taylor in midfield alongside Mark Bennett or bring in either Glasgow's Peter Horne or Alex Dunbar.
Scotland, fourth in the Six Nations table, play France at Murrayfield on Sunday.
Ben van Beurden said that some older fields might be sold and others decommissioned.
He also said the company's dividend payout was "safe and secure", despite tough conditions for oil companies.
With an annual payout of $15bn (£11bn), Shell is the biggest payer of dividends among UK companies.
But some have questioned whether Shell can maintain that payout if oil prices remain low.
In January, North Sea Brent Crude fell below $28 per barrel, the lowest level since 2003.
Since then, it has recovered to around $50 a barrel, but that is still well below June 2014, when a barrel was fetching $115.
In response last year, Shell announced that it would sell $30bn worth of assets and announced thousands of job cuts.
On Friday, Mr van Beurden told the BBC that Shell would "have to take a good look at the more mature assets in the North Sea".
"Some of them are in decommissioning mode, like Brent. Some of them are very late in their life, maybe therefore better owned by companies that can run that kind of business better and more efficiently than we can.
"And in other cases, we'll probably have to reconsider reinvesting in it, or maybe giving them another lease of life."
In January, Royal Dutch Shell shareholders approved the company's $49bn takeover of BG Group.
The DBX car will be hand-made in a super hangar at St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan.
It is a major coup for Wales, which took two years to secure the deal ahead of 20 locations across the world.
As well as attracting one of motoring's most prestigious names, it is expected to create about 1,000 jobs with suppliers and local business.
Aston Martin chief executive Andy Palmer called it a "momentous day for Wales" at a news conference in Cardiff on Wednesday.
The development will include a skills academy, which will make St Athan and the Vale of Glamorgan a centre of excellence.
Work on the factory will start in 2017 and production will start three years later.
"We have a wealth of craftsmanship here," said Mr Palmer. "It takes 200 hours to make a car and to do that we need skilled labour and we have got that skilled labour in Wales, in Great Britain and that played a big part in our decision."
The company is also bringing more work to its factory and headquarters at Gaydon in Warwickshire bringing the total of jobs created to 1,000.
The value of the deal is in the hundreds of millions of pounds, although the Welsh government will not comment on the amount of support it is giving.
Mr Palmer said there were a number of reasons why St Athan had been chosen for the new site.
"The Welsh offer wasn't financially enticing but share holders had to understand the balance that had to be made on quality, cost and time, and St Athan was on time," he said.
"We don't have to build a building. It won through in terms of quality of workforce and supplies and relationship with the government of Wales."
Each car is individually styled to the buyer's specifications.
In its 103-year history, the company has only sold just over 70,000 cars.
To continue to survive at the luxury end of the market it has been looking at broadening its range to appeal to younger - and female - customers.
The car will start off as a petrol vehicle before being developed into a hybrid and all-electric 4x4.
The prototype was unveiled at the Geneva motor show last year and is expected to cost at least £160,000 to buy.
Mr Palmer said then that the company envisaged a world "perhaps a world not too far away, when luxury GT travel is not only stylish and luxurious but also more practical, more family-friendly and more environmentally responsible".
The design team had in mind a driver who was a young woman, American - and rich. The fictitious customer was dubbed Charlotte and seen as "an attractive lady, cool, in her 30s".
First Minister Carwyn Jones said it was the start of a long-term relationship between Wales and Aston Martin.
"We will work together in building on the strong foundations of our partnership to nurture a prosperous and rewarding future for this iconic company and its skilled workforce in Wales," he said.
Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb called the announcement an "enormous boost" for Wales and the British car industry.
He added: "It is a genuine example of a 'one nation' achievement, with both the UK and Welsh governments working together to attract this prestige manufacturer to Welsh shores."
Speaking on BBC Radio Wales, Mr Palmer said the company had chosen Wales because it was "the best offer".
"I don't simply mean in terms of money. What really swung it was the passion and the professionalism of the people we dealt with in Wales," he said.
Economy Minister Edwina Hart AM said: "We had an excellent relationship with Aston Martin at official and ministerial level.
"The important thing for us was ensuring that Aston Martin stayed in the UK, a fine company for the UK.
"We fought very hard to ensure we were on the list and now we've achieved having it.
"This is a win not just for Wales but for the UK."
ASTON MARTIN THROUGH THE YEARS
A GEAR CHANGE FOR THE WELSH CAR INDUSTRY
Mrs Hart called it a "significant moment in the history of the automotive sector in Wales".
Indeed, for the Welsh car industry this is a tremendous pat on the back.
It will also put it at the forefront of developing eco-friendly performance vehicles.
Apart from the short-lived Gilbern in the 1960s and early 1970s, whole cars have not been made in Wales before.
But there are 150 companies in Wales making car components, employing 18,000 workers and with a combined turnover of £3.3bn.
Some already make parts for Aston Martin but these are relatively few. But there are many others which already supply Jaguar, Land Rover, Ford and Honda - a record Aston Martin will have taken notice of.
After the announcement, there was disappointment in other areas - including the West Midlands - which had failed to land the deal.
The company said it was not just about money but it was "consistently impressed with the focus on quality, cost and speed from the Welsh government team".
Wales' status as a maker of parts for car assembly plants beyond its borders is about to change - and with style.
Think Aston Martin and you think James Bond, glamorous women and a sense of cool and from 2020, Wales will be part of that world too.
The 20-year-old was thought to have been sitting on the roof of the house on Great Cumberland Place when he fell backwards into the chimney.
His body was found in the lower basement of the building at the base of the chimney.
Police said they have informed next of kin and are awaiting formal identification.
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The 25-year-old Macedonia international tested positive for steroid stanozolol after Dinamo's 2-1 Champions League win over Arsenal in September 2015.
European football's governing body Uefa gave him a four-year ban, which its appeals panel upheld last May.
But Cas, on appeal, found a reduction to two years was appropriate.
Ademi had asked for the ban to be overturned completely, but Cas said "it could not uphold the player's argument that the challenged decision should be annulled".
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Both heart rate and blood pressure increased in those who admitted extended time online - along with reported anxiety levels.
There was no such changes for those with no internet-usage problems.
Scientists said it suggested internet addiction is a real physical condition for some people.
The results of the study, which involved 144 participants aged 18 to 33, are published in the journal PLOS ONE.
Study participants had their heart rate and blood pressure measured before and after a brief internet session.
Their anxiety and self-reported internet-addiction were also assessed.
The results showed increases in physiological arousal on ending the internet session for those with problematically-high internet usage.
It follows a study by the two universities in 2013 which showed internet addicts can suffer a form of cold turkey when they stop using the web.
Prof Phil Reed, of Swansea University, said: "We have known for some time that people who are over-dependent on digital devices report feelings of anxiety when they are stopped from using them, but now we can see that these psychological effects are accompanied by actual physiological changes."
Prof Reed, who led the study, said there was an average 3-4% increase in heart rate and blood pressure, and in some cases double that figure, immediately on ending internet use, compared with before use, for those with digital-behaviour problems.
Although this increase is not enough to be life-threatening, the study said, such changes can be associated with feelings of anxiety, and with alterations to the hormonal system that can reduce immune responses.
The study also suggested these physiological changes and accompanying increases in anxiety indicate a state like withdrawal seen for many "sedative" drugs, such as alcohol, cannabis, and heroin.
Prof Roberto Truzoli, of Milan University, a co-author of the study, said: "Whether problematic internet use turns out to be an addiction - involving physiological and psychological withdrawal effects - or whether compulsions are involved that do not necessitate such withdrawal effects - is yet to be seen, but these results seem to show that, for some people, it is likely to be an addiction."
Dr Hinds, from Tandragee, was a consultant at Craigavon Area Hospital in County Armagh.
He regularly worked at the North West 200 motorbike races.
The poster has been put on display ahead of this weekend's Armoy road races.
Clerk of the course Bill Kennedy said the poster was created by the event's sponsors SGI International.
Dr Hinds led a campaign for an air ambulance service to be introduced in Northern Ireland.
Mr Kennedy said the poster paid tribute to Dr Hinds and also raised awareness of his family's plans to set up a charity to support his vision for the service.
"It is a tribute to Dr John as a person, he is a loss for everyone involved in motorcycling on the island of Ireland," he said.
"He was a great man in the field of medicine and was always trying to save people's lives.
"This has also been done to raise awareness of the need to get an air ambulance in Northern Ireland.
"As I understand, the family are about to set up a charity to get people involved in the concept of an air ambulance which would not just be for those involved in motorcycling.
"You could not have had a more professional man at his job, Dr John was also a true gentleman."
He was attacked by a group of men inside a house on Argyll View in Larne at about 12:40 BST on Saturday.
He was taken to hospital for treatment to his injuries.
Police also said a car was "completely destroyed" in an arson attack at the same location and two other vehicles had damage caused to their windows.
Some residents were asked to leave their homes while the incident was dealt with by police and firefighters.
Police said the attack had been an attempt by a "criminal groups" to use "fear and violence" to exert control on the community.
"We're with Corbyn" adorned beaches across the county on Sunday as part of a project by artist Stacey Guthrie.
The display follows a host of resignations from Mr Corbyn's shadow cabinet and a motion of no confidence passed by 172 to 40 Labour MPs.
Ms Guthrie said she had been "overwhelmed" by the response.
"We only put the action out about two days ago... there has been between 120 and 150 people," Ms Guthrie said.
She said she was inspired by a call to action by the grassroots Labour organisation Momentum to show support for Mr Corbyn.
She added: "The words will wash away, but the message won't."
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after she was killed and five other people were injured in Russell Square.
Florida State University (FSU) has confirmed Ms Horton was the wife of psychology professor Richard Wagner.
Two other women and three men received various injuries in the attack, which happened near the Imperial Hotel.
One person from the group remains in hospital while the others have since been discharged. None of the injuries were life-threatening.
After receiving treatment in hospital, the arrested man, who was detained in Bedford Place, is now in police custody in south London.
Norwegian police said in a statement the man had emigrated from Norway in 2002 and they were assisting London police.
The Met said they had searched an address in north London on Thursday morning and another will be searched in south London.
The US ambassador to the UK, Matthew Barzun, said of the woman who died: "Heartbreaking news that a US citizen was killed in #RussellSquare attack. My prayers are with all the victims and their loved ones."
FSU President John Thrasher spoke of the university's "heartache" over the "terrible tragedy".
He said: "We are shocked that such senseless violence has touched our own FSU family, and we will do all we can to assist Professor Wagner and his loved ones, as well as his friends and colleagues in the Psychology department, as they mourn."
The couple had planned to return home to Tallahassee on Thursday.
Police believe the attack on Wednesday was "spontaneous", with victims "selected at random".
The injured people were from the UK, the US, Israel and Australia.
Met Police assistant commissioner for specialist operations Mark Rowley said the investigation was increasingly pointing to the attack being "triggered by mental health issues".
He had earlier said the force was considering terrorism as a line of inquiry.
Mr Rowley, Britain's most senior counter-terrorism officer, told a press conference it had been necessary to consider "all possibilities" following recent terror attacks across Europe.
Armed police entered the square shortly after 22:30 BST on Wednesday having received reports of a man attacking people with a knife.
They arrived within six minutes and chased the suspect, who eyewitnesses said had blood on his hands.
They said police ordered him to stand still but he kept running. He was then Tasered by officers.
Jodie Parry, who witnessed the events unfold from her hotel window, said she saw a man running down the street.
"I could hear the policeman screaming 'stop, don't move, don't go any further, just stay where you are', and he turned round and continued running," she said.
She added that the man was carrying a knife and had blood on his hands.
Paul Ó Geibheannaigh, who lives near to the square, said he had seen the body of the woman "on the pavement" and the area was surrounded by a "heavy armed police presence".
Mr Rowley said there would be an increased police presence on the streets in the wake of the attack - including armed officers - to "provide reassurance and safety".
Met commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe said the force's "swift response undoubtedly helped prevent more people from getting injured".
London Mayor Sadiq Khan cut short his holiday following the attack and will hold a briefing at City Hall at 15:30 BST.
He said police were doing an "incredibly difficult job" and the safety of Londoners was his "number one priority".
The Met said the attack was not linked to a separate stabbing in Wandsworth, south-west London, on Wednesday, in which one man was killed and two others injured.
Earlier on Wednesday, Sir Bernard and Mr Khan had said there would be more armed police seen on patrol in London.
Sir Bernard announced the move to reassure the public and deter attackers following terror attacks in Europe.
Stephen Lennon, 30, from Luton, admitted possession of a false identity document with improper intention.
Lennon used a passport in the name of Andrew McMaster to board a Virgin Atlantic flight from Heathrow to New York, Southwark Crown Court was told.
He entered the US illegally then used his own passport to return to the UK.
Lennon had previously been refused entry to the US and used a friend's passport to travel to the country in September.
He used a self check-in kiosk to board the flight at Heathrow and was allowed through when the document was checked in the bag-drop area.
But when Lennon arrived at New York's JFK Airport, customs officials took his fingerprints and realised he was not travelling on his own passport.
Lennon was asked to attend a second interview but managed to leave the airport, entering the US illegally.
He stayed one night and travelled back to the UK the following day using his own legitimate passport, which bears the name of Paul Harris.
Judge Alistair McCreath told him: "I am going to sentence you under the name of Stephen Lennon although I suspect that is not actually your true name, in the sense that it is not the name that appears on your passport.
"What I have to deal with you for is clear enough. You knew perfectly well that you were not welcome in the United States.
"You knew that because you tried before and you had not got in, and you knew the reason for that - because, rightly or wrongly, the US authorities do not welcome people in their country who have convictions of the kind that you have.
"With that full knowledge, you equipped yourself with a passport. I am told that it was given you by way of a loan from your friend Andrew McMaster, to which you bore, I am told, some resemblance."
The judge added: "What you did went absolutely to the heart of the immigration controls that the United States are entitled to have.
"It's not in any sense trivial."
In mitigation, Lennon's barrister Giles Cockings told the court the passport was not stolen and his client had only used it for a day.
Lennon was jailed for assault in 2005 and also has convictions for drugs offences and public order offences, the court heard.
Emergency services, including a hazard response team, were called to the Broadway in Bexleyheath, south-east London at 13:15 BST.
London Ambulance Service said it had taken 16 people to hospital including one of the bus drivers. The majority of patients reported back or neck pain.
Emergency services remain at the scene.
London Fire Brigade said its crews freed four people from a double decker bus, a single decker and four cars.
Those injured have been take to the Queen Elizabeth, Darent Valley, Princess Royal and Lewisham hospitals.
The aim of the project is to determine how a person's brain structure influences their talents and behaviour.
Researchers involved in the so called Human Connectome Project have published the scans of 68 adults in the study.
They eventually hope to scan 1,200 people and also collect details of their behavioural traits and DNA.
The information is made freely available to neuroscientists in their quest to unlock the secrets of the human brain.
The project leader, Prof David Van Essen of Washington University in St Louis, told BBC News that sharing the data with the international community of researchers would spur rapid advances in brain science.
"We are very optimistic that as the community delves in and begins working on these data sets, they will reveal new insights into the brain circuits of healthy adults," he said.
Subjects involved in the project have their brain scanned for a total of four hours. For part of that time, they carry out a battery of tasks, which include arithmetic, listening to stories, gambling and moving parts of their body.
Volunteers also engage in tests that assess their skills and abilities. In addition, DNA samples are taken.
The scans are essentially a wiring diagram for each person's brain.
They show how different parts are connected by nerve fibres and also the thickness of the bundles, which is thought to be an indication of the importance or strength of a particular connection- a so-called "structural map".
Scanning can also show which parts of the brain are activated for particular tasks - known as a "functional map".
With all this information, researchers will be able to see if an individual's brain wiring is related to their skills, such as musicality, sociability and aptitude for science or maths.
According to Oxford University's Dr Tim Behrens, who is collaborating with Prof Van Essen, the study will "uncover which neural pathways are important in determining human behaviours".
The eventual aim of the project is to understand how the healthy human brain is wired and how differences between individuals make each person unique - shaping their personalities and their capacity to think and feel.
Prof Van Essen is excited by what may be revealed.
"We have the highest quality data of the entire human brain that the world has ever seen. The question is that with more cutting edge (scanning) methods, how much can we decipher the circuits that give us our distinctive capabilities?" he said.
By learning more about how the healthy human brain works, the research will inevitably be of use to those studying brain disorders, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
Among those who will be delving through the data is Ed Bullmore, a professor of psychiatry at Cambridge University. He believes that psychiatric problems, such as schizophrenia, drug addiction and obsessive compulsive disorder generally arise from irregular brain development.
"We'll have a better opportunity to understand these disorders once we have a better grip on normal brain development", he told BBC News.
The research data is also likely to help those seeking to stem or slow down dementia. The study will undoubtedly lead to better ways of identifying those most at risk from their brain scans.
An important aim of the £26m ($40m), five-year, US-government-funded project is to share the data with scientists across the world.
Those behind the project were inspired by the way that the sharing of information gleaned by the Human Genome project has spurred the acceleration of genetic science. But this concept has been lower to take hold in brain imaging, and the associated emerging field of neuroinformatics.
The problem has been the sheer complexity of the data and the ensuing processing and analysis of the information.
For example, the images just released of the 68 subjects take up about two terabytes of computer memory, which is two thousand billion bytes, enough to fill several hundred DVDs.
The Human Connectome Project has therefore developed a database called ConnectomeDB to make sharing of brain images much easier.
"In my optimistic view, I believe this will spur an acceleration in neuroinformatics which will be able to acquire and analyse data [from brain scans] in more powerful ways than has been possible up to this point.
"This in turn could lead to a transformative set of developments that could accelerate our understanding of the brain," Prof Van Essen told BBC News.
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The Wales Air Ambulance (WAA) has launched its new H145 aircraft, which can fly in the night as the "charity moves closer" to 24-hour service.
It is the first of three new custom-built helicopters to be introduced by the air ambulance service in 2017.
The helicopter, based in Llanelli, will provide cover for south Wales.
"With continued fundraising, this new aircraft will support our aim to progress to a 24-hour operation, so we can help anyone in their most difficult hour - whether that's day or night, " said WAA chief executive Angela Hughes.
Operations manager Mark Winter added: "The cockpit is set up for night vision technology. We have a weather radar, additional lights underneath and a 'tracker light' on the front, which is like a giant torch and incredibly powerful. These new features will make a difference to the work we can do after dark."
The new aircraft, which replaces the old eight-year-old EC135 model, can fly up to 150mph (241km/h), has extra room for treatments and can fly longer without refuelling.
It has a high-speed internet connection to "enable crews to communicate vital information to hospitals directly from our medical equipment while en route".
"The H145 is a significantly more advanced machine, meaning we can do so much more for the people we help," added Mr Winter.
"We fly to missions where time really matters, so a more powerful aircraft helps to keep us within the golden hour."
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The historic club completed its journey from the footballing wilderness to the top flight thanks to goals from Luke Cooper, Tyrell Webbe and Drew Fahiya.
It is quite a turnaround for a club which little more than four years ago had basically ceased to exist.
The win means they will definitely finish in the top two of the Welsh Football League Division One.
Barry Town over the decades wove itself into Welsh football folklore with FA Cup clashes against QPR and Reading and, after entering the Welsh League Division One in 1993, before dominating the domestic game throughout that decade in the League of Wales.
It was a period which saw them venture into Europe to battle the likes of Dynamo Kiev and Boavista with players likes of Andriy Shevchenko and Sergei Rebrov gracing Jenner Park.
In 2001, Barry became the first Welsh club to win a Champions League qualifier when they beat Azerbaijan side, FK Shamkir, over two-legs to set up a mouth-watering tie with Portuguese giants Porto.
Despite an 8-0 hammering away in the first leg, Barry pulled off a now legendry 3-1 victory in the second-leg in front of their own fans.
But despite all that, under the eccentric ownership of Stuart Lovering, the senior team were withdrawn from the Welsh Football League in 2013, virtually killing the club in the process.
It took a High Court battle with the Football Association of Wales (FAW) by the band of supporters intent on saving what was now called Barry Town United, to get the club back into the bottom tier of the Welsh League
And now, four years later, the Welsh Premier awaits. club secretary David Cole believes the club has made its own fairytale come true.
"The lowest point was when there seemed no way back for the club into the Welsh Leagues," said Cole, prior to the win against Goytre.
"Since then really it has been like a fairytale to have climbed back up through the leagues.
"The whole thing has not just galvanised the fans and the players at the club, but the whole town. Reaching the Welsh Premier, where we once were, would be the perfect ending to all that we have struggled to achieve."
Trading Standards officers and police raided four homes in the Bishop Auckland, Crook and Peterlee areas.
More than 500 luxury items, claimed to be worth more than £10,000, were seized and five people arrested.
The items including branded clothing, trainers, perfumes and electrical hair styling products were being sold online, Durham County Council said.
The raids were carried out after officers monitored items being sold through websites.
The council said the items would have made the sellers more than £10,000, while genuine objects would have sold for £50,000.
Roedd y ddynes yn deithiwr mewn car wnaeth wyro mewn i gae oddi ar Lôn Gloddaeth ar bwys pentre' Glanwydden rhwng 17:30 a 21:30.
Bu farw yn y fan a'r lle.
Cafodd dynes arall - gyrrwr y Renault Clio du - ei chludo i'r ysbyty yn Stoke gydag anafiadau difrifol, ond does dim perygl i'w bywyd.
Mae'r heddlu yn galw ar yrrwr fan oedd wedi ei pharcio gerllaw i gysylltu â nhw.
"Rydyn ni'n deall bod fan fach neu gerbyd tebyg i SUV wedi cael ei weld wedi'i barcio ar y gwair ar Lôn Gloddaeth yn agos i leoliad y digwyddiad", meddai'r Sarjant Nikki Grimes-Williams o Uned Ffyrdd Heddlu'r Gogledd.
"Dwi'n apelio ar yrrwr y cerbyd hwn neu unrhyw deithwyr i gysylltu â ni."
BBC Scotland understands that the Ibrox club will offer Warburton an improved package to fend off the advances of the Championship side.
Fulham are the latest in a list of five clubs to target the Rangers manager.
The Englishman is stressing he is going nowhere and money is not a motivation for him.
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Warburton tweeted on Wednesday that he was "going nowhere and no club has approached me".
Fulham have identified Warburton as a candidate to succeed Kit Symons.
On Tuesday, Warburton said after his side's 4-0 Scottish Championship victory over Dumbarton: "We're into a long-term project at Rangers and we're in a good place right now.
"I respectfully always answer questions.
"I'm manager of Rangers and it's disrespectful to Rangers and to a club like Fulham, who conduct their business in the right manner.
"I'm sure they'll be disappointed in these rumours."
And, on Twitter on Wednesday evening, the manager said he was "bemused and frustrated by shockingly incorrect stories from certain media outlets".
Fulham missed out on Reading manager Steve Clarke and Birmingham City boss Gary Rowett.
Warburton, who is from London and has members of his family living in the city, has spoken to Rangers chairman Dave King about the possibility of adding to the club's squad in the January transfer window.
The former Brentford boss arrived at Ibrox in the summer and has led Rangers to the top of the Scottish Championship.
Fulham are 13th in the Championship south of the border, with former Celtic midfielder Peter Grant in caretaker charge of the first team. The Scot wants to retain his role with the development squad.
The search for a new manager is being conducted by chief football officer Mike Rigg, who was previously technical director at Queens Park Rangers and Manchester City.
The doors had been smashed, glass littering the floor. Police were called.
When staff at Argonics Inc's Colorado office realised nothing had been taken they reviewed CCTV footage of the doors.
The suspect had not even bothered to cover their face. Plus, unusually, protruding from that face were long horns - a rogue goat was behind the damage.
The company uploaded the footage to their YouTube account and the video has since attracted close to half-a-million views.
"Our office manager arrived at the office on Monday morning and saw the doors were smashed," a company spokesperson told the BBC.
"He called the police to report a break-in.
"Once the police arrived, he thought to check the camera footage and saw that it was actually the goat."
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What sparked the goat's violent outburst remains unclear, but it hasn't prevented social media users from speculating about the goat's motives.
"He probably saw his reflection in the glass, thought it was another goat, got intimidated and enraged and tried to fight it," one YouTube user suggested below the video.
"It was peer pressure from a gang of goat looters," mused another.
Argonics staff were left with a lot of mess to clear up (and likely an unusual insurance claim to make).
The whereabouts of the goat are unknown, though it can be seen trotting away happily from the scene of the crime at the end of the video.
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The "globally rare" False Click Beetle, Eucnemis capucina, was found on Wimbledon Common by London's Natural History Museum during an insect survey.
The common was the famous home of the environmentally aware Wombles and the beetle is also associated with unspoiled natural environments.
Dr Max Barclay said "no-one I know has ever seen it" with the newest specimens at the museum dating back to the 1930s.
Dr Barclay, the manager of the museum's beetle collection, said: "This beetle is associated with only the best and oldest woodlands, and previously was known only from the New Forest and Windsor Forest.
"Insects are the bottom of the animal food chain, so if insect populations are healthy it bodes well for bats, birds and other animals."
Keita Matsumoto, who found the insect, said: "It was a lucky shot. I'm pleased I was swinging my insect net that afternoon instead of my tennis racquet."
The survey recorded more than 100 species of beetle, many of which had not been reported in the area before.
The Greek centre-back scored the winning goal in his first appearance for Olympiakos against Panathinaikos.
"I know very well how it is in a derby," the 27-year-old said.
"In Greece also, the fans are crazy. The Olympiakos stadium is 35,000, so maybe half an hour before it is full. They never stop singing, it's amazing."
There will be around half that number at a sold-out Tynecastle.
"We know that in Greece it's like war, the atmosphere isn't nice," added Avlonitis.
"When you come on the pitch you have to be ready to play this game. The local derbies are always like this, so we play in our stadium and our fans will be on our side. We can win, for us and for them also."
Avlonitis has made two appearances for Hearts since joining as a free agent last month, his first games since May, as he recovered from an abdominal injury.
He was aware of Hearts' standing because compatriots Takis Fysas and Christos Karipidis both played for the club, while Greek friends in Edinburgh have been quick to emphasise the importance of the fifth round tie, with Hibs travelling across the city as the Scottish Cup holders.
"I learn about this, yes," said Avlonitis. "It is an extra motivation, we know that it's not so easy. It's a big game, but we want so much to win this game, for the fans and for ourselves.
"It is a motivation, but the most important thing is the win. We don't say at this moment, because we are new we need to be a hero. If we win, everybody will be happy, this is all that matters.
"The football players must be focused on the game. Only on the pitch counts. The fans can support us, and that is very important, but only for the psychology. If we do what the coach has been telling us to do, we can win."
Avlonitis was at Olympiakos when they won the league and cup double in 2014-15, although he was not part of the match-day squad for the cup final win over Xanthi.
He still has vivid recollections of the build-up to an Athens derby and how it gripped the city.
"[I can remember] a fight between the subs, a fight between the fans," he said.
"I don't forget, the day of the match when I scored, the morning we say to our new players that this game is so important. The fans get crazy in the streets and we saw some pictures in the morning about this and I said to [French international team-mate] Eric Abidal, 'look, they are crazy'.
"The local derbies are like this. You have to win, for the fans, but you have to stay calm and do what we know to do on the pitch."
The 57km (35-mile) twin-bore Gotthard base tunnel will provide a high-speed rail link under the Swiss Alps between northern and southern Europe.
Switzerland says it will revolutionise European freight transport.
Goods currently carried on the route by a million lorries a year will go by train instead.
The tunnel has overtaken Japan's 53.9km Seikan rail tunnel as the longest in the world and pushed the 50.5km Channel Tunnel linking the UK and France into third place.
In a speech to guests in Erstfeld, near the northern entrance to the tunnel, Swiss Federal President Johann Schneider-Ammann said it was a "giant step for Switzerland but equally for our neighbours and the rest of the continent".
A live relay carried a speech from the southern end of the tunnel, in Bodio, by the Swiss federal transport minister, Doris Leuthard.
Afterwards two trains set off in opposite directions through the tunnel, each carrying hundreds of guests who had won tickets in a draw, and the new route was formally open.
A lavish show then got under way for the assembled guests in Erstfeld, with dancers, acrobats, singers and musicians celebrating Alpine culture and history.
European leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande, Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern also attended the day's events.
Mr Hollande, who took part with others in a follow-up trip through the tunnel on a train, emerged on the southern side to give a speech in which he compared the Gotthard to the Channel Tunnel.
Recalling the great Franco-British project, which was completed in 1994, he said: "Nobody could have imagined that one day you would be able to travel from England to France in that way."
"Since then we are more united than ever and I hope the British will remember that when the day comes," he added, to laughter and applause from the audience in the Swiss village of Pollegio.
The UK holds a referendum on 23 June on whether or not to remain in the EU.
The French leader went on to praise European aspirations, including the free movement of people and goods.
The presence of high-level guests at the opening shows that the new tunnel is about more than protecting the Alpine environment, the BBC's Imogen Foulkes reports.
Europe's goods, whether Italian wine for the Netherlands or German cars for Greece, have to cross the Alps. Now they will able to do so more quickly, more safely, and more cheaply, our correspondent says.
The project, which cost more than $12bn (£8.3bn) to build, was endorsed by Swiss voters in a referendum in 1992. Voters then backed a proposal from environmental groups to move all freight travelling through Switzerland from road to rail two years later.
The completed tunnel travels up to 2.3 km below the surface of the mountains above and through rock that reaches temperatures of 46C.
Engineers had to dig and blast through 73 different kinds of rock, some as hard as granite and others as soft as sugar. More than 28m tonnes of rock was excavated, which was then broken down to help make the concrete used to build the tunnel.
Now the completed tunnel, delivered on time and within budget, will create a mainline rail connection between Rotterdam in the Netherlands and Genoa in Italy.
When full services begin in December, the journey time for travellers between Zurich and Milan will be reduced by an hour to two hours and 40 minutes.
The tunnel's course is flat and straight instead of winding up through the mountains like the old rail tunnel and a road tunnel opened in 1980.
About 260 freight trains and 65 passenger trains will pass through the tunnel each day in a journey taking as little as 17 minutes.
The tunnel is being financed by value-added and fuel taxes, road charges on heavy vehicles and state loans that are due to be repaid within a decade.
Swiss bank Credit Suisse has said its economic benefits will include the easier movement of goods and increased tourism.
Nine workers died in accidents while the tunnel was under construction.
Four were Germans, three Italians, and one each came from South Africa and Austria, according to German news agency dpa. They are commemorated by a plaque near the northern end of the tunnel, Swiss media report.
Olympus is being probed over its accounting practices and the admission that it hid losses.
The issue came to light after former chief executive Michael Woodford claimed he was fired for questioning payments relating to mergers.
Olympus admitted it hid $1.5bn (£968m) of losses over the past two decades.
Last week Olympus filed its revised earning reports with the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
In its latest accounts for the six months to the end of September the company declared a loss of 32.3bn yen ($414m; £267m).
It also revised down the value of its net assets to just 46bn yen, down from the 225bn yen it stated in March 2007.
Analysts said the raid on its headquarters just days after the filing of the report was a significant development.
"I would suspect that any documents needed by the prosecutors could have been just requested for and delivered by Olympus," Martin Schulz of Fujitsu Research Institute told the BBC.
"But the fact their offices have been raided seems to indicate that there are new developments in the investigation that might add a new twist to the story," he added.
The developments at Olympus had also raised concerns about corporate governance in Japan and how the affair will impact the country's image globally.
The fears were fanned further by contradictory statements by Olympus when the scandal broke out.
It first denied the allegations levelled by the Mr Woodford, but later admitted that it had been hiding losses for as long as two decades.
Analysts said the raid on Olympus was a signal by the authorities that they wanted to ensure that all corporations work within the given framework of rules and regulations.
"In a way it is a good thing that this has happened, as there were fears that this affair may be brushed under the carpet," said Gerhard Fasol of Eurotechnology Japan.
"This raid will ease any such concerns," he added.
Once a busy nightspot well known to locals - and local authorities - the bar now sits shuttered and silent. Two weeks after it closed its doors, owner Brahim Abdeslam detonated a suicide vest outside another busy corner cafe, this one in Paris.
At least 129 people were killed in the attacks carried out by Abdeslam and his accomplices, and more than 350 injured. At the Bataclan concert hall, where 89 people were shot dead, the killers said they were taking revenge for French air strikes in Syria.
But the alcohol behind the bar at Les Beguines, and the cannabis allegedly peddled around it - both prohibited by Islam - seem strangely at odds with the apparent religious fanaticism of its owner, and manager.
The manager was Brahim's younger brother Salah, a suspect in Friday's attacks and now the subject of a manhunt. A third brother, Mohamed, has been arrested, released, suspended from his job with the local council and forced to deny he is a terrorist.
The Abdeslam brothers were well known in Molenbeek, one of the poorest parts of Belgium and home to a large Muslim community. The district is also home to a large number of foreign fighters who have travelled to Syria and returned.
Brahim and Salah had several business interests in the town, including the bar and a grocery shop. The council ruled recently that the family income was too high for them to remain in their social housing, local officials told the BBC. Brahim went to the council and broke the door of the housing officer, and had to be restrained.
But the brothers did not seem like fanatics, customers and neighbours said. They enjoyed drinking and smoking, and good clothes.
"He was not really an Islamist type of guy," Sheraz Sheik, a neighbour, told reporters of Salah. "He was always well dressed with designer clothes and no beard. A really smart guy, really intelligent."
Even police ruled after questioning them that the brothers did not pose a risk, according to Belgium's federal prosecutor Eric Van Der Sypt.
"We knew they were radicalised and might visit Syria but they showed no sign of a possible threat," Mr Van Der Sypt said.
Like Salah, Brahim - also known as Ibrahim - was known in the town for living a carefree lifestyle, but he had recently stopped drinking alcohol, said a regular at the bar.
"Ibrahim and I played cards together, we laughed and joked," the man, who did not want to be named, told the Daily Telegraph. "He talked to everyone, he was very generous. I would have a drink and he would say don't worry about paying.
"I used to play cards with Salah too, he was often at the cafe. Ibrahim used to go to discos, he would drink alcohol, smoke. But he stopped drinking alcohol in the last year."
About 30% of Molenbeek's 100,000 residents are foreign nationals and more than 40% have foreign roots, including a large ethnic Moroccan population. More than a quarter are unemployed - a high number of them among the young.
Unemployment together with poverty, social exclusion, and weak political leadership have contributed to turning Molenbeek into a "breeding ground for radical violence" - the words of its own mayor.
Some of Molenbeek's immigrants barely leave the streets they live in, a local councillor told the BBC, hampering integration. Local authorities are concerned about mosques and prayer rooms controlled by radical preachers, but there is little funding to tackle them, the councillor said.
Molenbeek has been tied to several recent terror plots. It was searched in January during anti-terror operations carried out in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris, and in August the suspect in a thwarted attack on a high-speed train from Belgium to France was reported to have stayed in the area.
A Frenchman accused of shooting dead four people at the Jewish Museum in Brussels in May 2014 was also reported to have spent time in the neighbourhood. As a result, the district has been painted as a haven for jihadists, a portrayal which has angered some of its residents.
"People shouldn't think this place is a bad place, or a dangerous place," Bleri Lleshi, a Belgian writer and local, told the BBC's Have Your Say programme. "On the contrary, this place is a great place."
The Abdeslam family home sits opposite Molenbeek town hall in a quiet cobbled square. It was here that Mohamed Abdeslam, the third brother, spoke to reporters after his release.
"We've never had problems with the law," he said. "You must understand that, despite this tragedy, my parents are in shock and haven't quite yet realised what happened."
Speaking to a reporter through her nephew, Mohamed's mother said Brahim "did not mean to kill anyone", adding that he may have blown himself up because of stress.
The family were "thinking of the victims and the families of the victims," Mohamed said. "But you must understand, we have a mother, we have a family, and he is still her son."
A yellow warning of rain has been issued by the Met Office until 02:00 on Friday.
Forecasters said the storms might miss many places, but where they do develop, intense downpours are likely.
They have warned it could bring the threat of sudden flooding to roads and property and affect travel. Lightning and hail are also possible.
The former Manchester United trainee netted the winner two minutes from time after earlier strikes in either half.
Tom Aldred had headed Blackpool into an early lead before Ajose levelled for the hosts 15 minutes later.
Ajose's close-range second gave them the lead on the hour, but Danny Philliskirk levelled from the spot after Clark Robertson was fouled.
The Department for Education imposed the notice in November 2012 after Ofsted found vulnerable children in the area were being "left at potential risk of harm".
Walsall Council said the removal of the notice followed a further Ofsted inspection in July last year.
Council leader Mike Bird thanked the department for "its hard work".
"There have been difficult times in the past but we can put those behind us now and focus on the future," he said.
The original report criticised social worker assessments and performance management most severely.
It stated performance was "too variable" and there were particular concerns over risk assessments, with inspectors witnessing high-risk situations, incorrectly identified as low risk.
It went on to say that planning did not routinely identify risks, which meant interventions were often poorly focussed.
Pauline Pilkington, former head of children's services, went on to resign in light of Ofsted's findings.
"I understand that some of my specific comments were offensive as well as being unfounded. For this, I am truly sorry," said Mr Hoare.
In a joint statement with Isle of Wight council, Mr Hoare said that school standards on the island were rising.
Council leader Jonathan Bacon said he was "content" to accept the apology.
Mr Hoare's comments, made at a a recent teaching conference and highlighted in the Times Educational Supplement, prompted outrage on the island and led to calls for him to resign.
On Friday, Sir Michael Wilshaw, Ofsted's chief inspector, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that Mr Hoare had gone "over the top" but said he should not resign.
In the comments, Mr Hoare said the Isle of Wight had a reputation as "holiday land... but it is shocking".
He added: "It's a ghetto; there has been inbreeding.
"Seven state schools were all less than good. There is a mass of crime, drug problems, huge unemployment."
But in the joint statement, Mr Hoare said he wanted publicly to extend an apology to everyone on the island.
"I now also recognise that my comments regarding crime, drug-use and unemployment on the island were factually inaccurate and I therefore formally retract them here.
"As I made clear in the statement I issued on Friday, my intention had been to highlight the problem of poor educational outcomes in many of our coastal communities, especially among low-income white British children.
"I was using the Isle of Wight as an example to illustrate this point because of the concerns Ofsted has raised in the past about low school standards on the island.
"I would like to formally acknowledge that while there is much more still to do, school standards on the Isle of Wight are rising."
Mr Hoare added that he wanted to place on record his appreciation for the hard work of students, teachers, and school leaders in raising standards.
He said that following a conversation with Mr Bacon he now had a better understanding of the challenges facing island communities, such as difficulties in recruiting and retaining teachers.
Mr Bacon said these challenges were too often overlooked.
"If Mr Hoare had been describing an inner-city area in the terms he had there would likely be significant levels of government intervention and funding to turn around the 'causes' of poor educational performance."
He said he was concerned that the rate of progress in the island's schools would be slowed as the government continued "to reduce our levels of funding".
Mr Hoare has agreed to visit the island to learn more about the challenges it faces.
Mr Bacon said he looked forward to welcoming him "in due course".
That does not include multiple Wales internationals across both rugby codes.
Webb's selection continues the fine sporting record of the Bridgend school.
"I used to look at the board and see how many British and Irish Lions were on it," Webb told BBC Scrum V Radio.
Webb joins Jack Matthews, JPR Williams, Gareth Williams, Mike Hall, Rob Howley, Dafydd James and Gavin Henson as Lions to have attended the school.
"I knew some of them because they were in my time but some of them I hadn't really heard of, but you always used to count them. It shows what an immense school and breeding ground for talent it is," Webb continued.
"There's still a good rugby base there and a lot of young talent coming up through the ranks, so it's great."
Brynteg is not the only school to celebrate former pupils being called up to Warren Gatland's Lions squad. Wales pair Dan Biggar and Liam Williams both attended Gowerton School in Swansea.
Adam Rosser, head of physical education at Brynteg, says instilling a positive philosophy into the pupils contributes to their success.
"The children have got a good background of what the game is all about and we just tweak it slightly, and encourage them to take part," he told BBC Scrum V Radio.
"We're fully aware that not everybody has got to play rugby union but everybody has got to go to school and when they get to us in September, they know through family of the contribution Brynteg has made."
As well as breeding future talent, Rosser says the school and its students are aware of the impact they, and the wider community, have made.
"We're extremely proud of what the school has done. We know that it's not just the school in isolation. We're supported by the local club game as well," Rosser continued.
"The local clubs in the Bridgend district work their socks off and we're extremely grateful for the contribution that they make."
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Whereas some players have uploaded their joyous reaction to their Lions call-up on social media, Webb says that his own discovery was an experience he went through alone.
"I shot home from training. We had the option to watch it in training but I knew I'd have the house to myself so I put it on pause, gave myself time to have a coffee and a chocolate bar and watched it then," Webb said.
"Then if there was disappointment then I could pout in the house on my own. I made it, so I fist-pumped in the house on my own and give it a big scream. I was over the moon.
"I had no one to hug or high five. Everyone was out and about. Lucky enough my mate called over and we celebrated, and two-and-a-half hours later my mum and dad decided to answer the phone."
Capt Dara Fitzpatrick died in hospital after her helicopter crashed during a rescue mission on Tuesday morning.
Three of her colleagues who were also on the Dublin-based Rescue 116 aircraft are still missing at sea.
A lifeboat volunteer in Northern Ireland said the "whole rescue community has been absolutely shocked".
Mark Johnston, of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) in Bangor, County Down, knew Capt Fitzpatrick through their rescue work, and they met the Queen together.
"I had the privilege of meeting Dara for the first time in 2009 when she visited Bangor - it was a royal visit at the time and she was representing the Irish Coast Guard," he said.
"She had also landed her helicopter here a number of times to visit the station.
"I found Dara very dedicated to her job and extremely professional."
The Irish navy, the RNLI, police divers and fishing boats are searching the coast off Mayo for the three missing crew members and the helicopter's flight recorder.
Capt Fitzpatrick had been found in a critical condition by an RNLI crew hours after the crash.
Mr Johnston said that although the RNLI is not part of the coastguard, the two services "work and train very close together".
"We have a very symbiotic relationship - Her Majesty's Coastguard in the north [of Ireland], the Irish Coast Guard in the south and the RNLI is just one big team when it comes to rescuing people at sea," he added.
"We really feel this has affected everybody, so the whole of the RNLI in Ireland is flying flags at half-mast."
That, he said, was a symbol of "unity and togetherness".
"Any time a crew goes out on a rescue mission they really have no idea what they're going to face," he added.
"That's what crews do, and they they have to be trained and prepared for anything.
"It's just shocking that they've been putting their lives at risk to save the crewman on a fishing boat."
They said that the allegation made by an American investigative journalism website was "ludicrous and hurtful".
Ms Norgrove, from Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, was killed by a US grenade during a failed attempt to rescue her in 2010.
She had been working on humanitarian projects when she was seized by rebels.
Claims about Ms Norgrove's work emerge in a report on The Intercept website focusing on the activities of the US special forces which tried to free her.
It reports that the rescue operation was code-named Anstruther - in a nod to her Scottish heritage - and it was authorised by David Cameron, the prime minister at the time.
It adds: "The operation commanded high-level interest because Norgrove, though in Afghanistan as an aid worker for DAI, an American NGO, secretly worked with Britain's MI6, according to four US military and intelligence sources."
In statement, Ms Norgrove's parents, John and Lorna, said: "These recent claims, emerging six years after our daughter died, are ridiculous. The people who have fabricated this story did not know Linda.
"We were very close to her and kept in touch every week by Skype throughout the life she had working in third world countries.
"Linda was passionately against war, disliked the military with a vengeance and mostly sided with Afghans rather than western governments.
"She loved her work, tirelessly striving to improve the lives of others by supporting projects which improved their environment."
"She was highly principled, would not compromise on her views and the suggestion that she was working for MI6 is both ludicrous and hurtful."
An inquest into Ms Norgrove's death recorded a narrative verdict, which did not apportion blame to anyone. Wiltshire coroner David Ridley said the soldier who threw the grenade that killed her made a "critical decision in a fraction of a second".
Since her death, her parents have established The Linda Norgrove Foundation, which has raised more than £1m to help women and children in Afghanistan.
It's part of the devolution deal that takes decision making from Westminster to our county, on important issues such as housing and transport.
The mayor will lead a combined authority of representatives from each of the existing unitary authorities, district and county councils.
The authority will have a budget of £800m over the next five years.
Ahead of the election, BBC Cambridgeshire will be finding out what you want from the new mayor.
What do you think are the most important issues in the county and how do you think the money should be spent?
You can get in touch on Twitter, Facebook, or by using the form below.
You can also board the BBC bus, which will be travelling around the county.
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire will be in Ely market square on Tuesday, 21 March, from 11:00 - 15:00.
The Big Conversation will also broadcast live from Cambridge market on Wednesday, 22 March, and in St John's Square, Peterborough, on Friday, 24 March.
You can meet presenter Paul Stainton and the crew and ask your questions from 09:00 - 12:00.
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River could not cope with Luis Suarez, Lionel Messi and Neymar in Yokohama.
Messi, returning from a kidney problem, scored the opener when he controlled Neymar's pass to finish.
Suarez latched on to Sergio Busquets' brilliant ball over the top to double their lead and added his second with a header from Neymar's cross.
Uruguay striker Suarez finished the tournament in Japan with five goals in two games after scoring a hat-trick in the 3-0 semi-final win over Guangzhou Evergrande.
Less than a year ago Luis Enrique was reported to be on the verge of being sacked, but the club's board stuck by him and since then they have won five of the six possible trophies 2015 had to offer.
Only a Spanish Super Cup defeat by Athletic Bilbao denied them the chance to match the 2009 sextuple under Pep Guardiola.
They are top of La Liga for now [on goal difference from Atletico Madrid, who play later on Sunday], and in the last 16 of the Copa del Rey and Champions League - as they bid to do it all again in 2016.
Barcelona have scored 176 goals this year - a new club record. They have one final game to add to it - at home to Real Betis in the league on 30 December.
River Plate started quite brightly in the Yokohama International Stadium. But once Barca's front three got going, they had no hope.
Messi and Neymar both missed the semi-final with fitness problems, but Suarez had ensured they were not missed with his semi-final treble.
Neymar and Messi both had roles in the build-up before the Brazilian found his Argentine colleague to fire home the opener.
Suarez added a second from Busquets' excellent long ball and headed home Neymar's excellent cross for his second.
Both tried to play in Neymar for a goal of his own, but he will still be happy with his goal-free performance - having lost in the 2011 final to Barca while at Santos.
Match ends, River Plate 0, Barcelona 3.
Second Half ends, River Plate 0, Barcelona 3.
Attempt blocked. Sebastián Driussi (River Plate) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Leonel Vangioni.
Foul by Luis Suárez (Barcelona).
Eder Balanta (River Plate) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Claudio Bravo (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lucas Alario (River Plate).
Jeremy Mathieu (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Gabriel Mercado (River Plate).
Attempt saved. Carlos Sánchez (River Plate) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Gonzalo Martínez.
Attempt blocked. Leonel Vangioni (River Plate) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Matías Kranevitter.
Foul by Dani Alves (Barcelona).
Gonzalo Martínez (River Plate) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Barcelona. Jeremy Mathieu replaces Neymar.
Offside, River Plate. Leonel Vangioni tries a through ball, but Lucho González is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Gonzalo Martínez (River Plate) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
Attempt missed. Lucas Alario (River Plate) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Gonzalo Martínez with a cross following a corner.
Corner, River Plate. Conceded by Sergio Busquets.
Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Sebastián Driussi (River Plate).
Substitution, Barcelona. Thomas Vermaelen replaces Javier Mascherano.
Attempt blocked. Neymar (Barcelona) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Luis Suárez.
Corner, River Plate. Conceded by Claudio Bravo.
Attempt saved. Lucas Alario (River Plate) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Leonel Vangioni with a cross.
Foul by Sergio Busquets (Barcelona).
Gabriel Mercado (River Plate) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, River Plate. Conceded by Gerard Piqué.
Luis Suárez (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jonathan Maidana (River Plate).
Sergi Roberto (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Sergi Roberto (Barcelona).
Gonzalo Martínez (River Plate) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Goal! River Plate 0, Barcelona 3. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Neymar with a cross.
Substitution, Barcelona. Sergi Roberto replaces Ivan Rakitic.
Neymar (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Gabriel Mercado (River Plate).
Corner, River Plate. Conceded by Dani Alves.
Neymar (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Neymar (Barcelona).
Gabriel Mercado (River Plate) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Jack and Paul Sykes, aged 12 and nine, died when their father Darren, 44, set fire to the property in Penistone on 22 October 2014. Mr Sykes was also killed.
During the service at St John's Church in Penistone, Claire Throssell recited words from the last Mother's Day card she received from Paul.
Candles will also be lit at 17:00 GMT and two doves released after the vigil.
Ms Throssell said: "It's an extremely painful day today. A few weeks ago, from one of my bag's, Paul's last Mother's Day card fell out.
"I read it again and I was stroking it because I knew his hands had touched it and the words in it were so beautiful.
"I thought these words need to be heard... so I just thought it was a good time to do that today, on Mother's Day.
"It's a very poignant day, which is why I wanted to do something positive to keep the boys' memories alive and keep that love burning for them, rather then being dimmed by despair and hate really."
Ms Throssell is also a supporter of the Women's Aid charity and is backing its campaign to protect children from abuse and domestic violence.
An inquest into the boys' deaths heard they had been lured to their father's home with a new model train set before Sykes, who had recently separated from Ms Throssell, set fire to the building.
Sykes and Paul died in the fire, while Jack died in hospital six days later.
A coroner ruled both boys had been unlawfully killed and recorded a verdict of suicide in the case of their father.
Mr Anderson replaces Vernon Coaker, who resigned in protest at Mr Corbyn's leadership.
Mr Coaker, who had two spells in the shadow Northern Ireland role, stepped down on Sunday.
In a letter to Mr Corbyn, he said it was "time for the party to unite behind a new leader".
He said a new leader would "ensure our MPs can serve the whole of the electorate as that effective opposition".
Aged 62, Dave Anderson was first elected to parliament in 2005 and has a track record in the trade union movement.
A former coal miner and care worker, he is an honorary life member of the Unison union.
He has an interest in Northern Ireland matters and up until last year served as a member of the Northern Ireland affairs committee.
Dave Anderson told the BBC: "I'm delighted and proud to be asked to serve in this capacity by my leader.
"I have had long and fruitful experience of working with Irish colleagues for many years in the trade union movement and since coming into Parliament in 2005.
"I will be looking to all of those with whom I have worked across communities and borders to play my small part in facing up to the ongoing challenges facing us in these turbulent times"
Mr Anderson will be familiar with the Northern Ireland political agenda and is on first-name terms with leading politicians in all the main parties.
On his website, he listed one of his achievements as "playing a small part in moving the peace process forward in Northern Ireland - something in which I have been involved for many years, before becoming an MP".
Mr Anderson represents the Blaydon constituency in the north-east of England, and during his time in parliament he has regularly raised issues such as trade union matters, workers' rights and the funding of public services.
A Labour whip in the House of Commons, he is seen as coming from the traditional left-wing section of the party.
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MP Ian Paisley, who worked with Mr Anderson on the Northern Ireland affairs committee, said he "cares passionately" about the region.
Social Democratic and Labour Party MP Margaret Ritchie, who was sad to see Mr Coaker depart, described the move as a "good appointment".
She said Mr Anderson had a long-term track record with Northern Ireland, particularly when it came to trade union matters.
DUP Strangford MP Jim Shannon described the Mr Anderson as "very affable", and said in the past there were "many things we agreed on and worked together on".
Away from politics, Mr Anderson is a big music and football fan who says he relaxes by staying at his caravan and walking his dog.
However, as a key member of the shadow cabinet, such moments of relaxation may be about to disappear.
His workload just got greater, and in the coming weeks he will have to divide his time between his constituency, the House of Commons, and now Northern Ireland.
An array of information is available through the BBC News website and various organisations offer help.
The rescue of Northern Rock and the subsequent banking crisis brought the safety of savings into sharp focus.
Savings up to £85,000 per person, per authorised institution, are now guaranteed, should any regulated bank, building society or credit union go bust. The situation can be complicated, so we've produced a guide to how savings are covered.
The Financial Services Authority(FSA) publishes the current list of the authorised institutions and which brands they own.
A couple with a joint account is covered per person.
So each person in a couple would have £85,000 covered in the account - so up to £170,000 in total would be protected.
Schemes in the EU have to offer similar compensation, including a scheme in the Irish Republic, which we've explained in a seperate piece.
The UK compensation arrangements are run by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme. It has a guide to how to claim on its website.
You can always go to the BBC News website's in-depth section on savings and investments for the latest news and guides.
If you are new to saving, or want to get more from what you have already put by, the free, independent Moneymadeclear website has some basic guides to different ways to save and explains some of the jargon you might come across.
There are numerous price comparison websites which let people research the best deals for savings, investments, insurance and mortgages.
Among them are Moneyfacts and Moneysupermarket as well as the official Moneymadeclear website.
The material is for general information only and does not constitute investment, tax, legal or other form of advice. You should not rely on this information to make (or refrain from making) any decisions. Links to external sites are for information only and do not constitute endorsement. Always obtain independent, professional advice for your own particular situation.
The former Florida governor made the surprise suggestion during a televised debate for the top Republicans vying for the presidential nomination.
All 11 candidates were asked who they would choose, now the US Treasury has announced plans to put a woman on the redesigned note.
Mr Bush's choice drew applause.
"I would go with Ronald Reagan's partner, Margaret Thatcher," he said, noting it was "probably illegal" and unlikely to happen because she is not American.
But he added: "A strong leader is what we need in the White House, and she certainly was a strong leader that restored the United Kingdom into greatness."
He was not the only Republican to pick a foreigner to grace the new note, which comes into circulation in 2020.
Mother Teresa was the choice of the Governor of Ohio, John Kasich.
Two candidates picked civil rights heroine Rosa Parks, while rising star Carly Fiorina dismissed the question as gesture politics.
The endurance of the high esteem in which she was held was illustrated in 2009, when the US House of Representatives passed a resolution "recognizing the 30th anniversary of the election of Margaret Thatcher as the first female Prime Minister of Great Britain."
She is still tremendously loved on the American right because she unleashed the free market, beat the unions and went to war with the bad guys, says Michael Goldfarb, an American journalist in London.
Why is Margaret Thatcher so loved in the US?
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Flags are flying at half-mast at lifeboat stations around the Irish coastline as crews mark the death of a coastguard helicopter pilot.
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The parents of the Scottish aid worker Linda Norgrove, who died after she was kidnapped by the Taliban in Afghanistan, have denied she was a spy.
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Writing on Twitter, Lynch said he had not been given enough money "to do the script in the way I felt it needed to be done".
"This weekend I started to call actors to let them know I would not be directing," he added.
Lynch's departure casts doubt on the revival, which was commissioned by US network Showtime last October.
The auteur, whose credits include Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive, created the cult drama with Mark Frost in the 1990s.
Revolving around the murder of teenage schoolgirl Laura Palmer, the show was a precursor of dense, cinematic TV shows like The Sopranos and The Wire.
It won three Golden Globe awards in 1991, including best TV series and best actor for Kyle MacLachlan.
MacLachlan played Special Agent Dale Cooper, an FBI agent who got drawn into the seedy town of Twin Peaks as his murder investigation took several surreal turns.
He was due to reprise the role in the Showtime revival when production began later this year.
Lynch and Frost have already written scripts for the nine episode series, which was due to air in 2016, marking the 25th anniversary of the original finale.
In his statement, Lynch said: "I love the world of Twin Peaks and wish things could have worked out differently."
However, he hinted the show might go ahead in his absence.
"Twin Peaks may still be very much alive at Showtime," he wrote.
Soon after his comments were published on Twitter, Showtime released the following statement.
"We were saddened to read David Lynch's statement today since we believed we were working towards solutions with David and his reps on the few remaining deal points.
"Showtime also loves the world of Twin Peaks and we continue to hold out hope that we can bring it back in all its glory with both of its extraordinary creators, David Lynch and Mark Frost, at its helm."
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A van drove into crowds of people in the centre of the city, in a tourist area called Las Ramblas.
Thirteen people have died and dozens were injured.
If you're upset by anything in the news take a look at the advice here.
Witnesses say the van was deliberately driven into people in Barcelona's popular Las Ramblas area.
The emergency services got to the location very quickly and tried to help as many people as they could.
They are now looking for the missing driver.
Spanish police said they have stopped another van attack in a small town called Cambrils near Barcelona.
The police managed to stop the attackers before they reached a crowded area.
One woman died and the five suspected attackers were killed by police.
Police think this attack was linked to the one that happened earlier in Barcelona.
Four people have been arrested.
The police are still looking for the missing driver who ran away from the van.
Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has described it as a terrorist attack.
The extremist group that calls itself Islamic State says it is responsible.
The city's famous football club, FC Barcelona, has said it was "deeply saddened" by the attack.
Lionel Messi added: "There are many more of us who want to live in a world in peace, without hate."
Several famous building all over the world have lit up to show their support for the people of Spain.
New York City's One World Trade centre was lit up in the colours of Spain's flag, red and yellow.
The Eiffel Tower turned off its lights in support of Barcelona.
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A first-half onslaught began after five minutes, when Stevie Mallan volleyed in the opener, then delivered for Gary McKenzie to head home.
Stephen McGinn tapped in a cross, before Kyle Magennis and Lewis Morgan scored either side of half-time.
Paul Cairney and Farid El Alagui grabbed consolations for Ayr, before Cammy Smith completed the rout.
The Buddies have played a game fewer than United, and boast a significantly superior goal difference.
Mallan kicked things off in style, cracking a sweet, low volley from 18 yards into Greg Fleming's bottom-right corner.
The midfielder turned provider for Saints' second, whipping in a cross for MacKenzie to bullet home, before McGinn stabbed in the third from Stelios Demetriou's delivery.
Mallan jinked past two Ayr defenders, but struck the post with his shot shortly after, but St Mirren stretched their lead eight minutes before the break, when Magennis raced onto a diagonal pass to evade keeper Fleming and fire home from an acute angle.
Morgan made it five seven minutes into the second half, coolly picking his spot from 18 yards out.
The 20-year-old was stretchered off injured with 20 minutes to play - the only real negative for Buddies manager Jack Ross.
Ayr staged a mini-revival in the final quarter, with Cairney, then El Alagui finding the net, but Smith bundled home number six for Saints, completing an emphatic performance that has given their Championship survival hopes a massive shot in the arm.
St Mirren manager Jack Ross: "I understand my responsibility to give supporters the product on the pitch - we're doing that.
"The results and performances won't always be perfect, but as long as we play in that manner, the support will come from the stands. That's happened regularly, home and away, over the past few months.
"We're still in the most difficult position in the league, I understand that, but from where we were two or three months ago - we were dead and buried, a lot of people had written us off, we were double-figure points adrift, we're back with a real opportunity to stay in this league, which would be a terrific achievement."
Ayr United manager Ian McCall: "St Mirren thoroughly deserved to win and I don't think the margin flattered them. I'm not making excuses for myself, but two or three of the players are carrying injuries from the Dunfermline game and haven't trained, so that was a catch-up.
"We've got two home games coming up, and all this means is that we have to win both of them, rather than just one.
"I'm not under pressure in the slightest. If the worst comes to the worst and it happens, the chairman knows I took us up last year. That's the very last thing in my mind."
Match ends, St. Mirren 6, Ayr United 2.
Second Half ends, St. Mirren 6, Ayr United 2.
Foul by Adam Eckersley (St. Mirren).
Alan Forrest (Ayr United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Kyle Magennis (St. Mirren).
Michael Wardrope (Ayr United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Adam Eckersley (St. Mirren) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Nicky Devlin (Ayr United).
Goal! St. Mirren 6, Ayr United 2. Cameron Smith (St. Mirren) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by John Sutton.
Goal! St. Mirren 5, Ayr United 2. Farid El Alagui (Ayr United) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Craig McGuffie.
Foul by John Sutton (St. Mirren).
Michael Rose (Ayr United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, St. Mirren. Andy Webster replaces Gary Mackenzie.
Farid El Alagui (Ayr United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Gary Mackenzie (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Farid El Alagui (Ayr United).
(St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Farid El Alagui (Ayr United).
Foul by Gary Mackenzie (St. Mirren).
Farid El Alagui (Ayr United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Stephen McGinn (St. Mirren).
Michael Wardrope (Ayr United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Nicky Devlin (Ayr United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
Corner, Ayr United. Conceded by Josh Todd.
Substitution, St. Mirren. Josh Todd replaces Stephen Mallan because of an injury.
Patrick Boyle (Ayr United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Stephen Mallan (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Patrick Boyle (Ayr United).
Corner, Ayr United. Conceded by Adam Eckersley.
Goal! St. Mirren 5, Ayr United 1. Paul Cairney (Ayr United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
Corner, Ayr United. Conceded by Adam Eckersley.
Stelios Demetriou (St. Mirren) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Farid El Alagui (Ayr United).
Corner, Ayr United. Conceded by Adam Eckersley.
Substitution, St. Mirren. John Sutton replaces Lewis Morgan because of an injury.
Delay in match (Ayr United).
Michael Wardrope (Ayr United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Stelios Demetriou (St. Mirren).
Corner, St. Mirren. Conceded by Patrick Boyle.
Substitution, Ayr United. Michael Wardrope replaces Robbie Crawford.
"We have had a brilliant start to the season, and a lot of nice things said about us, and it's a dose of reality," he told BBC Radio Scotland.
"We looked very tired at the end, but that is mental, rather than physical.
"I'm bitterly disappointed with my team's performance. The better team won today. They defended better than us."
Hibs went into the match on a high after a 3-2 victory over Rangers at Ibrox last weekend had maintained a perfect start to their league campaign, while they have also reached the quarter-finals of the League Cup.
However, the display against Hamilton lacked the energy of their earlier displays.
Simon Murray headed wide of the target and Danny Swanson had a fierce drive turned around the post by Hamilton goalkeeper Gary Woods before Greg Docherty and Ali Crawford drew saves from Ofir Marciano in the home goal.
But after the break, Darren McGregor fouled Docherty in the box to allow Rakish Bingham to score from the penalty spot and Accies scored their second when Hibs defender Paul Hanlon, instead of passing to team-mate Lewis Stevenson, knocked the ball into the path of Louis Longridge, who stroked the ball into the net.
Already in jubilant mood, the small band of Hamilton fans were thrilled at their team's third goal, a slick move involving Longridge and Docherty rounded off by Bingham, before Anthony Stokes scored a late consolation for Hibs.
"I thought in the first half we were OK without being anywhere near the level which we can play at," Lennon said afterwards.
"We asked the players to increase the tempo, increase the energy but in the second half we were very, very flat.
"We didn't look secure at times today at all, people getting in the wrong body positions, the wrong positions, not giving the midfield a hand.
"Their second goal was farcical from our point of view; good players making mistakes which sometimes you can't legislate for.
"But they scored a great third goal and sometimes you have to doff your cap."
Lennon admitted to having "a wee feeling" on Thursday and Friday that complacency might affect his players after receiving praise for their performance at Ibrox.
"I don't want us to go back to playing really well against the big teams and then (losing) games you're expected to win," he added.
"We have no right to win any game here. We are the promoted team. These are Premier League teams, they are streetwise and have some quality players, and Hamilton certainly deserved to win today.
"There were one or two signs that didn't make me happy about the attitude of some of the players and the body language, but I'll learn from that."
NHS England medical director Sir Bruce Keogh called for action as research by him and others linked the "weekend effect" to 11,000 excess deaths.
It is not clear exactly how many of these could have been avoided.
But the study in the British Medical Journal said the findings raised "challenging questions" about weekends.
The study has been published as the government is trying to push ahead with its policy of extending the services available seven days a week.
The research - carried out by seven leading doctors and statisticians, including Sir Bruce - looked at hospital records during 2013-14.
It follows on from similar research published three years ago.
During the year studied, 15.9m patients were admitted to hospital and just over 290,000 - 1.8% - of them died within 30 days.
But when the data was broken down by day of admission a clear "weekend effect" was identified.
An admission on Fridays led to a 2% increased risk of death, on Saturdays it was 10%, on Sundays 15% and Mondays 5%, the study said.
11,000
excess deaths from the 'weekend effect'
15.9m hospital admissions a year
1.8% of patients die within 30 days of visit
15% more likely to die if admitted on a Sunday compared to a Wednesday
10% more likely to die if admitted on a Saturday compared to a Wednesday
Combined, this equated to 11,000 excess deaths over the course of the year.
Researchers adjusted the data to take into account factors such as the age of patients and their levels of illness - patients admitted at weekends tend to be sicker because non-emergency work, such as knee and hip operations, tend not be done, while community services are less available.
But they said it was impossible to know whether this process had managed to take into account these factors entirely and so it would be "misleading" to conclude all these excess deaths could have been avoided.
No. It reinforces what has been said before. In July, when Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt set out his intentions on seven-day working in hospitals he talked about 6,000 deaths.
That was based on the previous study by these authors, which was published in 2012.
The higher risk of death at weekends was almost exactly the same in the two studies - 16% on Sundays last time compared with 15% in the latest one and 11% on Saturdays compared with 10%.
The reason why the absolute number is different is because the 6,000 figure was just based on Saturday and Sunday while this one includes Friday and Monday. What is more, the total number of admissions and deaths is increasing, partly because of the ageing population.
But this report does contradict the health secretary in one respect. He talked about the deaths being avoidable, while the researchers say you cannot be so categorical.
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Nonetheless, Sir Bruce said he believed it presented a compelling case for action.
"Doctors up and down the country routinely go the extra mile, well beyond any contractual duty, to save and improve lives. But the idea that patients are being harmed because of the way we organise our services is quite simply beyond what any of us can regard as acceptable.
"The moral and social case for action is simply unassailable and there is widespread clinical consensus about that. Change always brings practical difficulties that must be tackled but we cannot duck the facts."
While emergency care from A&E units to life-saving surgery is available at weekends, staffing levels are much lower and access to key tests is more difficult than it is during the week.
Ministers have identified the opt-out consultants have in their contract meaning they do not have to do non-emergency work at weekends as a key barrier to improving care.
They have given the British Medical Association a deadline of next Friday to agree to talks about removing it - or they will impose the change on new doctors.
BMA leader Dr Mark Porter said: "Given the current funding squeeze on NHS Trusts, the only way for many hospitals to increase the number of doctors over the weekend would be to reduce the number providing care during the week.
"If the government really want to deliver more seven-day services then they need to show patients, the public and NHS staff their plan for how this will be delivered at a time of enormous financial strain on the NHS and when existing services and staff are under extreme pressure."
Chris Ham, chief executive of the King's Fund think tank, said there was a need to be "cautious" about the causes behind the excess deaths, but he admitted it would give "further impetus".
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said the findings should act as a "wake-up call".
The 33-year-old Scot, who retired from racing in November, launched Dare To Be Different on Thursday.
The former Williams test driver aims to promote women in motorsport as well as branching out into other areas of life.
"The most outstanding girl we find will get a scholarship in karting, but it is about much more than that," said Wolff.
"It is not about finding the next female world champion."
She said there were lots of opportunities in F1 besides driving, adding she started the scheme, being run in partnership with UK motorsport authority the MSA, as part of a "burning desire to give something back".
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She told BBC Sport: "When I stopped, I was very surprised at the amount of messages I got from people who were disappointed because they viewed me as a trailblazer.
"It isn't short-term. I don't want it to be something that comes with a bang and and is gone by the end of the year. I want it to build up in the long term."
Wolff hopes the scheme will "build an online community of women from all over the world.
"It will connect them through a shared passion and empower them to become the next wave of role models, while also providing access to some of the most successful female names in the sport."
Dare To Be Different will hold five events throughout the UK this year, the aim being to "break the mould and shatter perceptions of a male-dominated sport".
Girls will be able to experience kart-racing and media work as well as learn about the importance of fitness, nutrition and diet.
Wolff said the scheme will use the success of women in the sport now to inspire the next generation, not just in F1 but at many different levels.
"All the women who are doing successful roles within the sport will be showcased as role models," she said.
Beyond that, the idea is to "connect women" in the sport so they can:
Critics said the Forest Heath District Council's Core Strategy Development Plan would destroy the unique, horse-friendly character of the town.
Racehorse owner Lord Derby wanted to build about 1,200 houses, a hotel, park and ride scheme and a retail park on the 160-acre Hatchfield Farm site.
Mr Justice Collins said an EU planning directive had not been complied with.
The judge quashed the proposed central housing policy of the core strategy as it affects Newmarket.
He said a strategic environmental assessment did not contain all the relevant information.
Forest Heath District Council had adopted the new housing strategy in May last year.
The council was refused leave to appeal.
Lord Derby had supported the new strategy and applied for planning permission for the houses, hotel, park-and-ride scheme and retail park.
His planning application was refused, but the appeal process is continuing and could be affected by the High Court's decision.
Previously racehorse trainers and prominent figures in the racing world had said the extra traffic caused by the development would make it unsafe for the 3,000 horses that cross Newmarket's roads each day.
They also said urban development would ultimately lead to the demise of Newmarket as a racing town.
Lord Derby said he believed the development was the best way to meet targets for new homes, and the last thing he intended to do was threaten the town.
The university announced back in March it needed to save £10.5m and planned to cut 150 posts.
Members of the University and College Union (UCU) Scotland were balloted as a result.
After the ballot closed on Monday, the union said 73% of those who voted backed strike action. And 80% also voted for action short of a strike.
Andrew MacKillop, Aberdeen UCU representative, said: "Members have made it quite clear that they reject the job losses proposed by the university.
"Strike action is always a last resort but we can't sit back and see jobs lost with the accompanying damage to the student experience and the reputation of the university."
In a statement, the university said it was disappointed that the union had vote for strike action "in the midst of ongoing dialogue".
It added: "According to the results of the ballot, 263 UCU members voted in favour of strike action, representing 12.5% of our total academic and academic-related workforce.
"The UCU had asked for assurance that the university would rule out compulsory redundancies as it seeks to make savings of £10.5m.
"We were unable to give that assurance, although we are working tirelessly to achieve the savings we need through voluntary measures as far as possible, and are pursuing a range of additional options to increase our efficiency as a world-leading university."
The women beat Germany 4-1 to win the European B Championships, while the men finished runners-up to Ukraine to secure their consecutive promotions.
"It's the first step towards Tokyo," said assistant women's coach, Becky Ashworth.
"I'd like to think either UK Sport or Sport England will fund us."
Ashworth, who is also Goalball UK's national development manager, added: "The amount we'll probably need in the next year is £70,000 - which for some sports isn't a great deal of money, but for us it would mean the world."
Both teams have been without UK Sport funding since 2014 - the men's team having lost theirs following a group stage exit at the London Paralympics and the women after an eighth-place finish at the 2013 European A Championships condemned them to relegation.
Since then they have relied on individual fundraising, private sponsorship and Sport England money to compete.
"Since London 2012 we've tripled our participation as a national governing body," Ashworth added.
"So I hope that Sport England and UK Sport will see that and are willing to support us."
The European A League is the highest level in European goalball and gives both teams the chance to qualify for the 2018 World Championships and 2020 Paralympics.
"You can really sense that GB are turning a lot of heads in the goalball world," said Georgie Bullen, who is part of the women's team.
"If we continue like this throughout this Paralympic cycle, there is no reason why there couldn't be a GB team in Tokyo.
"We just have to focus on the things we can control and have our fingers crossed [for funding]."
Goalball is a sport for athletes with visual impairments and involves players attempting to roll or throw a basketball-sized ball with bells inside into their opponents' goal.
The ball must make contact with certain areas of the court and, once it has passed these points, defenders will attempt to block the ball with their bodies.
The game is played by two teams of three on a standard volleyball court and the goals are nine metres in width, which is the same length as the court.
Speaking to BBC Radio 3's In Tune, he said the "radical reducing of public subsidy" was a particular threat to regional companies.
"Opera companies are [being] forced more and more to rely on any private money they can raise," he said.
"Inevitably, a theatre like the Royal Opera House is able to raise more than smaller, less attractive companies.
"That's why we're seeing the extraordinary explosion of country house opera - Grange Park, Longborough, Glyndebourne and so on - and the shrinking of regional opera.
"All our marvellous regional opera companies are in real trouble and struggling."
Grant in aid to England's Arts Council has fallen nearly 30% in the last five years, and opera houses have not been spared from the cuts.
English National Opera was hit particularly hard, with its annual grant cut from £17.2m in 2014/15 to £12.4m in the next financial year, amid concerns over its management and business model.
Vick, who is the artistic director of Birmingham Opera Company and works in many of the world's major opera houses - including La Scala and the Royal Opera House - said he "fears for the future" of the artform.
The 61-year-old was speaking to BBC Radio 3's Suzy Klein ahead of the world premiere of Morgen und Abend (Morning and Evening) at the ROH this weekend.
He described the opera, written by Austrian composer Georg Friedrich Haas, as "an astonishing masterpiece".
"Unusually for opera, it deals with mature emotions," said Vick, who is directing the production about the life and death of a Nordic fisherman.
"The first half hour is about the last moments in the womb and his emergence into life," explained Vick, "and the rest of the opera is about his realisation that he's dead".
Praising the composer as a "genius", he said the opera was "existential, profound, complex and simple all at the same time".
"Today a first-time opera goer came to the dress rehearsal - a woman who does my VAT receipts for me," he said. "She said to me at the end, 'it was extraordinary - I could see the music in the air'.
"That ability - to conjure that image from a first-time opera-goer - is an example of his extraordinary gift."
The Royal Opera House has fought back against cuts by programming much-loved favourites, like La Traviata, Tosca and Carmen, against cutting-edge and contemporary works.
It is premiering eight new pieces in its 2015-16 season.
James Fenton, 22, left his ward at the Ulster Hospital in July 2010.
His body was found in hospital grounds 10 weeks later, less than 40 metres away.
Mr Fenton's grandfather said he climbed a fence to search an area that police officers had not searched.
The coroner asked a police superintendent who was giving evidence how trained Tactical Support Group officers failed to carry out a successful search in that area on the same day.
The officer observed that a controversial decision had been made to search to "a natural boundary".
Earlier, the superintendent told the inquest the PSNI had changed its policy and practices on missing persons, as a direct result of the case.
In 2013 the Police Ombudsman issued a report critical of the way the police had handled the case, and 12 officers were subsequently disciplined.
During his evidence, the officer issued an apology to the Fenton family for the way the police had handled the search for James.
The inquest also heard on Thursday from an expert in psychiatry that he had concerns about James' care.
Giving evidence by video link, Professor Seena Fazel, a forensic psychiatrist at Oxford University, repeated the views of a report he wrote for the Coroner's Office in March 2015, and stated that he had "a number of concerns about Mr Fenton's medical care".
In it, he said he believed that James was likely to have been clinically depressed, that he should have been diagnosed as such on assessment at the ward, and that he should have been monitored more closely.
"I do not think that placing Mr Fenton on routine observation was an appropriate decision," he said.
He also repeated his belief that James most likely took his own life.
He further stated he felt that the junior doctor who first assessed Mr Fenton should have discussed her findings and actions formally with senior psychiatric colleagues.
She has previously told the court she did have an informal conversation with senior colleagues about what she had done.
On Wednesday, two other senior consultant psychiatrists told the court they disagreed with Professor Fazel's conclusions.
They were Dr Nial Quigley, the Director of Mental Health services at the South Eastern Trust, and Dr Neta Chada, a consultant psychiatrist at the neighbouring Southern Trust.
Both doctors' evidence supported the diagnosis and level of observation chosen by the clinical staff at the Ulster Hospital.
Professor Fazel told a barrister for the Fenton family that in one matter, Dr Quigley had "cherry-picked a lot of evidence that supported his view".
Coroner Joe McCriskin is due to deliver his findings on Friday.
Jones believes recent controversial decisions have put the competition's officiating in the spotlight.
"There are big decisions to be made by all unions on how we can give some credibility to this league," Jones said.
"We all want the best and fairest outcome and for players to decide matches."
Ospreys felt they had a "clear" try disallowed in their defeat at Connacht on 27 February.
Irish official George Clancy conferred with video ref Jude Quinn before making the ruling in that game in Galway.
"I've been out to the Sportsground many times and we've had perfectly good tries taken away from us," said former Wales flanker Jones.
"Incidents have been happening which have gone undetected. We've been banging the drum for years about this, so it doesn't surprise me."
Edinburgh coach Alan Solomon's was unhappy with an offside decision which he believes cost his side victory at Scarlets on February 12.
The match officials in that game were Irish referee Andrew Brace and Welsh assistants Craig Evans and Greg Morgan with another Welshman, Jon Mason, as television match official.
"You can refer back to the last-second penalty for the Scarlets against Edinburgh two weeks ago. It goes on and on - it's a catalogue," Jones added.
"It's a challenge for this league and always has been from day one."
Referees in the Pro12 are drawn from the four unions whose teams compete in the tournament - Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales.
But referees and assistant referees - formerly classified as touch judges - are able to take charge of matches involving teams from the country of their birth.
"It would be nice to have neutral officials for all matches," said Jones.
"I still feel that the best team does win. However, upsets can occur and it just needs really sound officiating for that [the best team winning] to happen."
Dragons are at Munster at Thomond Park on Saturday, where they have won just once, but Jones is undaunted.
"We can win there. We need to be positive and take our attacking game and intent to Munster and put them under pressure.
"Get the referee on our side and get those 50-50 calls coming our way, which we all see in the league sometimes influences outcomes."
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Ding led 10-6 going into Monday's final session and held off a late comeback by the Englishman to win three of the seven frames played and secure victory.
The Chinese player will face Welshman Mark Williams in the last eight.
England's Kyren Wilson beat Mark Allen of Northern Ireland 13-9, having begun the session with an 11-5 lead.
To tweet or not to tweet?
The closest Trump came to Ding was when he scored his only century of the match to get back to 2-2 in the opening session.
At the mid-session interval, Trump responded to a critical tweet by beaten qualifier Dominic Dale by calling him "clueless" after Dale had said his cue ball control was not as good as his opponent's.
But Trump, who scored two half-tons in his three-frame run to get back to 12-10, refused to blame his social media activities for his defeat: "It had nothing to do with it. It was because Ding was the better player.
"It worked when I did it against Liang Wenbo [Trump's first-round win]. People just like to pick faults."
'I don't feel a lot of pressure' - Ding
Ding took a seemingly unassailable 12-7 lead thanks to a break of 91, but Trump made him work for the win by reeling off three frames in a row.
The Bristol-based player had his chances at 12-10 as well but could not convert, and Ding finally got across the finish line to reach the quarter-finals for the fourth time.
"I feel good," said Ding, who had to come through qualifying after dropping out of the world's top 16.
"When I feel well I don't feel a lot of pressure.
"Judd is a great player. I had a very good start at 6-2 up and after that I tried to hold on and win every session, or if not hold it at 4-4."
Wilson wins 'crazy, crazy match'
Kettering qualifier Wilson, ranked 19th, overcame some late jitters to see off world number seven Allen and set up a quarter-final against 2014 world champion Mark Selby.
Allen won four in a row thanks to some sensational long-potting and break-building as he cut the deficit to 11-9.
But Wilson, making just his second Crucible appearance, showed he has the temperament to equal his talent by winning a scrappy penultimate frame before sealing victory with a fine 71 under intense pressure.
"It was the strangest game I have ever played," said the 24-year-old.
"To go 7-0 up, lose five on the bounce, win five on the bounce and then lose four on the bounce - it was a crazy, crazy match.
"But I think I showed a lot of mental strength. It is something I have learned - to fall back on my routine. My coach Barry Stark got me right at the intervals.
"There are only eight players left in the tournament. I am still here to win it. I will be well up for playing Mark."
The eight-year-old grey, trained by Alan King and ridden by Wayne Hutchinson, jumped beautifully from the outset and was 12 lengths to the good over Theatre Guide at the line.
First Lieutenant was another neck away in third, with favourite Saphir Du Rheu and 2012 winner Bobs Worth unplaced.
Smad Place was fifth last year and Hutchinson said: "It all come together this year. He never missed a beat."
Nicky Henderson's 10-year-old Bobs Worth, who also won the 2013 Cheltenham Gold Cup, was seeking to become only the fourth horse to win the Hennessy twice.
But he never featured as Hutchinson drove the striking grey in commanding fashion, with his trainer surprised by the way the race unfolded.
King said: "We hoped for a good run but that's taken my breath away.
"He (Hutchinson) was very brave, but I'm not sure that were the tactics we discussed. He loves to be up there and he deserved to win a big race as he'd been knocking on the door."
Saphir Du Rheu, the 9-2 favourite and top weight, travelled favourably for a large part of the race but made a bad mistake seven fences from home and finished fifth.
Bobs Worth, who had shortened to 6-1, never looked entirely happy and came home in sixth.
There was much emotion around this victory for the Alan King team after the recent death of one of their number, but there was also a considerable amount of joy mixed in with the tears at a genuinely stunning performance.
To carry plenty of weight on rain-softened ground and to win by a wide margin having led for much of the way in one of the great steeplechases of the year was top-drawer stuff.
No wonder people are talking now about the Cheltenham Gold Cup as a future target.
The revelation came from the head of criminal police in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, where Amri had lived.
Dieter Schuermann said investigators did all they could to stop an attack.
But local authorities are accused of ending surveillance of Amri and allowing him to travel freely.
Opposition politicians have spoken of flagrant failures and misjudgements in handling him.
"The attack was committed by a man whom the security authorities knew a lot about," the state's interior minister Ralf Jaeger acknowledged at a hearing before the parliament in Duesseldorf.
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Anis Amri, a 24-year-old Tunisian, had initially been registered in Kleve, North Rhine-Westphalia, but Mr Jaeger said he had moved to Berlin in February 2016.
His request for asylum was turned down in June, 11 months after he had arrived from Italy where he had served four years in jail.
But Tunisia refused to take him as he had no valid papers and he apparently took advantage of Germany's fragmented security apparatus to avoid scrutiny. Each of Germany's 16 states has its own police and security service, on top of the federal agencies.
The Duesseldorf hearing was told how state police had sought a prosecution against Amri in February for planning a serious act of violence against the state. The case was handed over to the Berlin authorities but there was no evidence of an imminent attack, the interior minister said.
Neither the federal nor the state security services had been able to provide sufficient evidence against Amri that would have stood up in court, said Mr Schuermann. Officials had "exhausted all legal powers to the limit to prevent potential dangers," he added.
Amri's use of multiple identities apparently enabled him to claim large amounts in welfare benefits. But it will also have hindered attempts to track him down. A suspect held on Wednesday on suspicion of helping Amri had also used false identities, officials said.
Amri was able to escape to the Netherlands on 21 December, apparently travelling from Berlin to North Rhine-Westphalia. He then took a train to Amsterdam before going on to Brussels, Lyon and Milan, where he was eventually shot dead.
Germany's federal interior minister has announced plans to tighten up its handling of failed asylum seekers and improve its monitoring of suspects identified as security threats. One measure likely to be accepted is a plan to detain individuals seen as potentially dangerous, known in German as "gefaehrders".
PC Edward Watkins was carrying the handcuffs, truncheon, whistle and a notebook on the night he found one of the five murder victims in London.
Each lot was expected to fetch up to £800 at JP Humbert Auctioneers in Northamptonshire.
The items were bought for a total of £17,700 by a private collector.
The serial killer, dubbed "Jack the Ripper", murdered and mutilated five women who worked as prostitutes in the Whitechapel area of London in 1888.
He was never caught but debate about his identity continues to fascinate case enthusiasts.
The items were each estimated to fetch between £500 and £800.
The handcuffs have been sold for £6,420, the truncheon for £3,950, the leather notebook cover for £4,450, the whistle for £2,600 and a collection of press cuttings for £280.
Jonathan Humbert, from the Towcester-based auction house, said: "It was a sensible estimate for each item, but we didn't have anything to compare it to and the results exceeded our expectations.
"Five women died and you have to be sensitive, but these items are undoubtedly of huge historical interest.
"Sometimes these unusual items just re-write the rule book."
Martha Tabram, stabbed to death on 6 August 1888, is considered by some historians to be the first victim.
Source: BBC History - Jack the Ripper
The auction house said PC Watkins was walking the beat when he found the body of Catherine Eddowes on Mitre Square on Sunday, 30 September, 1888.
She was the killer's fourth victim.
PC Watkins's personal effects were bought from his widow by a private collector in 1914 and it is the first time they have been auctioned.
The buyer wanted to remain anonymous and was going to put the items in a private museum in the UK, the auction house said.
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Plans to revamp the 1906 Greenwich Power Station, in south-east London, have been announced by the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson.
The transformed power station will also provide heat for local homes and buildings.
Six new gas engines will be installed in the building's old turbine hall.
BBC London's Karl Mercer also spoke to Councillor Denise Hyland, Leader of Royal Borough of Greenwich.
"Unlike some foreign colleagues who see Russia as the enemy, we do not seek - and never sought - enemies. We need friends," he said.
But "we will not permit harm to our interests", he added.
He said Russia was ready to work with the new US administration to fight terrorism.
Mr Putin has previously said he hopes for better relations with the US once President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
He praised the courage of Russian military personnel fighting rebel groups in Syria, in support of President Bashar al-Assad - and drew applause in the ornate Kremlin hall.
"Of course I'm counting on joint efforts with the US in fighting a real - not invented - threat, that is, international terrorism," he said.
He also warned that any attempt to "break the strategic parity" could be globally catastrophic - an apparent reference to the Russian-US nuclear balance.
US and EU politicians have criticised the heavy Russian bombing campaign in Syria, especially in Aleppo. They say Russia should strike harder against so-called Islamic State (IS), instead of backing President Assad's forces, who are accused of grave human rights abuses.
Mr Putin highlighted examples of what he called foreign pressure on Russia, and included the recent Olympic doping scandal involving Russian athletes.
Describing the scandal as a "blessing in disguise", he said Russia was putting in place an outstanding anti-doping system early next year.
In a humiliating blow to the country's sporting pride, a World Anti-Doping Agency inquiry uncovered evidence of state-sponsored doping that led to a ban on a number of Russian athletes from the 2016 Rio Olympics, as well as the entire Paralympics team.
This was a speech short on slogans and snappy soundbites. If there was a theme, then it was one of unity.
It was a call to Russians to pull together as patriots, in what Vladimir Putin admitted were still extraordinary, tough economic times.
He has long tried to achieve that by highlighting Russia's external enemies. But with a potential US ally now on his way to the White House - and perhaps sniffing an end to sanctions - Mr Putin has toned down his rhetoric.
In fact, he pushed international affairs right to the end of his speech and talked of needing friends, not enemies.
Mr Putin also saw scope for better relations with some EU countries, despite the EU sanctions imposed because of Russia's intervention in Ukraine.
He spoke of widening the Russian-led Eurasian partnership, saying: "I'm convinced that this conversation is possible with states of the European Union, where there is growing demand for an independent, subjective, political and economic course. And we see that in the results of elections."
Most of his speech focused on Russia's economic and social challenges. On the problem of corruption he said "it has become an unfortunate practice here to whip up a media frenzy around so-called high-profile cases".
"The fight against corruption is not for show," he stressed.
Last month Russia's Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev was charged with taking a $2m (£1.6m) bribe to endorse a state takeover in the oil industry.
He pleaded not guilty to the charge. He is the highest-ranking Russian official held since the 1991 coup attempt in what was then the USSR.
Ten firefighters are continuing to dampen down the flames and are checking for hot spots at a building housing recycled waste and carpets in Saltney.
It started shortly after 11:30 BST on Wednesday and crews from six fire stations were sent to the scene at the height of the fire.
Workers at 11 industrial units had to be evacuated.
The 92-year-old sold Villa to Randy Lerner in 2006 and was at Old Trafford on Saturday to see them relegated for the first time since 1987.
"We are going to have great difficulty in returning in one year but I've seen some encouraging signs and we've a reasonable chance," Ellis told the BBC.
"I hope I will still be alive - I am only 92 remember - to see that happen."
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Speaking to BBC Radio 5 live's Sportsweek programme, Ellis added: "I don't think I could be any sadder than I am today but it has been obvious since Christmas that we were going down."
Villa began the season with Tim Sherwood, who had taken them to the FA Cup final the previous season, as manager.
He was sacked in October after six straight league defeats and replaced by Frenchman Remi Garde.
However, with Villa still bottom of the table, the former Arsenal midfielder lasted only 147 days in the role before he was dismissed in March, with Eric Black taking temporary charge.
Ellis appointed 13 managers in his 35 years as chairman and believes whoever become Villa's new boss should have experience of the British game.
"That would be an advantage, it's got to be someone with a background of coming through the divisions, certainly the second tier," he said.
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Former Villa captain Dennis Mortimer, who lifted the European Cup with them in 1982, believes former Leicester boss Nigel Pearson is the outstanding candidate for the job.
"I said when Remi Garde was put in that they needed someone who has been in a similar situation and that was Nigel Pearson," Mortimer told Sportsweek.
"With his understanding of the English game he would have given it a better go than Remi Garde.
"It definitely has to be him, people talk about David Moyes but I think Nigel is more current.
"I wouldn't have thought he'd be sitting back over the last 12 months, he would have been putting together a portfolio of players.
"He wouldn't be relying on the chief scout they have got at Villa now because that has been a disaster over the last few seasons and they are paying the price for it."
Lerner, who put the club up for sale in 2014, recently agreed changes to the Villa board, with former player and manager Brian Little returning to the club alongside former FA and Manchester City chairman David Bernstein.
Mortimer agreed it was a "step forward" but added: "It's probably five years too late.
"Randy thought he could do it the American way by putting in people to look after the club for him but he missed a trick on how English clubs operate.
"It's a difficult league, the Championship, many teams have gone down and not come back up, we can see the lower divisions littered with teams that once played in the Premier League and that's something Villa can't afford.
"I think this next month is so important for them, they need to get the manager in there right away sorting out what he needs and then they start the season fresh."
It involves thousands of unique coded microdots being embedded into the animal's fleece.
Designers claim it makes it easy to identify an animal as stolen and trace the farm it came from.
Agricultural insurer NFU Mutual believes the cost to the UK of livestock rustling is about £2.9m a year.
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TecTracer is being trialled on a sheep farm on the North York Moors near Whitby.
If successful, the company behind it, which has worked with North Yorkshire Police on the design, hopes to roll it out across the region.
Simon Clapcot, a PCSO with North Yorkshire's rural task force, said it offered a modern answer to older systems such as tagging sheep.
"Tags can be cut out and replaced giving the sheep a new identity but this remains on the fleece close to the skin and even shearing doesn't remove it."
The new system has been developed by York-based Trace-in-Metal.
If an animal is stolen, the system can alert the police, other farms, abattoirs and livestock auctions.
It follows a police investigation into complaints of sectarian singing at the match at Stair Park on 10 January.
The probe also focused on flares, smoke bombs and fire crackers set off and thrown on to the pitch.
The five are due to appear at Stranraer Sheriff Court "in due course", police said.
A further four people were arrested for football-related and public order offences on the day of the match.
Match commander Supt Steven Lowther said the behaviour of a minority on match day was "unacceptable".
He said: "What was supposed to be an enjoyable event for all was tarnished by a group of individuals who were intent on singing sectarian songs as well as letting off smoke bombs and pyrotechnics within the crowd.
"It is evident that those involved had no concerns for either the safety of others or how their behaviour spoiled what should otherwise have been an event where the post-match discussion should have centred on football and not their antics."
Choong, 20, struggled in the fencing but attained the top-eight finish required for Olympic qualification.
He joins pentathlon team-mate Samantha Murray and open water swimmer Jack Burnell in attaining named berths for next year's Games.
Ireland's Arthur O'Keeffe won the European title with the gold medal.
O'Keeffe, whose Rio place is secure, said: "It means the absolute world to me and hopefully I can go to Brazil and take the number one spot there too."
A top-eight finish in the event at the University of Bath was the target for an Olympic place, and after qualifying for Rio, Choong said: "This means everything to me and I'm delighted.
"My grandparents said they want to go to Rio and that it may be one of their last trips abroad, so I'm really happy to have that place."
Frenchman Valentin Prades and Italy's Riccardo De Luca secured silver and bronze at the championships, which are being held at the University of Bath.
Britain's Jamie Cooke led the standings after the swimming event and was in second place going into the shoot-run combined discipline.
However, he missed out on Olympic qualification by just one place, coming 10th - five seconds behind Czech athlete Jan Kuf in ninth.
On Sunday, Katy French, Freyja Prentice and Francesca Summers will look to secure Olympic status with top-eight finishes in the women's European finals.
The 23-year-old cyclist was part of the the men's cycling pursuit team which won in a world record time at the London Velodrome on Friday.
Isle of Man Post said it had marked the cyclist's "outstanding achievement."
The postbox outside the cyclist's hometown post office in Onchan will remain gold for several weeks.
Kennaugh's win came 100 years on from the island's last Olympic gold medal, when Sulby-born Sidney Swann was part of the victorious British eights rowing team at the 1912 games.
Isle of Man Post Office's chief executive, Mike Kelly said: "He certainly did the Isle of Man proud.
"Royal Mail are painting a post box gold in the hometown of every gold medal winner and we don't want Peter to be left out, and therefore have chosen Onchan post box - the village where his family live - in which to do this.
"I'm sure many fellow islanders would agree when I say we are very proud of both Peter and fellow cycling star Mark Cavendish's efforts in the London 2012 Olympic Games - they've done a fantastic job."
Before the games, Kennaugh said the Olympics would not mean anything unless he "wins a gold medal".
He also featured on specially-issued stamps from the Royal Mail alongside his team mates Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas and Steven Burke who beat Australia in the Olympic final, setting a world record time of three minutes 51.659 seconds.
He began his racing career at the age of six, taking part in BMX events in the Isle of Man.
West Texas Intermediate fell below $28 a barrel for the first time since September 2003.
Brent Crude prices made a slight recovery, but that did little to boost investor sentiment.
The Nikkei 225 closed down 3.71% at 16,416.19 points.
The index had not seen a one-day drop as sharp since late September.
One of the biggest losers was Sony, which fell 8%. Softbank Group fell 7%.
The International Energy Agency said on Tuesday that with the return of Iranian oil, the market "could drown" in oversupply.
Prices of oil have fallen by more than 70% in the last 18 months.
In China, markets were also down after a positive day on Tuesday.
Markets in Hong Kong and on the mainland had welcomed China's latest growth numbers - which were in line with expectations.
The world's second-biggest economy grew by 6.9% in 2015, compared with 7.3% a year earlier, marking the country's slowest growth in a quarter of a century.
However, on Wednesday, Hong Kong's Hang Seng index was down 3.44% at 18,960.99 points in afternoon trade, while the mainland's Shanghai Composite was down 1.21% at 2,971.56.
In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 closed down 1.26% at 4,841.50, dragged lower by energy-related shares.
In South Korea, the benchmark Kospi index closed down 2.34% at 1,845.45 in line with the rest of the region.
The winning player matched numbers 23, 25, 32, 37, 42 and Lucky Stars 01 and 11 to make them the sole winner of Tuesday's draw.
It is the second British ticket to win the top prize this month, after a £24m jackpot was won in 12 February's draw.
A National Lottery spokesman said it had been a "lucky" year for UK National Lottery players.
"Last year saw an unprecedented nine UK EuroMillions jackpot winners and this year we have already had two massive wins here and it's only February," the spokesman added.
EuroMillions began in 2004 and the biggest prize in UK history was £161m, won by Scottish couple Chris and Colin Weir in 2011.
Emergency services were called to a block of flats in Atholl Street after a report that the floor collapsed into the building's basement.
Police said the woman was rescued from the basement and is understood to have sustained minor injuries.
Residents from the block of flats have been evacuated while a structural assessment is carried out.
Atholl Street is closed between Kinnoull Street and North Methven Street.
Five fire engines including the heavy rescue unit attended as well as police, ambulances and the Tayside trauma team.
A Scottish Ambulance Service spokesman said: "We received a call at 07:24 hours today to attend an incident at an address on Atholl Street, Perth.
"We dispatched one ambulance, our special operations response team, two managers and a trauma team.
"One female patient was taken to Perth Royal Infirmary."
Authorities say traders at different firms used online chat rooms to share information about currency bids without adequate oversight from their banks.
The Federal Reserve alone has issued more than $2bn in fines against seven banks tied to the scandal.
Cases against traders are ongoing.
The scandal has touched banks that include Barclays, the Royal Bank of Scotland, Deutsche Bank, UBS and JP Morgan Chase. It had resulted in billions in fines levied by various regulators related to manipulation of currency markets.
BNP Paribas in May also said it would pay New York regulators $350m to resolve issues relating to oversight of its global foreign exchange business.
"BNP Paribas deeply regrets the past misconduct which was a clear breach of the high standards on which the Group operates," the bank said in a statement after the settlement was announced on Monday.
Jason Katz, a former BNP Paribas trader, in January pleaded guilty - the first person to do so - to violating US competition laws while conspiring over the US and South African Rand in January.
Three former London-based traders on Monday pleaded not guilty to charges that they conspired to rig the prices on the foreign currency market.
The case, concerning actions that occurred roughly between 2007 and 2013, is being tried in New York.
In March 2016 the UK's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) closed its criminal investigation into allegations of price-rigging in the foreign exchange market.
The Harry Potter author tweeted a photo of herself in the Scottish Resistance garment, in response to the group's own April Fool joke.
Scottish Resistance founder James Scott claimed Ms Rowling had become a member when he posted an image of her on Facebook.
It was photoshopped to show the pro-union author wearing the group's logo.
The Facebook post included the caption: "Breaking News: JK Rowling has joined the Scottish Resistance and has started her new book The Fall of the House of Westmonster."
The author, who lives in Edinburgh, was alerted when BuzzFeed correspondent Jamie Ross posted the joke on Twitter. She replied with her own April Fool selfie.
She wrote: "They needn't have used photoshop, though".
It was retweeted more than 300 times by Friday afternoon.
Ms Rowling faced online opposition from the Scottish Resistance and other groups during 2014's independence referendum after voicing support for Scotland to remain in the UK.
In January 2015 the Scottish Resistance staged a protest against Tunnock's. The Uddingston firm had used "great British teacake" adverts to promote its products on the London underground.
They said an "Islamic State-free zone" would ensure greater stability along the Syria-Turkish border.
The talks follow a major shift in Turkey's approach to IS in recent days.
Turkey, which had been reluctant to intervene in Syria, has launched raids against IS and allowed US jets to use a Turkish base.
The Turkish operations have led to tensions with Kurdish militia forces fighting IS in northern Syria.
On Monday Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) said Turkish tanks had shelled their fighters near the key town of Kobane.
Turkey said it was investigating the YPG's claim.
At the same time, Turkey has admitted launching strikes on the Kurdish PKK group in northern Iraq.
Turkey has battled PKK insurgents on its own territory in a conflict that has killed about 40,000 people since 1984.
Turkey has said it has no plans to send ground troops into Syria.
"It's an effort to defeat, destroy, degrade ISIL (IS) in northern Syria, create an area there that is ISIL-free, if I could put it that way," US State Department spokesman Mark Toner told the BBC.
Further details of the efforts by the US and Turkey to set up a buffer zone in northern Syria were revealed by unnamed officials interviewed by US media.
Under the agreement being reportedly finalised, the militants would be removed from a 68-mile (109km) stretch west of the Euphrates River, according to the Washington Post.
Such a deal would significantly increase the scope of the US-led air war against IS in northern Syria, the paper says.
It could also increase tensions with Kurdish fighters, such as the YPG, who control much of northern Syria and are opposed to any Turkish military intervention there, correspondents say.
Turkish press fears new civil war
On Monday the YPG said its forces had been attacked by Turkey in the Kurdish-held village of Zormikhar, west of Kobane, on Sunday evening.
It added that one of its vehicles had also come "under heavy fire from the Turkish military east of Kobane".
If the claims are true, this will complicate matters for the coalition against IS as Western powers are co-operating with Syrian Kurds against the jihadists, says the BBC's Mark Lowen in Istanbul.
A Turkish official said its recent military operations sought "to neutralise imminent threats to Turkey's regional security" and were targeting IS in Syria and the PKK in Iraq.
"We are investigating claims that the Turkish military engaged positions held by forces other than [IS]," the official said.
Kurdish forces within Syria, he added, remain "outside the scope of the current military effort".
Meanwhile Nato is preparing to hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday to discuss the situation.
Turkey asked for the meeting based on Article 4 of the organisation's treaty, which allows members to request such a summit if their territorial integrity or security is threatened.
Also on Monday, Turkish police continued to arrest suspected members of IS or the PKK.
More than 1,000 people have been detained in nationwide operations against the militant groups since last week, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said.
He did not say how many were suspected PKK fighters and how many are accused of belonging to IS.
Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said the PKK and its allies in Syria were the same as IS and must be eradicated.
However, UK Prime Minister David Cameron urged the Turks to focus of fighting IS, not Kurds.
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The deal between the two countries is a result of another agreement between the EU and Turkey, reached in March, that aimed to slow down the number of people arriving into Europe in the first place.
The newer deal has had a knock-on effect on anyone hoping to cross from Turkey into Bulgaria.
Any migrants who manage to get through or round a 146km (90-mile) fence, almost finished on the countries' 260km border, will now be sent to a purpose-built camp at Pastrogor, in south-east Bulgaria.
This section of the border is getting attention for a reason: the EU-Turkey deal largely cut off the Greece-Macedonia route, so people smugglers have been seeking new routes, or reactivating old ones.
In the hands of smugglers, migrants disappear after entering Europe and resurface only briefly - in Sofia and the Serbian capital Belgrade.
Between 200 and 400 have been arriving daily further north in Austria since the beginning of the year, after crossing Hungary.
At the weekly video conference calls of all countries involved, Bulgarian and Macedonian officials quarrel over who is letting them through.
The Bulgarians say "only 50" a day are smuggled through Bulgaria, an EU member since 2007. Another - Serbian - source suggests the number is closer to 200 a day.
All that matters to western European officials is that the numbers are now regarded as manageable, and proof that the much-criticised EU-Turkey agreement is holding for the time being.
If Bulgarian authorities can produce convincing evidence that migrants came through Turkey - bus tickets, currency, biscuit wrappers - they can be returned within five days, or 12 days if they appeal against extradition and if their asylum request is rejected by Bulgaria.
"If this agreement actually starts working and we can very quickly return the migrants to the Turkish side, we think this will discourage the majority of them to pay traffickers to be trafficked through the border," says Bulgarian Deputy Interior Minister Philip Gounev.
And whether it works will depend entirely, as with the EU-Turkish agreement, on Turkish goodwill.
"Regardless of what the agreement says, regardless of the protocols and the deadlines we've set, unless there is goodwill to process and to quickly return the migrants, there are always ways to delay and make the return very difficult," Mr Gounev tells the BBC.
Along the Bulgarian-Serbian border more than 100 foreign, mainly Austrian and Hungarian, police are being drafted in to reinforce their Bulgarian colleagues, under the auspices of the EU border force, Frontex.
There is little sign of them here in the northwestern corner of Bulgaria, near the city of Vidin. A new bridge over the Danube here, to Romania, was opened three years ago. It was advertised as the missing link in what will become "the main tourist and goods route between western Europe and the Middle East".
Europe's police forces are anxious that it does not become the main migrant route too.
On the gently rolling hills beside the villages of Bregovo, Rakitnitsa and Kosovo, peasants tend their vines and try to repair the dilapidated homes their children and grandchildren left long ago, to seek their fortunes in Germany. This is a landscape scarred by emigration long before the current wave.
According to official figures, 80% of migrants crossing Bulgaria now are from Afghanistan. Another 10% are Iraqis, and there are almost no Syrians - another sign that Turkey is keeping its word.
Near the Lion's Bridge district of Sofia, where many migrants living in refugee camps or cheap hostels congregate each evening, one man tells me his experience at the hands of smugglers.
"Before the border we jumped out of the car, and walked in the jungle, for three to five hours, to Serbia. But the Serbian police caught us and sent us back to Bulgaria."
Back in Sofia, he was detained for three weeks, then put in an open camp. In a few days, he says, he will try again.
His dream is to get back to Birmingham, where he once lived - "my city", he laughs, though he has an Arsenal Football Club tattoo below his right ear.
A note on terminology: The BBC uses the term migrant to refer to all people on the move who have yet to complete the legal process of claiming asylum. This group includes people fleeing war-torn countries such as Syria, who are likely to be granted refugee status, as well as people who are seeking jobs and better lives, who governments are likely to rule are economic migrants.
The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) said the strikes would run every weekend from 9 April to 1 May.
It follows a strike over Easter after talks about a pay row broke down.
National Museum Wales said it was facing a 4.7% cut in its annual grant in aid from the Welsh Government and weekend payments cost about £750,000 a year.
PCS members have been protesting against plans to stop extra payments to weekend and bank holiday staff.
The union announced the further strikes, saying museum bosses had "dashed hopes of a negotiated settlement on Thursday".
PCS Wales Secretary, Shavanah Taj, said: "We are very disappointed that we are once more in the position of having to take strike action in order to get management's attention.
"All we are asking is that the lowest-paid not be expected to bear the brunt of budget cuts."
The strikes will affect Big Pit in Blaenavon, St Fagans and the National Museum in Cardiff, the National Wool Museum in Llandysul, the National Slate Museum in Llanberis, and the Swansea Waterfront Museum.
Heading the list of 45 opposition leaders is Alexei Navalny, an anti-corruption activist who has played a key role in mobilising opposition to President Vladimir Putin.
Many other politicians and activists who have led anti-Putin protests over the last year were also elected in the three-day online vote.
The people behind the initiative see the new body as an opportunity to turn the protest movement from a group of people defined by what they oppose into a group united by a positive and constructive agenda.
One of the main organisers said the council would serve as the opposition's "representative body".
The council will consist of 45 members who have been picked from four separate candidate lists.
Among the 30 people elected from the main list of "general candidates" are Mr Navalny, former world chess champion Garry Kasparov, TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak and activist Ilya Yashin.
The list of 30 also includes high-profile environmental campaigner Yevgenia Chirikova, former Deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov, and Sergei Udaltsov, the left-wing activist recently banned from travelling outside Moscow after being questioned about alleged plans to incite civil unrest.
Two other high-profile figures to make it into the council are Gennady Gudkov, an MP for more than a decade before being expelled in September over alleged business dealings, and his son Dmitry, who was elected to parliament in 2011.
Fifteen seats have been reserved for the three main political groupings behind the initiative - liberals, left-wingers and nationalists. The 15 successful candidates are not well known outside Russia.
Mainly to represent the views of a protest movement that is scattered across the political spectrum, united largely - and in some cases only - by their opposition to Mr Putin and his system.
Mr Navalny, who has promoted the council heavily on his popular blog, says that the electoral process confers legitimacy on the protest movement. He and his allies argue that Mr Putin and the ruling United Russia party no longer enjoy that legitimacy, because of widespread allegations of vote-rigging during the last parliamentary and presidential elections.
The election was also seen as a popularity contest to determine which of the fragmented opposition's most prominent politicians and activists were genuine leadership material.
Once the council is up and running, it will be responsible for coming up with a common agenda, formulating policy positions and agreeing tactics, such as street protests and campaigning for regional and municipal elections.
But not everyone in the protest movement lent the project their backing.
Vladimir Ryzhkov and former Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, who co-chair the RPR-Parnas party along with Mr Nemtsov, are both critics. Mr Kasyanov fears that the election will lead to splits in the protest movement.
Opposition MP Ilya Ponomarev registered as a candidate but then withdrew, citing differences with some of the organisers.
A committee was set up to organise the council election, or "primaries", which took place on 20-22 October.
In order to vote, people had to register and go through a rigorous identity verification process. Voters were able to cast their ballots remotely, or at designated polling stations, but all voting was online.
The organisers say more than 81,000 people voted.
This is only the first stage of the protest movement's campaign to turn itself into a viable alternative to Mr Putin and his allies. And the next parliamentary elections are four years away.
However, the opposition groups involved have a track record of internal disagreements and divisions. If they can overcome this, their next challenge will be to ensure that their leaders acquire the sort of nationwide recognition that perhaps only Mr Navalny, with his high-profile anti-corruption campaign, currently enjoys.
This will be a major task, given that the Kremlin seems to be stepping up its campaign against some of their most outspoken domestic critics.
For instance, a video shown on a recent edition of Gazprom-owned NTV's political talk show "Broom" accused several named candidates of committing crimes such as "brutal murder", "drug-dealing" or "property fraud".
In addition, recent political reforms are likely to lead to a proliferation of smaller parties that may crowd the political landscape and potentially fragment the anti-Putin vote.
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The fines followed an exercise by Belfast City Council who tested 10 premises last week.
Fixed penalty notices were issued to three salons, each of which incurred a fine of £250.
It is against the law to allow a person under 18 to use a sunbed in salons.
The 74-year-old was arrested in London by Surrey Police on Tuesday and released on bail until 17 May.
His arrest was made in connection with allegations linked to the Walton Hop Disco in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.
Former music mogul Jonathan King, 70, was arrested in September as part of the investigation. He and two other men, aged 77 and 86, are on bail.
The men were all arrested on suspicion of various sexual offences concerning boys under the age of 16, Surrey Police have said.
Ronald Burton, 60, is accused of abusing one boy, who was aged between 11 and 13, from 1994 until 1996.
It is further alleged he raped and sexually assaulted another male pupil, aged 13, in 2014.
At the High Court in Glasgow, Mr Burton denied a total of seven charges against him. Judge Lady Scott set a trial due to begin in July.
The two boys involved are listed on the indictment as being his pupils at the time.
The charges also include claims that Mr Burton bought one child a gym membership and took him there.
It is also alleged that during one attack, at the accused's home in East Kilbride, Mr Burton "did hypnotise the youngster or attempt to".
He is further said to have supplied cannabis to the boy.
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The 36-year-old was a free agent after being released by QPR at the end of last season.
Green, who won 12 caps for England, has also played for Norwich and West Ham.
"This is one of those opportunities where the first call asking if you want to come and play for Leeds is very quick. It was a 'yes' straightaway," he told the club website.
"I'm thrilled to be here. I've spoken to the manager and I know what he's got in store and what he's planning.
"What he said really resonated with me and re-affirmed my feelings towards this opportunity."
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New Quay RNLI was established in the Ceredigion seaside town in 1864.
A Mersey class all weather lifeboat and an inshore rescue craft are currently manned by 25 crew members.
Planned events include an open day and a rededication of the station and its lifeboats in June.
The town has produced a long list of notable coxswains who have answered more than 940 call-outs or 'shouts' in the last century and a half.
Perhaps the most famous was Arden Evans and his son Winston who between them served a total of 40 years after the Second World War.
Winston Evans, who at the age of 26 became Britain's youngest coxswain in 1965, was awarded the British Empire Medal in 1985.
He was also awarded the RNLI's Bronze Medal in 1966 following a rescue off rocks between New Quay and Aberysytwyth.
"I was very lucky in my time as coxswain because we didn't have to answer a lot of shouts," said Mr Evans, who was at the helm for 29 years until 1994.
"In those days most of the crew were fishermen but now the RNLI can train people from all walks of life who want to be part of the crew."
Mr Evans was followed as coxswain in 1994 by Daniel Potter, another local man who continues in the post, and is the great nephew of Frederick Shayler who was a distinguished coxswain for 17 years in the 1920's and 30's.
New Quay's first lifeboat was the Forester, a gift from the Independent Ancient Order of Foresters and introduced to protect sailors in what was a busy coastal shipping area.
A service of rededication of the station and its lifeboats will be conducted by the chaplain to the station the Reverend Matthew Baynham on the quay on Saturday 7 June.
A book detailing the history of the RNLI in New Quay with more than 100 photographs was launched on Tuesday.
Its author, Roger Bryan, said: "It's been a great honour and a labour of love to chronicle the history of the lifeboat station and its crews.
"The station has a great deal to be proud of and is worthy of commemoration."
The New Quay lifeboat station will host an open day on Sunday 25 May.
A series of landslips on a hillside behind the properties in the Swansea Valley has led to the warning.
Neath Port Talbot council said lives could be at risk unless the homes on Cyfyng Road, Ystalafera were evacuated.
But some residents have said they were not prepared to leave.
In 2012, thousands of tonnes of rock, soil and trees slipped down the hillside behind the houses.
There have been two further landslides this year and there are fears that another could cause the houses to collapse.
Council bosses have said there was no immediate solution to the issue.
Deputy leader Anthony Taylor said the council was trying to re-house those affected.
Resident Paul Harris said there had been two landslides from the hillside behind his rented home earlier this year, but a survey had found no damage to his house.
He said: "Two days ago a letter arrived in the post telling me I had to move out immediately because there was an imminent risk of the house actually falling down."
Despite that warning, he said he felt safe and would not leave because he had only been offered alternative bed and breakfast accommodation but could not take his two dogs with him.
He said: "Maybe there is a real risk, I don't know."
"I think the council need to decide on a definite plan of action. They seem to be not really giving residents the information that's being requested," he added.
"If they knew that it was likely that they would have to do this, why wasn't accommodation organised earlier, why now?"
The homes affected are a mix of privately owned and rented accommodation and Mr Taylor told BBC's Good Morning Wales programme there had been problems in the area since the 1940s, due to the geology of the land.
He said further ground movement in February and June had identified new issues and engineers advised further slips were possible in bad weather.
Mr Taylor said it could spark rising ground water which could cause structural or sewerage problems in the 10 homes identified as at risk.
He admitted the situation could "go on for some time" and when asked if it could be indefinite, he replied "yes".
A council advice centre and hotline have been set up to support residents and Mr Taylor said its housing team was working with social landlords and other providers to find accommodation for those who needed it.
He said: "We have great sympathy for those residents involved and it's a very difficult time for them.
"We are working with the individual families, because each of them has their own set of circumstances, and we are working to find accommodation as close as possible to where they are."
The High Court in Mumbai dismissed arguments that treated sewage could be used to prepare pitches.
In parts of the state, water shortages are so acute that hospitals are being forced to cancel operations.
The ruling casts uncertainty over the latter part of the IPL tournament.
The final was due to have been played in the state capital Mumbai on 29 May.
The IPL attracts some of the world's top players and is one of the richest cricket leagues in the world. The Twenty20 matches are played annually in India and began on Saturday.
Parts of Maharashtra are enduring one of its worst droughts in 100 years.
Earlier the High Court criticised the Board of Control for Cricket in India along with the state government for not giving priority to ordinary people amid the growing demands for water.
The court on Wednesday ordered the games to be relocated despite promises made by the the Mumbai and Pune IPL teams to donate a substantial amount towards drought-relief measures.
Eight teams are participating in this year's tournament, with one report estimating that six million litres of water are needed for the upkeep of pitches in Maharashtra - in Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur.
The drought is taking place as a heat wave extends across much of northern India with temperatures exceeding 40C for several days in a row.
There is growing public concern over the lack of water in many parts of the state following two successive years of drought and crop failures.
In an unprecedented move earlier this week, a train carrying half a million litres of drinking water was sent to the worst affected area.
Last year, as many as 3,228 farmers in Maharashtra took their lives, the highest in the last 14 years, a government minister recently said. Many of the deaths were attributed to stress over crop failures.
Levels of anxiety in the community were heightened by headlines in Romania itself such as: "All Romanians to be kicked out of Britain after the referendum".
Many have felt increasingly vulnerable and disorientated, although the surge of xenophobic abuse directed at Poles has not been reported by Romanians.
Romanians tend to keep their heads down and are less likely to report such incidents, although there have been examples of children at school being told by classmates to go back to Romania.
The talk is of little else but Brexit among parents gathered at a Romanian Saturday school in north London, while their children aged four to 12 sing, dance and learn Romanian language and culture.
Gabriela Segal, who arrived in Britain in 2004. was shocked by the lack of awareness among her compatriots.
"On Friday at 8am, the day after the referendum, several people called and asked me: 'If I go on holiday now, will I be allowed back in when I return?' or 'Should I go to Israel to work because we can't work here anymore?' or 'We have relatives back in Romania, should we bring them here now?'".
223,000
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179,000 National Insurance number registrations (highest nationality in UK 2015-16)
2007 Romania and Bulgaria join European Union
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Maria, who has lived in the UK for 10 years and is one of the many Romanian cleaners in London, is more philosophical.
"I am calm, I am not stressed out," she says. "I hope things continue to go well, so we can work and mind our own business.
"I want to stay here because in Romania I could not find any work at my age of 55. Not even youngsters can find work there, never mind people like me."
The north-west London suburb of Burnt Oak has become something of a Little Romania in recent years, widely pronounced as "Bontoc".
At his patisserie, businessman Ovidiu Sarpe, a 37-year veteran of the UK's Romanian community, is sanguine about the future.
"I don't see a great impact, although Romanians are scared. Once you have a National Insurance number, you have a job, you are a worker, you provide for your family here, you have children here, let us see who can kick you out" he said.
The Romanian community has been one of the fastest growing in the UK, reaching an estimated 223,000 in 2015, and more National Insurance numbers were issued to Romanians than any other nationality in the year to March. An NI number enables you to work and, potentially, claim benefits in the UK.
According to the Office for National Statistics, the number of Romanians in the UK was 128,000 in 2013, but that rose dramatically with the full opening of the UK labour market to Romanians and Bulgarians on 1 January 2014.
The growth in net migration for 2015 from EU countries came largely from Romanians and Bulgarians, and Romanians made up by far the biggest group of EU citizens requesting NI numbers in the past year.
The biggest job market for Romanian men is in construction and it is virtually impossible to pass a building site in London without hearing Romanian spoken.
Some argue that such building sites would grind to a halt without them. Equally, if the housing market stalls, many would risk losing their jobs, with a predicted knock-on effect on livelihoods.
Cristina Irimie, director of a recruitment agency for Romanians in north London, says that even after the 23 June referendum there has been strong demand for bricklayers and plumbers, but also for doctors or nurses.
And yet the fall of the pound has also made Britain less attractive for highly qualified professionals, including doctors.
Amid the anxiety and confusion at the north London Saturday school, organiser Veronica Costache retains some optimism.
"Brexit is a challenge and an opportunity. We must look at the positives. We have to finally improve our English, to sort out our papers and to improve ourselves," she says.
"There are so many courses for qualifications, there are so many opportunities the British state offers immigrants that we have to take advantage of them and acquire legal status."
The robots shoot out compressed air to cut through rust and old paint on the famous Australian landmark.
The exercise is billed as one of the world's biggest maintenance programmes.
Cleaning the bridge is considered dangerous, forcing workers into uncomfortable poses and bringing risk of exposure to asbestos and old paint.
The robots, which were developed at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), operate by scanning the area, creating a 3D map, and working out how much force they should apply using high-pressure cleaners to strip paint from the bridge.
"We now have two [operational], autonomous grit-blasting robots on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, which is a world-first technology," Martin Lloyd from UTS said, adding that the blasters on the robots were powerful enough to slice through people's clothes and skin.
The operation is the result of a collaboration between the university and Australia's Roads and Maritime Service.
"The job [of cleaning the bridge] is very risky [for humans] - the bridge vibrates because of the traffic and it has complex geography - which is why we approached UTS to see if a machine could do this kind of work," Waruna Kaluarachchi from the Roads and Maritime Service said.
Nicknamed "The Coathanger" because of its distinctive shape, the bridge was opened in March 1932, the BBC's Phil Mercer in Sydney reports.
Repainting work is a never-ending task, and the two robots are to remain a permanent part of the maintenance team, our correspondent adds.
Michael Jones Jewellers was targeted for the fourth time in five years by a gang who smashed their way in with sledge-hammers on Tuesday morning.
They grabbed Rolex watches but fled when a security device discharged smoke in the shop.
One raider was then apprehended by a passer-by outside.
Stuart O'Grady, a director of the jewellers on High Street, said: "It was great to see. The British public are getting sick and tired on this going on."
The four raiders travelled down High Street on two mopeds as they targeted the jewellers at about 10:40 BST.
Mr O'Grady said: "These people are mindless - they rode down a pedestrianised area without any thought for the public.
"Two of them jumped off the mopeds with sledge-hammers and broke through the front door of the shop which is only unlocked for customers."
He added: "They grabbed a number of watches but we have a security device... which was deployed.
"It means you cannot see your hand in front of your face, that prompted them to run from the shop.
"Members of the public ripped the helmet off one of the men and the other was apprehended by three or four local people."
Mr O'Grady told how members of the public attempted to stop the other two members of the gang, who were waiting outside on mopeds, by throwing A-board signs at them.
"We want to thank everyone from the local community for their help - without doing what they did all four men would have got away," he said.
Mr O'Grady confirmed he and his staff were not threatened by the gang, but told of his frustration at the fourth raid in five years.
"We come to work to do a job but unfortunately the business we are in is classed as high risk," he said.
"We've had a loss of between £100,000 and £300,000 on the three previous occasions."
A 23-year-old London man has been charged with robbery in connection with the raid.
He was remanded in custody at Banbury Magistrates' Court, and is due to appear before Oxford Crown Court on 17 September.
A 21-year-old man from Essex was arrested on suspicion of robbery, and also of supplying drugs. A 25-year-old man from Banbury and 20-year-old man from London were also arrested on suspicion of robbery. All have been bailed until 21 October.
Keith was 12 when he was snatched in 1964 in Longsight, Manchester, by Ian Brady and his accomplice Myra Hindley and murdered on Saddleworth Moor.
Alan Bennett says the family will "keep pushing" to read the files so Keith "can have the burial he deserves".
Greater Manchester Police said the family is told about new developments.
Mr Bennett said: "We're quite willing to do anything we have to do to bring Keith home. It would help if we knew everything.
"I'm hoping they will allow us access."
Brady and Hindley murdered five children between 1963 and 1965.
The bodies of three of them were buried on Saddleworth Moor near Manchester, while one was found at Brady's home.
Keith was snatched by Brady as he made his way to his grandmother's house. His is the only body never to have been found.
The police said the search is in a "dormant phase", with only a major scientific breakthrough or significant piece of fresh evidence able to prompt a new search.
Martin Bottomley, who is head of the Cold Case Review Unit, said officers would be meeting with the family to "discuss any concerns".
He said: "Barely a week goes by when we do not receive some information which purports to lead us to Keith's burial site.
"All of these claims are investigated and it remains our aim to find Keith for the sake of his surviving family members."
Mr Bennett said: "Once we've got Keith back we can grieve.
"He can have the burial he deserves, rather than the burial he didn't deserve."
In 1987, after Brady and Hindley admitted killing Keith and 16-year-old Pauline Reade from Crumpsall, they were taken back to Saddleworth Moor by detectives to find the bodies but only Pauline's remains were found.
Brady and Hindley also killed John Kilbride, 12, and Lesley Ann Downey, 10, as well as Edward Evans, 17.
It can create thin sheets of beating cells that researchers hope they can use to patch-up pieces of damaged heart.
The need is huge. Heart attacks may no longer be a death sentence, but as more people survive them it means more are living with a damaged heart.
When a bit of heart muscle dies it is replaced by tough scars, just as it does after you cut your leg. But scar tissue does not beat, so it can leave the heart struggling to pump blood. In some cases it can make even the simplest of tasks as exhausting as running a marathon.
It is for this reason that British Heart Foundation researchers are trying to develop the patches. The thin sheets of heart cells could be layered onto the heart to help it beat or maybe even sprayed directly onto scar tissue inside the heart.
In a windowless laboratory in the heart of London a mechanical engineer, Dr Suwan Jayasinghe, has assembled the pieces of the bio-electric sprayer.
First a syringe is filled with heart cells. In the future it is thought these cells could be taken from a patient's heart and grown or a patient's stem cells could be converted into heart cells.
These are then passed through a needle. However, unlike a graffiti artist's spray can, this is not enough to get the thin accurate spray of cells needed to build the heart tissue.
Instead 10,000 volts going through the needle create an electric field to control the cells.
"You get the formation of a fine jet which then breaks up into a myriad of droplets and those droplets are what form the sheet," said Dr Jayasinghe.
"The beautiful thing is that we can add various other cell types into this cell suspension and create three dimensional cardiac tissues that are fully functional."
Under a microscope it is then possible to see the cells beating in the patch. The next test is to see if the patches can actually help a damaged heart to beat, by testing them in animals.
Researcher Dr Anastasis Stephanou said: "Hopefully we can show that these engineered cardiac sheets improve the function of a damaged heart.
"What we're hoping in the long term is to use this technology to actually repair the damaged heart so the patients wont have to wait long-term for a donor heart.
"A heart is made up of different cell types, so we would be able to design the technology where we would be able to place the right number of cell types to develop the actual cardiac tissue.
"So we feel the technology we have is quite superior in terms of the other cardiac tissue engineering technologies that are available."
Professor Peter Weissberg, medical director at the British Heart Foundation which funds the research, said: "Creating heart muscle is a huge challenge and involves a mix of different cells and blood vessels that need to line-up perfectly with one another.
"This groundbreaking research is trying to find a way to build 'pieces of the heart' outside the body. We hope that one day these pieces can be grafted onto damaged hearts to help them pump more strongly again.
"This research could offer hope to the 750,000 people living with heart failure in the UK."
Filming by Neil Bowdler, including video courtesy of Dr Vassilis Georgiadis, University College London.
Four animals were beaten by youths who broke in to a field at the Fort Centre in Maghera, it reported.
The incident happened on Saturday night, and the horses were found traumatised on Sunday morning.
The horses are considered "priceless" for their work with disabled children, instructor Martin O'Hagan told the BBC.
On Sunday morning, he found the lock on a gate where the horses were kept had been broken and the horses were visibly upset.
"We noticed these big marks all over the horses where they'd been hit with something and one of the horse's noses was cut," said Mr O'Hagan.
"They would normally come over and eat out of your hand but they wouldn't come anywhere near us - they were spooked as much as could be."
The Fort Centre offers free horse and pony rides for up to 80 children and young people with disabilities.
Its horses had been attacked before, and one had to be taken out of action after it was stabbed with with a bottle, said Mr O'Hagan.
He believes young people who drink in an area close to the centre are responsible.
"This has been going on a right while now and it seems to flare up at holiday time," he added.
"If the horses got a good enough chasing and scaring we would probably have to close the place for a couple of weeks to let them settle.
"I couldn't put a price on the horses because of what they do.
"You could spend two or three years searching for the right horse for this kind of activity."
The attacks on the horses and ponies were not only putting the animals at risk, but could lead to dangers for riders, according to Mr O'Hagan.
He said he was not yet sure if the horses will be safe for use for rides this week.
"If you have a autistic child coming to the centre every week at a certain time, try telling him or her that the horse is not there to ride that night - it's nearly impossible," he added.
"Some of the children wouldn't understand they're even on a horse; others come every week and are able to ride on their own and have a certain horse to ride.
"When that horse is not there it's very hard to explain to them why it's not there.
"We don't want to be turning young people away; sometimes they don't understand why they can't go riding - it's heartbreaking."
The 29-year-old Dutch winger was signed from Ajax in July 2013, with the Scottish champions paying a £3m fee.
However, he has not made a first team appearance since August 2014.
Celtic announced a four-year contract on signing Boerrigter, who scored once in 25 appearances, but the player's representative told BBC Scotland that just three months remained on the deal.
Assistant manager John Collins insists Boerrigter was given every chance to succeed at the club.
"We give everyone a chance," Collins said.
"Sometimes it doesn't work out and unfortunately for Derk and for us it didn't.
"He moves on and we wish him all the very best.
"We try and keep everybody involved and everyone gets an opportunity and when you get the opportunity you have to take it.
"That's football, it's the same the world over."
The AMC show, which is built around the shady lawyer character Bob Odenkirk played in Breaking Bad, is up for the drama series and new series awards.
Its launch episode, meanwhile, also has a nod in the episodic drama category.
Game of Thrones, Veep and the final season of Mad Men are also in line for awards, to be given out on 13 February.
Mr Robot, another show to have launched this year, also has nominations in the drama series and new series categories.
The show, which initially premiered online, tells of a young computer programmer who joins a team of so-called "hactivists".
Cold War drama The Americans is also up for the drama series award, alongside Game of Thrones, Mad Men, Mr Robot and Better Call Saul.
Political satire Veep's competition in the comedy series category includes Transparent, Amazon's series about a retired professor who "comes out" as transgender.
Veep has an additional nomination in the episodic comedy category for Joint Session, the first instalment in its most recent season.
Breaking Bad, which told of a teacher who turned to crime after being diagnosed with cancer, won six awards from the WGA over the course of its six years on air.
The Writers Guild recognises achievements in the writing of US TV, radio, news and animation, rather than actors or directors.
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said his country was satisfied that the deal would contribute to security and stability in the Middle East.
He was speaking after King Salman held talks with Mr Obama in Washington,
It is King Salman's first trip to the United States since assuming the throne in January.
The foreign minister said he hoped Iran would use the windfall from the lifting of sanctions for its own development rather than engage in what he termed as "nefarious activities in the region".
"The president explained and affirmed that the agreement prevents Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, has a robust and unprecedented inspections regime that includes inspections of all sites... and that has provision for snap back of sanctions should Iran violate the terms of their agreement," he added.
Gulf states fear that lifting sanctions could allow Iran to extend its support for militant groups and actions across the region they consider destabilising.
The Saudi foreign minister also said assurances had been given to President Obama that efforts would be made to relieve the humanitarian situation in Yemen.
The US has backed a Saudi-led coalition's attempts to restore the government in Yemen, in its campaign against Houthi rebels.
Human rights activists and humanitarian organisations have criticised Mr Obama's decision to support the coalition air campaign in Yemen, which has killed hundreds of civilians since March, and the naval blockade that has caused severe shortages of food, fuel and medicine.
Mr Obama pressed King Salman to ensure humanitarian organisations were given unrestricted access to Yemen, where the Saudis are leading a coalition against the Houthi rebel movement.
"We share concerns about Yemen and the need to restore a function government that is inclusive and that can relieve the humanitarian situation there," Mr Obama said after the meeting.
US-Saudi ties are said to have been strained by Mr Obama's unwillingness to take military action against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, and his support for a nuclear deal that the Saudis fear will ultimately allow Iran to acquire nuclear weapons.
In May, King Salman skipped a summit of Gulf Arab leaders at Camp David, which was widely interpreted as a snub for the US president.
The Obama administration has vowed to make certain that Iran abides by its commitments under the nuclear deal and to do everything it can to "counter Iran's destabilising activities" in the Middle East once the country's estimated $56bn (£37bn) of frozen assets are released.
In an effort to reassure its Gulf allies, the US has been working with them to develop a ballistic missile defence system, provide special operations training, authorise arms transfers, strengthen cyber security, engage in large-scale military exercises, and enhance maritime operations to halt illegal Iranian arms shipments.
"We are determined that our Gulf friends will have the political and military support that they need," Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday.
Senior administration officials told the New York Times that the Pentagon was finalising a $1bn arms agreement that would provide weapons for the Saudi military for the campaign against the jihadist group Islamic State and the Houthi rebel movement in Yemen.
The deal primarily comprised missiles for US-made F-15 fighter jets, the officials said.
Cromford Mills in Derbyshire was the world's first successful water-powered cotton spinning mill.
The site - developed in 1771 by the "father of the factory system" Sir Richard Arkwright - underwent two decades of renovation.
The £5m centre was due to be opened by actor Brian Blessed, but he did not attend after getting stuck in traffic.
The centre - a former paintworks in the 1920s - will help visitors find out what there is to see and do at 17 designated sites within the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site.
Work to clean the 15-mile, Grade-I listed site took 20 years after remnants of paint residue and chemicals such as arsenic, cyanide and lead chromate were found in the roof beams and stonework.
Adrian Farmer, heritage coordinator for the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site, argued the area was the "birthplace of the industrial revolution".
"It is here at Cromford where Arkwright for the first time developed mass production of anything anywhere in the world," he said.
"Without the factory system, there wouldn't have been the kind of industrialisation that took the globe by storm."
Sarah McLeod, chief executive at Cromford Mills, said the mill would be a "complete day out" for visitors.
"It's so exciting to see a building which is a major part of the world heritage site brought back to life," she added.
The area now includes audio-visual displays, exhibitions, information about the history of cotton mills and CGI technology which brings Sir Richard to life.
Sir Richard's mill allowed yarn to be mass produced and provided the template for water-powered textile factories across the world.
UNESCO declared the Cromford Mill and other mills in the Derwent Valley a World Heritage Site in 2001.
Source: BBC History
The UK researchers warned too many men were having procedures that damaged their sex life and caused incontinence.
A trial of 1,643 men with small prostate cancers resulted in the same 99% survival rate after a decade for those who had had surgery, radiotherapy or simply monitored the tumour.
Experts said the results were "extremely reassuring" for men.
"It's a global problem that patients are over-treated," Prof Freddie Hamdy from the University of Oxford, told the BBC.
"It's understandable, if a 55-year-old man is told they have cancer, and they have a family, they don't want to take any risks."
In the trial, men whose prostate cancer had been detected by testing for a chemical - prostate-specific antigen (PSA) - in the blood were either monitored, had surgery to remove the prostate or radiotherapy to kill the tumour.
The study, backed by the research wing of the NHS - the National Institute for Health Research - then followed the men for 10 years.
The survival rates were the same, but there was a higher risk of side-effects with treatment.
There was double the risk of incontinence and problems with sex in those having surgery. Radiotherapy increased the risk of bowel problems.
But there was a price to the surveillance option - the prostate cancer progressed in one in five cases.
These men could be treated, but it may affect their long-term survival beyond the 10-year study.
Prof Jenny Donovan, from the University of Bristol, said: "This is the first time radiotherapy, surgery and active monitoring treatments for prostate cancer have been compared directly.
"Each treatment has different impacts and effects, and we need longer follow up to see how those balance out over the next 10 years."
The findings, in the New England Journal of Medicine, apply only to early stage tumours - those found at a more advanced stage should be treated aggressively.
Dr Matthew Hobbs, from the charity Prostate Cancer UK, said: "At the moment, many men decide against active surveillance because of the uncertainty about the impact of that choice and the anxiety it causes.
"It is extremely reassuring to hear that, when it is performed to a high standard, active surveillance gives men the same chance of survival."
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The IDs were reportedly sourced from a breach four years ago, which had previously been thought to have included a fraction of that number.
At the time, the business-focused social network said it had reset the accounts of those it thought had been compromised.
LinkedIn now plans to repeat the measure on a much larger scale.
One expert said the service should have reset all its accounts the first time round.
LinkedIn is often used to send work-related messages and to find career opportunities - activities its members would want to stay private.
Criminals could make use of this information or see if its subscribers had used the same passwords elsewhere.
"We are taking immediate steps to invalidate the passwords of the accounts impacted, and we will contact those members to reset their passwords," a spokeswoman for the California-based firm told the BBC.
"We have no indication that this is a result of a new security breach.
"We encourage our members to visit our safety centre to ensure they have two-step verification authentication and to use strong passwords in order to keep their accounts as safe as possible."
Details of the sale were first reported by the news site Motherboard.
It said the details were being advertised on at least two hacking-related sites.
A total of 117 million passwords are said to be included.
The passcodes are encoded, but in a form that appears to have been relatively easy to reverse-engineer.
LinkedIn had about 165 million accounts at the time of the breach, but the discrepancy in the figures might be explained by the fact that some of its users logged in via Facebook.
After the breach first occurred, a file containing 6.5 million encrypted passwords was posted to an online forum in Russia.
LinkedIn reacted by saying it had invalidated all the accounts it believed had been compromised and emailed affected members saying they needed to register new passwords.
But Motherboard has tracked down one user, whose details are in the batch currently on sale, and found that the password listed for him was still active.
A security researcher who has also been given access to about one million of the advertised IDs said he believed it was "highly likely" that the leak was real.
"I've personally verified the data with multiple subscribers [of my own site] 'Have I been pwned'," Troy Hunt told the BBC.
"They've looked at the passwords in the dump and confirmed they're legitimate."
Another expert noted that the problem stemmed from the fact that LinkedIn had originally "hashed" its passwords but not "salted" them before storing them.
Hashing involves using an algorithm to convert passwords into a long string of digits. Salting is an additional step meant to stop unauthorised parties from being able to work around the process.
"A salt involves adding a few random characters, which are different on a per-user basis, to the passwords [before they are hashed]," explained Rik Ferguson, chief technology officer at the cybersecurity firm Trend Micro.
By doing this, he added, you prevent hackers from being able to refer to so-called "rainbow tables" that list commonly-used passwords and the various hashes they produce, and then see if any of the hashes match those in the stolen database.
LinkedIn introduced salting after the attack, but that only benefits the login databases it generated afterwards.
"Using salting is absolutely best practice for storing passwords under any circumstances and was the case back in 2012 as well," Mr Ferguson said.
"If LinkedIn is saying now that it didn't know which accounts had been affected by the breach, then the sensible thing to have done at the time would have been a system-wide forced reset of every password."
Germany's biggest lender did not give any details about the legal bill.
However, the bank is expected to be hit with fines resulting from a number of investigations by regulators in the US and the UK.
It added that it expects to be profitable in the quarter and will report near record quarterly revenues on 29 April.
Deutsche Bank set aside €3.2bn at the end of 2014 in litigation reserves.
At the same time it outlined another €1.9bn in potential risks and indicated it faced an additional €4.8bn in mortgage repurchase claims.
Regulators are looking into allegations that the bank was involved in the rigging of benchmark interest rates, including Libor.
It has also been probed over alleged attempts at manipulation of the foreign exchange market and over alleged violations of US sanctions on Iran.
US and UK regulators may announce a settlement with Deutsche Bank as soon as Thursday, Reuters reported.
The damage at St John the Baptist church, in Cherington, Warwickshire, has been put at £25,000 to repair.
Parish councillor Nigel Shields said almost a third of one roof had been stripped with the thieves thought to have struck on Friday night.
A nearby business has leant the church a tarpaulin to protect it from recent heavy rain which meant its service on Sunday could go ahead.
He said the damage had been spotted on Saturday morning by a farmer feeding his cattle. The insurance company had been contacted, but the church would have to begin fundraising for repairs, he added.
St John the Baptist church is thought to date from the 13th century.
The 24-year-old prop, who has played 50 games for the islanders, will leave in the summer after two years at St Peter.
"Nacho had agreed terms and signed his contract with us, a new two-year contract," Biljon told BBC Jersey.
"Unfortunately for Nacho there's been some personal circumstances back in Argentina that he has to go back and be with his family."
Lancuba battled with Sam Lockwood to be the club's starting loose-head this season, but both players are to leave after Lockwood agreed a summer move to Newcastle.
"Nacho has been someone who has developed immensely and probably the tough thing for Nacho is the natural progression of falling into the number one position," said Biljon.
"I think he's pushed Sam really hard over the last couple of years, and this was Nacho's opportunity to stake a claim for that number one shirt over the next few years and see if there was a Premiership opportunity for him at the end of that.
"It's unfortunate timing, but you've got to respect the man and how loyal he is and respect his morals about recognising his personal situation and he has to go and be with family."
Vince Baker paid Hotels.com $1,100 for five adults and three children to stay in a holiday apartment in Manhattan.
After making the 3,300-mile trip, they arrived expecting "a lobby or reception" but were instead met with a locked-up building.
They were forced to ring around to find somewhere else to stay. Hotels.com has apologised and paid compensation.
Mr Baker, from Sawley, Derbyshire, said he had been concerned by some reviews on Hotels.com when he arranged the festive getaway.
But, he said, the website's staff had assured him there would be no problems.
"We were expecting a lobby and some sort of reception but it was just a private block, all locked up.
"The contact number we had just went to a holding message. Our holiday apartment didn't exist.
"So we were just left there on the street with no where to go. It was 9pm, our bodies thought it was 2am and we had three children aged 8, 6 and 1.
"In the end we had to find ourselves a place - not easy in New York during the festive season - and pay what they asked."
Hotel.com have now refunded Mr Baker for the £1,100 and paid him £1,250 compensation.
Mr Baker added: "Like most people we were looking for a good deal and this one fitted the bill.
"We got our money back and some compensation but I think it is important for people to know the risks they run using these sites.
Hotels.com said the apartment was a "genuine property" but following a number of issues, it had ceased taking bookings for it.
"We have processes to find alternative accommodation for customers at no additional cost and we are very sorry that this process didn't work as it should have done in this instance."
It followed a day-long stand-off in which wildlife experts used horns and paddles to try to encourage the animal back into the water.
The seal tried several times to cross the road before a vet tranquilised her using a pole-mounted syringe.
The sedated seal was to be released back into the wild at a nearby colony.
Teams from the Marine Mammal Center and the San Pablo Bay National Marine Sanctuary were called in on Monday following reports that the seal was disrupting traffic on Highway 37 in Sonoma County.
Attempts were made to frighten the animal back into the water using horns and paddles, but the seal refused to budge.
"She's a 900-pound elephant seal. She pretty much does what she wants," Barbie Halaska, a research assistant at the mammal centre, was quoted by the San Francisco Chronicle as saying.
After the seal was sedated, an ultrasound revealed that she was pregnant.
The seal was driven to the Point Reyes National Seashore to recover before being released at Chimney Rock.
He told Fox News he had "never" committed harassment, before clarifying his position in a later interview.
Politico reported that two female employees complained of sexually suggestive behaviour from Mr Cain.
It said the National Restaurant Association paid them to leave the group and not speak on the allegations.
Mr Cain told Fox News: "I've never sexually harassed anyone."
"And yes, I was falsely accused while I was at the National Restaurant Association, and I say falsely because it turned out after the investigation to be baseless."
However, his recollection of whether or not settlements were made changed over the course of Monday.
During the Fox interview, Mr Cain said he had no idea whether the trade association provided financial settlements to the women who complained.
"If there was a settlement, it was handled by some of the other officers at the restaurant association," he said.
Later, he told PBS: "I was aware an agreement was reached. The word 'settlement' versus the word 'agreement' you know, I'm not sure what they called it."
Mr Cain has additional media interviews scheduled on Tuesday.
On Monday, the National Restaurant Association said it did not comment on personnel matters, while Mr Cain's campaign has denied the reports since the story emerged on Sunday evening.
"Let me tell you that Herman Cain has never sexually harassed anybody, period. End of story," Mr Cain's chief of staff, Mark Block, told MSNBC on Monday morning.
Mr Block said top officials at the National Restaurant Association thought Mr Cain was "a man of total integrity".
A statement on Sunday attacked the story.
"Dredging up thinly sourced allegations stemming from Mr Cain's tenure as the chief executive officer at the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s, political trade press are now casting aspersions on his character and spreading rumours that never stood up to the facts," spokesman JD Gordon said.
The Cain campaign also responded on Twitter. "From Team HC: Sadly we've seen this movie played out before. Mr. Cain and all Americans deserve better," @THEHermanCain tweeted.
Mr Cain, who was CEO of Godfather's Pizza before heading the restaurant lobby group, has taken a lead in opinion polls of Republican voters in recent weeks, despite never having held public office.
Politico said it had confirmed the identities of two former female employees of the National Restaurant Association who made sexual harassment complaints to colleagues and association officials about Mr Cain, but was not publishing their names out of concerns for their privacy.
The website said the allegations included conversations "filled with innuendo or personal questions of a sexually suggestive nature" at association events.
Mr Cain also allegedly gave "descriptions of physical gestures that were not overtly sexual, but that made women who experienced them or witnessed them uncomfortable".
Politico said its report was based on multiple sources and documentation, including the recollections of close associates of the two women.
When asked by Politico on Sunday about the allegations, Mr Cain said he has "had thousands of people working for me" at different businesses over the years and could not comment "until I see some facts or some concrete evidence".
A poll on Saturday placed Mr Cain ahead of his main rival, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, in Iowa, which holds the first of a series of state-by-state contests to choose the Republican candidate.
The hopefuls are vying to become the party's nominee to challenge President Barack Obama for the White House in November 2012.
Called Project Wing, the initiative aims to be delivering goods to consumers using the robot aircraft sometime in 2017.
The announcement came from David Vos, the project leader for the delivery service.
Online retailers such as Amazon, Alibaba and others are also experimenting with drone delivery.
"Our goal is to have commercial business up and running in 2017," said Mr Vos during a speech at an air traffic control convention being held in Washington.
No details have been given about what type of drones Google might use for the service nor what type of packages they will be delivering.
Details about Project Wing emerged in 2014. Initially it was run inside Google X - the firm's secretive research lab. It is now believed to be under the control of Alphabet - the parent company that the former divisions of Google now operate under.
For that early work the company built its own drones and flew them in trials in Australia. Early reports suggested the drones would be used for disaster relief or to deliver urgently needed medical supplies.
Google's custom-designed drones can hover and winch packages down to the ground for delivery.
Amazon has already detailed its plans to use drones to deliver goods. It said its octocopters could ferry 2.3kg of goods to customers within 30 minutes of an order being placed.
In addition, in early 2015, China's largest online retailer Alibaba carried out a three-day trial of drone delivery around its offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.
Olive Cooke, who died in May aged 92, collected for the Royal British Legion for 76 years, selling some 30,000 poppies.
A ceramic rose formerly part of the Tower of London display, will be given to her family as part of the event.
Twelve horses will also leave from MoD Abbey Wood to Bristol Cathedral.
Fellow poppy collector, Anne Harrison has been asked by the Royal British Legion to stand in for Olive Cooke, who used to sell the poppies at Bristol Cathedral.
Ms Harrison said: "I have been collecting for the British Legion in Kingswood for a few years now but this year I felt particularly moved to give some time for the Poppy Appeal in Bristol to commemorate what Olive did.
"I think it's a very special thing."
The procession of horses will mark the contribution made by horses in World War One.
During the four years of war, some 340,000 were shipped off from Avonmouth to the front line having been stabled at the remount depot in Shirehampton.
The cathedral has now closed in preparation for Thursday's reburial and the unveiling of his tomb on Sunday.
Richard III's skeleton was found under a car park in Leicester in 2012.
More than 35,000 people turned out to see his cortege parade through parts of Leicestershire on Sunday before his casket went on display on Monday.
The reburial ceremony on Thursday will be led by the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and witnessed by the Countess of Wessex.
The Bishop of Leicester, The Right Reverend Tim Stevens, said the service will be "solemn, but hopeful".
"It is a major national and international occasion with a lot of ceremony," he said.
"The peers from Bosworth families, descendants of those who fought on both sides of the battle, will be here.
"The coffin will be borne into the sanctuary of the cathedral where it will be committed to the ground, into the vault which has been prepared."
Oscar nominated actor Benedict Cumberbatch will read a poem by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, commissioned for the occasion.
Research by the University of Leicester proved Cumberbatch is a second cousin, 16 times removed, of Richard III.
But experts were quick to point out that between one and 17 million people are related to the last Plantagenet.
Richard, the last English king to die in battle, was killed at Bosworth Field in 1485, at the end of the Wars of the Roses.
After his death his body was taken to the Greyfriars Church in Leicester and buried in a hastily dug grave.
His grave's location became a mystery until it was found under a municipal car park in a discovery that stunned archaeologists and drew worldwide attention.
Throughout Richard's turbulent upbringing - two periods of exile and the death in battle of his father - he proved himself a capable and loyal follower of his eldest brother, who became Edward IV.
However on Edward's death, Richard seized and imprisoned his young sons. They were then disinherited on the grounds Edward had a previously unheard-of marriage contract with another woman.
Richard passed a number of laws, including an early version of legal aid and making courts use English, which benefited the common man.
Despite this, his taking of the crown, the disappearance of Edward's sons and the execution of several leading nobles, lead to discontent and rebellions.
At Bosworth, Richard's larger army failed to crack Henry Tudor's troops while the king's reserves did not move to his aid.
The blackening of his reputation by Tudor historians started debate about his personality and legacy which is ongoing to this day.
The Association of British Travel Agents surveyed 2,043 Britons and found those aged 18 to 24 were the most likely to go abroad without insurance.
It comes after the family of a South Yorkshire traveller in Thailand had to raise £32,000 for his medical care.
Overall a quarter of UK travellers are thought to go abroad without insurance.
In 2015, 35-year-old Craig Lindley, from Barnsley, fell ill while celebrating a friend's wedding on a Thai island.
He was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome - which affects the peripheral nervous system - and was left paralysed
He was charged £20,000 for a five-day course of treatment in Bangkok.
His ambulance and speedboat from the island to Koh Samui Hospital also cost £17,000.
After an online appeal his family and friends raised £32,000 towards his medical bills.
The Association of British Travel Agents' (Abta) Mark Tanzer said: "Rather than having to resort to the kindness of strangers, holidaymakers should make sure that they have the right insurance in place."
Overall, the number of British travellers surveyed without insurance has risen to 25% in the 12 months to May, up from 22% the previous year.
Mr Tanzer added: "Every year, we see cases of people falling into difficulty due to travelling without insurance.
"Often their families have to raise thousands of pounds for their treatment or repatriation and that's why it is so worrying to see an increase in younger people travelling without insurance."
In 2016, Michael Doyle, 29, was admitted to a private hospital in Bulgaria after being diagnosed with blood poisoning.
He required dialysis treatment which he received in the hospital, but he passed away before his parents were able to raise about £20,000 required to bring him back to the UK for more treatment.
His father John has advised people to get travel insurance. He said: "Go and enjoy yourself, Bulgaria is an excellent place to go, it's not different from anywhere else in the world but you need to have insurance."
Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) spokeswoman Susan Crown said: ""The FCO cannot pay medical bills if you are hospitalised abroad, nor can we fly you home.
"Take out an appropriate insurance policy and make sure you know what it covers you for. It may feel like an added expense but it's very worthwhile if you compare it to what you could end up paying if something goes wrong on holiday."
Mr Modi made the announcement at a press conference in Paris with French President Francois Hollande.
The deal is the fruition of years of negotiation, with India intent on buying 126 jets in total for an estimated cost of $12bn (£8.2bn).
Mr Modi said the deal was done after talks with Mr Hollande but that terms and conditions still had to be agreed.
He added that he wished to buy the jets ready to fly. This means that they will be built in France, not India.
The Indian prime minister is in France on the first leg of a three-nation tour which also takes in Germany and Canada.
Mr Modi will visit the World War One memorial and pay tribute to Indians who lost their lives fighting alongside France.
He will then head to Germany, where he will inaugurate one of the world's biggest trade fairs and told talks with leaders to boost trade ties.
In the third and last leg of his tour, Mr Modi will travel to Canada, marking the first standalone visit by an Indian prime minister in more than four decades.
Adam Simmonds has announced that part of the Wootton Hall Park site is to be acquired by the the Education Funding Agency for the Wootton Park School.
The school aims to meet the demands of the increasing population in and around Northampton.
It will have a crime science specialism and is due to open in September 2016.
The school says on its website it aims to "establish a regional, national and ultimately international reputation for the quality of education".
Mr Simmonds confirmed that Northamptonshire Police will leave their current Wootton Hall headquarters following public consultation
The decision comes two weeks after the PCC formally approved the construction of two new Northamptonshire Police buildings in the north of the county - the Northamptonshire Police Investigation Centre and Northern Accommodation Building, situated just off the A43 next to the A6003 between Kettering and Corby.
It is anticipated that building work will be completed by spring 2017, while the new premises will provide work space for approximately 350 staff.
Mr Simmonds said: "Moving to new premises will save in excess of £40m over the next 25 years, which will allow us to keep more frontline officers on the streets, keeping Northamptonshire safe.
"There could be no better legacy to Northamptonshire Police's work at Wootton Hall than to open a new free school on the site with a specialised, policing and public service-focussed curriculum."
Chief Constable lice, Simon Edens, added: "Policing is changing and is likely to keep changing, at a faster pace, in the future, and I am not satisfied that all of our current buildings, including Wootton Hall, are fit for purpose."
European Parliament president Martin Schulz said he had referred the "regrettable" incident after a probe.
The parliament's advisory committee on conduct concluded the two men's account of events "diverged substantially".
Mr Woolfe was rushed to hospital after collapsing in the parliament later on the day of the incident.
Mr Schulz said he had referred the matter "given the seriousness of the reported facts and their possible criminal implications".
Speaking in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Mr Schulz said medical examinations carried out following Mr Woolfe's hospital admission suggested his collapse followed a blow to the head.
He said he had taken note of Mr Woolfe's allegations, and had "no doubts about them personally".
Mr Woolfe collapsed earlier this month following an altercation with fellow MEP Mike Hookem, who has consistently denied hitting, pushing or punching Mr Woolfe.
UKIP's interim leader, Nigel Farage said there was "no evidence anybody was punched at all".
Mr Woolfe, who will sit as an independent, said last week that the incident led to him being treated by doctors for two seizures, partial paralysis and the loss of feeling in his face and body.
He insisted a blow from Mr Hookem knocked him back into the meeting room where UKIP MEPs were discussing reports that Mr Woolfe was in talks about defecting to the Conservatives.
Mr Hookem has said Mr Woolfe's political career "was over once he showed disloyalty to the UKIP party and membership when he held talks to join the Tories".
Animal Defenders International (ADI) which helped move 33 lions last year, including José and Liso, says it might offer a reward for information.
The lions' heads, skins, tails and feet were removed, prompting suspicions that they were killed for ritual purposes.
The crime is currently being investigated by South Africa's police and anti-poaching units.
ADI head Jan Creamer said she was heartbroken over the killings.
"José and Liso had suffered a terrible life of abuse but their new life in Africa had given them a new lease of life," the group said in a statement.
José had suffered brain damage from blows to the head in the circus, it said.
The lions had been living at the Emoya Big Cat Sanctuary, inside a 5,000-hectare private farm in the northern Limpopo province.
ADI says it has placed rescued animals in sanctuaries in South Africa for 21 years and this is the first such incident.
Mr Fisker told BBC News he blamed "several major disagreements with the executive management on the business strategy".
The news follows a tricky year for the company, which currently only sells one model, the Karma petrol-electric plug-in hybrid.
In 2012, several fires and battery problems sparked recalls.
The company has also been embroiled in legal battles:
During last year's election campaign, Fisker was described as a "failure" by Republican candidate Mitt Romney, who was critical of the Energy Department's decision to extend a $529m (£355m) loan to Fisker in 2011.
Most of the loan was frozen last year after Fisker failed to meet production deadlines set out in the initial loans agreement.
So far, Fisker has sold a little more than 2,000 cars, but production was halted last year amid widespread concerns about the company's financial health.
Two years ago, Mr Fisker told BBC News he was initially gunning for annual sales of 15,000, though over time, this should rise to hundreds of thousands of cars.
Rumours abound that Fisker could soon be sold, possibly to the Chinese carmaker Dongfeng Motor or to Zhejiang Geely, which owns Sweden's Volvo Cars.
A sale could secure the funds Fisker would need to build its planned Atlantic model, which at about $55,000 should cost about half the price of a Karma.
Mr Fisker made his name in the motor industry as a designer, working for Aston Martin, BMW and Ford.
"Mr Fisker's departure is not expected to impact the company's pursuit of strategic partnerships and financing to support Fisker Automotive's continued progress as a pioneer of low-emission hybrid electric powertrain technology," the company said in a statement.
"The company recognises and thanks Mr Fisker for his service and many contributions as Fisker Automotive has progressed from start-up to a fully-fledged global automotive company."
Sunday's WRU National Cup final at the Principality Stadium will be no less of an occasion for the two former Wales internationals, who will be on opposite coaching teams when RGC 1404 face Pontypridd.
Ex-Wales, Scarlets and Llanelli wing Jones is head coach of north Wales side RGC 1404 while Sweeney is part of Pontypridd's coaching team.
Ponty are regulars at the stadium - having played in every final from 2011 to 2015 - winning three of them. RGC 1404 are playing in their first national final.
"It's a brilliant day out playing at the national stadium in front of your own supporters on that pitch," said Jones, who scored 13 tries in 47 appearances for Wales.
"That's a pretty big thing and I was fortunate to be part of that. I was conscious that I wanted our players to be able to try and experience that."
Sweeney is now 37 but continues to play for his hometown club, although will nor feature in Cardiff this weekend.
He will be part of a coaching set-up which includes former Sardis Road team-mates Gareth Wyatt and Robert Sidoli.
The fly-half scored 22 points as Pontypridd withstood a spirited Cross Keys comeback in the semi-final to secure their place at the Principality Stadium.
"It's great to go back there," Sweeney told BBC Wales Sport.
"You see how excited the younger boys are about going. It may be the only opportunity they'll get to play in our national stadium.
"That's the bit I'll enjoy about it - seeing how excited people are about going and the great day out it will be for both teams."
After a professional career which saw stints with Celtic Warriors, Newport Gwent Dragons, Cardiff Blues and Exeter Chiefs. Sweeney returned to Sardis Road in 2015.
"I'd come to the end of my professional career and with a business going as well it was a nice transition for me," Sweeney added.
"I was still fit and Gareth [Wyatt] phoned me and said 'do you want to come back and help out for a bit?'
"I'm a bit more relaxed because it's not my first line of work and it's nice to go back and enjoy rugby."
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Sweeney was 22 when Pontypridd beat Llanelli 20-17 to win the Principality Cup in 2002.
"It seems such a long time ago but I still have great memories of that time," Sweeney said.
"There was a good group of young boys coming through at Pontypridd at the time and it was a good group of boys who grew up together."
Jones was in that Llanelli team that lost to Pontypridd in 2002.
But he was on the winning side in two other finals the first of which he was a replacement in the 22-12 win over Swansea.
"Thankfully we won more than we lost but I certainly remember that loss against Pontypridd," Jones recalls.
"I know full well what it's like to lose to Ponty in a final."
Jones was on the winning side 12 months later, scoring two tries in a 32-9 win over Newport in the last-ever final before the introduction of regional rugby in Wales.
"It was a pretty special trophy," 2008 Grand Slam winner Jones said.
"We came out pretty handsome winners. It was a memorable day for myself but more importantly for the team."
Jones and Sweeney were Wales team-mates but their association goes back further, playing age grade rugby together.
"His knees are obviously in better condition than mine," Jones laughs.
"Ceri's had a tremendous career as a player and you can see his imprint on Pontypridd.
"I just hope he's not as instrumental in this game as he was in the last cup win at the stadium when we were both playing."
Sweeney acknowledges the work Jones has done at Colwyn Bay-based RGC since his appointment in August 2016 ahead of their debut season in the Welsh Premiership.
"He's gone into coaching and seems to be doing really well with RGC. He's got a good group of boys there and they seem to be playing for that shirt, which is really important.
"They're a really dangerous side. I watched their semi-final and they didn't give up.
"They seem to be building their own culture there and they've got a very good environment by the look of it."
Sweeney, a member of Wales' Grand Slam winning squad of 2005, says he will continue to play for Pontypridd "as long as they need me."
"I think I'm going to have another year next year - they've asked me to stay on," he said.
"I'll probably try not to play as much but try and push these boys through a bit more."
While Sweeney is undertaking coaching duties at Pontypridd, it's a path Jones took after he was forced to retire through injury in 2010.
He spent five years as Scarlets attack and skills coach and was head coach at Rotherham as well as interim attack coach for Wales during 2013.
"My coaching career has been something I've been privileged to be part of," Jones said.
"I've been able to come up to north Wales now and share in the success that we're achieving here together."
The 26-year-old made 33 appearances and scored two goals for the Devon club last season to help them win promotion from League Two.
He has previously had a loan spell at Victoria Park in 2011, appearing 12 times for Pools.
Meanwhile, Hartlepool defender Carl Magnay committed his future to the club by signing a new contract.
The 28-year-old has played 51 games since arriving from Grimsby in 2015.
Magnay suffered a cruciate ligament injury in September last year, but recovered in time for the end of the season, when Hartlepool were relegated to the National League.
The length of the contracts signed by the two players have not been disclosed.
The man is in a serious condition in hospital days after returning from the Chinese city of Suzhou, officials say.
China has confirmed 108 cases of H7N9 since it was initially reported in March, with at least 22 people dead.
The World Health Organization (WHO) says this strain appears to spread more easily from birds to humans.
The man in Taiwan was brought to hospital three days after he arrived from Suzhou via Shanghai, officials say.
He was not in contact with poultry, nor had he eaten undercooked birds while in Suzhou, Taiwanese Health Minister Chiu Wen-ta told local media.
Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou has ordered the health department to step up prevention measures, says the country's Central News Agency.
Experts are still trying to understand the H7N9 virus, and it has not yet been determined whether it could be transferred between humans.
"This is definitely one of the most lethal influenza viruses we have seen so far," WHO flu expert Dr Keiji Fukuda said at a news conference in Beijing.
"When we look at influenza viruses this is an unusually dangerous virus."
He added that the WHO team was just beginning its investigation. But he said that based on the evidence, "this virus is more easily transmissible from poultry to humans than H5N1", a strain which spread in 2003.
Dr Fukuda led a team from the WHO on a one-week China visit to study H7N9, along with Chinese officials from Beijing and Shanghai.
The WHO believes that poultry is still the likely source of the H7N9 outbreak in China.
Sebastian Vettel is expected to do one lap with the 'Halo Two' fitted to his car in Friday's first session.
The device, designed to protect the driver from impacts with large airborne objects, is a modified version of the original halo tested in March.
The changes, to materials and shape, may not be easily spotted.
The new device is made of titanium rather than steel and has modified shape and dimensions.
Titanium is being used because it is generally stronger and lighter than steel, although this may not be the final material used when the device is introduced in F1 in 2017.
The medical team of governing body the FIA is also planning to evaluate the ease of driver extrication with the device fitted.
The FIA has told teams they should expect the device to be introduced as part of the new 2017 regulations, which are aimed at making cars faster and more dramatic-looking.
However, its final specification has not yet been defined as the FIA works out the best approach for maximum safety and minimum compromise to driver visibility and egress.
The alternative 'aeroscreen' which had been champion by Red Bull has been abandoned after it failed the official tests, which involve a wheel being fired at it at 250km/h.
The FIA was hoping work would continue on the aeroscreen with a view to potential introduction in 2018, but Red Bull has said it has put it on ice because it wanted to devote all its resources to its 2017 car.
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Pre-tax profits were steady at £22m, while employee numbers grew by about 100 to 2,152.
The firm specialises in veterinary medicines and is one of Northern Ireland's biggest exporters.
Turnover in North America, its largest trading region, grew by 12% driven by a number of new product launches.
However, the weak euro hit sales in mainland Europe.
During the financial year, Norbrook sold its investment in Cumberland Breweries to the US-based firm Alltech.
The group has also completed a restructuring exercise to remove non-veterinary pharmaceutical assets from the group balance sheet.
Liam Nagle, the chief executive, said the animal health industry is "buoyant" and the firm has "a strong pipeline of new products under development".
Norbrook was founded by Lord Ballyedmond who died in a helicopter crash at his estate in Norfolk in 2014.
His family continues to own the company.
Clattenburg will officiate at the Stade de France six weeks after refereeing Real Madrid's Champions League final win over Atletico Madrid in Milan.
The 41-year-old Englishman also took charge of the FA Cup final at Wembley on 21 May when Manchester United beat Crystal Palace 2-1.
Hosts France beat Germany 2-0 on Thursday to reach the final.
Clattenburg will be joined by assistant referees Simon Beck and Jake Collin and additional assistants Anthony Taylor and Andre Marriner.
The annual event was scheduled to take place in George Square on Sunday evening.
It has been cancelled for the safety of staff and the 13,000 members of the public who had tickets.
The organisers said that due to the complexity of the event it would not be rescheduled this year.
A spokesman for Glasgow Life, which is behind the event, said: "The stormy weather battering much of Scotland has created real problems for our teams working on the Glasgow Christmas lights switch-on.
"Now, with a weather warning in place for further significant wind and rain over the weekend, public safety issues have been raised."
Ticket holders will be able to exchange their ticket for a free hot drink at George Square's Glasgow on ice from 27 November - 31 December.
The body of the dead horse was discovered by a member of the public at about 14:10 BST in a field on Willis Lane in Four Marks.
A Hampshire Constabulary spokesman said: "The horse appears to have injuries consistent with an attack and a forensic vet will examine the body."
He asked villagers to check their animals and secure any outbuildings.
"Officers are keen to hear from anyone who has seen anything suspicious in the area in the last 24 hours," he said.
"This a very rare incident and enquiries are ongoing this evening."
Police have not yet said how the horse was killed. The RSPCA has been informed of the death.
Twelve organisations, including two NHS hospitals, are in the running for £1.2bn of NHS cancer and end-of-life contracts across Staffordshire.
Private bidders include Virgin Healthcare and US technology giant CSC.
Union Unite and the organisation Cancer Not For Profit have said it could lead to privatisation.
Prospective Labour parliamentary candidate for Stafford, Kate Godfrey has also expressed her concern at the development in the tender process.
She said: "I am quite worried about this.
"It is worse than I thought. This is a list of some of the most privatising companies in the world."
The Unison trade union has also said the move could mean the privatisation of care and described it as a "huge gamble".
The successful bidder will be asked to co-ordinate cancer care throughout Staffordshire - from diagnosis through to treatment and end-of-life care.
It will cover the four CCGs that commission services across the county - Stafford and Surrounds, Cannock Chase, Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire.
The groups said the shortlist represents a significant milestone for the project.
Andy Donald, chief officer for Stafford and Surrounds and Cannock Chase CCGs, said: "Our aim is to provide the best cancer and end of life care for patients in Staffordshire.
"We will be continuing to listen and gather feedback from our communities to ensure we reach our goal of delivering care that is among the best in Europe right here in Staffordshire"
The shortlist is the first stage in the tender process which will run until next summer and a final decision is not expected before the general election in May.
The five bidders for the cancer contracts are CSC Computer Services, Interserve Investment, United Health and two NHS hospitals, Royal Wolverhampton, and University Hospitals of North Midlands.
The same organisations are bidding for end-of-life contracts along with Virgin Healthcare and Health Management Limited.
The Department of Health has said the key issues are that patients get the best possible care "free at the point of use, no matter who provides it".
The Education Select Committee says the next government will have to ensure recruitment targets are improved.
The government says it is committed to addressing the challenges schools face.
The Department for Education said it had committed to spending over £1.3bn on attracting new teachers into the profession up until 2020.
In a report published in February, the cross-party group of MPs had accused ministers of failing to take adequate measures to tackle teacher shortages.
In response to the MPs' report, the DfE said overall teacher retention rates had remained broadly stable for the past 20 years, and around seven out of 10 teachers remain in teaching five years after qualifying.
The DfE said it recognised that "significant challenges" remain, but added: "The government is committed to doing whatever it can, working closely with the profession as a whole, to ensure that every pupil in England's schools is taught by excellent teachers."
Commenting on the DfE's response to its February report, committee chair Neil Carmichael said the issue of teacher recruitment and retention would remain a problem for the foreseeable future.
He said: "The problems of recruiting and retaining teachers will remain a significant challenge for schools over the coming years and the government will need to focus on helping to tackle issues such as teacher workload and access to continuing professional development.
"The next government should set out clearly how it will encourage teachers to stay in the profession and ensure recruitment targets are improved."
In a separate report, the Education Select Committee and the Health Select Committee found schools and colleges in England were struggling to provide adequate time and resources for pupils' well-being.
The MPs said financial pressures were putting a squeeze on the provision of mental health services, such as in-school counsellors, at a time when there was growing concern about young people's mental health.
In a joint inquiry into children and young people's mental health, they found that half of all cases of mental illness in adult life started before the age of 15, and that one in 10 children aged between five and 16 have received a diagnosed mental disorder.
The MPs call for changes in the curriculum and ongoing work with teachers and support staff to be made part of a drive across schools and colleges to promote well-being.
Social media providers should be more alert to the dangers of harmful content, and too much social media use is linked to sleep deprivation and depression in youngsters, they said.
Dr Sarah Wollaston, chair of the Commons Health Committee, said: "With half of all mental illness starting before the age of 15, and three quarters by aged 18, the government and educators must ensure sufficient time is allowed for activities in schools and colleges that develop the life-long skills children and young people need to support their well-being."
Mr Carmichael added: "Schools and colleges must be well-resourced to provide on-site support and make referrals where necessary."
Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said the MPs' findings reflected its recent survey of school leaders.
ASCL found that half of respondents had cut back on mental health support services for students, such as counselling and educational psychologists, as a result of a squeeze on budgets.
Mr Barton said: "The impact on mental health support is particularly concerning at a time when the incidence of mental health problems among young people is increasing.
"School and college counsellors play an important role in identifying problems and providing support at an early stage, referring young people to specialist local mental health services where necessary.
"Unfortunately, these services are also severely underfunded and there are significant gaps in this provision in many areas."
From Monday, duties of up to 105.4% will be imposed on US chicken imports for the next five years, the China's ministry of commerce said in statement.
It said an investigation had concluded that US imports were hurting the domestic chicken industry.
The move is the latest in a growing trade dispute between China and the US.
On Friday a US Congress committee approved a bill allowing tariffs to be imposed on imports from currency manipulating countries.
The bill is aimed at China, which is accused of keeping the yuan artificially low to help its exporters.
In its statement the ministry of commerce defended its decision to impose the latest tariffs, saying there was a "causal relationship" between the "US dumping of broiler products and the losses suffered by domestic business".
The tariffs are likely to have a significant impact on US chicken exporters, who rely on sales of chicken feet and wings to China.
Some US companies will pay lower tariffs because they co-operated with China's investigation into the industry, the commerce department said.
These include Tyson Foods, Keystone Foods and Pilgrim's Pride Corporation.
But these tariffs will still be higher than the preliminary tariff of 43.1% announced by the Chinese government in February.
While some predicted an increase in voter turnout, partly due to the enormous media interest in Stormont's collapse, other visitors to polling stations were asked to stay away.
Voting went to the dogs as the electoral office issued a statement asking people to paws for thought before bringing their four-legged friends along to vote.
But that didn't stop some doggy (and democracy) lovers from indulging their pooches in a bit of polling-day excitement and the hashtag #dogsatpollingstations really took off.
In some cases, polling staff had to stand outside polling stations holding the pets on leads while their owners went inside to vote.
A spokesperson for the electoral office said: "While dogs are still welcome, people should not combine their evening stroll with their pets with the task of going to vote.
"It is also worth remembering that in some cases, polling stations are in school canteens, so there is a hygiene question as well."
She stressed there was absolutely no problem with guide dogs.
Another animal enjoying the limelight on polling day was one you would not normally expect to see in Northern Ireland - the crocodile.
Following Arlene Foster's "feeding the crocodile" reference to Sinn Féin during the campaign, social media was awash with snappy jokes like these on Thursday.
While the seriousness of the political situation was not lost on voters, there was no shortage of opportunities to poke fun.
The Progressive Unionist Party also harnessed social media to promote its candidate Julie-Anne Corr-Johnston with its own Snapchat filter.
It suggested supporters take a selfie before or after entering the polling booth and use the filter to tell their friends how they voted.
Official figures show that £7.7bn has been raised from stamp duty land tax (SDLT) during the first eight months of the 2016-17 financial year.
That is 12% more than was raised during the same period the year before.
But this has come despite a 10% drop in the number of homes being sold in the UK.
Between April and November this year, 782,000 homes were sold, down from the 868,000 sold in the same eight months of the previous financial year.
Even if that trend continues, the exchequer's revenue from stamp duty may still exceed the previous record of £10.7bn raised during 2015-16.
The increased tax take reflects two big changes to stamp duty in the past two years, as well as the impact of the continued rise in average house prices, which have gone up by 7% in the past year.
In December 2014, the whole SDLT system was overhauled and new tax rates were brought in.
These range from 0% on homes worth £125,000 or less, up to 12% on the top slice of homes worth more than £1.5m.
The overall effect of the new system is that stamp duty has been cut for the 95% of buyers who buy homes worth less than £1m, but has been raised for those buying more expensive properties.
Then, in April this year, a SDLT surcharge was brought in for anyone buying a second home.
This added a further three percentage points to the rates they would have otherwise paid.
Property commentator Henry Pryor said these changes were now depressing the number of transactions at the top end of the market.
And he warned this might eventually feed into the government's tax take.
"While there has been a direct impact on transactions at the top of the market, there is as yet no evidence to support those who have been calling for the chancellor to rethink the rates applicable to buyers of the most expensive properties," he said.
"But estate agents estimate that more than 40% of SDLT revenue comes from within the M25.
"And the number of all transactions in London was, in August, 39% down on a year ago, so this will inevitably create a hole in the chancellor's accounts in due course."
Jonathan Hopper, managing director of Garrington Property Finders, said: "Buy-to-let investors will understandably feel aggrieved at the stamp duty surcharge they now face, but their calls for April's increase to be reversed are likely to fall on deaf ears."
Danny Brough's kick sealed a 23-22 win for the Giants and forces Rovers to now play-off for the last top-flight spot.
After the match, Peacock tweeted: "Beaten by a drop-goal that missed."
The Rovers forward responded to those who disagreed by adding: "Of course you had a better view than me. I was only directly in line with the ball, 12m away from the posts, on the pitch."
Interim Hull KR coach James Webster also doubted the validity of the drop-goal.
"I'm not sure the drop-goal went over," he said. "It looked to me like it went over the top of the sticks.
"It's a game of inches sometimes isn't it?"
The match was ex-England captain, former Man of Steel and multiple Super League Grand Final winner Peacock's third since coming out of retirement to try to help Rovers - where he works as head of rugby - maintain their Super League status.
Hull KR will play either Salford Red Devils or London Broncos in the Million Pound Game on Saturday, 1 October at the KC Lightstream Stadium.
"You must do something for the children of Syria because they are like your children and deserve peace like you," she wrote.
Bana escaped Aleppo with her family in December during the mass evacuations, and is now living in Turkey.
Her twitter account became famous for its messages from besieged east Aleppo.
Her mother, Fatemah - who helps run the account - sent the text of the letter to the BBC.
She said Bana wrote it days before President Trump's inauguration, because "she has seen Trump many times on the TV".
Dear Donald Trump,
My name is Bana Alabed and I am a seven years old Syrian girl from Aleppo.
I lived in Syria my whole life before I left from besieged East Aleppo on December last year. I am part of the Syrian children who suffered from the Syrian war.
But right now, I am having a peace in my new home of Turkey. In Aleppo, I was in school but soon it was destroyed because of the bombing.
Some of my friends died.
I am very sad about them and wish they were with me because we would play together by right now. I couldn't play in Aleppo, it was the city of death.
Right now in Turkey, I can go out and enjoy. I can go to school although I didn't yet. That is why peace is important for everyone including you.
However, millions of Syrian children are not like me right now and suffering in different parts of Syria. They are suffering because of adult people.
I know you will be the president of America, so can you please save the children and people of Syria? You must do something for the children of Syria because they are like your children and deserve peace like you.
If you promise me you will do something for the children of Syria, I am already your new friend.
I am looking forward to what you will do for the children of Syria.
Turkey, where Bana and her family now live, supports the Syrian opposition. But President Trump's position is not yet clear.
The US president has repeatedly stressed his desire for a strong relationship with Russia, and endorsed Vladimir Putin - who supports Syria's President Assad.
During the campaign, he spoke of ceasing aid to the rebels - but more recently, he has also spoken of the need for Syrian "safe zones", which would help rebel forces.
Bana's appeal to the new US president comes as Iran, Russia, and Turkey have jointly pledged to enforce a three-week ceasefire in Syria amid peace talks.
But without agreement from Assad's government or rebel forces, it is not clear how long any agreement will hold.
Astronomers now believe that when our Sun was still a young star, it may have gravitationally captured the "dusty" Oort cloud comets formed elsewhere in the galaxy.
This contradicts the earlier theory that most comets were born in the Sun's protoplanetary disk.
The scientists described their findings in the journal Science.
The formation of the Oort cloud has long been a mystery.
Up until now, astronomers thought that this spherical cloud of comets lying at the outermost edge of the Solar System might have formed in the Sun's protoplanetary disk - a cloud of gas and matter that gave birth to planets, some 4.6 billion years ago.
But this hypothesis has been challenged by an international group of astronomers led by Dr Harold Levison from the Southwest Research Institute in Colorado, US.
A member of the team, Dr Ramon Brasser from the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, explained to BBC News that the Sun was not born alone.
Instead, he said, it is believed to have formed in a cluster of about a thousand of other stars, all packed together.
"Imagine that you have a very large cloud of gas composed of mostly hydrogen that is sitting around in our galaxy.
"From some disturbances inside it, the cloud slowly starts to collapse, it shrinks, becoming more compact.
"It then forms lumps and those lumps compress even further - that is how stars are born," said Dr Brasser.
He explained that each young star then creates a huge number of small icy bodies around it in a disk from which planets gradually form.
In our galaxy's early times, many of these icy objects got "ejected" from the planetary systems and eventually became comets.
But a few stayed near the Sun, affected by strong interstellar forces. They formed, astronomers used to believe, what became known as the peculiar "dusty" Oort cloud, about a light-year from the Sun.
It was assumed to be the birthplace of the majority of the famous comets, including Halley, Hale-bopp and McNaught.
When the Sun's cluster dispersed, exploding from inside out, the star was left all alone.
And the new study showed that its gravitational field may have been so strong that it pulled in a large cloud of comets originally formed in other solar systems.
The idea of the Oort cloud comets being extra-solar was suggested before, in the early 1990s. But back then, the methods used were not precise enough to prove the theory and it was abandoned.
Dr Levinson said that his team picked up on the same thought and used computer simulations to construct a model of a star cluster and comets - and had some interesting results.
"If we assume that the Sun's observed proto-planetary disk can be used to estimate the indigenous population of the Oort cloud, we can conclude that more than 90% of the observed Oort cloud comets have an extra-solar origin," commented the astronomer.
His colleague Martin Duncan from the Queen's University in Ontario, Canada, said that the findings lead "to the exciting possibility that the [Oort] cloud contains a potpourri that samples material from a large number of stellar siblings of the Sun".
Dr Brasser concluded that the recent findings may be an important missing link to explain the formation of the Universe.
"For 60 years we have not known how the Oort cloud formed and for 60 years people have been looking for an answer. It has been a missing piece and it might help understand the evolution and the formation of our Solar System," he said.
Police say they believe Kieran McGrath, 26, drove himself to Ashton-under-Lyne police station on Manchester Road after being shot in a "targeted attack".
Paramedics tried to revive him but he was pronounced dead at the scene at about on 22:25 BST on Saturday.
Officers believe Mr McGrath was shot after leaving the nearby Sheldon Arms pub a few minutes earlier. Detectives have launched a murder investigation.
Det Ch Supt Russ Jackson said: "We are very much in the early stages of the investigation, however, with what we know now, it does seem pretty clear to have been a targeted attack."
He said: "Almost immediately after leaving the pub we believe several shots were fired in his direction and we believe at least one hit him.
"Kieran, despite his injuries, managed to drive himself to the police station on Manchester Road where he was found collapsed on the floor by police officers.
"We don't know how long the attacker or attackers were there or how they got away - it may have been in a car or on a motorbike."
Mr Jackson added: "We are keeping a really open mind as to why this happened but we also have to bear in mind that Kieran has had fallouts with people over the past year.
"We really need to understand the full details of these so that we can understand any potential motive."
He urged anyone with information to get in touch with police.
She is the university's 11th chancellor, a role which dates back to 1860.
Camilla succeeds Lord Wilson of Tillyorn, who stepped down in December.
The Duchess of Rothesay attended a ceremony at the university, before presenting honorary degrees. She will then attend a reception.
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling will make a statement to Parliament around lunchtime on Tuesday.
But the decision faces a long consultation before it becomes final.
A study last year, led by Sir Howard Davies, recommended a third runway at Heathrow but other options include a new runway at Gatwick or extending one of Heathrow's existing runways.
Writing in the Telegraph on Monday Sir Howard said the case for expanding Heathrow had "strengthened in recent months" and that the case was now "overwhelming".
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The issue of where to expand airport capacity in the UK has vexed politicians for years and there are strong divisions within the government.
Prime Minister Theresa May told the Commons during Prime Minister's Questions last week the subject had been "debated, discussed and speculated on for 40 years".
Heathrow is already operating at 98% capacity and Gatwick is expected to run out of space in the next few years.
Airlines and business groups favour expansion of Heathrow - Britain's busiest airport - which offers more direct connections than Gatwick and handles more freight.
But local residents and politicians are concerned about noise, traffic and pollution.
A Heathrow expansion is also strongly opposed by Education Secretary Justine Greening and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, who has pledged to "lie down" in front of bulldozers to stop the building.
However, neither he nor Ms Greening are members of the airports sub-committee charged with making the final decision.
As many as 60 Tory backbenchers could also vote against expansion at Heathrow, and Zac Goldsmith, Tory MP for Richmond Park and North Kingston, has vowed to resign if it goes ahead.
Mrs May has given ministers "exceptional and limited" freedom to criticise the government's final decision - although they will not be allowed to campaign against it - a move being seen as evidence a third runway at Heathrow will be backed.
The decision will also be subject to around a year of consultation before Parliament votes and, if approved, will only then enter the planning process.
Construction is not likely to begin until 2020 or 2021, the Airports Commission has said.
A final decision on which London airport to expand has been years in the making.
In 2009, former prime minister David Cameron pledged that there would be no new runway at Heathrow.
In July 2015, the Airports Commission chaired by Sir Howard Davies backed a new third runway at Heathrow, but did not rule out the option of expanding Gatwick.
Mr Cameron had promised a decision by the end of last year on whether to build a new runway at Heathrow.
Last week Mrs May told ministers at a cabinet meeting that a decision on increasing airport capacity in the south east of England had been "delayed for too long".
Her spokeswoman said the prime minister believed it was important to now take a decision "in the national interest".
The Global Destinations Cities Index revealed the city is expected to receive 18.7 million visitors in 2014, equating to about £11bn being spent.
London mayor Boris Johnson said the city perfectly combined history, heritage, arts and culture.
Bangkok was the second most popular city with 16.4 million visitors predicted for 2014.
Using information on the total number of international arrivals and spending from overnight visitors, Mastercard found that 67% of London's international visitors come from other European cities, although the city's top "feeder" was New York.
Paris, which was the third most popular city destination, also had New York as its biggest feeder city. The majority of its visitors, 53%, were from outside of Europe.
Marion King, President at MasterCard UK, said: "As London retains its top spot for both visitor spending and international visitors, there is a huge opportunity for retailers."
Mayor of London Boris Johnson said: "With nearly nineteen million visitors this year London is the world's favourite place to visit.
"Our city perfectly combines history, heritage, arts and culture, not to mention vast amounts of green space and major events that are the envy of the planet."
It is the third time in four years that London has topped the list, missing out to Bangkok last year.
However, this year London saw an 8% growth in visitors, while Bangkok saw an 11% decline, dropping from 18.5 million visitors to a predicted 16.4 million in 2014.
Earlier this year the Office for National Statistics (ONS) released data which showed that London had 16.8 million visitors in 2013 which was the highest recorded number of overseas visitors since records began in 1961.
At the time, Mayor of London Boris Johnson, said the capital's diversity and "outstanding mix of culture, art, music and sport" was key to its success.
The MasterCard index ranks cities on the number of their total international visitor arrivals and the cross-border spending by those visitors, incorporating visitor and passenger growth forecasts for 2014.
It uses public data to derive the international visitor arrivals and their cross-border spending in each of the 132 destination cities using its own algorithms.
The promised money will be for emerging fields of research in which the UK excels, such as robotics, artificial intelligence and biotech.
The investment is part of an industrial strategy the government is developing that aims to create and back economic "winners".
Mrs May made the commitment at a speech to the CBI.
She told business leaders that she wanted the UK to be "the global go-to place for scientists, innovators and tech investors".
She cautioned though that although she wanted Britain to continue to attract the brightest and the best scientific talent, it could only continue to do so by bringing immigration down to "sustainable levels".
"Today, Britain has firms and researchers leading in some of the most exciting fields of human discovery. We need to back them and turn research strengths into commercial success," she said.
"That means not only investing more in research and development, but ensuring we invest that money wisely, supporting technologies and sectors that have the potential to deliver long-term benefits for Britain."
The president of the Royal Society, Prof Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, described the announcement as "very welcome".
"This sends out a strong signal to the rest of the world that Britain is determined to be a leading innovative country".
But he said he was concerned that the tighter immigration rules that could be imposed after Brexit would hamper UK research: "An influx of money on its own won't be sufficient in itself if we are to make the best use of this money," he told BBC News.
"We need to hire the best talent. Hopefully a lot of that will be home-grown. But there is no substitute for attracting the best in the world so we can be the best in the world."
There has been a freeze in science spending since 2010. This was seen as a good settlement by the scientific community when the spending of other parts of government was heavily cut in response to the economic crises created by the financial crash of 2008.
But the freeze has meant a gradual erosion in the science budget because of inflation. And this has happened at a time when many other countries have greatly increased their investment in research.
"Our competitors aren't standing still. They are investing heavily in research and development," said Mrs May.
"So in the Autumn Statement on Wednesday, we will commit to substantial real-terms increases in government investment in R&D - investing an extra £2bn a year by the end of this Parliament to help put post-Brexit Britain at the cutting edge of science and tech."
Mrs May also announced a new Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund to direct some of the additional money to address what she described as Britain's "historic weakness" in turning its great world-leading science into commercial success.
The Prime Minister also indicated that there would be tax breaks to encourage firms to invest in research.
"Since 2010, we have made the research and development credit more generous and easier to use - and support has risen from £1bn to almost £2.5bn a year.
"Now we want to go further, and look at how we can make our support even more effective - because my aim is not simply for the UK to have the lowest corporate tax rate in the G20, but also a tax system that is profoundly pro-innovation."
Dr Sarah Main, director of the Campaign for Science and Engineering, said she was "impressed" by the announcement.
"The science community has been waiting to see what the leadership of the government has to say about science and engineering and our future. And this could not be better, coming directly from the Prime Minister. We are seeing a very clear signal of intent that she sees science and engineering being a very big part of our future."
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Mr Abbott imposed the ban after a convicted criminal and former terror suspect appeared on the Australian Broadcasting Corp. 's (ABC) Q&A show.
Zaky Mallah had been included in the audience of a live broadcast.
Mr Abbott lifted the ban after the ABC's board moved the show to the ABC's more rigorous news division.
On the show, Mallah had questioned a member of the government about tough new citizenship laws, and accused the government of encouraging Australian Muslims "to leave and go to Syria and join [Islamic State]".
Mr Abbott had questioned the ABC's allegiance to Australia over the whole affair.
In turn, he has been accused of setting a dangerous precedent by interfering in the broadcaster's editorial decisions.
The public broadcaster, funded by taxpayers but editorially independent of the government, on Thursday agreed to Mr Abbott's demands to shift the show from its TV division into news.
The shift to news will not come into effect until 2016, but Mr Abbott said the ban was lifted "straight away" now that the ABC had "guaranteed" it would make the change.
"It's exactly what I was calling for and at last we've seen a bit of common sense after the notorious Q&A program of some weeks back," Mr Abbott said on Friday.
"And look, I'm pleased that they've accepted what the government sought," he told local media.
"Give them a bit of a pat on the back for doing the right thing and I don't want to talk about the length of time that management decisions might take," he said.
The move legitimised government interference in the ABC, Friends of the ABC spokesperson Graeme Connelly told the BBC.
"And having legitimised interference it's a slippery slope," Mr Connelly said.
Opposition Labor communications spokesman Jason Clare said the prime minister should not interfere in the ABC's editorial and management decisions.
"The real question now is, does Tony Abbott have the guts to appear on Q&A?" Mr Clare said, reported Fairfax Media.
The company says its Dtek50 smartphone offers improved security over rival Android devices, and will cost less than its previous handset Priv.
It is the firm's second Android handset after switching focus away from its struggling BB10 platform.
One analyst said the phone was the "right move" but that the company still faced an "uphill battle" with devices.
"The real challenge is whether Blackberry can convince enough corporate buyers to buy a batch of mid-range phones," said Nick McQuire, analyst at CCS Insight.
"A lot of that comes down to the beauty of the device and what it has inside, but more importantly the price."
The Dtek50 is a touchscreen-only device, without the physical keyboard often associated with Blackberry.
The firm's boss, John Chen, has been open about exploring new partnerships to reduce the cost of handset manufacture.
The Dtek50 shares the design of the Idol 4 - a handset produced by Alcatel, a Chinese-owned rival.
"It's certainly a low cost, low risk way of going about it," said Mr McQuire.
"It's a necessary move for the handset business and delivers on a promise Mr Chen has been making, about complementing the Priv with a number of other devices."
But Blackberry says the phone has unique internal hardware, with its chips protected by cryptographic keys to prevent tampering and thwart hackers.
Blackberry was once the predominant name in smartphones, but was slow to adapt to an era of data-hungry multimedia devices with big touchscreens, ushered in by Apple's iPhone in 2007.
Its new operating system - BB10 - was launched four years after Google had released its Android software. By then, Android had taken the largest share of the market.
Blackberry released its first Android smartphone in 2015. But the Priv - a large touchscreen device with a slide-out keyboard - came with a premium price tag (£579 in the UK) that put some people off.
"The fact that we came out with a high end phone was probably not as wise as it should have been," Mr Chen later told The National.
Although it is best known for its handsets, Blackberry says a majority of its revenue comes from the software it licenses to companies and governments.
That includes its enterprise server products, which let companies manage the smartphones they give to employees.
Mr Chen has been clear that he would not continue to produce phone hardware if it became unsustainable.
"The biggest challenge Blackberry faces is that it has to consistently educate customers that it's not a dying company," said Mr McQuire.
"Fundamentally its software business is good, and financially has been much stabilised in the last 12 months.
"But news reporters only tend to touch the handset business, that's what people like to read about.
"Its software security business doesn't get the same headlines. It's a decent business, but it's boring."
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It's the second chick from mum, Cora and dad, Bigglesworth who is now 23 and the oldest penguin at Chessington.
He's been keeping a constant watch to try to protect the nest.
The colony of penguins moved into a new enclosure in March.
Keeper Nick Tulley said: ''The transition into the new enclosure was so smooth and the penguin couples all settled back into their original nests.
It is rare to see a successful birth happen so quickly.''
City, who have struggled to make a serious impact in the Champions League and have never won their opening home game in the group stage, looked to be on course for victory when Juventus defender Giorgio Chiellini headed into his own net under pressure from Vincent Kompany.
The Italians protested furiously that Chiellini had been fouled but then produced an impressive response to come from behind and close out the win.
Paul Pogba's superb ball allowed Mario Mandzukic to steal in behind Eliaquim Mangala for the equaliser, then Alvaro Morata pulled substitute Nicolas Otamendi - on for Kompany - out of position before curling a precise left-foot finish beyond City keeper Joe Hart for the 81st-minute winner.
Raheem Sterling had two big opportunities for City but wasted both as Manuel Pellegrini's side find themselves on the back foot once more in the Champions League.
Once again this was a night where City, dominant domestically with five wins out of five in the Premier League, still looked like they are struggling to convince themselves they belong in the exalted company of the Champions League.
Juventus' pedigree is clear - they reached last season's final - but they had not won a game all season until beating City, whose cast-iron confidence in the league looks to be somewhat stripped away here and opponents like the experienced Italians are only too happy to expose those flaws in self-belief.
This even seems to extend to City's fans, anxious throughout and streaming out in droves even before three minutes of stoppage time, clearly not convinced their team would rescue a point.
City missed striker Sergio Aguero, not fully fit after picking up an injury at Crystal Palace and restricted to a brief appearance as a substitute, and they have learned the hard way that chances do not come along as often in the Champions League as they do in the Premier League - and the price for not taking them is an expensive one.
There is still plenty of time to recover but City need to win games such as this if they are to finish top of the group and avoid the potentially hazardous last-16 draw.
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Sterling has made a big early impact following his £49m move to Manchester City from Liverpool - but one area of his game still needs some serious work.
The 20-year-old needs to improve his conversion rate when presented with chances and, before his substitution 20 minutes from time, he demonstrated once again that he must be more ruthless when applying that final flourish.
He wasted a perfect early chance when he shot straight at Juve keeper Gigi Buffon, then did the same again later after he was set up by David Silva with City leading 1-0. Yes, they were two pieces of fine goalkeeping but Sterling should have made at least one of those opportunities count.
Pogba was football's most wanted in the summer. The 22-year-old was courted by all of Europe's top clubs, including Manchester City, but a £70m price tag plus the player's own demands made the deal too rich even for them.
The Frenchman made fleeting contributions here but, make no mistake, the player that Sir Alex Ferguson somehow allowed to escape from Manchester United's grasp in 2012 is a class act.
Tall, rangy and more more than willing to mix it in the physical challenges with Yaya Toure, Pogba has that touch of class that marks him out as a special talent.
He always looks for the positive pass, as he proved with the glorious ball in behind Mangala that allowed Mandzukic to equalise for Juventus.
Juventus manager Massimiliano Allegri praised the contribution of 37-year-old goalkeeper Buffon, with the Italian World Cup winner making particularly good stops from Sterling.
"Buffon pulled off many miraculous saves, particularly just after we went 1-0 down," said Allegri.
"I hope he will go on for as long as possible, certainly as long as I am manager. Buffon is an extraordinary goalkeeper, perhaps the best ever in the history of football. He never fails."
Match ends, Manchester City 1, Juventus 2.
Second Half ends, Manchester City 1, Juventus 2.
Foul by Wilfried Bony (Manchester City).
Andrea Barzagli (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Fernandinho (Manchester City).
Juan Cuadrado (Juventus) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by David Silva (Manchester City).
Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Aleksandar Kolarov (Manchester City) left footed shot from more than 35 yards is blocked. Assisted by Fernandinho.
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Gianluigi Buffon.
Attempt saved. Yaya Touré (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Wilfried Bony.
Foul by Yaya Touré (Manchester City).
Juan Cuadrado (Juventus) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Juventus. Andrea Barzagli replaces Álvaro Morata.
Foul by Eliaquim Mangala (Manchester City).
Paulo Dybala (Juventus) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Manchester City. Sergio Agüero replaces Samir Nasri.
Foul by Aleksandar Kolarov (Manchester City).
Juan Cuadrado (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Manchester City 1, Juventus 2. Álvaro Morata (Juventus) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
Foul by Aleksandar Kolarov (Manchester City).
Juan Cuadrado (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Juventus. Paulo Dybala replaces Mario Mandzukic because of an injury.
Eliaquim Mangala (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mario Mandzukic (Juventus).
Substitution, Manchester City. Nicolás Otamendi replaces Vincent Kompany because of an injury.
Substitution, Manchester City. Kevin De Bruyne replaces Raheem Sterling.
Goal! Manchester City 1, Juventus 1. Mario Mandzukic (Juventus) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Paul Pogba with a through ball.
Foul by Raheem Sterling (Manchester City).
Stephan Lichtsteiner (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Paul Pogba (Juventus) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right following a corner.
Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Bacary Sagna.
Foul by Bacary Sagna (Manchester City).
Álvaro Morata (Juventus) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Patrice Evra (Juventus) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
Attempt saved. Stefano Sturaro (Juventus) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Álvaro Morata.
Foul by Fernandinho (Manchester City).
Stefano Sturaro (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Wilfried Bony (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Samir Nasri.
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Gianluigi Buffon.
UK Sport has made a record £347m available for Olympic and Paralympic sport for the four-year cycle, with the latter receiving a 43% rise in funding.
Athletics is the biggest beneficiary as their funding is increased by over £4m - from £6.7m to £10.7m.
Swimming and cycling have also been rewarded for their London performances.
Investment in swimming increases from £10.5m to £11.8m, while cycling is up to £6.7m from £4.2m.
However, wheelchair fencing and sitting volleyball have had their funding programme cut completely.
Five-a-side football has been included, while para-triathlon and canoeing, which will be making their debuts in Rio, have been guaranteed funding for one year.
ParalympicsGB won 120 medals in London, and have been challenged by UK Sport to win one medal more than that tally in Rio.
The British Paralympic Association said in a statement: "The BPA has always maintained that, for the Paralympic movement in the UK, London should be a springboard onto greater things.
"UK Sport's increased level of investment into Paralympic sport as a whole reflects that and we are delighted that the strong performance of the ParalympicsGB team in London has acted as the catalyst."
Disability athletics won 29 of those medals, and UK Athletics Paralympic head coach, Paula Dunn, said the funding they receive was vital to their success.
"Funding from UK Sport and the National Lottery was an integral part of our success in London this summer," she said.
"We are absolutely delighted to be receiving an increased investment of 59% into the Paralympic programme."
Sport - London 2012 budget - Rio 2012 budget
Adaptive Rowing - £2.3m - £3.5m
Boccia - £2.3m - £3m
Disability Archery - £2.1m - £2m
Disability Athletics - £6.7m - £10.7m
Disability Sailing - £1.7m - £2.8m
Disability Shooting - £2.1m - £3.3m
Disability Swimming - £10.4m- £11.8m
Disability Table Tennis - £1.7m - £2.7m
Football (5-a-side) - N/A - £1.3m
Goalball - £0.5m - £1m (women only)
Judo (Visually Impaired) - £1.3m - £2m
Para-Canoe - N/A - £2.3m
Para-Cycling - £4.2m - £6.7m
Para-Equestrian Dressage - £3.6m - £3.8m
Para-triathlon* - N/A - £2.2m
Powerlifting - £1m - £0.8m
Sitting volleyball -£0.8- 0
Wheelchair Basketball - £4.5m - £5.4m
Wheelchair fencing - £0.6- 0
Wheelchair Rugby - £2.4m - £3m
Wheelchair Tennis - £0.8m - £1.9m
The Iraq War Families Campaign Group wants to raise £150,000 to fund legal work, including analysing the 12-volume Chilcot report on the Iraq war inquiry.
They hope to assess whether people who made mistakes, such as former PM Tony Blair, can be pursued in civil courts.
The report did not make any findings on whether individuals acted unlawfully.
However, it rejected the legal basis for UK military action, and said Mr Blair overstated the threat posed by then-President of Iraq Saddam Hussein and sent ill-prepared troops into battle.
There was no "imminent threat" from Saddam - and the intelligence case was "not justified", Sir John Chilcot, the ex-civil servant who chaired the inquiry, said.
The report highlighted a catalogue of errors in political and military decision-making, including:
Mr Blair has apologised for any mistakes made, but not the decision to go to war itself.
Roger Bacon, whose son Matthew was killed when his Snatch Land Rover was hit by a roadside bomb in Basra in 2005, is one of the group of 29 families involved in the campaign.
He said the group's determination to find answers has been redoubled by Sir John's "excoriating view of the establishment's tragic and error strewn display".
Mr Bacon said: "We must now ensure that every iota of the report is analysed in depth to determine whether there are potential civil legal cases. And we need the British public to help."
The families say they wish "to hold state officials to account to ensure such a tragedy, with such far-reaching and long-term consequences both for Britain and the world, never happens again".
It may be the only chance for a full legal analysis of the Chilcot report, the group say.
Matthew Jury, from the families' lawyers McCue and Partners, who have been working on the case pro-bono, said: "The report told us what went wrong and who was responsible but it was not a court of law.
"If they can, the families are determined to hold those individuals to account by bringing them to trial to answer for their actions."
"Not just for them or their loved ones, but to ensure that never again will our politicians act with such impunity in taking our country into an unjust war with such tragic consequences."
The campaigners say they hope to raise enough money to pay for preliminary legal work to build a case, before applying for legal aid to take the case for trial. The crowdfunding appeal is open to anyone, not just the British public.
The Chilcot report, which is 2.6 million words long and took seven years, looked at the UK's involvement in the 2003 Iraq War.
British troops were part of an international coalition, led by the US, which invaded Iraq, leading to the collapse of the regime of Saddam Hussein, who had ruled the country since the late 1970s.
The UK's participation was extremely contentious. A total of 179 British service personnel were killed in Iraq between 2003 and 2009, when British troops left Iraqi soil.
Tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians died over the period, though estimates vary considerably.
The Owls went close when Curtis Main's header forced an acrobatic one-handed save from keeper Reice Charles-Cook but Coventry had the better of the chances.
The Sky Blues took the lead when Romain Vincelot headed in from eight yards following Jacob Murphy's corner.
Within seven minutes, Newcastle United loan man Armstrong doubled their lead, sweeping in Murphy's square ball.
Oldham Athletic manager John Sheridan told BBC Radio Manchester:
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"I wanted to win the last two games to keep the momentum going. I don't want to have two much of a downer because what we've achieved is remarkable since we've come in.
"I want to be pushing at the other end. I'll be putting pressure on myself. I'll going to try and build a team that is a John Sheridan team. That's what I'll be judged on next season.
"I've spoken to most of the present players and they all know where they stand. I've got to bring in players that are going to makes us stronger than this season."
Sky Blues manager Tony Mowbray told BBC Coventry and Warwickshire:
"There were lots of aspects to be pleased with today. Adam Armstrong got his 20th goal so, all in all, a decent day.
"I think to the supporters of the club an apology really, for the fact that we fell away at the end of the season.
"Try to stick with us as we try to build a team next year to get this club back where we want to be."
The Sunday Times said the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) suppressed the survey, conducted at the 2011 Daegu World Championships.
But the IAAF said it had "never vetoed publication of this article."
Meanwhile, a German TV documentary claims four leading Russian athletes could face bans.
Responding to the Sunday Times story, the IAAF said that "this is not a new story", adding that the claims were initially made on German TV in 2013.
The IAAF played no role in the study but said it was a "social science-based survey" conducted by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) and a team of researchers at the athletes' village in Daegu, South Korea.
However the IAAF did have the power to veto its publication by Wada in return for allowing access to the competitors at Daegu.
The University of Tubingen in Germany, who conducted the study, said: "The IAAF's delaying publication for so long without good reason is a serious encroachment on the freedom of publication."
A leaked copy of the full study has been seen by The Sunday Times and the German broadcaster ARD/WDR.
On Sunday, the broadcaster said four Russian athletes and four officials face suspension if their national federation is unable to clear up suspicions of wrongdoing.
The newspaper reports that the survey concluded that 29%-34% of the 1,800 competitors at the championships had violated anti-doping rules in the previous 12 months.
It says that a month after collecting the information, the researchers were told to sign a confidentiality agreement to prevent them speaking out about the admissions.
The IAAF says it had "serious reservations" about the "interpretation of the results" made by the research group and submitted their concerns, but got no response.
UK Athletics chairman Ed Warner told BBC Radio 5 live's Sportsweek: "The IAAF believes that the scientific rigour of that survey didn't pass muster.
"They claim they've been conducting their own prevalence survey."
A Wada spokesman said: "Wada sought the agreement of the IAAF to carry out the project at the Daegu World Championships in 2011.
"Their consent was given so that researchers had access to athletes at the event, and was conditional upon any publication first being approved by the IAAF. The IAAF has not approved the publication of the project."
They are the first quintuplet sisters ever born in the US, according to the Women's Hospital of Texas in Houston.
Mother Danielle Busby said she felt blessed and that Olivia Marie, Ava Lane, Hazel Grace, Parker Kate and Riley Paige were "thriving".
It is believed that the last time five sisters were born at once was in 1969 at Queen Charlotte's maternity hospital in London.
More than a dozen doctors and nurses assisted in the premature birth, which was delivered by Caesarian section.
Father Adam Busby praised the hospital staff at a press conference and said their elder sister Blayke cannot wait for them to come home.
"She thinks it's normal for mommies to have five babies," said Mrs Busby.
Mrs Busby had received intrauterine insemination for both her pregnancies after having difficulties becoming pregnant.
She laughed as Mr Trump joked about her well-paid speeches and the FBI investigation into her private email.
But the Republican was booed when he joked that his Democratic opponent hated Roman Catholics.
Opinion polls suggest Mrs Clinton's lead over Mr Trump has narrowed, less than three weeks before the election.
Just four percentage points now separate the candidates, according to the BBC's poll tracker.
Americans vote on 8 November to elect a successor to President Barack Obama, a Democrat, as well as members of Congress, currently dominated by the Republicans.
The annual Alfred E Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner in New York is a white-tie gala that every four years features the presidential candidates.
There is a tradition that the rivals stand up and make jokes about each other but this year it comes after one of the most rancorous campaigns in memory.
On Wednesday night in Las Vegas at their final debate, Mr Trump called his Democratic rival a "nasty woman" and they both interrupted each other throughout. They refused to shake hands before or after.
But at the New York event, they briefly put their differences aside and sat just one seat apart, with Cardinal Timothy Dolan between them.
They did not shake hands or make eye contact but when Mr Trump stood up to speak, he gave her a friendly double-pat on her shoulder.
He joked that this crowd - of about 1,500 people - was her biggest audience yet and, in a dig at her Wall St connections, he said it would be unusual for her to be with so many corporate leaders and not get paid.
But when he said she was so corrupt she got booted off the Watergate commission, boos rang out.
And they resurfaced when, in a reference to emails hacked within her campaign team, he said she was "pretending not to hate Catholics". It was one of the few occasions when the smile left Mrs Clinton's face.
Perhaps his best line was when he referred in jest to his wife Melania's plagiarised speech in July, which borrowed from First Lady Michelle Obama.
"I've had to listen to Donald Trump for three full debates… I have now stood next to Donald Trump longer than any of his campaign managers."
"After listening to your speech, I will enjoy hearing [his running mate] Mike Pence deny that you ever gave it."
"I'm so flattered Donald thought I used some kind of performance enhancer [before the debate]. I did. It's called preparation."
"He [Mr Trump] actually sent a car for me tonight. Actually, it was a hearse."
"Last night, I called Hillary a nasty woman, but this stuff is all relative. After listening to Hillary rattle on and on and on, I don't think so badly of Rosie O'Donnell anymore."
"Now I'm told Hillary went to confession before tonight's event, but the priest was having a hard time when he asked her about her sins, and she said she couldn't remember 39 times."
Then Mrs Clinton stood up and had her chance. "We'll either have the first female president or the first president who started a Twitter war with Cher," she said.
Instead of seeing the Statue of Liberty being a beacon of hope, Mr Trump rates her looks as a "four" or "maybe a five" if she loses the torch and tablet, and changes her hair, Mrs Clinton joked.
She drew fewer laughs when, in an attempt to mock Mr Trump's calls for a ban on Muslim immigration, she referred to the current president as a Muslim. Mr Obama is a Christian but conspiracy theorists have sought to portray him as a secret follower of Islam because of his father's religion at birth.
Conjuring up a Trump White House, Mrs Clinton imagined a reunion of former presidents involving Mr Obama and asked, "How is Barack going to get past the Muslim ban?"
Both candidates were reading from notes but Mrs Clinton poked fun at a recent incident when Mr Trump's teleprompter broke down at a rally in North Carolina.
Having described Mr Trump as the puppet of Russian President Vladimir Putin during Wednesday's presidential debate, she suggested he had had trouble using his teleprompter because he was "translating from the original Russian".
New York Times: "Breaking with decades of tradition at the gathering once he took the microphone, Mr. Trump set off on a blistering, grievance-filled performance that translated poorly to the staid setting, stunning many of the well-heeled guests..."
Fox News: "Some of Trump's attack lines showed a sense of humor. Clinton was the first one to laugh when Trump joked that she had bumped into him earlier in the night "and she very simply said `Pardon me"' -- an unsubtle reference to the Republican nominee's frequent declarations that his opponent should go to jail..."
LA Times: At times, the crowd was outright booing and hissing at Trump as the Republican presidential nominee delivered lines that sounded more like angry campaign rants than humor... Not all of Clinton's jokes landed either, but she did not get as rough of a time from the crowd or use quite as sharp a knife as Trump wielded."
The Daily Beast: "The night progressed as Trump himself strove to be humorous, remaining enough of a truly nasty man to inspire more boos... Clinton had her turn and was tough enough and good enough that you were almost glad Trump had been invited."
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The marines and special operations forces will assess the humanitarian situation and will not be engaged in combat, a US defence official said.
The US has been carrying out air strikes against fighters from militant group Islamic State (IS).
IS fighters have forced tens of thousands to flee their homes.
"This is not a combat boots on the ground kind of operation," Mr Hagel said, in remarks made at Camp Pendleton in California.
The "assessment team members" had arrived in the northern city of Irbil and would "give more in-depth assessment of where we can continue to help," he said.
The personnel are in addition to about 250 military advisers already in Iraq.
A US defence official said the government would continue to explore ways to support "Iraqis affected by the ongoing fighting in Sinjar", and to prevent "potential acts of genocide" by IS.
The UN has said that tens of thousands of civilians, including members of the Yazidi sect, are trapped on Sinjar mountain by IS fighters and need "life-saving assistance".
The US, Britain and France have been delivering humanitarian aid to the Yazidis stranded in the north.
UK Royal Air Force jets have arrived in Cyprus to support aid delivery efforts by helping Hercules cargo planes identify safe areas on the ground to drop supplies.
The US government says its planes have air-dropped nearly 100,000 meals and more than 27,000 gallons (123,000 litres) of fresh drinking water to the area, with the latest operation taking place on Tuesday.
The US has also reportedly begun supplying weapons to the Kurdish forces, known as Peshmergas, who have been fighting IS in the north.
Meanwhile, a suicide bomber attacked a checkpoint near the home of newly-appointed Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in Baghdad, Reuters news agency reported, citing security sources and local media.
There were no immediate details on casualties.
Iraq's president asked Mr Abadi to form a new cabinet on Monday, snubbing the incumbent PM Nouri Maliki.
The move came after months of political infighting, which experts say has contributed to Iraq's inability to fight the IS threat.
However, Mr Maliki said on Wednesday that any new government should not take office until Iraq's federal court issued a ruling on an objection that he filed against Mr Abadi's appointment.
Mr Abadi is certainly off to a flying start, given the near-universal relief that an alternative to the contentious Mr Maliki has finally emerged.
But he faces a gargantuan task.
Pulling the fragments of Iraq back together, and especially bringing the suspicious Sunnis back on board, is going to take a lot more than pious words and good intentions.
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The UN says there are now an estimated 1.2 million internally displaced Iraqis.
The rapid advance across Iraq by IS militant fighters has thrown the country into chaos.
IS overran Iraq's second largest city, Mosul, in June. Its fighters had taken the central city of Falluja and parts of nearby Ramadi in December 2013.
On 29 June, IS said it had created a caliphate, or Islamic state, stretching from Aleppo in Syria to the province of Diyala in Iraq.
Abdul-Rahman Kassig, known as Peter Kassig before he converted to Islam, wrote in June that he was "scared to die" and saddened by the pain his ordeal was causing to the family.
Last week IS posted a video showing the beheading of UK hostage Alan Henning.
It ended with a threat to kill 26-year-old Mr Kassig.
It was the fourth such video released by the militant group, which controls large swathes of Syria and Iraq.
Previous victims were American reporter James Foley, American-Israeli journalist Steven Sotloff and British aid worker David Haines.
IS said they were killed in retaliation for US-led air strikes on the group's targets.
Ed and Paula Kassig said they had decided to release excerpts from their son's letter "so the world can understand why we and so many people care for him and admire him".
Who is Abdul-Rahman Kassig?
Excerpt from statement by Ed and Paula Kassig
"We want to send our heartfelt thanks to the many people around the world who have offered their prayers and support to our family at this difficult time, and especially to those who know our son and worked with him in Lebanon, Turkey or Syria.
We are overwhelmed by the response from those who consider Abdul-Rahman a hero for the work he was doing before he was taken captive."
In the letter, Abdul-Rahman Kassig wrote: "I am obviously pretty scared to die but the hardest part is not knowing, wondering, hoping, and wondering if I should even hope at all.
"I am very sad that all this has happened and for what all of you back home are going through.
"If I do die, I figure that at least you and I can seek refuge and comfort in knowing that I went out as a result of trying to alleviate suffering and helping those in need.
"In terms of my faith, I pray everyday and I am not angry about my situation in that sense."
The letter - which the parents received on 2 June - ends with the words: "I love you."
Mr Kassig's parents said he had been working for the relief organisation he founded, Special Emergency Response and Assistance (Sera), when he was captured on his way to Deir Ezzor in eastern Syria a year ago.
In a statement they said their son's "journey toward Islam" had begun before he was taken captive but they understood he had converted voluntarily late last year while sharing a cell with a devout Muslim.
IS may hold many more hostages.
The group has its roots in al-Qaeda's Iraqi affiliate but was expelled over its brutal tactics and refusal to obey orders to confine its activities to Iraq.
It has since grown more powerful, and captured large areas of both countries in recent months.
Selby retained his title with a unanimous points win over Eric Hunter.
British rivals Carl Frampton and Josh Warrington as well as Mexican Leo Santa Cruz have been touted as opponents.
"I'll fight anybody but l will leave it to my management and my promoter to pick," he said after being knocked down for the first time in his career.
"I'd fight anybody in the ring if my team are confident of me beating them."
Selby first became world champion by beating Evgeny Gradovich in May 2015, then was successful in his first defence against Fernando Montiel in Phoenix, Arizona in October.
The 29-year-old from Barry had said he had the option of big fights if he overcame American Hunter at London's O2 Arena.
Selby, who had promised a 'tear-up' against his American opponent, made a confident start but found himself on the canvas for the first time in his career during the second round when a peach of a left hook caught him off-guard.
The Welshman dominated proceedings thereafter, landing with his right hand almost at will and won comfortably, 115-111, 116-110, 116-110 on the judges' scorecards.
"It was a good fight and another good learning fight," Selby added.
"He was the number one challenger so obviously he was a very good fighter.
"I got put down for the first time in my life.
"It was a new experience as I've never seen the world from down on the floor before and hopefully I don't get to see it again."
The campaign group estimates there has been a 48% decline in elephant numbers from just over 20,000 to around 10,300.
The WCS's Alastair Nelson says the poachers come from Tanzania where the elephant population has already been decimated.
China is the world's largest consumer of smuggled tusks.
Remote northern Mozambique, which includes the Niassa National Reserve, was the hardest hit, accounting for 95% of elephant deaths.
The north "has always been a remote and poorly governed area, with an underlying level of corruption," Mr Nelson told AFP.
Mozambique did not criminalise the killing of protected animals until 2014.
In May, police seized the country's biggest ever find of illegal wildlife products.
Some 1.3 tonnes of elephant ivory and rhino horn were found. That find represented the result of the killing about 200 animals and had a street value of $6.3m (£4.1m).
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Julian Newman changed a number of timepieces including the 18th Century East Courtyard Clock Tower, which is twice as old as Big Ben.
Regulator wall clocks created by 18th Century clockmakers John Shelton and John Holmes were also changed.
Mr Newman, who has been keeping time at the palace for 12 years, described the process as "long" but "rewarding".
Blenheim Palace once operated on its very own "Blenheim Time", introduced by the 4th Duke of Marlborough and used until the 19th Century when Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) became universally adopted.
It was set by the complicated use of a sundial combined with the specific longitude of the Palace in relation to Greenwich.
Commenting on his challenge, Mr Newman said: "When the clocks go back it is a case of stopping each clock then going back exactly 60 minutes later and restarting them up again.
"I find it best to do this very early in the morning before the staff arrive as you can easily get tied up with other events and the last thing you want to do is lose track of the time."
Stiaan van Zyl (149) fell early on day three but wicketkeeper Michael Burgess (76) and a brisk 70 from Jofra Archer pushed the hosts up to 668 all out.
Durham, starting 381 runs behind, lost opener Stephen Cook to the first ball of their second innings.
England's Keaton Jennings also fell cheaply as the visitors closed on 97-4.
South Africa seamer Vernon Philander removed compatriot Cook, who edged a swinging delivery to Chris Jordan at first slip, before bowling batsman Jennings for just five.
Durham captain Paul Collingwood (31 not out) and Ryan Pringle (18 not out) steadied things with an unbroken stand of 51 which lasted almost two hours, but the visitors will surely need to bat out the final day to earn a draw.
Earlier, Sussex had continued their dominance with the bat to gain a mammoth first-innings advantage.
Building on the 258 scored by Luke Wells on day two, both Burgess and Archer registered their third half-centuries in first-class cricket.
Archer's innings, which contained six fours and five sixes, took Sussex to their highest first-class total since setting their all-time record - the 742-5 declared they made against Somerset at Taunton in 2009.
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Indoor sky divers have been competing at the Wind Games in Spain and have been pulling off some pretty spectacular moves.
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A timekeeper at Blenheim Palace has had to change up to 30 antique clocks as British Summer Time ends.
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Sussex posted the fifth-highest first-class score in their history as they closed in on a crushing innings win over Durham at Hove in Division Two.
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A passing police patrol noticed the men acting suspiciously on the Castlewellan Road at about 02:00 BST on Sunday.
After examining the area, police found the shotgun hidden in a hedge.
The three men, aged 20, 26 and 41, were arrested a short time later. A link to a burglary at a nearby property is being investigated.
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Three men have been arrested after police recovered a shotgun in Newcastle, County Down.
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The accident took place at a power plant in Fengcheng where a cooling tower was under construction.
There were a number of people still trapped at the scene, China's Xinhua news agency reported.
Jiangxi province's fire services said 32 fire trucks and 212 soldiers had been deployed.
A total of 68 people were at the construction site at the time of the accident.
Photos posted by Chinese media showed iron pipes and concrete slabs lying on the ground inside the large cooling tower.
According to Jiangxi Daily, two 168m-high cooling towers were being built at the site as part of a project to add two 1,000-megawatt coal-fired power units to the power plant.
The project will cost 7.67bn yuan ($1.11bn; £0.89bn) .
Fatal accidents are common at industrial sites in China and there have been growing demands for more stringent safety standards.
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At least 40 people have been killed when a platform collapsed at a construction site in China's Jiangxi province.
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The parents of three-month-old Alexander Kendall, from Norwich, spotted the errors after being given a set of five bodysuits from the store.
One bore the slogan "I was born awsome", while the other read: "Daddys little man" - missing an apostrophe.
Tesco apologised after Alexander's father shared the errors on Twitter.
It offered a refund or exchange and said: "Sorry about this, we've made our suppliers aware of this so it can be corrected for future stock."
Mother Sophie Kendall, 28, said: "We both work as journalists so are perhaps a bit more pedantic about these things than most.
"Fortunately Alex is a long way off being able to read so we'll just use the suits and hope nobody notices."
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Supermarket chain Tesco has said it will brush up on its spelling and grammar after making two mistakes in a single pack of baby clothes.
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Mae bwrdd Cynghorau Iechyd Cymuned yn gwrthod dweud pam fod Tony Rucinski wedi ei wahardd.
Yn ôl ebyst gafodd eu hanfon cyn iddo gael ei wahardd, ac sydd wedi'u gweld gan y BBC, roedd Dr Rucinski wedi codi pryderon bod cadeirydd y bwrdd, Mutale Merill, wedi cael ei dylanwadu gan weinidog llywodraeth i'w atal rhag gwneud cyfweliadau.
Dyw cynnwys yr ebyst ddim yn "ffeithiol gywir", yn ôl Ms Merill, ac mae Dr Rucinski wedi cael "cyfarwyddyd i beidio â gwneud sylw".
Mae'r corff yn disgrifio ei hun fel "llais annibynnol cleifion" yng Nghymru, ac roedd ganddyn nhw a'r saith Cyngor Iechyd Cymuned maen nhw'n gyfrifol amdanynt gyllideb o £3.8miliwn yn 2015/16.
Cafodd Tony Rucinski ei benodi'n brif weithredwr y corff ym mis Gorffennaf 2015, ac fe ddywedodd ar y pryd ei fod yno i "wneud i bethau ddigwydd".
Bedwar mis yn ddiweddarach cafodd Mutale Merrill ei phenodi gan Lywodraeth Cymru fel cadeirydd y bwrdd.
Cafodd Dr Rucinski ei wahardd ym mis Chwefror 2016, ac mae sawl ffynhonnell wedi dweud wrth BBC Cymru bod tensiwn yn bodoli rhwng Mr Rucinski a Ms Merrill cyn y gwaharddiad.
Mewn ebost i Ms Merrill cyn iddo gael ei wahardd, cododd Mr Rucinski bryderon ei fod wedi ei atal rhag gwneud cyfweliad ar fenter iechyd digidol Llywodraeth Cymru yn Rhagfyr 2015, ac ar adroddiad OECD yn cymharu gwasanaethau iechyd y DU ym mis Chwefror 2016.
Yn yr ebyst dywedodd Dr Rucinski bod ei swydd ddisgrifiad yn cynnwys gwneud cyfweliadau â'r wasg, gan ddweud ei fod yn teimlo bod cyfarwyddyd Ms Merrill iddo beidio â gwneud cyfweliadau wedi ei ddylanwadu gan gyfarfod â gweinidog o Lywodraeth Cymru.
Yn dilyn ei waharddiad cafodd cyfarfod bwrdd ei gynnal, gyda'r cofnodion yn dweud bod Ms Merrill wedi dweud bod "embargo cyfryngau" ond wedi'i osod ar y prif weithredwr yn achos stori'r OECD.
Ychwanegodd y cofnodion bod "rhywfaint o gyd-destun tu ôl i'r penderfyniad na ellir ei rannu" a bod "sgwrs am yr angen ar gyfer protocol cyfryngau wedi ei drafod â'r prif weithredwr".
Yn Ebrill 2016 anfonodd Mr Rucinski ebost i Swyddfa Archwilio Cymru yn honni bod Ms Merrill "wedi rhoi gwybod i mi ar lafar bod gweinidog wedi dweud wrthi am beidio â gadael i mi siarad â'r wasg nac ymddangos yn gyhoeddus bellach".
Dywedodd hefyd ei fod yn credu bod "llais annibynnol cleifion a'r cyhoedd yng Nghymru yn cael ei dawelu yn ystod cyfnod allweddol yn ein sgwrs genedlaethol am iechyd".
Mae Ms Merrill wedi dweud nad yw hi'n derbyn bod yr honiadau yn ebyst Mr Rucinski yn ffeithiol gywir, ond nad yw hi am wneud sylw pellach tra bod y broses fewnol yn parhau.
Dywedodd llefarydd ar ran Llywodraeth Cymru bod gwaharddiad Mr Rucinski yn "fater mewnol i fwrdd CIC", ac fe ddywedodd llefarydd ar ran Swyddfa Archwilio Cymru fod y Swyddfa wedi dod i'r casgliad nad nad oedd y mater yn dod o dan orchwyl yr archwiliwr cyffredinol ond y bydd yn cadw llygad ar bethau.
The 40-year-old was infected with the virus while at a treatment centre in Sierra Leone in 2014.
She is alleged to have given dishonest answers to medical staff when she returned to Heathrow airport.
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has been investigating Ms Cafferkey's conduct.
The charges against her had never been made public but were accidentally uploaded to the NMC website.
Ms Cafferkey said the NMC has since apologised.
The council alleges that she "allowed an incorrect temperature to be recorded" on 29 December 2014 and intended to conceal from Public Health England staff that she had a temperature higher than 38C.
Registered NHS nurse Ms Cafferkey travelled to the West African country at the height of the Ebola crisis to help the sick.
She returned to London and then travelled on to Scotland before being diagnosed, and spent almost a month being treated in an isolation unit at London's Royal Free Hospital.
Ms Cafferkey recovered but was readmitted to hospital on two separate occasions after suffering complications linked to the disease, and at one stage fell critically ill.
But she returned to work as a nurse at the Blantyre Health Centre in South Lanarkshire, where she had been employed before volunteering to go to Sierra Leone with the Save the Children charity.
She described at the time how she was "very happy to be alive" and was looking forward to returning to a "normal life".
However, in the months that followed her health suffered as she had issues with her thyroid, her hair fell out and she had headaches and pains in her joints.
But Ms Cafferkey stressed that she felt lucky because she had not lost her sight as others had done.
In March of last year the NMC began investigating her conduct and she was summoned for a preliminary hearing in Edinburgh.
She was not told the charges against her at that time, but they were thought to centre on allegations that she was unwell before she began her journey and her symptoms were obscured.
The NMC has now released the full charges, which allege Ms Cafferkey did not tell Public Health England screening staff who took her temperature at the airport that she had recently taken paracetamol.
She is also said to have left the area without reporting her true temperature.
A hearing on Ms Cafferkey's fitness to practise is set to take place in Edinburgh next month. The NMC has the power to strike workers off the professional register.
A spokesman for the NMC said it had been working closely with Ms Cafferkey and her representatives to reach an outcome "that is fair and meets the public interest".
He added: "Since the NMC's case examiners considered the allegations and drafted charges, we have received further evidence.
"The final charges the panel will consider will be determined in light of this new material. A process of ongoing review is part of our normal practice in all cases.
"Ms Cafferkey and her representatives have cooperated fully throughout this process. Currently we are working towards scheduling the case for a panel to consider on 13 September."
In a statement Pauline Cafferky said: "The NMC has apologised to me through my solicitor for the unfortunate mistake they made in uploading the allegations to their website in advance of the hearing next month.
"It's only then that the full facts now known to the NMC will be shared with the panel. Those facts, that have not yet been made public, will be considered by the panel as part of its review of all relevant information.
"I would very much hope that after the case has been considered by the panel the matter will be at an end.
"I have no further comment to make. "
Health Minister Mark Drakeford said £2m would be spent to cut waiting times for young people with autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
He said the aim was to ensure "those with highest levels of clinical need are seen in a more timely manner".
An extra £600,000 will tackle diagnosis delays for all ages, improve training, and boost education and job prospects.
Meleri Thomas, from the National Autistic Society Cymru, said it had "long been campaigning with our supporters for the Welsh government and the NHS to address the distressing and unacceptable long waits for a diagnostic assessment in Wales".
"Some of our branch members report that they have had to wait an astonishing seven years for a diagnosis, which has a clear damaging knock-on effect in terms of ensuring that a child can access the right help early," she said.
"We will be looking carefully at the detail of these plans to ensure there is clarity for parents and individuals about how long they will now be expected to wait and to make sure they can access the right sort of help post diagnosis."
The spokeswoman said NAS Cymru was calling for an Autism Act for Wales to ensure children and adults across the country can get the support they need to reach their potential.
Scott Rose attacked the 14-year-old at his home in Dundee in July 2014.
Rose then teamed up with his 23-year-old wife Michelle to later target the same girl via Facebook and persuade her to send a nude photo of herself.
Rose, 29, was jailed for a total of 10 years at the High Court in Glasgow. His wife will be sentenced next month for indecent communications offences.
A jury heard how that after the rape, the teenager was bombarded with messages of a "sexual nature".
Rose had also groomed and abused a young boy for three years - starting when the child was nine.
He had earlier been convicted at a trial in Edinburgh of 10 charges including rape, using lewd and libidinous behaviour as well as pornography offences.
The court had heard he prevented the girl from leaving the house and pulled her onto a bed.
Lord Beckett told him he had been involved in crimes which were "grossly corrupt" and that he had "used his size and build" to rape the girl.
The judge added: "They (the children) were manipulated in order to fulfil your depraved intentions. You have no remorse for any of this."
Rose will be monitored for four years after his release from prison and has been placed on the sex offenders register for life.
Michelle Rose was convicted at the same trial of acting with her husband to communicate indecently with the girl who was attacked.
She remains on bail.
The ministerial sub-group was set up in January and said it wanted to "rebalance the regional economy".
Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness said its initial focus would be on Londonderry and the north west.
Since the group's inaugural meeting in January, only one further meeting has been held.
That meeting took place at Stormont Castle in March. The committee has not yet agreed a date for more talks.
Mr McGuinness said he was setting up the group to tackle issues like jobs, the A5, the A6, the expansion of Magee, the One Plan, Ebrington and Fort George.
He said the group was tasked with "delivering a more balanced regional economy with an initial focus on the north west".
The first and deputy first ministers attended the initial meeting along with the then Enterprise Minster Arlene Foster, Environment Minister Mark H Durkan, Employment and Learning Minister Stephen Farry and Chief Executive of Invest NI Alistair Hamilton.
Ms Foster said the executive was committed to the sub-group.
The Office of First and Deputy First Minister (OFMDFM) confirmed to BBC Radio Foyle that the first meeting happened on 5 March at Stormont Castle and focused on infrastructure.
Most of the main group members were there, but the then environment minister and the enterprise minister were absent.
A spokesperson for OFMDFM said: "Progress will not and cannot be measured by the number of meetings.
"The group will continue to work collaboratively regardless of departmental boundaries to drive forward economic development and prosperity for all in the north west."
SDLP MLA Mark H Durkan said: "This group was launched with quite a fanfare of publicity.
"I believe a group like this is extremely important and I believe we should be determined to get things working.
"I didn't get to the meeting in March because I had an extremely important engagement.
"I am asking the first and deputy first ministers and other executive colleagues to prioritise going to the Treasury and asking for a city deal for Derry city or Derry City and Strabane District Council.
"I wrote to the first and deputy first ministers in June to ask about a date for another meeting. I still haven't got a reply."
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney said: "We are dealing with decades of underdevelopment.
"The group should be meeting when the assembly reconvenes in September. I don't know what date that will be.
"Ministers meet with their officials on a constant and daily basis. In between times ministers are assuring they are doing their jobs.
"You can see the intention of the sub-group with key decisions around Ballykelly and the teaching block at Magee.
"This sub-group absolutely has a future."
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The houses were close to a bonfire at Hopewell Square.
Alan Walmsley of the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service said crews were at the incident "very quickly" and that their "hard work" had prevented a row of terraced houses being destroyed.
He said at this stage it looked like the fires at Hopewell Square may have been caused by burning embers carried through the air.
The 22-year-old agreed a two-year deal, having scored eight goals in 40 games in the fourth tier last season.
The former Liverpool player made 140 appearances for Morecambe, more than half as a substitute, after joining from Huddersfield in 2014.
"I'm made up to be here. It's a massive club, I'm relishing it and I can't wait to start," he told Swindon's website.
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Volleyball will miss out on 2021 if Guernsey's bid to host is successful, as well as the 2019 Games in Gibraltar.
"We've got quite a few good juniors coming through the ranks," Jennifer Lindfield from the Guernsey Volleyball Association (GVA) told BBC Sport.
"They won't be able to play Island Games for four years which will mean we might struggle to keep them engaged."
Football, golf and cycling have all been reinstated for 2021 after also missing out in 2019, but Guernsey's organising committee felt that they did not have enough space on the island to house another team sport.
"I'm quite upset that I won't be able to play my sport at a home games in front of my friends and family," added Lindfield, who plays for Guernsey as well as acting as the GVA's secretary.
"But after hearing the reasons I totally understand it was a very hard decision and that volleyball just missed out.
"It's very frustrating, we'd love to have volleyball back in at home games."
And Lindfield says she has not ruled out the possibility of several islands coming together and holding their own event to replace their Island Games experience.
She continued: "It could be possible to make up a mini tournament, but we would have to speak to the other islands and come up with a plan of where we could play it.
"Hopefully the other islands are feeling the same as us and really wanting whoever gets 2023 to be able to put on a really good volleyball tournament so that those that have missed out for four years are able to go back and experience the great tournament that the Island Games is."
Oetzi the Iceman, the name given to the frozen body discovered in the Alps in 1991, had a bacterial infection that is common today, researchers said.
He had been killed 5,300 years earlier after being struck by an arrow.
The research is published in the journal Science.
This new study suggests he was suffering from an infection that can cause stomach ulcers and gastritis.
A genetic analysis of the bacteria was carried out, helping to trace the history of the microbe, which is closely linked to the history of human migration.
The frozen corpse of Oetzi has allowed scientists to look back at his life in unprecedented detail.
Previous research has revealed that he was between 40 and 50 years old, had brown eyes, was covered in tattoos and had recently eaten ibex.
He was found with an arrow in his left shoulder, and most likely died of blood loss. However he also suffered other medical problems, including heel fractures, arthritis and possibly Lyme disease.
Now, to add to his health woes, scientists have now discovered the Helicobacter pylori bacteria.
Prof Albert Zink, head of the Institute for Mummies and the Iceman, at the European Academy in Bolzano (EURAC), said: "One of the first challenges was to obtain samples from the stomach without doing any damage to the mummy.
"Therefore we had to completely defrost the mummy, and we finally could get access by an opening - by an incision that was already done by a previous study.
"We were able to obtain samples from the stomach content, from some of the intestinal content, and also from the parts of the stomach wall."
The bacteria are found in about half of the population today, and in about 10% of cases can lead to inflammation of the stomach lining and ulcers.
The researchers do not know what clinical symptoms Oetzi displayed, but there was evidence that the bacteria reacted with the Iceman's immune system.
Sequencing the genome of the microbe has also provided new information about ancient human migration.
The strain that infects Europeans today is thought to be the result of two older strains - one African and one Asian - combining.
Essentially this means infected people from these two areas must have come together and mixed.
However, the microbe found in Oetzi was different.
"We had assumed that we would find the same strain of Helicobacter in Oetzi as is found in Europeans today," said Thomas Rattei, from the University of Vienna, in Austria, who worked on the study.
"It turned out to be a strain that is mainly observed in Central and South Asia today."
This suggests that there may have been a wave of people from Africa, who were carrying the bacteria, into Europe at some point after Oetzi's death.
"The recombination of the two types of Helicobacter may have only occurred at some point after Oetzi's era, and this shows that the history of settlements in Europe is much more complex than previously assumed," says Frank Maixner, from Eurac.
It adds to the growing evidence that rather than a single movement of humans out of Africa and into Europe, there were several migrations.
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Ashley Broomhall's Ben Nevis trek will raise money for Cancer Research UK.
Mr Broomhall, a member of Star Wars costuming club the 501st UK Garrison, set himself the peak challenge after his mother was diagnosed with cancer.
He has already done a walk up the 1,335ft (407m) hill The Wrekin in Shropshire in his stormtrooper kit.
To further prepare for his 4,406ft (1,344m) hike to the summit of Ben Nevis, he also plans to walk to the top of 3,560ft (1,085m) Snowdon.
The UK Garrison was created in 2000. Its members attend events across the UK dressed in "movie accurate" costumes to raise money for charity.
The newest movie in the Star Wars franchise, whose best-known characters include Darth Vader, Obi Wan Kenobi, Han Solo and Chewbacca, is due to be released in cinemas in December.
The city's Mayor Joe Anderson made the announcement on Friday at a meeting of the council's cabinet.
More than half of the tax increase will go towards adult social care, but the mayor said there would still be a shortfall and services will be axed.
Care packages are to be cut from more than 14,000 adults to about 9,000.
Packages currently range from home help with washing and cleaning to more intensive help for the most vulnerable adults.
Council taxpayers living in Band A properties will pay an extra £18.46 per year while those in dearer properties will pay more.
Mr Anderson said the council had been spending £224m on adult social care but this has had to be cut to £172m by this year, and reduced by another £16m next year.
He said the council had to find another £10m to pay all staff members the soon-to-be increased Living Wage.
The Liverpool Echo reported he told the cabinet: "As I have said, and continue to say, people are constantly underestimating in some senses the impact of these cuts."
Between 2010 and 2017, Liverpool has had £330m - or 58% - of its funding from central government cut.
Another £27m will be shaved from the council budget in 2016-17.
Former energy secretary Lord Howell had said there was less concern there than for "beautiful natural areas".
He was criticised by the Archbishop of Canterbury and Friends of the Earth.
Apologising, Lord Howell of Guildford said there were parts of both the North East and the south that were "less densely inhabited than others".
Fracking - short for "hydraulic fracturing" - involves drilling deep under ground and releasing a high-pressure mix of water, sand and hundreds of chemicals to crack rocks and release gas stored inside.
Water companies are worried the process could contaminate drinking water aquifers that lie above shale gas reserves. But supporters of fracking say it is safe and essential to making the UK more energy self-sufficient.
Widespread fracking has not started in the UK yet, but Cuadrilla began exploratory drilling in Lancashire in 2011 and many other possible sites have been identified.
During Lords Questions, Conservative Lord Howell, who was energy secretary from 1979 to 1981, asked: "Would you accept that it could be a mistake to think of and discuss fracking in terms of the whole of the United Kingdom in one go?
"I mean there obviously are, in beautiful natural areas, worries about not just the drilling and the fracking, which I think are exaggerated, but about the trucks, and the delivery, and the roads, and the disturbance, and those about justified worries."
He added: "But there are large and uninhabited and desolate areas. Certainly in part of the North East where there's plenty of room for fracking, well away from anybody's residence, where we could conduct without any kind of threat to the rural environment."
After the comments, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Justin Welby, wrote on Twitter: "North east England very beautiful, rugged, welcoming, inspiring, historic, advancing, not 'desolate' as was said in House of Lords today."
Friends of the Earth's Tony Bosworth called the comments "jaw-dropping", adding: "The government's ill-conceived fracking plans aren't something that can be quietly brushed under the carpet 'up north' - as the villages resisting the drillers in the Tory heartlands of England's south show."
Following the criticism, Lord Howell issued a statement saying: "I apologise for any offence caused. I certainly did not intend to suggest that the North East is desolate and I do not believe it to be the case. There are parts of the country that are less densely inhabited than others.
"That includes parts of the North East but also other areas in the south of England as well. The shale gas industry should be encouraged to develop in a sustainable way where it is appropriate to do so and in way that ensures communities benefit, which could be in many different parts of country."
Downing Street said Lord Howell did not speak for the government.
But Labour MP for Newcastle North Catherine McKinnell said the peer's remarks demonstrated that the Conservative Party was "out of touch".
"It's right that Lord Howell has apologised for these offensive comments but such outdated opinions leave a lasting impression," she said.
Andy Wilson, chief executive of the North York Moors National Park Authority, said the authority had received initial contact from companies over fracking for shale.
"It's something that in the longer term we're expecting to deal with," he said.
"But we shouldn't start with an assumption it's empty and desolate; it's beautiful and peopled."
Dr Farzana Bari met the two women after travelling with officials to a remote village in north-west Pakistan.
The team did not meet the other three women, but said local elders had given assurances that they were also alive.
Earlier reports said a tribal court sentenced all five to death after the footage aired on Pakistani TV.
The women had also reportedly been condemned for watching men dancing at the celebration. The men in the video appeared in court on Wednesday charged with creating the conditions for tribal violence.
The decree was allegedly issued by tribal elders for the women to be killed because it was thought their actions brought dishonour to their community, which disapproves of men and women dancing together.
After several hours climbing, human rights activists - travelling with local officials - say the two women appeared relaxed, and did not show any signs of physical ill-treatment.
"If these two are alive, I believe the others are as well," campaigner Farzana Bari told the BBC's Orla Guerin in Islamabad.
Dr Bari said that the other three women were at a more remote location that could not be reached easily.
She said that she believed there had been no death sentence from a tribal council, but there was a real risk to the women because the wedding video had been widely seen.
"There's a strong tradition in this area of taking the law into your own hands," she said. "The authorities should keep on monitoring the women. There is still a risk, we cannot relax."
Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered officials to go to the area on Wednesday to establish if the women were alive or dead.
The video, first circulated about two months ago, shows four women sitting on the floor of a room, chatting and singing wedding songs while clapping their hands. A fifth woman is said have been involved.
Also seen in it are two young brothers, one of whom dances to the sound of the women's song. The other films the video, at one point turning the camera to himself.
The village is at least two days' journey on foot from the nearest highway, and only helicopters can reach the area quickly.
Several newspapers suggested the prime minister was to back down on the demand for a four-year wait for such benefits.
They cite government sources suggesting he may be flexible on the issue when he goes to Brussels on Thursday.
The proposal for a four-year wait will be tabled this week, a Downing Street spokesman said.
Mr Cameron is pushing for EU reforms ahead of the UK's in-out referendum, which he has promised will take place before the end of 2017.
BBC political correspondent Iain Watson said: "David Cameron has faced resistance from other EU leaders over his proposal to make migrants wait for four years before being eligible for in-work benefits such as tax credits.
"So government officials, over this weekend, briefed several newspapers that the prime minister would signal his willingness at this week's EU summit to accept alternative proposals to tackle public concerns over immigration.
"But the prime minister has been under pressure from his work and pensions secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, to agree benefit restrictions."
Newspapers including the Independent on Sunday, Sunday Telegraph and Sunday Times reported the claim that Mr Cameron was set to "abandon" the demand.
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A government source quoted by the Press Association said: "The prime minister is set to reiterate the point he made in his letter and speech last month - that what matters most is to fix the problems not the precise form of the arrangements.
"On welfare, he will aim to unlock the political will necessary to find a solution, effectively giving the green light to officials to work up a solution that would both deliver on the prime minister's objective of better controlling migration from the EU while also being acceptable to all."
Mr Cameron is expected to emphasise that "levels of migration from the EU to the UK are a major concern for the British people" when he speaks at the European Council summit this week.
He has previously conceded that no deal will be reached at the summit, with the intention to reach agreement over a package of reforms in February.
A Downing Street spokesman said: "A number of Sunday papers have claimed the prime minister is backing away from the four-year migrant benefit proposal.
"One even goes as far as to claim he will be using this week's European Council to drop it - this is simply not true.
"As the PM said in his Chatham House speech several weeks ago: 'I am open to different ways of dealing with this issue. But we do need to secure arrangements that deliver on the objective set out in the Conservative Party manifesto to control migration from the European Union'."
He was referring to a previous gaffe in which he told a German MEP that he could play a Nazi concentration camp guard in a film.
His latest comments were at a rally in Milan ahead of the European elections.
German Families Minister Manuela Schwesig said Berlusconi's "attacks" against Germans were "unspeakable".
Berlusconi was referring to a 2003 incident involving MEP Martin Schulz, who is now president of the European parliament.
He had said to Mr Schulz: "I know that in Italy there is a man producing a film on Nazi concentration camps - I shall put you forward for the role of Kapo [guard] - you would be perfect."
The president of Mr Schulz's Socialists and Democrats (S&D) bloc, Hannes Swoboda, called Berlusconi's latest comments "sickening".
This is the latest in a long line of Berlusconi comments to have sparked criticism.
Berlusconi is one of Italy's richest men and served as prime minister for nine months from May 1994 and then again for two terms from 2001 to 2006 and from 2008 to 2011.
He faced frequent allegations of conflicts of interest but it was Italy's debt crisis that forced his resignation in 2011.
He is embroiled in several legal cases and in 2012 was convicted of tax fraud, leading to his expulsion from the Italian Senate. His sentence for that conviction was to carry out community service in an old people's home.
Berlusconi maintains he is the target of a vendetta by left-wing judges and once described himself as "without doubt the person who's been the most persecuted in the entire history of the world and the history of man".
He retains a considerable following on the right of Italian politics and is still leader of Forza Italia, the main conservative opposition bloc.
However, in March Italy's highest court upheld a two-year ban on him holding public office.
The Heart Goes Last is Atwood's first novel, outside of the trilogy which encompassed Oryx and Crake, The Year of the Flood and 2013's MaddAddam.
Bloomsbury's Alexandra Pringle said the new novel combined "the powerful irony of The Handmaid's Tale with the wicked playfulness of The Edible Woman".
"This is Margaret Atwood at the tip top of her form."
The novel - to be published on 24 September - is set in the near future where lawful people are locked up while lawless people roam free, according to The Bookseller.
A new collection of short stories - Stone Mattress - will also be published, by Virago, on the same day.
Canadian author Atwood remains best known for The Handmaid's Tale, published in 1985.
Shortlisted five times for the Booker Prize for novels including Cat's Eye and Alias Grace, she won in 2000 for The Blind Assassin.
She is also a prolific poet and short story writer, and the author of eight children's books.
Last year it was reported that director Darren Aronofsky was bringing Atwood's trilogy to the small screen - under the title MaddAddam - in conjunction with HBO.
Thames Water apologised to customers in the TW and W postcode areas who were affected by the problem with one of its pumps at Hampton.
The firm said engineers had restarted the pumps but water pressure was "still rebuilding".
There have also been water problems in the north-west of England.
In Stockport, Greater Manchester, a leak on Derby Way at the junction of Derby Street has left United Utilities customers in the SK6 postcode area with no water or poor pressure.
The company said its engineers were still on the site and it was taking longer than expected to complete the repairs.
In Bolton the burst water main on Baysdale Avenue has been fixed.
Juan Xu, who lives in Twickenham, told the BBC she and her husband thought nothing at first of there being no water in their house, as they imagined the problem would be resolved shortly.
But when they went to a nearby petrol station to buy charcoal for a planned family barbecue, they found long queues for bottled water and realised the scale of the problem might be greater than they first thought.
"I can't believe this is happening in London," she said.
"We have 10 people coming for a barbecue and now it looks like they won't be able to stay.
"We're probably going to go to book into a hotel now."
Residents have taken to Twitter to express dismay at the water problems.
Emma Ling said: "There is no running water in Twickenham on Christmas Day, can't cook Christmas dinner. Merry Christmas to you all. Bah humbug."
Emma Pound wrote: "Christmas Day and we have no NO WATER! @thameswater please hurry and get the TW area back in action."
John Soones said: "No water in the bathrooms and only a dribble upstairs. I'm sorry for the poor people working on Christmas Day to put this right."
The alleged attack happened at St Denys station in Southampton just after midnight, in the early hours of Friday.
Dylan Collins, 23, of Leighton Avenue, Southampton, has been charged with rape, dangerous driving and failing to provide a breath test in connection with the alleged incident.
He has been remanded in custody and will appear at Southampton Magistrates' Court on Monday.
The tycoon told the BBC he would probably join a club for party donors called the Leader's Group.
This club requires an annual membership fee of £50,000.
Lord Ashcroft - also a former party treasurer - donated millions of pounds to the Conservatives, often targeted at marginal seats, but fell out with ex-prime minister David Cameron in 2010.
Speaking to BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg, the peer praised Mr Cameron's replacement, Theresa May, for her speech on Brexit to the Conservative conference on Sunday.
Asked whether he would be prepared to donate again, he said: "I think, probably, I might join the Leader's Group again but that's a small sum compared to historically what I have given to the party."
The Leader's Group is described as the Conservative Party's "premier supporter group".
Members are invited to join the prime minister and other senior figures at dinners, drinks receptions and other events, in exchange for their annual £50,000 donation.
Lord Ashcroft, who was ranked 74 in the 2015 Sunday Times Rich List, said he hoped that under Mrs May the party would have "significantly broadened" its funding base so it was not dependent on individuals giving "seven-figure sums".
Asked whether he would be prepared to donate smaller sums, he replied: "Under the appropriate circumstances and the direction in which it's heading, it's very nice to be back."
Lord Ashcroft was deputy chairman of the Conservative Party during Mr Cameron's period as Leader of the Opposition.
In July 2010, he gave up his non-domiciled tax status after a law was passed requiring peers and MPs to be tax resident and domiciled in order to remain in Parliament.
His tax status had long been criticised by his opponents.
When he co-authored a book on Mr Cameron last year, he admitted to having personal "beef" with the prime minister after not being offered a major job in the coalition government following the 2010 general election.
He has been credited with helping to rescue the party's finances in the past, once stepping in to personally guarantee its overdraft when it was reportedly £3m in the red.
The Grade II-listed London Road Fire Station will be refurbished and expanded in the redevelopment.
A boutique hotel and spa, restaurants, bars, flats, and offices are included in the plans, while a new glass prism will feature in a central courtyard.
Developers Allied London, who bought the building in 2015, hope to start work later in the year.
A spokesman said the landmark would be "sensitively refurbished and expanded" in order to "preserve its unique character".
A new wing will be built for the hotel and the old firemen's flats will be developed if planning permission is granted.
London Road Fire Station, opposite Piccadilly Station, was built between 1904 and 1906, and served as the headquarters for Manchester's fire brigade in the first half of the 20th Century, before closing in the mid-1980s.
It was bought by Britannia Hotels in 1985, which ran an office there until about 2001, when it was placed on English Heritage's At Risk register.
The site was then sold to Allied London, which is also working on another project to convert the Old Granada Studios site into a 210-room hotel with a rooftop restaurant and apartments.
The existing studios would be kept in order to provide space for performances and artists.
Plans for that project have not yet been submitted to Manchester City Council.
The successful candidate will be required on one day per month to taste up to 40 craft beers at the Walled City Brewery in Londonderry.
"A good palate and an understanding of the brewing process" were essential criteria for the unpaid position, said James Huey from the brewery.
He said the advertisement in Friday's Derry Journal had piqued interest.
The brewery had already received several applications for the post, said Mr Huey.
The job advert promises transport to and from work is provided; overtime could well be a bonus.
"Training will be provided but ideally we are looking for an understanding of the nature of craft beers, for someone who knows a lot about flavours," said Mr Huey.
While beer testing might not be to your taste, there are plenty of unorthodox roles for those looking for an alternative to a nine-to-five.
Here are five other "dream jobs":
In 2009, Ben Southall, a charity fundraiser from Petersfield, Hampshire was appointed caretaker of an Australian tropical island, a six-month position described as "the best job in the world".
The 34-year-old beat 34,000 applicants to secure the position, which came with a A$150,000 salary and a luxury villa on Hamilton Island, in Queensland.
"For me it was six months of hard work," he later said of his island adventure.
Three years ago, holiday company First Choice appointed its first ever water-slide tester.
Seb Smith, a student from Somerset, spent the summer of 2013 getting paid to rate water slides across the globe.
Most of us would be shown the door for sleeping on the job.
But not so, if your job is to test beds for a national hotel chain.
In October 2011, it was reported that Natalie Thomas, a bed tester for the Premier Inn chain, had insured her bottom for £4m.
Her role sees her test up to 25 beds a day.
Duties for one of the world's more unusual job titles included going to "parties and VIP events in New South Wales, Australia".
American Andrew Smith was one of six funsters chosen by Tourism Australia in 2013.
"In my opinion, chief funster is somebody who goes and discovers the passion behind what people do," he said.
For many, a coffee break chocolate bar is among the day's highlights.
But imagine if eating chocolate was your job?
In 2011, William Leigh was appointed "assistant chocolate taster" at Green & Blacks.
"It's certainly a full-time job," he said after taking up his role. "I'm in the kitchen every day at eight o'clock."
Under the blistering Bahraini sun archaeologist Salman Al Mahari and his team are excavating a section on the western side of the Al-Khamis mosque site.
With its twin minarets the mosque used to act as a landmark for ships at sea guiding them to land in the 14th century.
But today, excavating the mosque has a far more important function as Islamic archaeology takes on the extremists at their own game.
At a recent conference in Manama, the capital of Bahrain, archaeologists working in over 14 Islamic countries around the world participated in a first of its kind conference.
Islamic Archaeology in Global Perspective brought together some of the most distinguished scholars working in the field of Islamic archaeology to share first hand their recent practical experience in countries torn apart by war, and to investigate the various influences on the science of archaeology.
New Zealander, Alan Walmsley, Professor of Islamic Archaeology and Art at the University of Copenhagen says his investigations aim to disseminate a fuller account of social, cultural, and economic developments in Arab and Islamic history. "I interrogate faded and misinformed historical narratives," he explains.
He begins by unpicking past Western interest in Bilad Al-Sham, an historic region of the Middle East known as Greater Syria.
"Islamic discoveries were incidental to the objective of archaeological interest in Greater Syria," he says."The focus of digs were on the Biblical, Hellenistic and Classical past. These earlier periods took precedence in research."
Animosity between Islam and the West compounded the lack of interest in Muslim remains according to Alastair Northedge, professor at the Universites de Paris 1.
He spoke in the context of his recent trip to Iraq, about the West's overwhelming concerns with their own past. "There is quite a good example in Iraq," he says. "Babylon seems to belong to the West."
Corisande Fenwick, a lecturer in Archaeology of the Mediterranean at University College London (UCL) took time to describe painstaking research into food remains indicating when pork was no longer consumed and so revealing the pace at which Islam was established across the Maghreb region.
She attributes the Western assessment of archaeological finds prior to the mid-1950s to a colonial interpretation.
"If you go back before independence, archaeology is all driven by colonial scholars," she says.
"They were attracted by the exotic nature of their finds. That reinforced the idea that the Islamic world was somehow different and needed to be controlled by colonial powers," she adds.
But it is not just a Western agenda that has shaped excavations in the Muslim world. Alastair Northedge also notes that Muslims themselves have not always been concerned with protecting the material heritage of the great spiritual sanctuaries.
"It is not just Mecca and Medina, but also Shia shrines in Najaf and Karbala in Iraq" he says.
"There seems to be a preference for building something new rather than conserving the old because the emphasis is on the spiritual nature of these places not their materiality."
But a wider vision is coming and the rise in the number of excavations throughout the Gulf area attests to a burgeoning interest in the material past. St John Simpson, archaeologist and senior curator at the British Museum, says that a revival of interest in Islamic archaeology is long overdue.
"It's part and parcel of a search for Muslim cultural identity," he explains. It is also an opportunity to redress earlier misconceptions.
"Since the 19th century and continuing though much of the 20th century commercial excavations led by dealers have in parts of the world flooded the market with objects which were traditionally celebrated by art historians," Dr Simpson says. "They celebrated the beauty of those pieces and therefore reconstructed material cultures on the basis of those objects."
This world of appreciation driven by beauty is the natural perspective of art historians who rate aesthetics over function. "So metal ware, certain types of glass and glazed ceramics are elevated slightly disproportionately to their real functional value in the past.
"Metal ware, glass and glazed ceramics are more highly rated than pottery, brass or plain glass and unfortunately that gives a rather skewed impression," he says.
This new phase is also putting the spotlight on less well known aspects of the Muslim world. Saudi Arabian archaeologist Saad bin Abdulaziz Al Rashid says the Saudi Authority for Tourism and Heritage is in the process of broadening its scope beyond the Holy Places.
"Dams, wells, springs, fortresses along pilgrim tourist routes are all key to the understanding of the spread of Islam," he says.
"We are maintaining the Islamic cultural identity while ensuring their future sustainability," he asserts.
"These sites are significant not only to Muslims at large, but also to non-Muslim scholars and as part of the archaeological work we are supporting the transference and dissemination of the facts surrounding Islamic history."
Saad in Abdulaziz Al Rashid goes on to cite the rich remains of the Nabataean cities of Al Ula and Mada'n Saleh, the furthest western outpost of the civilisation centred at Petra in Jordan. "These first century tombs are now a tourist attraction." he states.
Meanwhile Alastair Northedge notes that the contemporary, more comprehensive vision of Islam counterbalances the extremist fixation with the time of the Prophet.
"All that millennium and a half of great Islamic civilisation, the golden age, has tended to disappear," he comments. "That means forgetting discoveries in philosophy, science that can tell us so much."
Now educated mainstream Muslims are seeking an intelligent tolerant Islam they can relate to and which is absent from Islamic State (IS) discourse.
Today's archaeologist may cross modern political frontiers shattering paradigms created within borders. A globalised archaeology sees expert working collaboratively in diverse countries across the Muslim world.
St John Simpson says that the British Museum is already working with Iraqi archaeologists to build capacity for a whole new generation.
"For a post-Daesh world where we can dig across Iraq safely, training schemes in southern and northern Iraq are helping prepare archaeologists."
Some Iraqi trainees are currently working in Mosul at a time of conflict making assessments of the archaeology and the damage to cultural property with a view that when peace is restored there can be reconstruction.
Nor far away from the conference taking place in Bahrain's National Theatre, Salman al-Mahari is looking at some newly unearthed tombstones.
"These are the same type of stones found in Shiraz, in south-central, Iran," he confirms. "They reflect the cultural and economic exchange between these two places dating from the 11th centuries and perhaps even earlier."
As well as introducing the notion of globalism to modern Islamic archaeology, the conference holds out the prospect of an objective assessment of current and previous findings that will offer a more balanced and revisionist account of the social history of Islam.
The drawing, by Belgian cartoonist Herge, is from his book The Blue Lotus, set in Shanghai.
French auction house Artcurial organised the auction.
They said the work was the only original from the book still in private hands, and had been bought by an Asian collector.
"The Blue Lotus is considered by specialists as the masterpiece album of Herge," said Eric Leroy, Artcurial's expert in comics.
"It was also unusual to talk about China in the thirties in Europe," he added.
The auction house also facilitated the record-breaking sale of a hand-drawn Tintin In America cover for 2.65 million euros (about $3m) including fees - 1.3m euros without - in Paris in May.
Scott hit a late equaliser in their qualifier as England came back to draw 1-1 with Belgium, who led from keeper Karen Bardsley's error.
Second-placed England play Bosnia and Herzegovina in Zenica on Tuesday, when Group 7 leaders Belgium play Estonia.
"We know we have to get that win," said 29-year-old Scott.
Asked how confident England are of topping the group she added: "Always confident. I'm always confident when I meet up with England.
"If you look at the players we had on the bench against Belgium it's frightening. I look to my left, I look to my right, and I'm around really good players.
"We're more than capable of beating Bosnia."
The Lionesses beat Bosnia 1-0 in the reverse fixture earlier this season, their first home match since finishing third at last summer's World Cup in Canada.
Winger Karen Carney, effective from the bench as England came from behind in Rotherham on Friday, will be a strong contender to start on Tuesday after being praised for her contribution by Mark Sampson.
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The England manager also said goalkeeper Bardsley will retain her place despite her error leading to Belgium's goal - the first conceded by England in a home qualifier in almost 14 years.
Michelle O'Neill also insisted an Irish Language Act would be part of the post-election negotiations.
However, she refused to say if it would be a deal breaker for her party.
Launching Sinn Féin's manifesto in Armagh, she said she was not in the business of setting "red lines" ahead of negotiations.
But she did defend the use of the petition of concern, which DUP leader Arlene Foster has suggested should be scrapped.
If a petition of concern is presented to the assembly speaker, any motion or amendment will need cross-community support.
In such cases, a vote on proposed legislation will only pass if supported by a weighted majority (60%) of members voting, including at least 40% of each of the nationalist and unionist designations present and voting.
Effectively this means that, provided enough MLAs from a particular community agree, that community can exercise a veto over the assembly's decisions.
A valid petition requires the signatures of 30 MLAs.
"Clearly years of unionist misrule, and even in the last number of weeks the attempt to denigrate rights of individuals, has shown that we need to have mechanisms in place that protect peoples' rights," she said.
"The petition of concern needs to be used in the manner it was intended, which is to protect minority rights.
"It is others who have abused that position and have used it to deny people rights. That is not acceptable."
Mrs O'Neill also accused the DUP of using the issue as a smokescreen.
"I think the DUP want to talk about everything but scandal, corruption and RHI," she said.
The 12-page manifesto entitled Equality Respect Integrity - includes the party's ten-point plan set out in the last assembly election in May to deal with problems in health, education, housing and welfare.
But it also contains a list of 25 priorities which are likely to form the template for Sinn Féin's post-election negotiation.
They include:
Asked about the DUP's rejection of an Irish Language Act, Mrs O'Neill said: "Look elsewhere, look at Scotland and Wales, they still have a health service and an education service alongside a language act. So we will not be detracted.
"We know what the DUP is attempting to do, to bring away from the fact this election is about arrogance, disrespect and contempt for the public."
Asked if the Irish language act would be a deal breaker in the post-election talks, she said: " I wont be drawn on a red line."
Mrs O'Neil also repeated the party's opposition to Mrs Foster returning as first minister before the RHI public inquiry concludes.
"While there is a cloud over Arlene Foster in relation to the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scandal we will not be supporting her position of first minister or deputy first minister in an executive office," Mrs O'Neill said.
"We have to have a full investigation. We have public concern and outrage and demands for answers. The RHI scheme has been all of the DUP's making."
Evans' wedding date was set for next week more than a year ago when the lock was out of the Wales reckoning following a series of injuries.
He said: "If everything does go well for the team in the first Test, and I hope it does, then I can fully understand the situation.
Saturday, 2 June: Wales v Barbarians (Millennium Stadium, 14:00 BST)
Saturday, 9 June: Australia v Wales (Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane; 11:00 BST)
Tuesday, 12 June: Brumbies v Wales (Canberra Stadium, Canberra; 10:30 BST)
Saturday, 16 June: Australia v Wales (Etihad Stadium, Melbourne; 11:00 BST)
Saturday, 23 June: Australia v Wales (Aussie Stadium, Sydney; 0600 BST)
"I will have to take it on the chin."
Evans will delay his honeymoon to join the Wales squad down under and will be in contention for the second Test in Melbourne on 16 June.
Fellow Osprey Alun Wyn Jones could also miss the first Test as he attends his sister's wedding ahead of Wales' clash against the Barbarians in Cardiff on Saturday.
Jones and Evans' wedding commitments mean they are likely to line up against the Baa-Baas, with Bradley Davies expected to return alongside Luke Charteris to take on the Wallabies.
After a promising start, Evans' career was hit by serious knee and shoulder injuries that stymied his progress.
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But he fought back to fitness and form ahead of the Six Nations in which he played an impressive part in Wales' Grand Slam.
He added: "At the time we chose the wedding date, I was just getting back into it with the Ospreys after injury.
"A lot of things have changed from January onwards, really, which have been really positive in my rugby career.
"It has all been a bit of a whirlwind. If you had said to me at the start of this season how it would end, I would have laughed at you.
"I've had a bit of luck, which everyone needs, and things have progressed really well. It has been a little overwhelming, really.
"I have proved to myself that if I get the game-time under my belt then I can keep on progressing.
"I can accept that it could be tough to get back in the team.
"Once you get your chance, you have got to take it, and if I am lucky enough to get another chance then the responsibility falls on my shoulders."
12 August 2015 Last updated at 13:57 BST
Two Russian cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) took a spacewalk to clean a porthole window, 250 miles above the Earth's surface.
The window had gathered years of dirt left by the exhaust fumes of visiting spaceships.
As well as giving the porthole a clean, the cosmonauts also installed new equipment and carried out maintenance outside the station,
It took them six hours to complete the job.
It was the fourth spacewalk on the ISS this year, and the tenth one for station commander, Gennady Padalka, who holds the record for the most time any person has spent in space.
Last week Chautala and 54 others were convicted of forging documents to hire 3,206 teachers between 1999 and 2000.
Prosecutors said well-qualified candidates were rejected in favour of those who offered bribes for jobs.
It is estimated that the scam was worth about 1.5bn rupees ($28m; £18m).
Chautala is the leader of the Indian National Lok Dal party and the son of former deputy prime minister Devi Lal.
His supporters and police clashed outside the court complex on Tuesday. Police used batons and fired teargas shells to control thousands of protesters who gathered there.
The scandal only came to light in 2008 when the federal Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed charges against Chautala and the others.
The Panthers will play six games in 11 days between 23 December and 2 January, including back-to-back games against arch-rivals Sheffield Steelers.
Neilson told BBC Radio Nottingham: "I hope (new signing) Jason Williams will be in and David Clarke will be fit.
"I am hopeful Geoff Waugh and Jeff Dimmen are close, they look close."
Panthers beat Elite League leaders Cardiff Devils 5-2 at the National Ice Centre on Sunday, following a 7-4 defeat at Belfast Giants the previous night.
"Waugh has recently started skating and Dimmen will start skating this week," continued Neilson.
"When they come back, we turn into a different animal. We can then maybe rest guys, like (Alex) Nikiforuk and (Matt) Carter, who are playing injured at the moment.
"It all comes down to bodies. I am not making excuses, we are running on fumes."
The exact date of Williams' arrival is not yet known, and the club say that "the player has family commitments in North America but, with the visa now approved, the Panthers office will be working closely with the player with the hope of getting him to the UK as soon as possible".
Staff received the news this morning when they arrived at work.
BBC News website readers have been getting in touch with their reaction to today's announcement
We all turned up for work in Wimbledon this morning and waited an hour for our mail delivery to arrive before being read the announcement that there would not be one.
We will be paid until the end of the week, but will not be made redundant until the "consultation" is concluded.
So no money, no P45, nothing until we hear from them.
I've loved this job, all one year and nine months of it, but see little chance of it resuming. It's very disappointing.
This feels like limbo.
The news came as a complete surprise, I had no inkling whatsoever.
I am now 64. I got this job when I was 61 so this may be the end of the line in more ways than one, I will have to go back to the job centre to see what they say.
I got to know lots of people on my rounds.
I had a 30-year career before this in the directories business. This was a nice follow-on.
I was one of the first employees in Manchester. I have worked for them since 2013. I feel gutted and betrayed.
As of this morning I am not entirely sure what will happen. We had a meeting this morning where we were told we were laid off pending a consultation period.
No one knows what that means.
I usually get to work between 0600 and 0630 and by that time there is normally mail to be sorted.
It got to 0700 this morning when the team leader summoned us all and said she had some news and it wasn't good.
This is completely out of blue for the employees. We worked normally this past Saturday.
Grown men were crying this morning, it was heart-breaking.
TNT targeted unemployed people to go and work for them, and paid them the minimum wage. We were all on performance-related pay and the targets were difficult to meet.
It was a brilliant job, we loved it and it was hard to see how the business model could fail.
We will all have to go back on the dole now.
Nick Nairn, Hammersmith, London: I work as a delivery operative and cycle instructor at the Chiswick depot in West London.
I found out the news this morning when I arrived at work at 0715 and it's fair to say that I was in a state of shock. I didn't expect something like this to happen.
Despite all the criticism, Whistl is a fantastic company to work for and I would hate for something like this to be the end of it.
Sam, Manchester: Found out today that I'm out of a job. Union were not even informed by the company, I had to find out from the news as nobody bothered to let me know.
I work five days a week, and find out that I'm not employed out of the blue. Thanks Whistl!
Charley Newell, London: I've worked for these for nearly five years now, now they want to try and make me redundant?
I feel hard done by and I'm not having it.
Laurence Heyes, Manchester: I have worked for Whistl/TNT post since the very start. I cannot believe I've lost my job - we don't even know what's going to happen.
Julius Marstrand, Cheltenham: Despite cherry-picking some of the most lucrative parts of the postal service, including commercial bulk-mailing, leaving Royal Mail to maintain the universal delivery system, even Whistl appears to have been unable to survive in the increasingly fragmented and cut-throat postal system.
TNT was the delivery company that Rupert Murdoch employed to deliver his newspapers from "Fortress Wapping".
Having done its best to undermine both the print and communications workers unions and the public postal service, I have little sympathy for TNT's shareholders, only great sympathy for its underpaid employees.
Wendy Bishop, London: This is the best news I have heard for days. The deliverers can never be bothered to look at the addresses properly and virtually every day I have to re-post mail meant for the other flats.
Why should I trail up the stairs to do their job for them?
I suspect that not only have the deliverers not been given sufficient time to do the job properly, but also that a zero-hours contract doesn't exactly act as a motivator for staff to do a decent job! Are we surprised? Welcome to another five years of the same.
West Londoner, Hammersmith: While I feel bad for the people who will be put out of work, this is great news for the people whose post is delivered by TNT/Whistl.
In the two years I have been living in my flat I have never received a council tax, water or utility bill, my doctors/hospital appointment letters haven't turned up on time, and when I wrote to them to complain they sent the reply by Royal Mail. Their service is a joke I'm glad it's not expanding.
Hong Kong made 120-7 off their 20 overs in Dharamsala, with Ireland reaching 122-0 in reply off just 12.2 overs.
Captain William Porterfield thrashed 75 not out off 36 balls, with fellow opener Andrew Balbirnie unbeaten on 47.
Mark Chapman top-scored for Hong Kong with 64 not out, the only man to pass 20, while seamer Tim Murtagh was the pick of Ireland's bowlers with 2-21.
Max Sorensen, Boyd Rankin and Andrew McBrine took one wicket apiece for the Irish at the HPCA Stadium.
Earlier at the same venue, Zimbabwe suffered a humiliating seven-wicket defeat at the hands of local side Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association XI.
Ireland play Zimbabwe in their next warm-up game on Saturday, before beginning their World T20 campaign against Oman in Dharamsala on 9 March.
Two women were allegedly assaulted with an electrical stunning device during the incident at the Original Factory Shop on Monday.
James Stewart Irvine, 53, faces three counts of assault and robbery, and possession of a prohibited weapon.
Irvine, from Newtown St Boswells, appeared in private at Jedburgh Sheriff Court and made no plea.
He was remanded in custody by Sheriff Peter Paterson and is expected to appear at Selkirk Sheriff Court on 15 October.
A 36-year-old man has also been arrested and charged in connection with the same incident.
He is expected to appear in court at a later date.
Police Scotland said inquiries to trace a third man in connection with the incident are ongoing.
Ch Insp Andy McLean said: "Extensive inquiries were conducted by officers in an effort to trace the suspects as quickly as possible following what was a shocking and distressing incident for those involved.
"Thankfully, incidents like this are rare in the Borders and I want to thank the public for their continued support during our investigation."
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Jamie Peacock, Kevin Sinfield and Kylie Leuluai ended their careers and left the club after beating Wigan Warriors at Old Trafford on Saturday.
The win followed success in the League Leaders' Shield and Challenge Cup to complete a domestic treble.
The trio were honoured at a celebratory event at the First Direct Arena.
Speaking after winning the Grand Final, former England captain Peacock said: "It's a bit difficult to sum up. I'm lost for words.
"I just feel fortunate to be in a great team. It's a team sport and that's why rugby league is such a great sport."
Leeds City Council leader Judith Blake said: "It has been another amazing season for the Leeds Rhinos and [the event] is an opportunity for supporters to congratulate the team on their efforts and also say a big thank you to legends Kevin Sinfield, Jamie Peacock and Kylie Leuluai."
"We are extremely proud as a city of the Rhinos, whose commitment, dedication and achievements on the field - coupled with the work they do in our communities - is simply fantastic.
"They are undoubtedly fully deserving of an event such as this."
Leeds Rhinos chief executive, Gary Hetherington, said it would be a "spectacular live show" with performances from The Pigeon Detectives showing appreciation for the three retiring stars.
One of them has been left in such pain she said she had considered taking her own life.
The women are now starting legal action for claims of medical negligence.
The mesh or tape implants are used by surgeons in an operation to treat organ prolapse and urinary incontinence, which can be common after childbirth.
The Department of Health said it is "recognised that women who have undergone these procedures may experience complications, as is the case with any surgical procedures, and these symptoms can be distressing".
"It is essential that clinicians that conduct these operations carry out audits to ensure they are performing to the highest possible standards."
The UK's medical products regulator said the current evidence was that the devices are "acceptably safe" if used "properly and as intended."
Mary Morris was 50 years old when she had the operation in 2013. Far from curing her incontinence, she said, it left her in excruciating pain.
"Whenever I was walking I could feel the mesh coming out of my inner thigh. It was like a saw cutting into me, hot and burning. My actual skin had ripped open and was bleeding. That was it eroding."
The mother of three has now had the implant partially removed but explained that she is still suffering.
"I just got that low at times that I didn't want to live. I am a very strong person but it has ruined my family life. I have a young son who is autistic and I could not look after him. I have to get my daughter to do everything for me. I am in severe pain - it's horrendous."
The mesh is made of polypropolene which is a type of plastic. It has been used for a long time in operations - surgeons routinely use it in hernia repair, for example.
Its use as a vaginal implant for the treatment of incontinence is common in Northern Ireland.
Figures seen by the BBC show that in four out of the five health trusts it was used in more than 4,300 such operations from 2006 to 2016.
The procedure uses the mesh as a type of sling or hammock to hold up the internal organs and prevent leakage of urine.
Incontinence after childbirth is a big problem.
Judging how many women are affected is difficult, however, a medical study carried out in 1998 showed that the condition was sufficiently severe to require sanitary protection in over 12% of women aged 35 to 74 in Northern Ireland.
Dr Robin Ashe is a retired consultant gynaecologist at the Antrim Area Hospital. He said that the vaginal mesh and tape operations are a "safe and effective procedure" - as long as they are done in the correct circumstances and by people who are trained in the use of the device.
"Urinary incontinence is very common and is very debilitating and people are living miserable lives. This is an operation which turns around a life. It is effective in over 80% of cases."
"But I do acknowledge that these very unfortunate patients have developed long term problems, or seemingly long term problems and that is distressing."
That some women experience painful and long-lasting complications after this procedure is a story that is replicated across the UK.
The local health trusts, the board and the Public Health Agency turned down BBC NI's offer to be interviewed on the issue.
The Scottish government set up an independent review group looking at the safety of mesh implants in 2014 after women, several of whom were in wheelchairs, gave evidence to the Holyrood Petitions Committee.
An interim report was delivered in October 2015 and the final conclusions were published in March 2017. More than 20,000 women in Scotland have had the operation over the past 20 years.
Data obtained by BBC One's Victoria Derbyshire programme shows that between April 2007 and March 2015, more than 92,000 women had vaginal mesh and other types of tape implants. About one in 11 has experienced problems, the figures suggest.
Figures obtained by BBC News NI from the body that manages negligence and other claims against the NHS in England, reveal that in a group action of 31 cases which relate to the use of mesh without full consent four have been settled with damages paid of £327,798.
Six have received interim payments of £30,000 but have not yet settled.
In seven other cases of medical negligence, damages have been paid of £204,000 while 18 claims have been closed without the payment of damages and 21 claims remain open.
The finances of Mr Jammeh would also be investigated, Abubacarr Tambadou added.
People would be encouraged to confess to crimes, and victims would be offered compensation, he said.
The former regime was accused of widespread torture and enforced disappearances during its 22-year rule.
There were also unconfirmed allegations that more than $11m (£8.8m) went missing from The Gambia's state coffers following Mr Jammeh's departure in January.
He fled to Equatorial Guinea in January after regional troops entered the tiny West African state to force him to accept defeat to property developer Adama Barrow in elections the previous month.
"A Truth and Reconciliation Commission with appropriate reparations for victims will be set up within the next six months and public hearings will be expected to commence by the end of the year," Mr Tambadou said in a statement.
Former intelligence chief Yankuba Badjie was arrested in January, making him the first of Mr Jammeh's security officials to be taken into custody by the new government.
No official reason was given for his arrest.
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After his election victory, Mr Barrow pledged that his government would not seek vengeance against officials of the former regime, and would instead set up a South Africa-styled Truth and Reconciliation Commission to heal wounds of the past.
In a 2015 report, campaign group Human Rights Watch said Mr Jammeh's regime "frequently committed serious human rights violations, including arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, and torture against those who voiced opposition".
Torture methods included the "electroshock of body parts, including genitals and dripping melted plastic bags onto the skin", it said.
The regime relied heavily on its intelligence agency to target opponents, and was also accused of running paramilitary hit squads.
It denied the allegation, insisting that it upheld the law.
It is three years since the Historical Institutional Abuse inquiry was set up to consider allegations dating back to 1922.
Such is the scale of its task, however, that its final report is not expected until next year at the earliest.
With the inquiry examining cases stretching back over decades, many of those affected are now elderly.
Some abuse victims have died without receiving any compensation or form of recognition.
Margaret McGuckin of the charity Survivors and Victims of Institutional Abuse (SAVIA) warned on Thursday that time is running out for other survivors.
Speaking at the inquiry in Banbridge, she said: "We stand together, united as one in asking our government to make an immediate commitment in agreeing to the setting up of proposals to begin the start of an interim redress scheme for those children, now adults, who were put into the care of church and state-run institutions."
Her concern was echoed by fellow group member Martin Adams, who will give evidence to the inquiry on Thursday afternoon.
He alleges he was abused in the government-run Rathgael Training School.
Although it was the Ryan report into abuse within the Catholic Church which originally led to the establishment of the inquiry, Mr Adams is one of a growing number of witnesses who say they were abused in institutions with no connection to religious organisations.
In a statement, Mr Adams said: "No longer can the government, or those who were in charge of abuse victims at the time, deny that these abuses happened."
They say they have no wish to pre-empt the findings of the inquiry but claim the evidence up to now has been "damning".
The 27-year-old later told police the act had been a "dare", police said.
Video footage showed a spray of water being thrown over the group carrying the torch in Maracaju in central Brazil.
The torch relay will cover 20,000km (12,400 mile) and 300 Brazilian cities before the flame arrives in Rio de Janeiro for the Games opening ceremony.
The incident comes a week after a rare jaguar was shot and killed after being used in an Olympic torch ceremony.
Morbaine has already signed up Aldi and Home Bargains as tenants for the North Road development.
It said it was also in talks with other retailers, including Marks and Spencer, to fill the other two available units.
Highland Council officials had recommended against a mixed-use park.
Cheshire-based Morbaine previously secured outline planning consent for some 55,000 sq ft of non-food retail use before seeking to expand the type of retailing allowed at the site.
The new proposals include plans to build a roundabout next to the site, along the A82.
Morbaine has said the development could lead to 150 new retail jobs after construction.
Morbaine director Alex Brodie said: "I would like to thank the local community in Fort William and the surrounding area who have been nothing but supportive and constructive over the years and we look forward to providing them with the additional retail options that they have been asking for."
He added: "We will keep the community updated on our progress and let them know more about when the retail park might be open and how local businesses can participate in the construction process."
Known in Washington for his doggedness and common-sense conservatism, he beat off younger rivals to secure the Republican party's nomination for president in 2008.
As a US Navy pilot, Mr McCain narrowly escaped death in July 1967 when a missile exploded near his fuel tanks, sparking a ship fire that left 134 troops dead.
Three months later he was shot down over Vietnam, where he spent five years as a prisoner of war.
The son of a four-star admiral, he was offered early release due to his father's prominence - but rejected it. Instead, he endured repeated beatings and torture, including two years in solitary confinement.
The six-term senator now faces another grave battle, after being diagnosed with brain cancer.
Mr McCain had surgery to remove a blood clot from near his left eye on 14 July, and was found to have an aggressive form of brain tumour known as glioblastoma.
Well-wishes from across the political divide saw four former presidents praise his tenacity, with President Trump sending his "thoughts and prayers", and Barack Obama - his rival for the presidency in 2008 - commenting, "John McCain is an American hero... Cancer doesn't know what it's up against."
Mr McCain stayed in the armed forces after his return to the US, ultimately acting as naval liaison to the Senate until his retirement in 1981.
It was at this point that he moved to Arizona to embark on a political career, winning a congressional seat in 1982 and securing a Senate seat four years later.
Running against George W Bush for the 2000 presidential nomination, Mr McCain's direct style won him initial support and he secured a surprise victory in the New Hampshire primary.
But he was hit by a number of attacks as campaigning turned increasingly negative, and later fell out with influential members of the so-called "religious right".
The choice of Christian conservative Sarah Palin as running mate for his 2008 presidential campaign was designed to win over such Republicans.
Mr McCain has never been afraid to adopt a controversial position - especially since Donald Trump's emergence in politics.
Though he has since hardened some of his views, he has previously attracted the ire of social conservatives for his relatively moderate views on civil unions, abortion and immigration reform.
He was one of the Iraq war's strongest supporters, and backed the troop increase there known as the "surge".
As chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee he has been a vocal - and hawkish - force in foreign policy and military affairs.
While battling Mr Obama for the White House, Mr McCain stressed his own experience in these areas and argued that he would make a far better commander-in-chief.
The Arizona Senator has repeatedly criticised President Trump's warming relations with Russia, and spent New Year's Eve 2016 with Ukrainian Marines.
"We stand w/them in their fight against #Putin's aggression," he tweeted then.
Mr McCain withdrew his support for Mr Trump - then his party's presidential nominee - in October 2016, the day after a 2005 recording emerged of him making obscene remarks about women and appearing to trivialise sexual assault.
"When Mr Trump attacks women and demeans the women in our nation and in our society, that is a point where I just have to part company," he said.
In July 2017, he told CBS's Face the Nation that Russian President Vladimir Putin "got away with" trying to change the result of the 2016 US presidential election.
The Republican elder has repeatedly shown himself willing to work with Democrats or vote against his party on ideological grounds, including when he voted to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and against George W Bush's tax cuts.
He co-sponsored a bipartisan immigration bill in 2007 which, had it passed, would have offered an amnesty to illegal immigrants as well as tougher border controls.
And he was the author, with Democrat Senator Russ Feingold, of a major campaign finance reform in 2002 intended to reduce the influence of money and pressure groups in US elections.
He has criticised President Trump's refugee travel ban, saying it betrays American values and "in some areas, will give Isis [Islamic State] some more propaganda".
When news broke of the president's confrontational first phone call with Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Mr McCain phoned Australia's US ambassador, Joe Hockey, to express "unwavering support" for the countries' relationship.
In 2017, Mr McCain travelled to war-torn Syria to visit US forces deployed there.
He called the Trump administration's decision not to prioritise ending the Syrian civil war "another disgraceful chapter in American history".
As news emerged of his cancer diagnosis, the senator's office said he was "in good spirits as he continues to recover at home with his family".
His family reacted with "shock" to the news, his 32-year-old daughter Meghan said.
"It won't surprise you to learn that in all of this, the one of us who is most confident and calm is my father," she said on Twitter.
"So he is meeting this challenge as he has every other. Cancer may afflict him in many ways: but it will not make him surrender. Nothing ever has."
Freda Boyd, 51, from Drumeen Drive in Garvagh, is accused of ill-treating four different people while they were in-patients for mental health disorders at Garvagh Care Home on 22 March 2014.
A solicitor said she would be contesting the four charges.
Ms Boyd did not attend Coleraine Magistrates Court on Friday and the pleas were entered by her solicitor.
The case was adjourned for two weeks.
"This is a very serious matter. This is not something I'm going to deal with in her absence," a judge told the court
Ms Boyd's solicitor said there were questions to be answered as to why it had taken so long to prosecute her.
Glasgow-born Smith, 21, is a product of the Welsh development system and finishes a degree at Bristol University in 2016.
He has played 14 first-class matches, but missed much of the 2015 season because of injury and university studies.
Smith has also represented his native Scotland.
He told the club's website: "I've grown up supporting Glamorgan, so to sign a new long-term contract at the club is really pleasing for me.
"There's a few of us coming up through the age groups, such as Andrew Salter and David Lloyd, and hopefully we can make an impression in the first team."
Smith has a highest first-class score of 57 not out, and best bowling figures of 3-23.
Glamorgan chief executive and director of cricket Hugh Morris said: "Ruaidhri is a very talented young bowler who has shown real potential since coming into the first team squad."
Earlier this week, spinner Andrew Salter also signed a three-year contract extension, while experienced wicketkeeper-batsman Mark Wallace agreed a deal for a further year.
Letetia Jordan, 20, of Burdett Grove, Whittlesey, left the baby with water up to her chest for at least 10 minutes last May, police said.
Later she was found "not moving" in the bath, but she was eventually revived.
Jordan was given an 18-month sentence, suspended for two years, having previously admitted child cruelty at Peterborough Crown Court.
Elliott now leads reigning champion Willie Mullins in the Irish jump racing season's prize-money-determined title race by almost 500,000 Euro (£424,500).
The highlight was the win for Empire Of Dirt (12-1) in the day's feature race for jockey Bryan Cooper.
"I've never had six at one meeting on a day before," said Elliott.
"I did have seven once spread between Bellewstown and Perth - I can't believe it; they were good races too.
"It's a day to enjoy - I have a good bunch of staff and a lot of nice horses - we're delighted."
Asked about taking the championship that Mullins has dominated for eight seasons, Elliott insisted that he had "no chance, no chance" of wrestling it away.
It was a third win in a row in the Troytown for the Cheltenham Gold Cup and Grand National-winning trainer, who saddled 11 of the 25 runners.
The nine-year old Empire of Dirt, running in the colours of airline tycoon Michael O'Leary's Gigginstown House Stud racing operation, has April's Aintree Grand National as a long-term aim and is currently a 33-1 shot for the race.
The Gigginstown-owned Rule The World was victorious in this year's Grand National.
Willie Mullins has dominated Irish jump racing in general - and many of the big national hunt races right across these islands in particular - for eight seasons, but perhaps the balance is now shifting.
Mullins has the support of multi-millionaire American financier Rich Ricci - their horse Min was the only non-Elliott horse to win at Navan - but he did lose 60 horses owned by the Gigginstown House operation two or three months ago, which was a massive blow, and Elliott was one of the beneficiaries.
The ex-jump jockey simply churns out runners - 27 at Navan - at a very decent winning percentage, and if he keeps up this momentum could take some catching. Though Mullins has yet to race many big guns this season.
Jackson Irvine put the Brewers ahead, when he pounced on a loose ball from Matt Palmer's corner to fire under keeper Chris Maxwell.
But Callum Robinson poked home Greg Cunningham's cross to dash Burton's hopes of a first away win this season.
The hosts pushed hard for a winner as they dominated the second half, but Albion held on.
Burton had not scored an away goal for almost seven hours, but went close twice early on when Ben Turner headed Palmer's corner against the bar and Irvine's deflected shot was pushed over by Maxwell.
Irvine's goal finally broke the deadlock, but the home side came close several times before Robinson's equaliser and it was one-way traffic after the break as Tom Clarke headed onto the roof of the net and Ben Pearson sent a drive just wide
Simon Grayson's side have lost just one of their past 10 Championship outings, but results elsewhere meant they fell a place to 12th in the table.
Burton, who have yet to win away from home this season, moved up to 19th, but remain just a point above the relegation spots.
Preston boss Simon Grayson said: "We started sloppily, they had early opportunities and got the goal. We were a long way short of our best.
"Everything we didn't do in the first half we did in the second half. We passed it quicker and stopped them from playing.
"If we'd started the first half as we started the second I think we'd have knocked the stuffing out of them and won the game. But we haven't and you have to earn every point in this division."
Burton manager Nigel Clough: "This result will do us good in terms of our spirit, but it also shows that we have what it takes to survive in this league.
"After we had dominated that match so much in the first half and had so many chances, we could have felt sorry for ourselves after half-time, but we didn't.
"Our reaction to conceding that goal was terrific. We came out and showed real spirit.
"Apart from one game against Reading last week we've shown that we can compete with everyone in this division."
Match ends, Preston North End 1, Burton Albion 1.
Second Half ends, Preston North End 1, Burton Albion 1.
Bailey Wright (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jackson Irvine (Burton Albion).
Offside, Preston North End. Tom Clarke tries a through ball, but Simon Makienok is caught offside.
Ben Pearson (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Ben Pearson (Preston North End).
Jackson Irvine (Burton Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Aiden McGeady (Preston North End) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Bailey Wright.
Foul by Bailey Wright (Preston North End).
Marcus Myers-Harness (Burton Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Matthew Palmer (Burton Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
Greg Cunningham (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Greg Cunningham (Preston North End).
Marcus Myers-Harness (Burton Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Preston North End. Eoin Doyle replaces Jordan Hugill.
Foul by Jordan Hugill (Preston North End).
John Mousinho (Burton Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Callum Robinson (Preston North End) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Tom Naylor (Burton Albion).
Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Matthew Palmer.
Bailey Wright (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lucas Akins (Burton Albion).
Attempt missed. Aiden McGeady (Preston North End) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Alex Baptiste with a headed pass following a corner.
Substitution, Burton Albion. Marcus Myers-Harness replaces Chris O'Grady.
Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Tom Naylor.
Attempt blocked. Aiden McGeady (Preston North End) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Chris O'Grady (Burton Albion) is shown the yellow card.
John Mousinho (Burton Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Callum Robinson (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by John Mousinho (Burton Albion).
Foul by Simon Makienok (Preston North End).
Jon McLaughlin (Burton Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Lucas Akins (Burton Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Burton Albion. Conceded by Alex Baptiste.
Offside, Preston North End. Callum Robinson tries a through ball, but Simon Makienok is caught offside.
Foul by Jordan Hugill (Preston North End).
John Mousinho (Burton Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Preston North End. Simon Makienok replaces Marnick Vermijl.
Offside, Preston North End. Callum Robinson tries a through ball, but Jordan Hugill is caught offside.
The campaign called Love Equality is supported by lesbian and gay organisations, trades unions, student activists and Amnesty International.
Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK where gay marriage is not legal.
Last year, a majority of Assembly members voted in favour of same-sex marriage for the first time.
Fifty-three MLAs supported the motion brought by the SDLP and Sinn Féin, while 52 voted against.
However, the motion has been blocked after the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) deployed a petition of concern that required the proposal to achieve a cross-community majority.
John O'Doherty, from the Rainbow project and one of the leaders of Love Equality, said: "Ever since the Yes vote in the Republic of Ireland, marriage equality has become a big political issue for many voters - straight and gay - in Northern Ireland."
Sally Bridge and Catherine Couvert live in Belfast and would like to be married.
They are in a civil partnership but want the same rights as heterosexual couples.
Sally Bridge told the BBC: "I really want to get married to have the opportunity to get married. I can't say to people I am married. I have to say I am civilised - it is just very strange."
However, opponents of a law change said campaigners are wrong.
David Smyth of the Evangelical Alliance told the BBC: "We believe there is a common good in holding to this definition of marriage between a man and a woman that flourishes the community for everyone."
Campaigners from Love Equality said they will lobby Assembly candidates in the weeks ahead.
They want voters to e-mail candidates and ask them how they will vote in a future debate on marriage equality at Stormont.
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and are in custody, said Thames Valley Police.
The fight, involving weapons and a number of men, was in Banbury, Oxfordshire, at about 19:45 on Friday.
The arrested men, aged 38 and 26, are both from Banbury. Police said it was a serious incident, but they believe there is no danger to the public.
There are road closures in place in Coopers Gate and Cope Road while officers investigate.
Det Insp Jon Capps urged anyone who saw a silver Volkswagen Passat in the area at the time to come forward.
He said: "This was a serious incident and we continue to investigate and there are a number of scene watches in place.
"We are keeping an open mind at this stage, but we do not believe that there is a wider danger to the public."
The owner of the Zara fashion chain said like-for-like sales, which compare sales at stores open for at least a year, also rose 5%.
The retailer plans to open new stores in London, Barcelona and several US cities, including three in New York.
The company said it expected to open 420 to 480 new stores this year.
Inditex also said it would invest about €1.35bn this year, compared with €1.24bn in 2014.
It said the bulk of this investment continued to be earmarked for new store openings and the refurbishment and expansion of existing stores.
It confirmed a strategy of closing small stores and concentrating on larger flagship stores, such as the recent purchase of a building in New York's SoHo, which will house a new flagship Zara store.
The firm said up to 100 smaller stores would close this year.
Inditex's biggest challenge at present is to keep up with online-only fashion websites, including Germany's Zalando and the UK's Asos.
When it published half-year results in September, Inditex said Zara would be selling direct over the internet in 27 markets by the end of the month.
Members of the Social Development Committee are also divided on whether free hot beverages should be reinstated to their meetings.
Stewart Dickson of Alliance, said: "It might be helpful to have a cup of tea or coffee to commence the meeting."
TUV leader Jim Allister said he thought members would "survive without it".
"It costs £500 of taxpayers' money," he said.
Ulster Unionist Roy Beggs said: "It's not the biggest problem we face at the moment".
Members voted in favour of free beverages in future. Mr Allister was the only person who voted against.
Don Damond said his wife-to-be, Justine Damond, was gunned down after calling police to report a possible sexual assault in their quiet neighbourhood.
He said they were "desperate" to find out how Saturday's shooting in Minneapolis, Minnesota, happened.
The officers' body cameras were not turned on at the time.
The shooting happened in a relatively affluent area, where violent crime is rare.
Mr Damond told a news conference outside his home on Monday evening: "Our hearts are broken and we are utterly devastated by the loss of Justine.
"As you know it was Justine who called 911 on Saturday evening, reporting what she believed was an active sexual assault occurring nearby.
"Sadly her family and I have been provided with almost no additional information from law enforcement regarding what happened after police arrived."
Mr Damond continued: "Our lives are forever changed as a result of knowing her. She was so kind and so darn funny."
Forty-year-old Ms Damond was living in Minneapolis with her fiancé, whose surname she had already adopted.
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune, citing three sources with knowledge of the incident, reported that Ms Damond was dressed in her pyjamas and approached the driver's side door to talk to the officer at the wheel after police arrived.
The officer in the passenger seat, identified by local media as Mohamed Noor, drew his gun and shot Ms Damond through the driver's window, the newspaper reported.
Mr Noor's lawyer, Tom Plunkett, confirmed on Monday that his client had fired his weapon, killing Ms Damond.
Ms Damond's stepson, Zach, railed against police in a Facebook video.
"America sucks," he said. "These cops need to get trained differently. I need to move out of here."
The Department of Public Safety's Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said an investigation is under way and authorities are looking into whether there is any video of the incident.
Minneapolis Police Chief Janee Harteau called Damond's death "tragic" in a statement on Monday.
"I've asked for the investigation to be expedited to provide transparency and to answer as many questions as quickly as we can," she said.
The two officers involved in the shooting are on paid administrative leave.
Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges said she was "heartsick and deeply disturbed".
She told a news conference: "I share the same questions other people have about why we don't have body camera footage of it, and I hope to get answers to that in the days coming."
Ms Damond, nee Justine Ruszczyk, taught meditation classes at the Lake Harriet Spiritual Community in Minneapolis.
She studied to be a veterinarian before relocating to the US, where she is believed to have been for at least the last three years.
According to her website, she is a "qualified yoga instructor, a personal health and life coach and meditation teacher".
About 200 neighbours, family members and residents gathered for a vigil on Sunday night where she died.
Over the past few years the US has seen a series of civilian killings at the hands of police that have caused widespread concern and criticism.
The amendment gives Czechs the right to use firearms during terrorist attacks.
It was passed by the lower house by a big majority, and is likewise expected to be approved by the upper house.
The move by parliament is a challenge to EU gun control rules which restrict civilians from possessing certain kinds of semi-automatic weapons.
The EU argues its move is a much-needed counter-terrorism measure.
But the Czech parliament took a different view, arguing that allowing people to bear arms enables them to defend themselves against terrorism.
"We don't want to disarm our citizens at a time when the security situation in Europe is getting worse," Interior Minister Milan Chovanec told parliament on Wednesday.
"Show me a single terrorist attack in Europe perpetrated using a legally-owned weapon."
The Czech Republic has no recent history of terror attacks, although other countries in the European Union have.
The European Commission agreed tougher gun control rules in December - they were approved by EU interior ministers four months later in spite of objections from the Czech Republic, Luxembourg and Poland.
In 2017, there were more than 800,000 firearms - many of them antiques in museums - registered in the Czech Republic, a country with a population of 10.6 million.
Many Czechs in rural areas also carry firearms for use when hunting.
More than 400 complete skeletons were found together with parts from about 1,000 bodies during work on St John's College in 2010 to 2012.
The remains, dating from the 13th to 15th Centuries, are burials from the Hospital of St John the Evangelist.
Images of the skeletons have been made public for the first time.
The dig beneath the Old Divinity School at St John's was led by Dr Craig Cessford, from the university's department of archaeology and anthropology, and a team from Cambridge Archaeological Unit.
Dr Cessford described it as "one of the largest medieval hospital osteoarchaeological assemblages from the British Isles".
Most of the bodies were buried in neatly laid-out rows between gravel paths. Seeds from flowering plants suggested the site was similar to cemeteries today, Dr Cessford said.
However, the majority of people were buried without coffins and many were not shrouded, suggesting the cemetery was primarily used to inter the poor.
Only a handful of grave goods, such as jewellery or other personal items, were found.
It had been rumoured the cemetery was linked to the Black Death, but Dr Cessford's team found no evidence of the disease when the skeletons were analysed.
The remains will be stored by Cambridge Archaeological Unit, enabling further research to take place in the future.
Surrey County Council approved the cost cuts after a public consultation.
The charges will apply to tyres, large gas bottles and larger loads of waste such as rubble, plasterboard and soil. There will be no charge for asbestos.
Opposition Liberal Democrats said the measures would lead to more flytipping but the Conservatives dispute this.
Councillor Hazel Watson, leader of the Liberal Democrats, said the "flawed decision" was unpopular with residents, as shown in a petition to the Conservative-run authority signed by more than 1,200 people.
She claimed the changes would discourage recycling.
Councillor Mike Goodman, cabinet member for environment and planning, said all of the county's 15 recycling centres would be retained, but some would "open a little later and close a little earlier", and others would close for "the odd day".
"If closed, the public will be able to use another site close by," he said.
The council said the new charges would help recoup the £1.3m annual cost to taxpayers of disposing of the items.
The changes are due to be implemented early next year.
Regular assessments were recommended in Andreas Lubitz's official notes after a serious episode some years ago.
The Barcelona-Duesseldorf plane crashed on Tuesday, killing 150 people.
Data from the plane's voice recorder suggest Mr Lubitz purposely started a descent as the pilot was locked out of the cockpit.
Several airlines have now pledged to change their rules to ensure at least two crew members are present in the cockpit at all times.
Police have searched two German properties used by Mr Lubitz, taking away boxes and a computer.
When Mr Lubitz finished training in 2009, he was diagnosed with a serious depressive episode and went on to receive treatment for a year and a half, the German news site Bild reports.
Internal documents quoted by Bild and German broadcaster ARD say a note on Mr Lubitz's aviation authority file recommended regular psychological assessment.
Who was Andreas Lubitz?
Mr Lubitz's employers have confirmed that his training was interrupted for several months six years ago.
But they have not said why. Carsten Spohr - the head of Lufthansa, the German carrier that owns Germanwings - said on Thursday that Mr Lubitz was only able to resume training after his suitability was "re-established".
"He passed all the subsequent tests and checks with flying colours," Mr Spohr was quoted as saying.
German media are also reporting that investigators have found evidence of mental health problems at Mr Lubitz's Duesseldorf flat.
Earlier, another media report quoted a police spokesman as saying "a very significant clue as to what has happened" had been found during the search of the house the 27-year-old shared with his parents in Montabaur, north of Frankfurt, without specifying what.
Police said the discovery was not a suicide note.
French Prime Minister Manual Valls said the investigation was ongoing, but that "everything is pointing to a criminal, crazy, suicidal action that we cannot comprehend".
He said investigators and Lufthansa would have to "shed light on the career and profile of this pilot".
Police continued to come and go at the Montabaur house throughout Thursday morning, reports the BBC's Anna Holligan who is outside.
She says there are concerns for Mr Lubitz's parents, who have suffered not just one trauma - their son dying in a crash - but the subsequent shock of finding out he may have been responsible for the tragedy.
Based on data from the recovered "black box" voice recorder, Marseille prosecutor Brice Robin said on Thursday that Mr Lubitz appeared to want to "destroy the plane".
The evidence suggested the pilot had left the cockpit, probably to go to the toilet, during which the door was barred. He fought unsuccessfully to get back in, he said.
Bild quotes security sources as saying that the pilot used an axe to try to break down the door.
A Germanwings spokesperson would only confirm that an emergency axe is part of the equipment on board an A320.
What happened in the final half hour?
Family members of some of the 150 passengers and crew who died have visited Seyne-les-Alpes, near the crash site, reported Reuters news agency.
They were accompanied by psychologists, paramedics and Red Cross workers, and a youth centre in the town was set up to receive them, it said.
Families are providing DNA samples to allow for identification of victims' remains.
Meanwhile, investigators continue to comb the crash site for body parts, debris and the second "black box", which records flight data and still has not been found three days after the plane crashed.
Members of the Westerwald flight club, where the co-pilot was a member, expressed their shock at the revelations about Mr Lubitz's mental history.
"Andreas was a very nice young man, who did his training here. He was part of the club," Peter Reucker said.
"[He was] funny, sometimes a bit quiet, but apart from that a young man like many others that we have here. He integrated well.
"I'm absolutely speechless. I have no explanation for this," Mr Reucker added.
Source: Aviation Safety Network
The home in Lichfield Road, and another one in Stacey Drive, both run by Real Life Options, have been rated inadequate by the Care Quality Commission.
They did not have registered managers in position or had enough staff when inspectors visited.
Real Life Options said it is working on an improvement plan with the CQC.
The Lichfield Road centre provides care for five people with learning disabilities or mental health support needs.
Inspectors who visited in September reported:
"We saw staff treating people with limited respect and did not communicate well with people who did not use verbal communication," the report said.
Inspectors visited the Stacey Drive site in August. The centre provides support for up to 12 people with learning disabilities and/or mental health needs.
Inspectors found:
Inspectors did report people told them they were happy at the home and also said staff acted with a "positive regard" for the people they were reporting.
Brian Hutchinson, chief executive of Real Life Options: "We apologise to the people we support and their families for any concerns regarding the quality of care they received and wish to assure that all measures to deliver improvements identified by the CQC are firmly in place."
The plans will be shared and discussed with residents and families, he said.
Since 2010, the four main banks have closed 193 branches, according to figures obtained by BBC Wales.
Fifty years since the first UK cash machine launched, banks said they were adapting to a rise in online banking.
But Ron Delnevo, of ATM Industry Association (ATMIA), said without access to cash "communities could die".
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) said independent businesses relied on banks for services, and poor broadband in rural parts of Wales made it difficult for people to manage finances online.
By the end of 2017, 28 more banks will have closed in Wales - with Lloyds to shut 14, Natwest 12 and Barclays and HSBC one each - meaning 221 will have closed in seven years,
In comparison, since 2008, the number of cash machines has risen from 2,660 to 3,223 - up 21%, according to figures from cash machine network Link.
Mr Delnevo, ATMIA's executive director for Europe, said while banks were pushing for people to go digital, many transactions were still cash-based and businesses needed access to services to survive.
He said cash machines needed to provide more services - such as paying in, cashing cheques and offering financial advice - to help communities who have been, or will be in the future, left without access to a bank.
"The trouble is with bank branches closing, we are then going to see communities crushed," he said.
"We know that people then go elsewhere to get cash out. It is very important that we do not see dead communities, places where people just sleep."
In Dubai customers can withdraw gold from ATMs; in South Africa they are used to take out funeral plans; in Spain to pay property tax; in America stamps can be bought; while in Portugal applications can be made for fishing and hunting licences.
But Mr Delnevo said the range of services offered by ATMs in the UK was still very limited, with the terminals synonymous with cash withdrawal.
He said they should instead expand to become multi-purpose ATMs with facilities for depositing cash, similar to some other countries.
"Just because a bank isn't there, it doesn't mean that the community shouldn't have access to cash and other services," he said.
"We can't argue with the banks, they want to go digital, but people aren't ready for it. "
The banks said while the decisions to close branches were not taken lightly, demand for traditional branch-based services was falling.
Many traditional services can still be carried out at Post Office branches, through a partnership with the banks.
The mayor of Charlottesville said he was "heartbroken" at the loss.
It is not clear if the death came when a car rammed a crowd of opponents of the far-right rally, injuring several.
The "Unite the Right" march was called to protest against plans to remove a statue of a Civil War general. A state of emergency has been declared.
President Donald Trump condemned "in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry, and violence on many sides".
"The hate and the division must stop right now," he told reporters, speaking in New Jersey, where he is on a working holiday. "We have to come together as Americans with love for our nation."
Video posted on social media showed a car ploughing at speed into several slow-moving vehicles, which were surrounded by a densely packed crowd. Emergency services were pictured treating a number of people who were injured.
Some reports suggest there are as many as 10 people wounded.
A witness said one girl got "tore up" after the car "backed up and hit again".
Earlier, police fired tear gas against demonstrators and said that arrests had been made after a declaration of unlawful assembly at Emancipation Park.
The state of emergency allows local authorities to request additional resources if needed, the police department said.
The far-right protesters, some waving Confederate flags, carrying shields and wearing helmets, are angry about the planned removal of a statue of Gen Robert E Lee from Charlottesville. Gen Lee commanded the pro-slavery Confederate forces in the US Civil War of 1861-65.
The New York Times reports that some of them were chanting "You will not replace us," and "Jew will not replace us."
Anti-racism organisations such as Black Lives Matter have also held marches.
By Joel Gunter, BBC News, Charlottesville
There were very violent scenes at Emancipation Park and it took some time for the police to intervene.
Both sides were throwing bottles and rocks and using pepper spray.
The far-right protesters were a mix of different groups with shields and batons and the declaration of a state of emergency seemed to have had a significant impact on them, as they started to dissipate.
Riot police have been deployed, but tensions remain high, with people screaming at each other and demonstrators still out on the streets.
Shiquan Rah, a 21-year-old demonstrator who had joined the counter-protest, said about the far-right groups: "These people don't have a message, their message is hate and violence. This is a spiritual war we're in.
Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe urged calm tweeting: "The acts and rhetoric in #Charlottesville over past 24 hours are unacceptable [and] must stop. A right to speech is not a right to violence."
Charlottesville Mayor Mike Signer had earlier called the rally a "parade of hatred, bigotry, racism and intolerance".
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On Friday, the white nationalists held lit torches - which some observers described as a reference to the Ku Klux Klan - and chanted "White lives matter" as they marched through the University of Virginia in the city.
Charlottesville is considered a liberal college town - and 86% of the county voted for Hillary Clinton in last year's presidential elections.
However, the town has become a focal point for white nationalists after the city council voted to remove a statue of Gen Lee.
Some observers also argue that Mr Trump's election to the White House re-energised the far right across the US.
The vote against council leader Kevin Madge and deputy leader Meryl Gravell was lost 28 votes to 41.
Councillors agreed to accept the findings of a Wales Audit Office (WAO) report which ruled payments made to its chief executive were "unlawful".
Mr Madge admitted the situation had damaged the authority.
"We will learn from this, we'll move forward and we'll deliver for the people of Carmarthenshire the things that we promised them and we'll carry on in the next years to come," Mr Madge said before the vote.
Pembrokeshire council, which was also criticised by the WAO over similar "unlawful" pension payments, has already agreed to accept its report.
Carmarthenshire council's chief executive Mark James has stepped aside while police investigate why he was allowed to opt out of a pension scheme and receive cash instead.
Payments for this and for libel action costs were unlawful, the WAO ruled.
The council has defended its actions and welcomed the police investigation.
The meeting saw tense exchanges between councillors.
Plaid Cymru councillor Darren Price told the chamber: "This council's name has been dragged through the mud.
"The chief executive is no longer at his desk. Members are at others' throats.
"Valuable officer and member time has been wasted and redirected away from what we are here to do and that is to provide quality services to the people of Carmarthenshire. And the question to those who made the decision is - was it really worth it?"
Mr James maintains that neither he nor any of his officers had done anything wrong.
He has also said it was "right and proper" he should not be at work while Gloucestershire Police conclude their inquiries.
Auditors said Carmarthenshire council acted unlawfully when it indemnified Mr James in a libel counter-claim he brought against blogger Jacqui Thompson.
Mr James won the case and Mrs Thompson was ordered to pay costs of £23,217.
The row began when the blogger was arrested after filming a council meeting on her mobile phone.
On Thursday, councillors agreed to withdraw the provision in the council constitution which allowed such indemnities to be granted.
The motion also said the council recognised that "the legal position is still as yet unresolved".
The WAO's Anthony Barrett said: "The council's accepted the recommendations in both reports so that's very much an end of it from my point of view.
"It clearly isn't for the council, they've got some things to look at from the governance arrangements etc and we will be monitoring that very closely."
The Wales Audit Office also found Pembrokeshire council made "unlawful" payments to its chief executive Bryn Parry Jones and another Pembrokeshire official.
Despite calls for him to step aside, Mr Parry Jones has said he will remain at work while police investigate the matter.
Pembrokeshire, which has also vigorously defended the payments, has already held an extraordinary meeting to debate the rulings.
A full meeting of that authority earlier this month was due to vote on suspending Mr Parry Jones, but a number of councillors staged a walk-out after allegations that some people had already pre-determined the outcome.
Meanwhile, two senior council officers at Caerphilly council in south Wales are due in court in April on charges following a police investigation into pay rises they received.
Chief executive Anthony O'Sullivan and his deputy Nigel Barnett face charges of alleged misconduct in a public office.
Wong and two others climbed over a fence into the forecourt of the Hong Kong government complex on 26 September 2014.
Their arrest helped trigger mass pro-democracy rallies that occupied parts of the city for more than two months.
The movement called on Beijing to allow fully free elections for the leader of the semi-autonomous territory.
Many in Hong Kong feel the chief-executive - currently chosen by a 1,200-member election committee largely viewed as pro-Beijing - should be chosen by a democratic vote.
In August 2014, the Chinese government said it would allow the chief executive to be elected by the public - but that only pre-approved candidates would be eligible to stand.
This sparked the mass street protests and sit-ins, that became known as the Occupy Central movement.
In mid-December of 2014 police dismantled the main occupation sites with the pro-democracy side winning no concessions from Beijing.
Hong Kong's democracy debate
Wong, 19, became the face of the movement, which was driven in large part by youth in Hong Kong. He faces up to two years in prison.
He was cleared of a second charge of incitement.
Student activist Alex Chow was also found guilty of "taking part in an unlawful assembly" and Nathan Law was found guilty of "inciting others to take part in an unlawful assembly".
All three were released on bail to be sentenced on 15 August.
Speaking outside the court house, Wong told reporters he had been prepared for the verdict and that the fight for democracy was a long-term battle.
Wong and Law are now leaders of a new political party, Demosisto, but if they are imprisoned this could well end their hopes of taking part in elections to the Hong Kong legislature in September, BBC Chinese's Martin Yip in Hong Kong says.
Kevin O'Brien made 75 and Simi Singh 70 not out as Leinster scored 286 off 49.2 overs, with Craig Young taking 4-50.
North West were all out for 181 off 44.2 overs in reply, Sri Lankan Irosh Samaraasooriya top-scoring with 77.
Ricki-Lee Dougherty contributed 42, while Ireland international George Dockrell ended with figures of 3-37.
Leinster are attempting to make it a treble of clean sweeps in the interprovincial tournaments this season and this victory gives them the start they had hoped for in the Inter-Pro Cup.
They will face North West Warriors again in a Twenty20 fixture at Bready on 26 May, with Munster Reds facing Northern Knights on the same date.
Ireland's Interprovincial Championship, plus their Twenty20 and 50-over formats were granted first-class status by the ICC in October.
It was the first time a domestic competition had been given first-class status outside a Test-playing country.
Monday's NCU Twenty20 results
North Down v Waringstown
North Down 146-6 R Pretorius 60
Waringstown 149-3 (17.2 overs) J Hall 47
Waringstown won by seven wickets
Carrickfergus v CIYMS
Carrickfergus 154 R Eagleson 30 no
CIYMS 156-1 (19.2 overs) C Dougherty 83
CIYMS won by nine wickets
Col Oliver Lee said he is "extremely pleased" that the case will be heard by the Courts Martial Appeal Court for a second time.
He resigned in protest after Blackman was convicted of murdering a Taliban insurgent at a court martial in 2013.
Blackman, 42, from Taunton, was known during his trial as Marine A.
Col Lee said the circumstances surrounding the killing needed to be reconsidered.
"A much more balanced and full picture of the situation in which he found himself needed to be presented," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
Blackman applied to the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) after his earlier appeal was dismissed in 2014, which referred the conviction to the court after an 11-month investigation.
The court will look at new expert evidence relating to Blackman's mental state at the time of the killing.
It will also consider that the alternative verdict of "unlawful act manslaughter" was not available at his original trial.
Col Lee said the court martial should have taken greater account of the acute stress Blackman was under at the time.
"I don't seek to condone his behaviour or exonerate him from his responsibilities," he said.
"I took a view that the proceedings against Sgt Blackman hadn't been balanced."
David James Smith, lead CCRC commissioner on the case, said there was a "real possibility" that Blackman's second appeal would be successful.
"There are new issues - principally relating to Mr Blackman's state of mind at the time of the shooting," he said.
The killing on 15 September 2011 took place after a patrol base in Helmand province came under fire from two insurgents.
One of the attackers was seriously injured by gunfire from an Apache helicopter sent to provide air support, and the marines found him in a field.
Footage from the helmet-mounted camera of another marine in his unit, 42 Commando, showed Blackman shooting the Afghan prisoner in the chest at close range with a 9mm pistol.
Blackman was convicted of murder in November 2013 and jailed for life. He lost an appeal in May of the following year, but his 10-year minimum term was reduced to eight years.
Col Lee asked that "his case is considered in the round, in the broadest sense, such that he is dealt with in a fair manner."
No sooner had Labour's UK manifesto arrived, with a pledge to work with the Welsh Government to scrap the tolls, than the Conservatives made a similar pledge.
Or, to be precise, a press release arrived bearing the headline: "Theresa May: I will abolish tolls on Severn Crossings between Wales and England."
The Conservatives put the cost of maintaining the bridges - which will be done by Highways England - at just £7m.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and UKIP were swift to point out the Conservatives had stolen another one of their policies. The Lib Dems and Plaid Cymru pointed out that they too wanted to scrap tolls. Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.
Labour's manifesto looks rather similar to last week's leaked version. The paragraph on Wales has been beefed up to include the promise of a new Wales Act. "We will bring forward legislation to make the devolution settlement more sustainable as set out by the Welsh Labour government in its alternative Wales Bill, including the devolution of policing."
Professor Richard Wyn Jones saw that as a "significant victory" for Welsh Labour leader Carwyn Jones as the party accepted proposals in a shadow Bill recently rejected by Welsh Labour MPs. The alternative Bill will presumably be vying for parliamentary space with the legislation needed for Brexit.
The final manifesto also includes the draft version's "presumption of devolution" when powers return from Brussels and a promise to make up the shortfall of EU funds. Richard Wyn Jones views the presumption of devolution as "another victory" for Carwyn Jones.
The first minister himself said the value of the "beefed-up Welsh Labour presence" in the manifesto process was clear to see. "Significant support for our key priorities-economy, infrastructure and power closer to the people."
He said the Welsh party would build on the plans in its manifesto, which is due to be published on 22 May.
Although the UK version is not Welsh Labour's manifesto, it does feature policies that would have a wide impact on people in Wales - from the reversal of benefit cuts to significantly higher public spending, funded by taxation and borrowing, and the rejection of plans to increase the state pension age beyond 66.
You can download the manifesto here. And find out how they plan to pay for it here.
Seven members of the public were killed when a van drove into pedestrians on London Bridge, and then its occupants got out and stabbed victims at random.
A photo of the three suspects - after they has been shot dead by police - is the stark image on front of the Daily Mirror and the News Letter.
The Mirror condemns them as "monsters".
It compares the actions of the three suspects with the bravery of unarmed police and members of the public who tried to fight back against the attackers.
The paper reports how a British Transport Police officer was stabbed in the head and leg after he "took on the killers" with only a baton to defend himself from 10-in (25-cm) knives.
"Enough is enough," says the News Letter's front page, quoting Prime Minister Theresa May after the third attack in England in as many months.
It reports how Mrs May has vowed to crack down on "tolerance of extremism" by forcing internet companies to do more to prevent the spread of propaganda.
The News Letter also comments on the strength of the police response, noting how officers fired an "unprecedented" 50 bullets in a public place to kill the suspects.
The Irish News dedicates its first seven pages to the recent attacks in England, including Sunday's star-studded benefit concert for victims of the Manchester bombing.
It says US singer Ariana Grande changed her set list for the One Love Manchester concert, after the mother of one of the teenage victims told the pop star her late daughter would have "wanted to hear the hits".
The Belfast Telegraph opts for a dual image on its front page - showing the singer trying to comfort Manchester's victims as a casualty from the London attack is taken to hospital.
"Bloodied... but unbowed," is the paper's headline and in a small show of solidarity, it notes how police officers and security guards could be seen dancing with the crowd at the benefit gig.
Closer to home, the dailies report the sudden death of Prof Patrick Johnston, Vice Chancellor of Queen's University, Belfast.
The Irish News carries a statement from Queen's conveying staff's "deep sense of shock" over the unexpected death of the 58-year-old "visionary".
The paper says he is a "real loss to cancer research" as he was one of the driving forces behind QUB's Centre for Cancer Research.
The Mirror and others report how more than 1,300 health workers in Northern Ireland are being paid less than the National Living Wage.
The Department of Health has admitted staff still have not received the rise they were due in April, but has promised to rectify their pay packets by next month.
Gossipers beware - your own "rail life" story could be turned into a best seller and you many not even know it.
Novelist Emma Heatherington has admitted to the Belfast Telegraph that she eavesdrops on her fellow passengers' conversations while travelling on buses and trains in Northern Ireland.
The enterprising young writer revealed how a train trip from Belfast to Dublin provided inspiration for her latest novel.
You never know who is listening...
The Belfast Telegraph also carries a true tale of a picture perfect romance, kindled in the days long before Tinder and internet dating were even imagined.
In the early 1950s, Tom Darcy caught sight of a photograph of his future wife, Pam, and was so impressed, he began writing to her.
Within eight short months of meeting face to face, the pen pals got married and this week they celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary.
Old romantic Tom still has the best lines, telling the paper: "It's been nothing but nice all the way."
The record of 12.4C (54F) is the highest average annual temperature since records began in 1947.
Senior Met Officer Martin Crozier said the winter was behind the high.
He said: "We had a pretty warm spring, the summer was okay, but August was actually a bit below normal temperature."
Mr Crozier said: "The new record is in place not so much because of the heat of the summer but because we never really had any cold weather at all."
Two hundred mayors and lord mayors in full regalia paraded through Halifax which was chosen as the main focus for this year's celebration.
Elsewhere, a Yorkshire pudding tossing competition was held in York.
Yorkshire Day was first celebrated on 1 August 1975. One of the key features of the day is the reading of the Yorkshire Declaration of Integrity.
Geraldine Carter, deputy mayor of Calderdale, said: "It's fabulous, look at all the people who have turned out, it's a wonderful occasion.
"It's really good for the town and Calderdale after the floods, it's important Halifax gets on the map."
Calderdale Council said it would be flying the Yorkshire flag at Halifax Town Hall from sunrise to sunset.
Among the dozens of other Yorkshire Day events, York Maze hosted an annual Yorkshire pudding tossing competition.
Organisers said the winning throw at 2015's event was a distance of 34m (112ft).
The owner of Hanley's Hole In The Wall, Glenn Fowler, has run the shop for nearly 30 years and said the decision to shut was unavoidable.
He said: "I can't start to tell you how emotional it is, I'm dreading it."
Over 5,000 people signed a petition to save the building in 2008 when it was threatened with demolition as part of regeneration in North Staffordshire.
The regeneration programmeRenew North Staffordshirebegan in 2004 with the aim of investing £2.3bn over 15 years to help the housing market in the area.
Mr Fowler has sold the building, which the shop has occupied for more than 100 years, to Stoke-on-Trent City Council.
He said the alternative options to move were too expensive for him and his wife Sue.
"It all comes down to money and at the end of the day the money wouldn't be there - we would have had to get a mortgage," he said.
"I don't think there was any way out of it."
Mr Fowler added: "I've spent half my life here so it's going to be emotional, we've made some good friends here and we shall miss them very dearly.
"I'm now hoping to get a part-time job to help bolster our income but we're at a complete loss and dreading the day we have to close.
The Fowler family has been producing oatcakes at The Hole In The Wall since 1982 and bake in what would have been the kitchen of the end of terrace house.
It used to be common for oatcakes to be sold from sash windows of homes to customers on the street.
In 2009, the Hairy Bikers visited Staffordshire while filming a television series.
At the time, one half of the bikers, Simon King, said: "We asked people to sum up Staffordshire in a plate of food, and they all said 'oatcake'!
"Then the second breath was, 'you've got to go to The Hole in The wall oatcake shop'."
The shop will close on Sunday, 25 March.
The 24-year-old has signed a three-year deal at Hove after Hampshire agreed to release him from his contract early.
"I'm looking forward to joining Sussex and working with the players and coaching staff. I'm excited for the opportunities that lie ahead," he said.
"I'm really grateful that Hampshire are letting me leave early. I'd like to thank the playing staff and the coaches that I've worked with at the club."
Briggs has taken 191 first-class wickets in his 67 matches, with a best of 6-45, which he took for England Lions in 2011.
He made his England one-day international debut against Pakistan in Dubai in 2012 and has also played seven times for his country in the T20 format.
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Norfolk and Suffolk Roads Police clocked the rider on the A47 near Norwich at about 15:00 GMT on Saturday.
Officers found that the motorcyclist, who was carrying a passenger, also had no insurance or tax, and their MOT ran out in 2008.
The motorcyclist will appear in court in due course.
Police said the motorbike was also found not to be roadworthy.
It had a defective rear tyre, cables were routed incorrectly which prevented steering, the seat was not securely fixed and the speedometer was dangling at the wheel.
Officers have seized the bike.
29 December 2015 Last updated at 15:35 GMT
December has already seen communities in Cumbria, Lancashire, Greater Manchester and Yorkshire devastated by record river levels.
Although many people in these affected areas are now trying to clean up, a BBC crew aboard a helicopter captured pictures of a waterskier taking to the flooded rivers around Cawood, in the Selby district of North Yorkshire.
HMS Hood was sunk by the Bismarck on 24 May 1941 with the loss of 1,415 lives and only three survivors.
The ship's bell will go on display in May at the National Museum of the Royal Navy in Portsmouth.
It forms part of an exhibition commemorating the biggest naval battle in World War One.
The bell was recovered from the bottom of the Denmark Strait, between Greenland and Iceland, in August.
It bears an inscription in memory of Rear-Admiral Sir Horace Hood, who died in the Battle of Jutland.
Nick Hewitt, head of heritage at the museum, said it provided an "extraordinary and moving link" between the two wars.
"The bell is a memorial to two battles, separated by 25 years but joined by centuries of tradition and sacrifice," he said.
Paul Somerville, 21, was in custody when he fell from a "cell on wheels" in January 2012 in County Londonderry.
Days later, he died in hospital as a result of serious head injuries.
Police Ombudsman Dr Michael Maguire said two officers who accompanied Mr Somerville failed to ensure his safety.
The officers were later disciplined by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) but they appealed, and sanctions against them were withdrawn.
A forensic examination of the van showed that the cell door was misaligned with its frame and its latches did not always fully engage.
"Given that the same design cell is used widely by other UK police forces, and is still being fitted to new vehicles, the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has said it will share the findings of the case with police across the UK," Dr Maguire said.
Mr Somerville left the rear of the moving van close to his home at Church Street in Maghera, County Londonderry. He was being taken to Maghaberry Prison.
A doctor from a nearby health centre treated him at the scene before he was transferred to Antrim Area Hospital, where he died. The incident was referred to the ombudsman.
Dr Maguire said an examination of the cell found the latches did not always fully engage, even when the door was slammed shut.
He also discovered that a deadlock did not engage unless the key was turned anti-clockwise through a full 90 degrees, even though a locking bolt could be seen moving as the key was turned.
Both officers involved in the case said they had seen the deadlock in the cell door engaging after the door was closed and one added that she had pulled the door twice to check it was locked.
Dr Maguire said forensic examination showed that the door opened easily when pulled if it had not been properly secured. Tests showed that even where the door's latches did not engage, it would not open if the deadlock had been fully locked.
"The two police officers who accompanied Paul in the van failed in their duty to ensure his safety by failing to ensure the cell door was secure," the ombudsman said.
One issue under consideration was whether the victim fell or jumped to his death.
Forensic evidence indicated that it would have taken a deliberate action by Mr Somerville to open the rear door because it could only be done by pulling a handle.
Two people interviewed by investigators said they had seen a man jumping from the van, but refused to provide formal statements, the ombudsman's office said.
Police had reported a suspected fault with the door when the van was serviced four days before the incident.
The office said: "The mechanic who did the service recalled that the door had been misaligned and said he had fixed the problem.
"However, the issue was not entered on the vehicle's records as it was not part of its normal service routine."
Dr Maguire recommended that cells and other modifications should form part of normal service routines. His other recommendations have resulted in modifications by the PSNI.
Notices have been attached to cell doors warning officers to check locks are fully engaged; plates have been fitted to prevent doors from being opened from inside and larger viewing panels have been installed to improve monitoring of prisoners from the front of vans.
Paul Somerville's parents, Desmond and Gwen, said the PSNI was not duty-bound to act upon the recommendations.
"When serious human error is involved, to whom can the general public go for justice?" they asked.
"Our expectation was that while in police custody, Paul would be safely conveyed. He should have been.
"Paul was our much-loved and only son, and we have been left devastated by his untimely death."
Assistant Chief Constable Mark Hamilton said: "The death of Paul Somerville was first and foremost a tragedy for his family and friends. The Police Service of Northern Ireland extends its deepest sympathy to them for their loss."
ACC Hamilton said police had co-operated fully with the enquiry by PONI, welcomed their findings and was determined that incidents of this nature must not occur again.
"The PSNI has already accepted the findings of the Police Ombudsman and has implemented a number of recommendations aimed at improving both the safety and security of members of the public travelling in cell vans," he said.
"We can confirm that two officers received Superintendents' Written Warnings for their failure to ensure the cell door of their vehicle was securely locked. These were subsequently overturned on appeal via the PSNI disciplinary procedure."
Sammy Lee Samuels, 27, from Caego, Wrexham admitted wounding James Williams with intent, leaving him with "permanent disfigurement".
Mold Crown Court heard how Mr Williams had "extremely unsightly" injuries after the attack in the New Broughton area of Wrexham on 1 September, 2016.
Myles Wilson, defending, said Samuels had acted "in a moment of madness".
The court heard how Mr Williams was set upon by the defendant as he walked home in the early hours of the morning.
Prosecutor David Mainstone said that after a struggle, Samuels latched on to Mr Williams' left ear with his teeth.
"He had to endure the horrible experience and pain of part of his ear being torn from his head," said Mr Mainstone.
Judge David Hale told Samuels as he sentenced him: "You caused really unpleasant injuries by biting off part of his ear.
"It is, and I am sure he feels it more than it appears, extremely unsightly. He will be conscious of that for the rest of his life."
After the case, North Wales Police Det Con Donna Rigney said: "The incident has left the victim with a permanent disfigurement to his ear and we believe the sentence reflects the seriousness of the offence."
Since 2004-05, they have steadily spread their wings in south western Balochistan province, where the ethnic Hazara community of Shia Muslims has been their main target.
Figures released by the Balochistan government place the number of Shias killed in the province between 2008 and 2012 at 758. Members of the Hazara community say the figure is much higher.
Profile: Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
The hatred these Sunni militant groups bear towards Shia Muslims is fundamentally theological although the groups' origins date back to the late 1970s, the time of neighbouring Iran's Shia revolution.
The historic split between Sunni and Shia originate in a dispute soon after the death of the Prophet Muhammad over which of his four companions should lead the Muslim community.
The group which has claimed responsibility for the blast, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, was born out of another group called Sipah-e-Sahaba, whose name literally translates as "Soldiers of the Companions of the Prophet".
So their anti-Shia agenda is there in the very origins and name of this group. But over the last few years there has been a dramatic escalation on attacks against Shia Muslims around Pakistan, with some activists naming 2012 as the worst year in living memory for Shia killings.
The key to the increasing power of these groups to wreak havoc on Shias is not just their ideological fervour, but also their ability to set up militant training camps - and Pakistan's complex political environment.
The bombing reflects the extent to which the Pakistani policy of using Islamic militancy as a foreign policy tool has, in the course of three decades, compromised its ability to clean up its house.
The geographical spread of these outfits today is unprecedented in terms of both their striking capability and their ability to paralyse life in areas of their influence.
In December, activists for Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, which is now banned, closed down Karachi, a city of more than 15 million people, when one of their leaders was injured in a gun attack blamed on a rival sect.
Credible reports from the region say the group has also set up several residential and training camps in the remote Mastung area of Balochistan, from where they have been attacking buses carrying Shia pilgrims to holy sites in Iran.
A couple of very large arms dumps uncovered by the police in Quetta in recent months indicate that they have copious supplies of arms, ammunition and explosives, and the tactics they use during attacks show them to be highly trained.
But sectarian militants also have vast influence in the north-western tribal region of Pakistan, where some analysts believe they form the backbone of the Pakistani Taliban group, Tehrik Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
Not many people know that some top TTP leaders - such as the late head of the suicide training squad, Qari Hussain, and the TTP's current spokesman, Ehsanullah Ehsan - were all members of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi in Punjab at one time or another before they became part of the TTP.
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and its affiliated groups also provide crucial technical and manpower support to other major groups in the tribal region, such as the Haqqani network and other groups.
With this kind of spread and influence, can the sectarian militants be defeated at all?
Most analysts believe the state is far more powerful than the entire Pakistani militant network, but at the moment it lacks the will to pull the ground from under them.
There are various reasons for this.
In Punjab province, which is the breeding ground of sectarian militants, the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and its parent organisation, Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan, have a strong electoral presence due mainly to the state patronage they enjoyed during the military regime of General Pervez Musharraf.
All the major political parties in the province depend on this vote bloc in many areas of central and southern Punjab to win parliamentary seats.
Therefore, any kind of a crackdown on these groups would run contrary to their interests, especially when elections are approaching.
The country's powerful military establishment also has an ambivalent attitude towards these groups. Even as cadres of these groups are clearly seen as an enemy because they work with the Taliban, they serve several other major interests.
In Balochistan, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and its affiliates have helped dilute the impact of an armed nationalist separatist movement by diverting international attention to the issue of targeting Shias.
Elements in the military establishment have also felt a need to use the street protest power of these groups as a second line of defence at times of international crises.
Last year, these groups formed a major part of the movement launched by an alliance of Jihadist religious forces, the Defence of Pakistan Council, to put pressure on the Pakistani civilian rulers not to reopen the Nato supply routes through Pakistan.
In addition, these groups have provided both political and military support to Pakistani objectives against India in the disputed region of Kashmir.
As things stand, the Afghan endgame, in which the Pakistanis are fishing for a major role, is yet to play out to the finish, and the border with India in Kashmir is far from stable.
So while the destructive potential of these groups is not lost on anyone in Pakistan, they have not outlived their utility quite yet.
And if they continue to prove their anti-Shia credentials day after day, they will not have lost their utility for the Sunni-Wahabi sheikhdoms of the Middle East as well, from where they receive the bulk of their funding.
France has proposed that officials should monitor evacuation efforts and report on the protection of civilians.
Many residents remain trapped in the city's east in freezing and dangerous conditions, waiting to be rescued.
A plan to evacuate civilians collapsed on Friday, but reports said a new agreement was reached in the early hours of Sunday.
"We are getting ready to resume the evacuation of people from eastern Aleppo, hopefully on Sunday morning," said Elodie Schindler, a spokeswoman for the International Red Cross (ICRC).
Mounir Hakimi, chair of Syrian Relief, told the BBC on Sunday that the charity was waiting on the Syria-Turkey border to receive civilians.
"We're waiting for the agreement to re-establish again," he said. "The news I have this morning is that an agreement has been reached six hours ago and the team is getting ready."
There are concerns that the UN motion on observers may be resisted by Russia, an ally of Syria's president and a veto-wielding Security Council member.
Moscow has vetoed six resolutions on Syria since the conflict began in 2011.
France circulated a draft text late on Friday stating that the council is "alarmed" by the worsening humanitarian crisis in Aleppo, where "tens of thousands" are in peril.
At least 6,000 people left east Aleppo under a fragile truce on Thursday but the operation was halted a day later.
The besieged city has seen rapid government advances in recent weeks.
On Saturday, various government and rebel sources said that a new evacuation deal had been reached, but nothing was announced officially and no evacuations have yet begun.
Aleppo's convoys will only start moving again when Shia civilians are allowed out of the pro-government towns of Foah and Kefraya, according to the BBC's Quentin Sommerville in Istanbul.
Fifty buses have moved to the towns in anticipation, and more are gathering at the Ramousseh crossing outside Aleppo, our correspondent says.
The draft resolution asks UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to redeploy UN humanitarian staff already in Syria "to carry out adequate, neutral monitoring ... and to report on evacuations from besieged parts of Aleppo and protection of civilians".
The UN chief would report to the council within five days on whether the Syrian government had granted the observers access.
The resolution also demands the protection of all doctors, hospitals and ambulances, after reports that Syrian forces had bombed all the medical facilities in Aleppo.
The text specifically mentions the border hospitals of Atmeh, Darkoush, Bab al-Hawa and Bab al-Salamah, where many of the evacuees would be taken.
The UN's children's charity Unicef says sick and wounded children are among the evacuees from east Aleppo, some of whom left without their parents.
"However, hundreds of other vulnerable children, including orphans, remain trapped inside that part of the city," it added.
"We are extremely concerned about their fate. If these children are not evacuated urgently, they could die."
Abdulkafi al-Hamdo, a teacher who is also still in east Aleppo with his young daughter, told the BBC by phone he did not want to leave his home and city but believed he had no choice.
"The weather is so cold," he said. "Some people have been here since 09:00 yesterday (07:00 GMT on Friday) and the children are so hungry they are crying. They are freezing. Most of them here are scared of a brutal end to the ceasefire.
"They are afraid that they will not be able to get out. This is the feeling of most people here."
Guidance was issued nationally, with teachers urged to check if laboratories keep 2,4 dinitrophenyl hydrazine (DNP).
It was discovered at three Carmarthenshire sites in total, with Army explosive ordnance teams visiting.
Pupils were also evacuated from Gower College, Swansea, and Swansea University after chemical finds.
DNP, used in laboratory tests, is known to pose a risk of explosion by shock, friction or fire and is usually stored inside a larger container holding water.
Controlled explosions took place at Queen Elizabeth High School, Carmarthen and Coleg Sir Gar, Llanelli, on Tuesday and Army teams also attended Ysgol Gyfun Emlyn, Newcastle Emlyn, on Monday.
Dyfed-Powys Police has now issued a warning to all schools and colleges, urging them to check the state of DNP stored in science laboratories.
It says it will help them dispose of it if it is considered "hazardous".
On Monday, 1,500 pupils were evacuated from the Gorseinon campus of Gower College after a discovery.
A Ministry of Defence spokesman said expert military bomb disposal teams have been deployed to support the Department of Education.
He said they are helping to "dispose of chemicals which have been incorrectly stored by a number of secondary schools" in the "safest possible manner".
A controlled explosion also took place at Swansea University last week after a different chemical, picric acid, was found.
Action has also been taken at Clifton College, Bristol, in Bromley, Kent and at a school in West Sussex.
Many of the conveniences can be used free of charge while others, including sites in Aviemore, Fort Augustus and Inverness, cost 20p.
The council has been making cuts in its public toilets budget without having to close sites.
But it has warned that toilets may have to close next year if it cannot achieve a fresh round of savings.
The local authority operates 102 toilets and 27 comfort schemes, which involve pubs, hotels and other businesses offering their facilities to the public, at an annual cost of £1.2m.
Community services committee chairman Allan Henderson said communities were being given a say in how toilets in their areas should be managed.
He said: "It is essential that the agreed savings are achieved and this cannot be done without raising charges, closing toilets or a combination of both.
"This is something that is important for local communities to consider and decide what is best for their community."
Marc Richards' penalty was enough to give the League One leaders victory.
"We watched a few (Oxford) games and a lot of teams had dropped off," Knill told BBC Radio Northampton.
"We didn't want to do that, we wanted to go and play our game and try to impose ourselves on them and I thought we did that really well."
The Cobblers, now eight points clear at the top of League Two after a victory over the third-placed U's, equalled a 56-year club record with their eighth successive win.
The hosts managed just one shot on target in the game and Oxford boss Michael Appleton criticised the penalty decision - when John Mullins was penalised for a handball inside the area.
However, Cobblers captain Richards stepped up to score his 18th goal of the season.
"There was (a lot of pressure) because it took ages to get the ball back," said Knill.
"Marc Richards is renowned for scoring goals and I'm sure he's been in the position many times before.
"There's no better player for us to have the opportunity to score and thankfully he took it."
The National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority said a doctor from Pennsylvania, named as Jan Casimir Seski, killed a lion in April.
A Zimbabwean landowner has since been arrested, the agency said.
Cecil was shot illegally in July by US dentist Walter Palmer of Minnesota. Zimbabwe is seeking his extradition.
The Associated Press news agency says Mr Seski is a gynaecological oncologist who runs the Center for Bloodless Medicine and Surgery at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh.
The agency called at his home, in woods outside Pittsburgh, and left a telephone message but received no response.
Images on websites linked to hunting show a "Dr Jan Seski" standing next to dead animals including elephants, an impala, a hippo and an ostrich, the agency added.
The National Parks authority gave little information on the new case, but said on Sunday that the killing of the lion had taken place without a permit.
It said the hunt had been arranged by a Zimbabwean man who owned a safari company.
The authority said in a statement that it had agreed to "undertake an industry-wide investigation to crack down and weed out any illegal hunting activities", but it was not clear if the latest case had emerged from that investigation.
Mr Palmer is believed to have paid about $50,000 (£32,000) to hunt Cecil, a major tourist attraction in the Hwange National Park.
He says he thought the hunt was legal and was unaware Cecil was protected.
There has been a huge online backlash against Mr Palmer.
The dental practice he runs in Minneapolis has been closed since he was named as the hunter who shot Cecil.
On Thursday, the White House said it would review a public petition to extradite the American dentist after more than 100,000 signed it.
But spokesman Josh Earnest said it was up to the US justice department to respond to any extradition order.
The world's second largest economy has never been a football powerhouse, qualifying for just one World Cup.
Meanwhile, the population seems more interested in NBA basketball than the sport known in the UK as "the people's game".
But over the past couple of 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.
So why are the Chinese now snapping up stakes in European clubs?
Reasons include a national desire to look good on the world stage, developing China's club football and national team, creating Chinese football fan bases, and firms using clubs to build their commercial presence in Europe.
"China likes to be omnipotent and successful in everything it does," Simon Chadwick, chair in sport business at Coventry University Business School, tells me.
"One thing they currently don't do particularly well at is football, the global game. China wants to ascend to a position where it is respected globally as part of the international football community."
He says President Xi has come out as a big football fan, and that by 2025 China wants to have a domestic sports industry worth $850bn (£564bn). Optimistic estimates put the current entire global sports economy at $400bn.
Slavia Prague, one of the most historic names in Czech football, was heavily in debt, and near financial collapse before the start of this season.
In September, China Energy Company Limited (CEFC) bought roughly 60% of the club for an undisclosed sum, with Czech businessman Jiri Simane buying around 40%.
The CEFC football purchase was part of a bigger investment move by the firm into the Czech Republic. In 2014 it had decided to establish a major European base in Prague, buying two historic properties in the city, and also a number of businesses.
Following Slavia's previous woes, CEFC has managed to keep top players like Czech national forward Milan Skoda at the club, and there are plans to buy other top domestic players, much to the approval of fans.
Slavia just avoided relegation last season. Now it sits fifth in the table and there is talk of qualifying for next season's Europa League.
"This would be market-making on an unprecedented scale in sport," says Prof Chadwick. "China would then be able to bid for the football World Cup, and the ultimate aim would then be to win it.
"But they need to learn more about football - that is crucial. With these club purchases, they have been going about acquiring competence."
Chinese parents traditionally prefer their children to enter a profession rather than sport, says Prof Chadwick, so in order to improve playing standards the country has been building US-style soccer campuses.
These enable talented youngsters to improve their football skills, while at the same time also learning and potentially preparing to enter university.
Prof Chadwick says in establishing a domestic football league, China has been influenced by Japan's J-League. Before its creation, in 1993, the Japanese national team did not qualify for World Cups, but since 1998 has been in five in a row.
CMC/Citic Capital - 13% stake in City Football Group (Man City parent firm)
Rastar Group - 56% stake in Spanish club Espanyol
Dalian Wanda Group - 20% stake in Spanish club Atletico Madrid
CEFC China Energy Company - 60% stake in Czech club Slavia Prague
Ledus - complete ownership of French club Sochaux
United Vansen International Sports Company - majority shareholder in Dutch club ADO Den Haag
This combination of US and Japanese influences, has now been joined by acquiring knowledge from European football clubs.
"Man City is not a random buy," says Prof Chadwick. "They have got the Etihad Campus, which is the model the Chinese want to follow."
Ownership of European clubs also provides a voice at European confederation Uefa, which can be useful when decisions are made about where to stage future World Cups, he says.
Meanwhile, Gu Xin, from Beijing-based sports marketing firm Yutang Sports, says that Chinese investors can also see potentially rich economic returns from European football.
He says owning stakes in the likes of Atletico Madrid could potentially open the doors to Chinese players appearing in club first teams in Europe.
"As a result, there could be more Chinese fans of the clubs, which means larger commercial values for the clubs in the Chinese market.
"The companies could [also] then earn money by transferring international players [from the European teams] to Chinese teams. This is another very profitable revenue stream."
Fans in France were surprised - and rather sceptical - when Hong Kong-listed Ledus bought second division Sochaux from Peugeot for €7m (£5m) in July. Ledus is an electrical components manufacturer specialising in the production of LED-based lighting systems.
Sochaux is one of the oldest professional clubs in France, and had always been owned by Peugeot, which founded the team in 1928. For local residents, the club and the firm were a family.
French media observers say it is unlikely that Ledus will be able to build a fan base in China around the club, rather that the new owners are using Sochaux as a vehicle to develop the Ledus brand in France and Europe.
After a poor start to the season, the club currently sits third from bottom of the second tier, and fans are starting to ask questions about what the Chinese strategy for Sochaux actually is.
The Chinese ownership says that Ledus is in Sochaux for the long term, and that the club will achieve its goal of getting back into Ligue 1.
Prof Chadwick also says those Chinese businesses that follow the wishes of their national president and support football may be looked upon favourably by the authorities.
And there are signs that investment by firms in the Chinese domestic football market is creating progress there.
He points to club Guangzhou Evergrande - 60% owned by Evergrande Real Estate and 40% by Jack Ma's Alibaba - which has won the Asian Champions league two times in past three years.
"I think China can win a World Cup," he says. "It has the resources, scale, and and state backing to fast forward 150 years of football development into 10 years."
Scientists believe kissing helps people judge the quality of a potential mate through taste, smell and fitness.
Once in a relationship, the Oxford University study found kissing was a way of getting a partner to stick around.
Women were found to value kissing more highly in long-term relationships.
An online survey of 900 adults by the Oxford team, published in the journal Archives of Sexual Behaviour, showed that men and women who were more attractive or had more casual sex partners were more selective in choosing mates, and those groups valued kissing more highly.
This suggests that kissing helps in sizing up a potential partner, the study says.
Professor Robin Dunbar, from the department of experimental psychology at Oxford University, said courtship in humans was complex and involved a whole series of assessments before men and women decided to carry on their relationship.
"Initial attraction may include facial, body and social cues. Then assessments become more and more intimate as we go deeper into the courtship stages, and this is where kissing comes in.
"In choosing partners, we have to deal with the 'Jane Austen problem': How long do you wait for Mr Darcy to come along when you can't wait forever and there may be lots of you waiting just for him? At what point do you have to compromise for the curate?"
Prof Dunbar said that Jane Austen, whose works of romantic fiction included Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility, realised that people were extremely good at assessing where they were in the "mating market" and pitching their demands accordingly.
"It depends what kind of poker hand you've been dealt.
"If you have a strong bidding hand, you can afford to be much more demanding and choosy when it comes to prospective mates," he said,
If kissing plays a part in selecting a partner then it also plays an important role before sex in short relationships and at a range of different times in committed relationships, the study found.
The study found that kissing was particularly important to women in long-term relationships.
This may be because it plays a role in increasing feelings of affection and attachment among couples, the researchers suggest.
Previous research had found that women placed greater value on activities that strengthen long-term relationships because being pregnant and raising children is easier when two parents are present.
In another study in Human Nature, researchers from Oxford suggest that women's attitude to romantic kissing also depends on where in their menstrual cycle and their relationship they are.
Women valued kissing most at the start of a relationship and around the time they were most likely to conceive in their cycle.
It is understood the Liberal MP, who died in 2010, was stopped on the M1 in Northamptonshire during the 1980s.
He was then released after making a telephone call to an unidentified third party in London, it has been claimed.
Northamptonshire Police said no witnesses had been found and no reports of the alleged incident were uncovered.
Five people who came forward to help the investigation offered third-party accounts that could not be used as evidence, police said.
The claims surfaced in a book on Smith written by current Rochdale MP, Labour's Simon Danczuk.
He said the politician, who was the Liberal and then Liberal Democrat MP for Rochdale between 1972 and 1992, was arrested, but the material seized by police had disappeared.
Detectives said they interviewed Mr Danczuk, two former chief constables, about 60 police staff, journalist Don Hale who has written extensively about Smith, and several members of the public.
Northamptonshire Police said Special Branch "had undertaken a manual trawl of their archives" and the Crown Prosecution Service had also searched its archives "for relevant information" but had found nothing.
"To date, no witness has been found who saw Smith in custody or was involved in his arrest and no reports of the alleged incident have been uncovered," a statement said.
"Furthermore, no witnesses have been found from Special Branch or any other senior influence, while a primary witness - a canteen worker mentioned in the book - cannot be identified."
The force said the cold case would be reopened if more information came to light.
Northamptonshire Police previously said in response to a Freedom of Information request that laws linked to security services prevented it from divulging information it held on Smith.
That triggered speculation that records on the late MP may have been destroyed by or at the request of security services.
A number of men have told Greater Manchester Police they were abused by Smith, whose family has always denied claims of abuse.
The boulder plunged down Lords Rake steep gully on the route between England's highest mountain, Scafell Pike, and its neighbour, Scafell.
The Wasdale Mountain Rescue team said climbers should be wary of "loose, falling rocks".
They are also being urged to dress properly for the terrain.
A spokesman for the rescue team said: "The perched block at the top of Lords Rake has fragmented and is now in bits close to where it was stuck.
"There are some loose boulders where it was standing. The largest bit looks to be fairly well bedded into the scree. The rake itself is just as loose as ever.
"As always, people walking in such areas should remain vigilant for falling rocks and go out suitably dressed and experienced for such a route."
Russell Findlay, 44, was giving evidence at the trial of William Burns, 56, and Alexander Porter, 48, who deny targeting him in December 2015.
Mr Findlay said his face became hot after a man who claimed to be a postman splashed liquid on him.
He also described grappling with the man before his daughter ran for help.
As well as working for the Sun newspaper, Mr Findlay is the author of books about Glasgow crime gangs.
On the first day of the trial at the High Court in Glasgow, he said that he answered the doorbell at his west end home at about 08:30 on 23 December 2015.
He said a man in a red jacket, claiming to be from the Royal Mail, said he needed a signature for a package.
The journalist said that as he turned to write his signature on a form he felt a liquid splash onto the right side of his face.
This was followed by a bottle flying past and then the man, whom he identified in court as William Burns, trying to barge his way into the house.
Mr Findlay said he believed the liquid was "a toxic corrosive substance" and described fighting with the man.
Mr Findlay told the court that his attacker managed to get two or three feet into his home, but he bundled him outside and they grappled on the area outside.
The journalist said that while the incident was going on, his 10-year-old daughter came to the door.
He added: "She was clearly very scared and I shouted at her to go and get help from the neighbours and get them to call the police."
While his daughter ran to neighbour's Mr Findlay managed to hold on to his attacker.
He said: "At one point I said' Why did they send a fat clown like you as a hitman. Is this alI I'm worth."
Mr Findlay was asked if his attacker said anything and he replied: "He said very little. But towards the end I asked him who had sent him and he said 'Wee Jamie sends his regards."
The court was told that a knife was found in the doorway of his home and a set of broken false teeth were found on the driveway.
Mr Findlay was asked who the teeth belonged to and replied: "They are my assailant's false teeth."
Defence advocate Thomas Ross told Mr Findlay: "Mr Burns does not dispute he was the person at your door, but he will tell the jury there was no liquid, no delivery card, no knife."
Mr Findlay replied: "He was wearing a Royal Mail uniform , had a delivery card and threw acid, good luck with that."
The journalist denied a suggestion that he had phoned Mr Burns the night before and the accused had said he would meet him at his home the next day.
It was claimed the call had been to do with the death of a man by the River Gryffe at Bridge of Weir, but Mr Findlay said he knew nothing about that.
The court heard that as a result of the incident, Mr Findlay suffered burns to the right side of his face and had blurry vision in his right eye for a number of weeks afterwards.
Mr Findlay's daughter also gave evidence by police interview and told of seeing her father wrestling with a man whom she believed was delivering a parcel.
She said: "It caused the biggest fright of my life. All I could think about was my dad. I was crying and I couldn't stop."
Mr Burns and Mr Porter, from Paisley, are alleged to have shot Ross Sherlock in a murder attempt near St Helen's Primary in Bishopbriggs last September.
Both men are also accused of assaulting Mr Findlay to the danger of his life.
They deny the charges.
The trial before Judge Sean Murphy QC continues.
Its latest estimate of the cumulative number of cases since the start of the outbreak in March now stands at 7,780 in Sierra Leone and 7,719 in Liberia.
In Guinea, the figure is 2,283. The virus has killed more than 6,300 people in the three West African countries.
Just over half the reported deaths have been in Liberia, the WHO says.
On Monday, the organisation said its 60-day goals for tackling Ebola - treating 70% of patients and burying 70% of victims by 1 December - had been largely met in the three countries at the centre of the outbreak.
However it also said that the treatment figure in Sierra Leone had fallen below the mark.
The West African outbreak of Ebola is the deadliest ever.
The virus, which was first identified in 1976, causes vomiting, diarrhoea and bleeding.
People are infected through direct contact with the bodily fluids of a person who has the virus or has died from Ebola.
11,315
Deaths - probable, confirmed and suspected
(Includes one in the US and six in Mali)
4,809 Liberia
3,955 Sierra Leone
2,536 Guinea
8 Nigeria
Mr Ross set the Guinness World Record by scoring three goals in 90 seconds as an 18-year-old while playing for Ross County against Nairn County in 1964.
The previous record had been set by a Gillingham player in the 1950s.
Mr Ross went on to play for a number of English clubs, including Peterborough United, Wigan Athletic and York City, as well as Scottish side Brora Rangers.
News of his death was announced by Tain football club St Duthus, which he managed during the 1990s.
The club, which plays in the North Caledonian League, has posted tributes to Mr Ross on social media.
St Duthus said everyone at the club "extend their deepest and most heartfelt sympathies to Tommy's family and close friends at this difficult time".
Mr Ross played six games for Peterborough United and scored two goals.
Wigan Athletic said it was "saddened" to hear of his death.
"He was with us for a season only back in our non-league days in 1969, but is remembered fondly by those supporters who watched him," it said.
Inver-born Mr Ross joined Ross County in 1961 at the age of 15, and scored his first goal for the club that same season.
He scored 44 goals during the 1964-65 season, when he secured his place in history with three goals in 90 seconds against Highlands rivals Nairn County.
His form attracted attention from a number of clubs on both sides of the border, including Cardiff City, Millwall, Newcastle and Aberdeen in Scotland, before he moved to Peterborough United in 1965.
He then played for York City, Wigan Athletic and Rossendale United before returning to Scotland to play for Brora Rangers in the 1970s.
He then got involved in coaching, and took the reigns of Tain St Duthus for several seasons in the mid 90s.
Two of his sons, Stuart and Andrew Ross, are now the management team in charge of St Duthus, which was revived as a club last year.
As well as playing for Brora Rangers, Mr Ross started a construction company with his brothers John and James.
He later worked at North Sea oil and gas industry yards in Nigg and Ardersier in the Highlands, and for a car sales company in Inverness.
Mr Ross also worked as a youth scout for Tottenham Hotspur, based in the north.
It said the agency currently run by anthropologists should be replaced with one controlled by the justice ministry.
The panel also said about 80 Funai officials should be prosecuted for backing what it considered illegal land claims by indigenous groups.
Critics said the move was an attack on indigenous rights by the farming lobby.
They said the reform would leave indigenous tribes unprotected as farmers were trying to move further into the Amazon rainforest.
Brazil's indigenous leaders risk their lives fighting for survival
On Tuesday, dozens of protesters with body paint and feathered headdresses danced outside the Congress building in the capital Brasilia to protest against the commission's findings.
"The death of the Funai would be a sort of genocide because it has advised us on how to survive," Francisco, leader of the Kaingang people of southern Brazil, was quoted as saying by Reuters news agency.
"These lawmakers represent the interest of agribusiness, not our interests."
Earlier this month, Antonio Costa, the head of Funai, was sacked just days after a brutal attack in which at least 10 indigenous people were hurt.
He complained that Funai had been 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 indigenous peoples.
The assault in the northern state of Maranhao was carried out by farmers and landowners, the authorities say.
More than 800,000 indigenous people from different tribes live in Brazil, making up less than 1% of the country's population.
The 29-year-old was diagnosed in August 2016, but made his comeback in the Brumbies' Super Rugby quarter-final loss in July.
Lealiifano has been linked with a short-term deal at Pro14 side Ulster.
"When I first started training I thought I would never play football again," Lealiifano said.
"When the doctor gave me the all clear that I could return back to work, that was when I had my eye on the prize."
Lealiifano said his cancer battle has "changed" his outlook on life.
He underwent chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant, and was told the cancer was in remission in February.
"I would go through this 10 times again for the person I am today," he said. "The journey I have been through and the person that I have become."
Lealiifano say he is "exploring options" in Australia's National Rugby Championship and playing abroad.
Addressing the Ulster rumours, he said: "Nothing has been locked away yet - it is something in the pipeline."
Lealiifano, who the last of his 19 caps for the Wallabies against England in June 2016, said he is not focusing on a return to the national side.
"I have not really thought too much about it - I will just work through each day and each game," he added.
But the Disasters Emergency Committee says the cost of mounting an appeal to pay for aid might outweigh donations.
South Sudan's president has already warned of "one of worst famines ever".
More than a million people have fled their homes since fighting erupted between different factions of South Sudan's ruling party last December.
Thousands have now died in the conflict that started as a political dispute between South Sudan President Salva Kiir and Riek Machar, his sacked deputy, but escalated into ethnic violence.
The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) - which brings together 13 UK charities to deal with international crises - says it currently has less than half of the money it needs to "prevent the growing food crisis in South Sudan from turning into a catastrophe".
"If the conflict in South Sudan continues, and more aid cannot be delivered, then by August it is likely that some localised areas of South Sudan will slip into famine," the DEC says in its report, citing international food crisis experts.
The committee says the same experts helped predict the seriousness of the East Africa food crisis in 2011, which led to the first famine of the 21st Century in Somalia.
It predicts that responsive emergency work would cost £113m ($194m), but to date they have only received £56m.
"We are very concerned... that despite some excellent news coverage of the situation, public awareness of the crisis in the UK remains very low, making a successful appeal extremely difficult," said DEC head Saleh Saeed.
Journalists call dramatic news stories "sexy". And predicting a famine - however certain the aid agencies are about it - will always be less sexy than the real thing.
The financing of humanitarian work depends to a large extent on media coverage - from the coins put in charity boxes to the much larger sums given by governments.
In this case the agency experts have even put dates on the coming hunger in South Sudan - August to November.
It will be interesting to see how much impact the prediction makes.
It didn't work in late 2010 when the United Nations and others sounded the alarm about an impending famine in Somalia and elsewhere in the Horn of Africa.
The warning bells were more or less ignored and in 2011 the worst hunger crisis this century has seen so far duly took place.
That was sexy. We covered that.
In pictures: Threat of famine
Months of fighting in South Sudan has prevented farmers from planting or harvesting crops, causing food shortages nationwide.
Last month, South Sudan, which gained independence from Sudan in 2011, topped the list of fragile states in this year's index released by The Fund for Peace, a leading US-based research institute.
According to the internationally accepted IPC classification, at least the first three of these conditions must occur:
Mr Trump, of course, is no stranger to Twitter himself and it came as no surprise that he should have announced his visit on the social media platform.
But it is his previous tweets about the US's southern neighbour which has turned many Mexicans against Mr Trump.
Many of them date back to last year and are far from flattering.
His controversial plan to build a wall between the two neighbours to keep undocumented Mexican immigrants from crossing into the US also featured in this tweets early on.
It seems Mexicans could do nothing right in the eyes of Mr Trump, as he took advantage of Mexican director Alejandro G Inarritu's success at the 2015 Oscars to slam Mexico for "ripping off the US".
And of course there have been other comments, not all of them on Twitter, which have made Mexicans' blood boil - such as this one made in a speech in June 2015: "They're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime, they're rapists, and some I assume are good people, but I speak to border guards, and they tell us what we are getting."
Former Mexican President Vicente Fox was among the first Mexican politicians to react to the news of Mr Trump's visit, saying that there was no "turning back".
"Trump, your offensive behaviour towards Mexicans, Muslims and others have put you in the hole you're now in. Bye bye, Trump!"
Most Mexicans who took to Twitter demanded Mr Trump apologise for his previous comments.
Historian Enrique Krauze addressed Mr Trump directly in English.
The presidential candidate for the opposition Pan party, Margarita Zavala, did not hold back either, telling Mr Trump that "even though you have been invited, you should know you're not welcome".
"Mexicans have dignity and reject your hateful discourse," she added.
A former Mexican ambassador to the US, Arturo Sarukhan, was more worried about the message that the invite by President Enrique Pena Nieto sent.
Historian Hector Aguilar Camin meanwhile commented on the risk taken by President Pena Nieto by inviting Mr Trump.
He tweeted: "Tomorrow's dilemma is that either Trump apologises to Mexicans or Pena Nieto loses the support he still has."
Some Mexicans expressed their anger and frustration with their president's invite to Mr Trump under the hashtag #YouAreNotWelcome and, in Spanish, #NoEresBienvenidoTrump.
Others opted for simplicity:
John McKay, 46, stabbed William Scott seven times during a "furious and murderous" assault in a flat in Airdrie in April 2016.
A court was told that a seven-year-old girl found Mr Scott, 43, blood-soaked and dying on his bathroom floor following the attack.
At the High Court in Edinburgh, judge Lady Scott ordered McKay, from Airdrie, to serve a life sentence.
He was found guilty of murder following an earlier trial at the High Court in Glasgow.
The jury heard that McKay was in a secret relationship with Mr Scott's partner, Louisa Corcoran, 34.
He carried out the attack after learning that Mr Scott had verbally abused Ms Corcoran in a phone call, upon discovering the relationship.
Lady Scott told McKay that his crime was "out of character" as he had no history of violence.
She added: "It appears to be related to your depression at the time, for which you were receiving treatment and a history of animosity with the deceased, in the context of your affair with the deceased's partner being discovered.
"Whatever the background, you went to the deceased's house when angry and demanded entry. You were seen aggressively banging on the windows and kicking the door to get in."
She said McKay stabbed his victim seven times, with the fatal wound piercing his liver.
"It appears you also gripped the deceased's neck with such severe force as to break the thyroid cartilage inside on either side," she added.
"In total 67 injuries were inflicted. This was a truly ferocious and murderous assault."
During the earlier trial, McKay denied murder and claimed he had been provoked.
His defence advocate Edward Targowski QC told Lady Scott that experts had assessed McKay at being at a low risk of reoffending when he is eventually released from prison.
The social network twice disabled the account following complaints, only to re-enable it hours later.
"These posts are clearly distressing for the families and this content has now been removed," a spokeswoman said.
"We apologise for the delay in taking them down."
The social network acted for a third time after the matter was brought to its attention by the BBC. It has not explained the actions of its complaints team.
One internet expert said the behaviour had been "bonkers" and called into question Facebook's safety procedures.
The BBC reported on Tuesday the case of a child from Cambridgeshire whose photos had been used alongside a fake plea for help.
"This little baby has cancer and he need money for surgery," the accompanying post stated.
It added that Facebook would donate money for every "like", comment or share of the message.
The picture was posted at the start of February. More than one million people responded.
Security experts said such tactics were often used by "like farming" scammers.
Perpetrators attempt to engage as many users as possible so that they can later target them with follow-up messages and/or sell on the profile page and its associated contacts to unscrupulous marketers.
The mother of the child - Sarah Allen from St Neots, Cambridgeshire - said she had been upset by the discovery.
"We had people messaging saying they had heard Jasper has cancer," she told the BBC.
"He doesn't. These were pictures from when he had chickenpox."
Facebook eventually deleted this post but - after overturning Tuesday's short-lived account block - left similar fake cancer posts featuring other children live.
The BBC determined they included a photo of a three-year-old girl from England, who was injured in a road accident in 2015. The image belongs to her parents.
"I need the photo to be removed," said the mother of the girl - who asked not to be named - when she was informed of its misuse.
"I am extremely upset about it."
Other images showed:
In addition, the account featured several photos of dead young children in coffins, claiming users would have "76 year of bad luck" if they scrolled past without liking or sharing the posts.
Facebook's community standards say it does not allow posts featuring images that infringe other people's copyright.
The company does not require each rights holder to make a claim before acting.
Facebook first disabled the account on 10 January after Mrs Allen had sent several messages to its complaints team, only for it to be made live again the next day.
The social network took the account offline again on Tuesday afternoon, but it was active again about five hours later.
The BBC questioned the decision early this morning. But it was not until about 15:00 GMT that the account was taken offline for a third time.
Cybersecurity expert Prof Alan Woodward said Facebook did not appear to have scrutinised the case closely enough despite the publicity it had already generated.
"Clearly anybody should have the right to appeal their account being taken down, but if it's returned up that quickly it doesn't show much due process has been taken in checking it out," said the University of Surrey lecturer.
"It's difficult not to conclude Facebook was doing the bare minimum here."
South East Labour MEP Anneliese Dodds called for an investigation in an amendment to the European Parliament's annual competition report earlier this month, which passed by 467 votes to 156, with 86 abstentions.
Margrethe Vestager, the European Commissioner for Competition, has written to Dodds to say the matter will not be taken any further.
Vestager said: "The transaction was notified to national competition authorities in several member states, namely Austria, Spain, Portugal and the United Kingdom, all which approved it last year."
Dodds says smaller teams are "unfairly punished" because of the way F1 is run.
As well as the sport's takeover by Liberty Media, Dodds also expressed concerns over its UK tax arrangements.
Dodds pointed to the recent collapse of the Manor team as an example of how the sport is failing some teams.
"Smaller teams are unfairly punished by an uncompetitive allocation of prize money that will always give the biggest teams more money, even if they finish last in every race," she said.
In 2015, two of F1's smaller teams, Force India and Sauber, asked the EU's Competition Commission to investigate the sport due to perceived unfairness over the way revenues were divided and rules decided.
The Commission has not yet ruled out an investigation into this issue.
The three-year contract with Chinese video streaming service PPTV is set to be the league's biggest-ever overseas broadcast sale.
A PPTV source told the BBC a deal was in place.
If the reported value is confirmed, it would be worth ten times more than the league's current China TV deal.
The Premier League is yet to comment.
PPTV is owned by Chinese retailer Suning, which is already invested in European football after it bought a controlling stake in Italian club Inter Milan in June.
China's President Xi Jinping has led a drive for businesses to invest more in football in a bid to turn the country into a footballing superpower.
He has set a target for the nation to be the world's biggest sports economy by 2025.
Manchester City, West Bromwich Albion and Aston Villa are among the English clubs to have received investment from China over the last year.
Audiences for Premier League football are also growing strongly in China, with English clubs seeing the world's second largest economy as a major growth market.
The nation's own Super League is also helping to fuel the boom, as it attracts well-known players and managers from the European leagues.
The Associated Press news agency reported that the TV deal would be worth $700m, working out at $233m-a-year starting in the 2019-2020 season. Other reports have suggested the deal is worth $600m.
The Premier League's largest overseas TV rights deal is currently with US broadcaster NBC, which paid $1bn for six seasons, or $167m per campaign.
But the main source of the league's income still comes from the UK.
British broadcasters Sky and BT last year agreed to pay a record £5.14bn for three seasons, starting with the current 2016-2017 campaign.
If Manchester United and other top English Premier League clubs are willing to parade their players in a series of exhibition games across China as soon as the domestic season is finished, then you can see how important this market is.
EPL (as it's known here) is big. The fact that even David Beckham's son is the centrepiece of an advert for a smartphone in China shows you the strength of its appeal.
Basketball is long established in China. The NBA has a huge following. Rugby Union, Cricket and the NFL all have ambitions here.
But China's association with English football is deepening.
Chinese investors have acquired what seems like most of the West Midlands clubs in a show of status and financial might, but also for some a genuine attempt to build new brands that could appeal beyond their domestic base.
This broadcast deal, unsurprisingly, reveals how important web-based distribution is here for certain types of entertainment.
But what you might call 'revenue issues' remain.
There are plenty of illegal ways to watch EPL games in China and I'm pretty sure that the England away kit I saw listed on a very well-known Chinese internet retailer - for the equivalent of £7.50 - wasn't the real deal.
Loosely translated, the Dracoraptor part means "dragon thief"; hanigani honours Rob and Nick Hanigan - the two fossil-hunting brothers who found it.
In a new analysis, scientists say the specimen is possibly the oldest known Jurassic dinosaur from the UK.
It also marks a key moment in dinosaur evolution, they tell PLoS One journal.
Dr Dave Martill from Portsmouth University and colleagues say some 40% of the animal was preserved, including its skull, claws, teeth and foot bones.
Forty percent is a lot in fossil terms and has allowed most of the animal to be reconstructed because of the symmetry that exists in the body.
The team says very precise dating was made possible in this case because the remains were sandwiched between well-documented fossils of ammonites (extinct molluscs) and conodonts (a tiny eel-like creature).
This age - of 201.3 million years (plus or minus 200,000 years) - puts Dracoraptor hanigani right at the base of the Jurassic Period, just after the Triassic.
The boundary marks a mass extinction event when at least half the species on Earth (including conodonts) are thought to have gone extinct - perhaps because of an asteroid strike or massive volcanism, or a combination of both.
Whatever the cause, the disruption is recognised to have opened the door to dinosaurs to assume dominance.
This makes the Welsh discovery particularly interesting.
"It's right at that point in the diversification of dinosaurs where so-called therapod dinosaurs - the meat-eating ones - became what are called neotherapods. It's from this moment onwards that they go on to become all the forms we know, like T. rex, Velociraptor and even birds," explained team-member Steven Vidovic.
"The reason we know the age of the dinosaurs - what we call the Mesozoic Era - is because of this Triassic-Jurassic extinction event.
"But we actually understand very little about that early phase of the Jurassic. It's not until the Middle Jurassic that we get all the diversity and forms that you know from children's books.
"So, everyone's been hunting for these really early Jurassic specimens, going to exotic places in Africa, North and Central America, and then a couple of brothers stumble across something on a beach near Cardiff."
Dr Martill added: "We invited Rob and Nick to name this beautiful little dinosaur and they suggested Dracoraptor after 'draco' meaning 'dragon', the national symbol of Wales, and 'raptor' meaning 'thief' or 'plunderer'.
"The draco part of the name seemed fitting because the fossils were found in Wales and will be displayed in Wales, reflecting the red dragon of the Welsh flag. Dracoraptor was a meat-eating dinosaur that would have used its small needle-sharp teeth with steak-knife serrations to pinch bits of meat here and there, hence the part of its name meaning thief.
"Although the Hanigan brothers chose the generic name, we also wanted to credit them, which is why the full name of the species is in fact Dracoraptor hanigani."
A fascinating aspect of this dinosaur is the context of its burial: the animal was encased in marine rocks, meaning its body was somehow transported out to sea before settling into sediments.
"Two-hundred-million-years ago, the UK was a series of islands," said Mr Vidovic. "When it sank, it must have sunk pretty quickly because it's so complete. What we do see is that when it got to the bottom, sea urchins crawled all over it, a bit like you get with a whale carcass now. And we've actually got some of those (fossilised) sea urchins. It's they who jumbled the bones up and made them into such a wonderful puzzle."
The Hanigan brothers have donated the dinosaur to Amgueddfa Cymru-National Museum of Wales.
The PLoS One paper has authors from the museum, and Portsmouth and Manchester universities.
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It is perhaps not surprising then, that as a footballer, his career has come full circle, and seen him handed a return ticket back to MK Dons, the club that showed him the door as a teenager.
The odds were stacked high against Williams.
According to League Football Education, 99% of the apprentices at EFL clubs released over the past five years have not gone on to have a career in professional football.
So you can imagine how Williams felt in 2012 when he was told by then Dons boss Karl Robinson that he could leave the club he had been at since under-14 level.
"I remember the whole day and how it unfolded," he told BBC Three Counties Radio. "I was quietly confident I may get a professional contract or some other kind of deal because I felt like I was playing quite well.
"When I found out I wasn't getting one, I was absolutely gutted. I remember calling my dad and I was really down about it."
Unlike some academy dropouts, Williams, now 23, had a back-up plan if his football career hit a bump, and had already been offered a place at four universities.
"You're one of thousands with the same CV - 18 years old, played no professional games and been released," he said.
"I knew going on trials probably wasn't going to be the best for me. I was very aware a manager isn't going to look at an 18-year-old with no league football and say 'get him in'. Managers look for experience."
After a coffee shop meeting with his parents, during which options including going to the United States were thrown into the mix, Williams decided on Loughborough University.
Loughborough often take on young footballers coming out of academies, generally from League One and below, and give them a chance to rebuild their career, while also furthering their education.
"I remember meeting the head coach Stuart McLaren before getting to university and it was almost like a professional club set-up," said Williams.
"They had a new stadium being built, there was training pretty much every day, they were in both the Midlands Alliance and a university league, so it was kind of like being back in full-time football again."
McLaren remembers the day Williams first arrived on the scene, during pre-season.
"You could see that George had something extra about him," he told BBC Sport.
"He was very strong, very quick, had exceptional stamina, but also in terms of his personality, it's not easy for young guys to deal with the rejection that comes with not being offered a professional contract.
"Sometimes the bigger job in the higher education sector is to build people up from the psychological perspective rather than technical or tactical development.
"But George wasn't like that at all. You could see he had taken it in his stride and that he was going to make the most of his time at university.
"All we did was facilitate and guide George through the process. Anything he's gone onto achieve is almost entirely down to himself."
McLaren now works in a grassroots development role with the Scottish Football Association, and met current MK Dons boss Robbie Neilson, who took over from Robinson earlier this season, while they were studying for Uefa coaching badges.
"I told him to keep an eye out for the boy Williams, he won't let you down," he said.
"I'm delighted that George has backed up that recommendation. He's been performing quite well of the last couple of months."
Williams never gave up hope that he would get back into the full-time game while studying for his Sports Science degree, despite telling people he would "see what the degree can get me if that (football) doesn't work out".
After playing for and captaining the university side for two years, Williams joined National League North side Worcester City while in his final year at Loughborough.
And he was a member of the side which created club history by beating League One Coventry City in the FA Cup first round and causing pandemonium at the Ricoh Arena.
Despite being knocked out in the next round by Scunthorpe United after a breathless replay and record-breaking 14-13 penalty shoot-out, Williams' stock was high.
"I think that FA Cup run gave managers that might have been interested a chance to see me against League One opposition," he recalled.
"The Scunthorpe game was on a Wednesday, I got a call for Barnsley on the Thursday and signed for them on Monday."
But more adversity was to follow as Danny Wilson, the manager who signed him for Barnsley in January 2015, was sacked within a few weeks of his arrival and he did not fit into new boss Lee Johnson's plans.
Williams finished off his degree but was not involved in Barnsley's pre-season trip in the summer of 2015, and was sent out on loan to National League side Barrow.
There was, however, light at the end of the tunnel after he returned to Oakwell.
"Lee Johnson played me at left-back in a reserve game because there was a lot of injuries there," said Williams.
"Then I started the next game, put my foot down in the team and didn't look back."
He went on to help Barnsley lift two trophies at Wembley, winning the Johnstone's Paint Trophy final and earning promotion to the Championship with a play-off win over Millwall.
Despite that, he was released by the Tykes during the summer and decided to seek a move back down south.
He had offers from other League One clubs, but his mind was quickly made up when he heard of interest from the manager that had released him four years previously.
"I met Karl, he was really honest with me. There was no bitter feelings or anything, that's the job, this is a business," Williams said.
"Looking back, I probably wasn't ready to get a professional contract when I was 18, and I am now."
Because of his route back into football and the poor prospects for players released by academies, Williams now has his eye on helping those who find themselves in similar situations to him.
"It's something that later in my career I'd want to do, helping 18-year-olds that get released, making sure that they've got a platform to do other things so if football doesn't work out, they have other options," he said.
"And on the flipside, they've got another way to play a good standard of football, rather than not play at all."
Four people are reportedly injured, and firefighters fear more people are buried under the rubble.
Eighteen people are registered as living at the building in the town of Swiebodzice, Radio Poland reports.
Two of the building's floors may have caved in due to a gas explosion, a spokesman for the fire department told AFP news agency.
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Calls to introduce a law banning companies from telling women to wear high heels at work were rejected by the government in April.
The issue was debated after one woman who was sent home for wearing flat shoes set up a petition.
The University of Aberdeen researchers recommended further investigation into the issue.
The review examined research into the physical damage and injury that can be caused, as well as the social and cultural aspects surrounding the wearing of high heels.
It found large amounts of studies showed a link between wearing high heels and an increased risk of bunions, pain and injury.
However, it found a lack of clear evidence of an association between high heel wear and osteoarthritis.
The authors drew a distinction between the UK - where the government has pledged to develop guidelines and raise awareness that female workers should not be forced to wear high heels without introducing new legislation - and the Canadian province of British Columbia, which has amended legislation to now prohibit employers from requiring staff to wear high heels.
Dr Max Barnish, who led the research, said: "From our review it is clear that despite the huge amount of evidence showing heels are bad for individuals' health, there are complex social and cultural reasons that make high-heel wearing attractive."
Dr Heather Morgan, a lecturer at the University of Aberdeen, added: "Of course we are not trying to tell anyone that they should or shouldn't wear high heels but we hope this review will inform wearers to help them weigh up the health risks with social benefits."
She added that it was hoped the review would "put pressure on law makers to toughen up legislation so that no-one is forced against their will to wear them in the workplace or in licensed public social venues".
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Thomas Orchard, 32, suffered a cardiac arrest in an Exeter police cell in 2012 and died a week later in hospital.
Sgt Jan Kingshott, 45, said Mr Orchard repeatedly threatened to "bite the faces off" custody staff.
Sgt Kingshott and detention officers Simon Tansley, 39, and Michael Marsden, 56, deny gross negligence manslaughter.
He told Bristol Crown Court: "It was unusual - a directed threat which makes you take notice. That's why it stuck in my mind."
Mr Orchard's mental health issues were not flagged up on the police computer nor was there a warning that he may be violent, the jury heard.
"I knew nothing about him - or what he was suffering from or his mental state or drugs," Mr Kingshott said.
Church caretaker Mr Orchard, who had schizophrenia, had stopped taking his medication when he was arrested for a public order offence and taken to the Heavitree Road police station.
He had a cloth emergency response belt (ERB) held around his face for five minutes to prevent him spitting and biting.
Sgt Kingshott told the jury he had seen the ERB used in this way on around 50 previous occasions and it was a method of restraint he had been trained in.
In initial interviews the custody sergeant told investigators he "had the impression that he [Mr Orchard] was actively resisting" but in subsequent questioning, after viewing CCTV pictures, he conceded "that perception is not correct".
The jury was told Devon and Cornwall Police has been investigated for corporate manslaughter and by the Health and Safety Executive following the death of Mr Orchard.
Those investigations are "substantially completed" with decisions to be taken in the near future over what will happen next.
The trial continues.
The 16-page draft had been expected to fetch as much as $1.5m (£1m) at the Christie's sale.
McLean had hinted in February the original manuscript would reveal the song's lyrical meaning - which had always been kept a mystery.
"The writing and the lyrics will divulge everything there is to divulge," he said.
The 69-year-old previously acknowledged the beginning of the song is about the death of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper - Jiles P Richardson - in a plane crash, but has remained elusive about the rest of the track.
Read more: What do American Pie's lyrics mean?
The mystery has made American Pie one of the most debated songs in music history.
McLean said writing the song was "a mystical trip into his past".
The singer said he decided to sell the manuscript, which includes multiple drafts with handwritten notes and deletions, on a whim.
The eight-minute song was number one in the US for four weeks and reached number two in the UK singles chart in 1972.
Madonna also released a version in 2000, topping the charts in many countries including the UK, Canada and Australia.
The console was due to be formally launched and go on sale in China on 23 September.
So far, Microsoft has not given any reason for the cancellation or given a date for when the launch will go ahead.
Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo are gearing up to enter the Chinese market after a 14-year ban on foreign consoles was lifted in January.
"Despite strong and steady progress, we are going to need a bit more time to deliver the best experiences possible for our fans in China," said Microsoft in a statement given to games industry news site CVG. It said the launch would take place before the end of 2014.
People who pre-ordered the console and were expecting to receive it this week would get an "added bonus" said Microsoft's general manager in China Enwei Xie.
When it goes on sale the console is expected to cost 3,699 yuan (£370, $600) without the Kinect motion detector, and 4,299 yuan with it. Launch titles were expected to include Forza Motorsport 5, Zoo Tycoon and Max: The Curse of Brotherhood.
The delay comes as Microsoft is being investigated by Chinese authorities who have accused it of violating its anti-trust laws.
The delay might mean that Sony is the first to launch a console in the country though it too has yet to name a launch date for its PlayStation 4.
When China lifted its ban, it said anyone wishing to sell consoles in the country had to team up with a local manufacturer to make the gadgets locally. Microsoft signed up with BesTV, and Sony struck a deal with Shanghai Oriental Pearl.
The hospitals treating Daniel Thorpe, 27, from Buxton, Derbyshire, and Chanda Chauhan, 49, from Wednesbury, said they had been sent home.
Mr Thorpe suffered a collapsed lung and a fractured leg, while Ms Chauhan had internal injuries following the crash on the Smiler ride on 2 June.
Three others remain in care at the Royal Stoke University Hospital.
They include Leah Washington, 17, from Barnsley, who had to have her left leg amputated.
Walsall Manor Hospital, which was treating Ms Chauhan, confirmed she had been discharged.
She was sitting in the second row of the Smiler, and had surgery to her stomach, her daughter said.
Mr Thorpe left University Hospital, Coventry, on Friday and is now recovering at home, the hospital said.
Miss Washington's boyfriend Joe Pugh, 18, also from Barnsley, is being treated for two broken knees and "extensive" hand injuries.
Lawyers for Vicky Balch, 20, from Leyland, Lancashire, said on Tuesday she was "battling" to avoid an amputation.
Merlin Entertainment, which owns Alton Towers, has said it has contacted those injured and all 16 on board at the time of the crash will receive compensation.
The robot will be modelled on Nasa's Robonaut 5 (R5), a bipedal humanoid robot designed to complete tasks in planetary surfaces.
The aim is to program it to successfully fix equipment damaged by a dust storm in a virtual environment.
Nasa is offering the winning team a prize of $1m (£759,000).
The organisation currently has two types of Robonauts to support astronauts during spaceflight and ground missions to Mars by completing dangerous or complicated tasks - the R2 and the R5, or Valkyrie.
Both machines resemble humans as this makes them more adept at completing the same tasks as a human, according to Nasa, and they can hold and use tools in the same way humans would.
"Humanoid robots are being used in these kind of missions because for people with limited experience dealing with robots, humanoid robots are easier to interact with than with mechanical, featureless units," said Dr Kevin Curran, a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and Reader in Computer Science at Ulster University.
"The ability for astronauts to naturally communicate with such humanoids is important. Research to date has shown the benefits of utilising anthropomorphic robots which engage people in natural and expressive face-to-face interaction."
More mechanical robots need to be adapted and changed for their environments, whereas humanoid units can operate alongside humans without special modification, he added
Aligning a communications dish, repairing a solar array (multiple solar panels) and fixing a habitat leak are the three specific tasks the Space Robotics Competition teams will undertake.
Nasa hopes the challenge will produce software to help robots travel to planets independently and set up habitats and life support systems well ahead of astronauts arriving.
The first manned missions to Mars are expected in the 2030s.
The R5 robot operates using elastics technology instead of more traditional hydraulics systems, in order for it to work in difficult planetary surface conditions, and the sub-zero temperatures of space, Nasa said.
This allows it to rotate its arms and pelvis as a human would.
It measures 6ft 2in high (1.88m) and weighs 21 stone 4lb (136kg).
An R2 robot, which was designed to maintain spacecraft when its human counterparts are not there, is currently on the International Space Station.
Registration for the competition is now open, and a qualifying round will be held from mid-September. The winners are due to be announced in June 2017.
It said a database of usernames and email addresses had been discovered on a publicly accessible system during a routine security review.
The data.gov.uk site lets registered users browse information published by a variety of government departments.
The GDS has informed the information commissioner of the leak.
A GDS spokeswoman told the BBC that the breach had affected only data.gov.uk accounts, and people with separate accounts for other government websites were not affected.
She said only email addresses, usernames and hashed passwords were implicated, rather than personal information such as names and addresses.
A hashed password is one that has been scrambled, which usually makes it much less useful to cyber-criminals.
However, as a precaution, registered users will have to change their password when they next try to log in.
The GDS said people should also change their password on other web services if they had used their data.gov.uk password on other websites.
It said there was no evidence that any credentials had been misused.
However, registered users should exercise caution, since cyber-criminals often send opportunistic emails to victims of a data breach, trying to trick them into handing over more information.
Councillor Julian Bell said "horrendous" cuts put the parks at risk if councils are forced to sell them.
His comments come as the organisation warns boroughs' spending on parks has fallen by 18% in the past four years.
The government said councils should work with communities to ensure access.
Although the royal parks would be protected from any privatisation, the capital is around 40% green space, according to the City of London.
London Councils, which represents 32 boroughs and the City of London, said budget cuts had put local services, such as social care, under pressure.
It warned funding for community groups and volunteers who maintain the parks is under threat, as they prioritise other services, such as looking after homeless people.
If the cuts continue, councils may be unable to stop the parks being sold off and run privately by 2025, it warned.
Councillor Julian Bell, chair of London Councils' Transport and Environment Committee, said: "We have got to do everything we can to protect our parks for our future generation."
He speculated that one scenario could see health clubs buy the spaces up as they are considered "fantastic assets", in which case the public could have no access, as they could be reserved solely for members.
A Department for Communities and Local Government spokesman said: "All councils should work in partnership with local communities to ensure they have access to excellent parks and green spaces."
The 23-year-old scored four against Leicester on Thursday to take him to 75 league goals in 115 appearances for Spurs, including 26 in 29 to lead the race for the golden boot this campaign.
Only 26 players have reached a century of goals in Premier League history.
"It would be a fantastic achievement," said Kane.
"I said to someone the other day it would be great if I can get to that 100 club by the end of next season.
"The biggest thing I'm proud of is that I had two big injuries and was out for 11 weeks so to still be there at the top of the Premier League and to score 30-plus goals [in all competitions] is a big achievement."
Kane missed seven weeks from the middle of September to early November and also a month between March and April, both because of ankle injuries.
However, seven goals in his past six league appearances has propelled him to the top of the league scoring charts, two ahead of Everton's Romelu Lukaku with one game to play.
Kane won the Premier League golden boot last season, scoring 25 goals in 38 games.
Danny Murphy told BBC Radio 5 live's Friday Football Social that he believes Kane will score the 25 goals he needs to reach his century.
However, the former Spurs midfielder fears Kane's approach could hamper his attempts to beat Alan Shearer's Premier League record tally of 260.
"The biggest strength of Kane is his mental strength," said Murphy.
"Ability-wise he can do it. But he plays with such passion and energy, so to play every game, season in season out, will take a toll.
"He is a big powerful boy, but he puts so much in."
Kane continues to be linked with a move away from Tottenham, despite manager Mauricio Pochettino's assertion that the club can keep the players who have excelled during a campaign they will finish in second place.
Another ex-Spurs midfielder, Jermaine Jenas, told 5 live: "I would put my name on the line and say he [Kane] will not go anywhere.
"When Kane starts to look elsewhere, it is a sign that team is weakening and you can't see that happening."
California-based Electronics for Imaging paid the workers $1.21 (75p) per hour. They worked 122 hours in a week without overtime pay.
The company said it "unintentionally overlooked" US laws on wages and overtime. California's minimum wage at the time was $8 per hour.
Thousands of Indians work in Silicon Valley and many own start-ups there.
Reports say that Electronics for Imaging, a printing technology firm, has to pay more than $43,000 (£26,798) in back wages and penalties after labour regulators discovered the violations.
The eight workers were brought to the US on a special project, at the time when they helped the company move its headquarters from Foster City to Fremont.
Reports say the firm paid the Indian workers the same wages they received in their normal jobs in the Indian city of Bangalore - and continued to pay them in rupees.
US laws require foreign workers to be paid at least the minimum wage, with overtime for working more than 40 hours a week.
"This is worse than anything that I ever saw in any of those Los Angeles sweatshops," Michael Eastwood, assistant district director of Department of Labour, told the Associated Press news agency.
Three people died following avalanches that occurred in a 10-day period in February, the Scottish Avalanche Information Service said.
SAIS added that two other fatalities during the winter of 2015/16 may also have involved avalanche activity.
The service recorded 205 avalanches between December 2015 and April.
Of the avalanches, SAIS said 159 were released naturally and 46 were incidents triggered by people.
Some of the avalanche occurrences were minor, but others were "more significant" and resulted in people being carried with down by the avalanche, the service said.
A total of 21 people were carried down by an avalanche, it said.
In its report, SAIS, which has not named the three fatalities, said: "Significantly, 21 human triggered avalanche incidents occurred during a 10-day period in February, with three fatalities.
"This period was also during the mid-term holidays and coincided with stormy conditions, poor visibility, snowpack instability and when considerable to high levels of avalanche hazard were issued by the SAIS, notably in the Lochaber and Creag Meagaidh areas."
February saw the deaths of Adrian Bankart, 54, from Derbyshire, following an avalanche on Creag Meagaidh and Rachel Slater, 24, and Tim Newton, 27, from Bradford, who mountain rescuers say were caught by an avalanche before starting a climb on the North Face of Ben Nevis.
SAIS assesses avalanche hazards in six mountain areas.
These are Lochaber, Glen Coe, Creag Meagaidh, Southern Cairngorms, Northern Cairngorms and Torridon.
The service provides information on the stability of snowpack on the mountains from between December and April.
Every winter, hillwalkers and climbers are advised to check SAIS and mountain weather forecasts before planning trips into Scotland's hills.
In its report it said the winter of 2015/16 saw severe storm cycles crossing the Atlantic and bringing "very strong storm force winds" with severe gusts.
Wind speeds reached 140mph on mountain tops and often continual 100mph speeds persisting throughout some days.
Arctic conditions were experienced at the end of January with northerly and easterly bringing colder temperatures and fresh snow "that presented a period of instabilities within the snow pack, and different challenges", said SAIS.
In the winter of 2013/14, the service documented one of its highest numbers of avalanches with 350 snow slides detected during one of the snowiest winters in Scotland's mountains in almost 70 years.
SAIS's newest season is to begin on 17 December.
There are still major restrictions on the ability of their customers to obtain their cash or move it around:
a) withdrawals per week are capped at €420;
b) there is a ban on using deposits to repay loans early (because many Greeks would rather repay debts than risk seeing their savings wiped out in a bank crash or in a so-called bail-in which would see savings converted to bank shares of dubious value);
c) it is still incredibly difficult for small and medium size businesses to purchase vital raw materials or other goods from abroad, because banks won't make new loans and there are severe restrictions on foreign payments.
The symbolic importance of the European Central Bank turning on the emergency lending tap again was important, but it has only been turned on a fraction.
It has given enough additional Emergency Liquidity Assistance, €900m, to keep the banks alive in a technical sense.
There is no possibility of them thriving for months and even possibly years. To put it in a Hellenic nutshell, the banks and the Greek economy remain in intensive care.
The transmission of money is being facilitated in the most basic way, but there is no creation of new credit; and this credit freeze is a major impediment to consumer spending, and - perhaps more importantly - will lead to many businesses going bust in the coming weeks and months.
Which gives a certain frisson to a statement made only in May by Europe's top banking supervisor, Daniele Nouy, chair of the so-called Single Supervisory Mechanism, the bank supervisory arm of the European Central Bank.
She said of Greek banks, in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, that "these banks have gone through important restructuring, important recapitalisations and a redefinition of their business models. They have never been better equipped to go through this kind of stressful situation".
Really?
Just a few days ago, eurozone leaders and the International Monetary Fund more or less pronounced the entire Greek banking system kaput, with their declaration that the banks need additional capital of €25bn euros - which, relative to the size of the Greek economy, represents one of the biggest banking black holes in the history of capitalism.
So what has gone wrong? Have the Greek banks been taking mad credit risks? Have they been lending recklessly as though there were no tomorrow - in the way that sank the banks of most rich developed countries in 2008?
If only. Credit has been almost impossible for businesses and individuals to obtain for months.
The banks have been sunk by the collision of Greek democracy and dysfunctional eurozone governance.
To remind you, the Greeks elected a party into power, Syriza, whose economic plans collided with the eurozone consensus, which in turn led to the eurozone and IMF creditors initially refusing to renew the bailout of the financially stretched state, which in turn meant that the country faced insolvency.
And when a country faces insolvency, so too do its banks - since banks face huge losses on their massive loans to government, and can't turn for support to the place they would normally turn, viz the state (because, in case you forgot, the state is bust).
So Greece's banking crisis is - in its current form - a crisis created by Greek and eurozone politicians.
What is more, and perhaps deeply troubling, the fate of the banks is still in their cumbersome mitts.
For example, the more that austerity leads to economic slowdown and repayment difficulties for bank customers, the more that losses for banks will escalate - which will erode existing capital and will prompt the conversion of the banks' tax credits into new bank shares held by the state.
What is more, as the Greek economy goes into reverse there will be renewed determination of Athens and the International Monetary Fund to secure huge write-offs of the Greek government's unsustainable debts, in the teeth of fervent opposition from Germany.
But the more that the intrinsic value of these debts is reduced, the bigger the losses for Greek banks on their loans to Athens.
So it is reasonable to assume that a stress test and asset quality review of Greek banks ordered by the European Central Bank - which as it happens has started today - will confirm in a couple of months that more-or-less all the capital held by Greek banks will be wiped out by future losses.
That would mean the wipe out of an investment of €16bn made by the Greek state and €10bn made by private investors as recently as 2013.
Those private investors include some of the deepest-pocketed global funds, such as Fairfax Financial Holdings (which owns a big chunk of Eurobank) and the Qatar Investment Authority (with a stake in Alpha).
Here is the surrealism of eurozone "bankenomics" in a time of financial catastrophe.
The more conservative is the evaluation of the health of banks, the bigger the write-off of public sector and private sector investment in the banks.
But that has the perverse outcome of increasing the debt burden on the overstretched Greek state - because it will seen to be on the hook to repay whatever huge investment in the banks is deemed necessary to be made by the eurozone's European Stability Mechanism (and that is likely to be true whether the ESM invests directly in the banks or via a loan to Athens).
Most would say it would be far better if the private sector would bail out the banks. But that is inconceivable if the €10bn it injected into them just two years ago is consumed in this inferno.
In fact if the global investors in Greek banks don't immediately sue any regulator and central banker which treated the banks as going concerns over the past year - which is every regulator - then Wall Street and City lawyers have all become tree-hugging softies.
Also, to state the obvious, private sector investors would not invest a penny in Greek banks for years and possibly decades to come.
So Greek banks would go from being partly nationalised to wholly nationalised for the foreseeable future.
Of course, paradoxically, that may be the dream-come-true of the left-wing Syriza government - though in practice Mr Tsipras and his colleagues won't be thrilled that the banks would be run from Frankfurt and Brussels, owners of Greece and its banks via the bailout, not Athens.
Are doctors diagnosing too much and prescribing too often?
With the finances of the NHS under increasing pressure, the debate on what's been dubbed over-treatment and the medicalisation of society has gained added salience.
The issue does not just focus on doctors. Patients have responsibilities too.
Excessive demands for unnecessary treatments are felt by some medics to be getting out of hand.
Researching conditions and diseases on the internet can lead to patients putting pressure on doctors to agree to interventions.
So how can unnecessary treatments be defined?
The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges has tried to come up with answers after asking members, experts in different fields, to list those which they felt offered little or no benefit to patients.
X-rays for lower back pain and plaster casts for small wrist fractures in children were among those nominated.
The initiative from the academy aims to get doctors and their patients to consider seriously whether a treatment or procedure is necessary before making decisions on how to proceed.
Professor Sue Bailey, chairman of the academy, said: "Medical or surgical interventions don't need to be the only solution offered by a doctor and more doesn't always mean better."
The academy has dubbed its initiative "Choosing Wisely" and it follows similarly named exercises in other countries.
The US, Canada, Germany and Japan have gone down this route, indicating that the NHS is not the only healthcare system with resource pressures.
An article in the British Medical Journal in March 2015 by Dr Aseem Malhotra and others noted that the idea that some medical interventions might not help a patient at all is old as medicine itself.
The article goes on to advocate that for some treatments doctors and patients should be "supported to acknowledge that a minor potential benefit may not outweigh potential harm, the minimal evidence base, and substantial financial expense and therefore that, sometimes, doing nothing might be the favourable option".
The trend known as medicalisation is seen as a growing threat to health systems, not least the NHS.
"A pill for every ill" is what many people expect in a consumer driven society and what time pressured doctors find themselves signing up to.
Statins are widely acknowledged to be an effective preventive medication for those at risk of heart problems but patient numbers have steadily increased. New guidance from the regulator NICE has widened the suggested eligibility which could take the total in the UK to around eight million.
A study published by Queen Mary College, University of London in 2014 found that taking an aspirin a day could reduce the risk of dying from certain cancers.
The study was seen as authoritative but generated more debate about whether encouraging consumption of more pills was beneficial.
Cynics might feel this is a covert attempt by the medical establishment to ration NHS care and blame a shortage of money.
The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges denies that the financial angle is the main motivation for its initiative. But there have been estimates that eliminating unnecessary treatments could save the NHS £2bn a year.
Whether that's achievable is another matter but with health budgets a pressing issue, "over-diagnosis" is undoubtedly a hot topic for debate.
It is just the latest chapter in a saga which has gone on for almost 50 years - ever since the Roskill Commission was set up to look at a third airport for London in 1968.
While the government has decided on its preferred option - Heathrow - there will now be a statutory public consultation process before a final decision is made and put to MPs next year.
If all goes to plan, the planning process should be over by 2020 - which is a big if, given the scale of opposition.
Heathrow's plan is to build a new 3,500m runway about two miles north of the existing runways at an estimated cost of £17.6bn, to be operational by 2026.
If in the end the objectors lose their case, it means that many residents in Longford, Harmondsworth and Sipson to the north of Heathrow will see their homes compulsorily purchased for the development.
The Airports Commission, which recommended this solution after examining the issue for three years, said building at Gatwick, or extending one of Heathrow's existing runways, as proposed by the Heathrow Hub group, was less advantageous.
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Various governments have delayed this extremely controversial decision a number of times.
There have been strong arguments, for and against, expanding either Heathrow or Gatwick - and also for doing nothing.
Prime Minister Theresa May has given ministers the freedom to oppose the decision - Heathrow expansion has been fiercely resisted by the Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, and the Education Secretary, Justine Greening, among others.
Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith has previously said he would resign his west London seat and trigger a by-election if Heathrow got the go-ahead. His constituency association has said he intends to honour his pledge.
In making this announcement, the economic case put forward by many business groups for Heathrow - especially in the wake of the Brexit vote - seems to have won.
However, many campaigners against a third runway reckon that increased traffic pollution from vehicles associated with a bigger airport is the issue that could stop Heathrow expansion completely.
The problem of building a new runway to serve London is that the south-east of England is densely populated, and wherever a new runway is built, thousands will be affected.
In December 2015 the Environmental Audit Committee said a third runway should not go ahead at Heathrow until strict environmental conditions were met.
The move was then welcomed by the campaign group Hacan (Heathrow and the Heathrow Association for the Control of Aircraft Noise), which said the government was "in a straitjacket over a third runway".
Heathrow insists that its plans will meet limits on air quality and noise. In the face of likely legal challenges, the government has wanted to make sure its case is as watertight as possible.
Research seen by the BBC earlier this month suggests Heathrow could build a new runway without breaking European pollution laws.
The study, led by Cambridge University, measured poisonous nitrogen dioxide levels using 40 sensors in and around the airport and predicted how the new runway would change things.
Critics, however, claim that meeting these pollution targets would also need London's vehicle fleets to switch from diesel to mainly electric vehicles.
The Aviation Environment Federation (AEF) said the research was "highly speculative" and there was no guarantee pollution levels would fall.
Business leaders have long said that the lack of capacity at Britain's major airports causes them problems. Both the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and the manufacturers' group, the EEF, have backed expansion plans.
Heathrow is one of the world's busiest airports, handling 75 million passengers in 2015 and it is a major hub - more than a third of travellers use it to transfer to other flights.
However, there is little room for growth at Heathrow - it operates at 98% of its capacity. And it is facing increasing competition from rival airports such as Amsterdam's Schiphol and Paris's Charles de Gaulle, as well as Dubai in the Middle East.
In its report, the Airports Commission said the UK economy would benefit significantly from airport expansion.
A new runway at Heathrow could provide a boost of up to £147bn to the UK economy over the next 60 years and create an additional 76,700 jobs by 2030, it said.
By contrast, expanding Gatwick would add up to £89bn to the economy and add fewer jobs. However the Commission also cautioned that putting a precise number on the economic benefits was difficult.
However, as if to underline the caution with which these estimates should be viewed, the DfT has just said that a new runway at Heathrow will bring economic benefits to passengers and the wider economy worth up to £61bn over 60 years - which is less than half the Commission's figure.
Environmental campaigners argue we should be travelling fewer miles by air, not more.
There is also the argument, put forward by some, that pan-European high-speed rail links are a realistic alternative to many short-haul flights, certainly up to 300 miles.
Governments are busy discussing ways to limit our carbon emissions. Increasing flights in and out of the UK will make that harder.
Given that there the decision to build at Heathrow will face legal challenges, some argue that even if we actually want to build a new runway rather than merely endlessly argue about it, then Heathrow is the wrong place.
They say that building further out of London - at Stansted or perhaps Birmingham - where local objections might be more easily overcome, and relying on faster train links to the capital might give the UK extra airport capacity more quickly than at Heathrow.
Apart from the politics it also comes down to the cost of building airports.
Ever since Gatwick and Heathrow airports opened for business in the 1930s and 1940s it seems as if we have been arguing about what to do next to deal with the growing demand for air travel.
Cublington, Maplin Sands and latterly "Boris Island" are just some of the sites which have been proposed as the locations of new airports for London.
The Airports Commission rejected the then London Mayor Boris Johnson's proposals for a major new airport to be constructed on an island in the Thames estuary.
It said that its cost, economic disruption and environmental issues made the plan unviable - although other cities like Paris, Hong Kong and Bangkok have successfully moved their main airports.
The UK's post-war history of civil aviation has been punctuated by inquiries, commissions and consultation, producing studies, reports and recommendations. Most of which have been filed and largely forgotten.
We want to travel by air, but none of us want to live under a busy flightpath.
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Dummett debuted against the Netherlands in June 2014 but a series of injuries have restricted him to two caps.
The 24-year-old, who can play centre-half or left-back, will discover on Tuesday if he has been included in Chris Coleman's 23-man squad.
"Two or three years I've been involved but never really kicked on," Dummett said.
"I've had so many injuries with the club but now I've been fit for a while and hopefully I can stay injury-free and be involved in the competition.
"The manager has probably been watching throughout the season on every player in the squad and will have an idea.
"It's something a lot of players don't have the opportunity of doing. I'm focused on getting picked for this squad."
Dummett made 23 appearances for Newcastle during a 2015-16 Premier League season which ended in relegation for the Magpies.
"It was very disappointing but to come away to a different environment with a different group of players is a good experience," Dummett added.
"We've got a good squad of players who work hard for each and you've seen that throughout the qualifiers."
Dummett was away with Wales at a pre-Euro 2016 training camp in Portugal last week when Newcastle confirmed Rafael Benitez would continue as manager.
The 56-year-old former Liverpool and Real Madrid boss was appointed in March following Steve McClaren's sacking but failed to keep the Magpies in the top flight.
"It's a massive boost for us to have a manager like him to be in charge," Dummett said.
"The experience he has can only be a massive help for everyone at Newcastle and for me getting better as a player learning from his experience."
Mr Pu was found guilty by a Beijing court earlier on Tuesday for "inciting ethnic hatred" and "picking quarrels" in social media posts.
The court sentenced him to three years in prison but also said the sentence would be suspended.
He is the latest to be tried in a crackdown on dissidents in China.
Mr Pu was released from Beijing's Number One Detention Centre on Tuesday afternoon, where he had been held for 19 months.
He is now under "residential surveillance", and has 10 days to decide whether to appeal against his conviction and sentence, his lawyer says.
Experts say the suspended sentence means Mr Pu can avoid serving time in jail - but could be monitored during the suspension period. The guilty verdict means he can no longer practice law.
Mr Pu could have faced a maximum sentence of eight years in prison.
State news agency Xinhua said that during his sentencing Mr Pu had "acknowledged the reality of his crimes", apologised, and accepted his sentence. However, his lawyers said he had not pleaded guilty.
Rights group Amnesty International said that the sentence was "a deliberate attempt by the Chinese authorities to shackle a champion of freedom of expression".
However, foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei said Mr Pu's case had been handled "in accordance with the law" and that "foreign governments should respect China's judicial sovereignty".
Mr Pu has been in detention since May 2014, after he posted several messages on microblogging platform Weibo that were critical of the government.
He had questioned the "excessively violent" crackdown on Uighurs in the restive Xinjiang region, alleged the Chinese Communist Party was an untruthful party, and mocked government rhetoric over disputed islands in the East China Sea.
Supporters say his arrest was politically motivated, as he is known for representing dissidents in sensitive human rights cases.
Pu Zhiqiang represented artist Ai Weiwei in a tax evasion case that critics complained was politically motivated. He also campaigned for the eventual abolition of the labour camp system, under which suspects could be detained for years without trial.
Prior to the sentencing, a small group of activists and foreign journalists gathered in front of the court. There were brief scuffles with the police, in a repeat of scenes seen last week during Mr Pu's one-day trial.
A BBC team witnessed supporters and journalists being dragged away by dozens of plainclothes policemen. The BBC team was later asked to leave.
Amnesty said at least 12 activists were detained on Tuesday.
Human rights activist Hu Jia told the BBC that China's authorities had "attacked a leading human rights lawyer... as a warning to other rights lawyers [in China]."
International interest in his case could have contributed to his jail sentence being suspended, Mr Hu said, but added that Mr Pu was still at risk of being persecuted by the authorities.
Pu Zhiqiang is something of a celebrity as a lawyer. He's a big, bear-like man with a baritone voice who has defended a range of causes, especially those involving freedom of speech and detention in labour camps.
He mixes popular street speech with allusions to classical literature in a powerful rhetorical fashion. "Feisty" is an adjective often used to describe him.
He has also been a thorn in the side of the authorities since his imprisonment in 1989 as a student pro-democracy protester.
His defenders say his current treatment is not because of the content of the seven posts on social media cited by the authorities. Rather, they say, it is to send a warning to dissidents - and the lawyers of dissidents.
The slight relief comes after days of heavy sell-offs earlier in the week.
Comments from European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi that more monetary easing was being considered also added to traders' confidence.
The region's largest market, Japan's Nikkei, rose 3.2% to 16,524.91 points after hitting at 15-month low the previous day.
Amid takeover reports, electronics company Sharp saw its shares rise another 7%.
Media reports that the struggling company had received takeover bids from Taiwan's Foxconn and state-backed Innovation Network had already sent the stock higher on Thursday.
Markets in China also managed to recover some of the past days' heavy losses.
The mainland benchmark Shanghai Composite gained 0.8% to 2,901.32 points, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose 2.2% to 18,950.19 points.
In Australia, the S&P ASX 200 rose by 1.1% to 4,917.40 points.
Among the market's standout performers were several of the big oil and commodity companies, buoyed by a rise in the oil price.
BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto were 6.3% and 2% up respectively, while Santos climbed just under 10%.
Stocks of winemaker Treasury Wine Estates also stood out, jumping as much as 12.5% to a record high after the company provided strong full-year profits guidance in a market update.
In South Korea, the benchmark Kospi index followed the region's trend, gaining 1.8% to 1,873.11 points.
In London, Paris and Frankfurt, markets closed almost 2% higher, while Wall Street finished up as oil prices had their biggest one-day gain this year.
Confidence was also boosted by Mr Draghi, promising more monetary easing to steady the eurozone if necessary.
He said eurozone rates would "stay at present or lower levels for an extended period" and there would be "no limits" to action to reflate the eurozone.
His reassurance helped to offset fears about the low oil price and worries about global growth.
The oil price recovered during US trading, although it remains at around 12-year lows.
Oil prices have been falling since mid 2014, as oil-producing countries have maintained their high output output levels despite the decline in revenue.
Pointing at the excess supplies on the market, the the International Energy Agency earlier this week warned that oil markets could "drown in oversupply" in 2016.
Many analysts have slashed their 2016 oil price forecasts, with Morgan Stanley analysts saying that "oil in the $20s is possible."
Economists at the Royal Bank of Scotland say that oil could fall to $16, while Standard Chartered predicts that prices could hit just $10 a barrel.
Cesc Fabregas marked his 300th Premier League appearance by firing the Blues ahead, poking the ball through the legs of Jack Cork and into the net.
The hosts were stunned when Swansea equalised from their first serious attempt on target on the stroke of half-time - Fernando Llorente heading in Gylfi Sigurdsson's free-kick.
Fabregas hit the bar before Pedro's curling effort restored the lead and Diego Costa netted the third from close range.
Swansea were denied a penalty when Cesar Azpilicueta handled inside the area at 1-1.
This was far from straightforward for Antonio Conte's side and had referee Neil Swarbrick awarded Swansea a penalty shortly before Pedro made it 2-1 then the outcome might have been different.
However, in the end Chelsea's sweeping forward play earned them a 10th straight home Premier League win as they took another significant step towards a second title in three seasons.
On a weekend when the first major silverware of the season - the EFL Cup - is handed out at Wembley, the Blues look unstoppable. They have 63 points from 26 games - three more than at the same stage in 2014-15 when last crowned champions of England.
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Fabregas could have ended the game with four goals on his return to the side.
The Spain midfielder had a goal-bound shot deflected behind shortly before he opened the scoring, was denied by former Arsenal team-mate Lukasz Fabianski and also rattled the bar.
With former Blues midfielder Frank Lampard watching on, Chelsea turned on the style.
While it required an error from Fabianski to restore the lead, Eden Hazard's exquisite timing and pass for Costa to make it 3-1 was a delight.
Chelsea were forced to work hard for three points thanks to a well organised and energetic Swansea side and the Swans looked a shadow of the team that was bottom of the Premier League table five weeks ago.
Their four-point safety cushion at the start of the day is down to three, but boss Paul Clement will have been pleased with the way his side frustrated the runaway leaders for long spells.
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Llorente's equaliser shook Chelsea who were showing signs of frustration before Pedro made it 2-1.
Swansea's next four games - Burnley (home), Hull City (away), Bournemouth (away) and Middlesbrough (home) - give them a chance to stay clear of the bottom three before they entertain Tottenham on 4 April.
Chelsea manager Antonio Conte: "We played very well, it was a good performance, and we created many chances to score. We conceded at the end of the first half, after the time was finished, so in this case there was a bit of luck, but we showed great character in the second half.
"We deserved a lot to win the game, now it's important to continue in this way."
Swansea City boss Paul Clement: "Any game we play and don't win we are disappointed. Chelsea are a very good side, they have fantastic quality and that was the difference. We didn't have a lot of chances but we came in at 1-1 for half-time and for long periods we defended really well.
"There was a big moment with the handball, I thought Cesar Azpilicueta handled it at 1-1, it's a clear handball. That gives you a chance to go 2-1 up but three minutes later you're 2-1 down with a soft goal. Based on chances they deserved to win, but there was big moment that didn't go our way, and who knows what might have happened."
Former England midfielder Jermaine Jenas: "I don't think Swansea should have had a penalty as the distance from Gylfi Sigurdsson to Cesar Azpilicueta is too close and Azpilicueta's arm is already out. His hand is there because he's trying to stop Sigurdsson's run."
Ex-England captain Alan Shearer: "I think it was a penalty. I think it was a deliberate movement of his hand towards the ball and I think Chelsea got away with one there. It could have been very different if the ref had given it.
"We've seen in recent weeks with Swansea that they made it very difficult for Liverpool at Anfield, they were unlucky to lose at Manchester City. They are very organised. The difference between Liverpool and City with this Chelsea side is the pace with which they go forward. That's why Cesc Fabregas was in the team today. He was brilliant. He's the one that started the goal off.
"It's topical that players are not working for mangers. The irony is last season we were sat here with a large bunch of these same Chelsea players - they weren't working for their manager and we know what happened. It's such a transformation now. We saw how brilliant they were with the ball but look at them now without it. The transformation from then to now is incredible."
Chelsea have nine days to prepare for their next game away to West Ham United on Monday, 6 March (20:00 GMT). Swansea entertain Burnley on Saturday, 4 March (15:00 GMT).
Match ends, Chelsea 3, Swansea City 1.
Second Half ends, Chelsea 3, Swansea City 1.
Attempt missed. Cesc Fàbregas (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Willian.
Foul by N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea).
Jack Cork (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Alfie Mawson.
Kurt Zouma (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Fernando Llorente (Swansea City).
Substitution, Chelsea. Willian replaces Eden Hazard.
Substitution, Chelsea. Kurt Zouma replaces Victor Moses.
Goal! Chelsea 3, Swansea City 1. Diego Costa (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
Attempt missed. N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Nemanja Matic.
Substitution, Swansea City. Luciano Narsingh replaces Wayne Routledge.
Leroy Fer (Swansea City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Eden Hazard (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Leroy Fer (Swansea City).
Foul by Victor Moses (Chelsea).
Martin Olsson (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Gylfi Sigurdsson (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Substitution, Swansea City. Jordan Ayew replaces Tom Carroll.
Substitution, Chelsea. Nemanja Matic replaces Pedro.
David Luiz (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by David Luiz (Chelsea).
Fernando Llorente (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Gary Cahill (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Wayne Routledge (Swansea City).
Goal! Chelsea 2, Swansea City 1. Pedro (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Cesc Fàbregas.
Victor Moses (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Fernando Llorente (Swansea City).
Foul by Diego Costa (Chelsea).
Alfie Mawson (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Gary Cahill (Chelsea).
Leroy Fer (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Pedro (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jack Cork (Swansea City).
Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Kyle Naughton.
Attempt blocked. N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Gary Cahill.
Foul by Diego Costa (Chelsea).
Federico Fernández (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Diego Costa (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Cesc Fàbregas.
The research suggests that some farmers who have allegedly killed badgers on their property could be making things worse for themselves and neighbours.
The findings also indicate that Northern Ireland's badger culling strategy could be counter-productive.
The study has been published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
The deputy president of the National Farmers Union (NFU) said that all options should be considered to eradicate cattle TB.
Prof Rosie Woodroffe, who led the research, said that Northern Ireland's Department for Agricultural Development (Dard) should consider dropping its plans for selective culling of badgers.
"It is more likely to make things worse," she told BBC News. "My advice would be to trial vaccination."
Prof Woodroffe's analysis suggests that even culling a small number of badgers increases the movement of badgers - an effect known as perturbation - which increases rather than decreases the risk of cattle becoming infected.
Dard said that it would continue with its pilot cull, known as the Trap, Vaccinate and Remove (TVR) Research Project, because it believed that the data used in the new study was gathered from culls in England between 1986 and 1998 and could not be translated to the different terrain of Northern Ireland.
"This is why it is essential for the the TVR Research Project to proceed to see if perturbation is a factor here following badger removal," the department said in a statement to BBC News.
The results also suggest that farmers who are allegedly culling badgers may be doing more harm than good, according to Prof Woodroffe.
"We are aware that the illegal culling of badgers is widespread in England. What this work shows is that it is causing perturbation and so is probably causing an increase in badger TB."
Dard plans to cull badgers in a 100 sq km area in Bainbridge in County Down. The strategy involves first trapping badgers, testing them for infection, killing those that test positive and vaccinating those that seem to be infection-free.
It is a more targeted approach than used by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) in two pilot sites in Somerset and Gloucestershire which involved attempting to kill up to 70% of badgers in the areas without testing to see if they were infected.
The English trials were judged ineffective by the government's own independent scientific assessment which was the main reason that the Environment Secretary, Owen Patterson, did not extend the trials to other parts of England as originally stated.
It was hoped that the more selective approach adopted in Northern Ireland would be more effective.
However, the new study suggests that even if one badger is killed in a sett then there is an increased risk of TB infection spreading to cattle, rather than it declining.
The uncertainty is compounded by the facts that the test can detect only half the number of infected badgers and vaccination is not 100% effective, according to Jon Bielby who also worked on the study.
"The policy appeals to a lot of people as it avoids indiscriminate culling. But you are not going to catch all the infected badgers and you are not going to detect all the infected badgers. Combined with the fact that it increases movement [this] makes it a very risky strategy," Mr Bielby told BBC News.
The deputy president of the National Farmers Union, Minette Batters, said that all options should be considered to eradicate TB in cattle, including the large scale culls adopted in England.
‎"The Chief Vet has said that badger culling over a four-year period in the pilot areas in Somerset and Gloucestershire will help to reduce TB in cattle.
"We remain confident that these pilots will help to deliver a reduction of TB in cattle and it is vital that they are allowed to be successfully completed so they can deliver the biggest benefit and help us eradicate this terrible disease."
Dard says it has always been aware of the potential for badger movement.
"We are introducing certain measures to monitor and mitigate against the effects of perturbation should it happen here. This year, all captured badgers under TVR will be vaccinated and released. This is in preparation for badger removal from next year and is intended to build up some immunity to bovine TB in the badger population in advance of badger removal."
The Northern Ireland Badger Group has backed Dard's approach and said in a statement that the new research had not altered its view.
"One of the concerns others have raised about this project is the potential for perturbation. It is our understanding that no badgers will be removed in the first year of the project to provide baseline data and to mitigate any anomalies that badger removal might cause," it said.
But Mark Jones, the executive director of the Humane Society International UK, said that the new research confirmed his concerns about the impact that culling has on badgers.
"Farmers who decide to target badgers on their own land are not only breaking the law, but also increasing the risk of infection in their cattle, and those of their neighbours," he explained.
"It's high time Defra and the National Farmers Union started to listen to the scientists rather than their own flawed rhetoric, and abandoned badger culling in favour of the kinds of cattle-focused measures that are working so well in Wales, and the development and deployment of vaccines for both badgers and cattle."
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The two men died at about 11:10 GMT on Tuesday on Broadway in Yaxley, near Peterborough.
Officers searching for the driver of a BMW arrested a man in Chelmsford later that night on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and actual bodily harm.
The deceased have not yet been named.
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They were believed to be in their late teens or early 20s and died at the scene of the crash.
The driver of a BMW fled on foot and a police helicopter and dog unit were brought in to help in the search.
Cambridgeshire Police said they detained a man from Essex on Tuesday night. He is expected to be transferred from Chelmsford to Cambridgeshire later.
But the Chamber was positively awash with it on Monday as MPs debated how they should address their colleagues - especially those who have served in the armed forces.
In recent weeks, Defence Minister Julian Brazier has revived a time-honoured parliamentary practice of referring to colleagues who have served their country as the "right honourable or honourable gallant member".
He has even extended the courtesy to those, such as Crispin Blunt, who have been rather less than complimentary about current changes to the armed forces, which will ultimately see the regular army downsized by a fifth and, if all goes to plan, more than 10,000 new reservists recruited.
Mr Brazier, who himself served as an officer in the Territorial Army for 13 years, has been in the firing line as he has had to defend the level of recruitment to the reserves amid claims that only 20 new members have been signed up in the past year.
As he has faced questions on the subject, the MP for Canterbury has been quick to recognise those with personal experience of the subject at hand.
He was at it again during monthly Defence Questions in Parliament when he offered the sobriquet to a number of fellow MPs.
This prompted Labour MP Barry Sheerman to seek guidance from Commons Speaker John Bercow, in the form of a point of order, as to who qualified for such recognition.
For instance, he wondered whether he, having served in the cadet force at school, should be accorded such status.
"I have tried to find out who is gallant and who is not," he told Mr Bercow. "Could you clear up who is gallant and who is not gallant in this way?"
On a more serious note, he added: "I am told that a non-commissioned soldier, an ordinary soldier who won the Victoria Cross, would still not be able to be called gallant as it only applies to officers."
Mr Bercow, who has rarely been described - even by his critics - as a member of the officer class, was able to reassure Mr Sheerman that the honorific title could be applied to Army, Navy and RAF personnel no matter what their rank.
As for the question of its use, Mr Bercow said this was a matter of "parliamentary taste" and there was no need for a formal ruling from him.
He remarked that one of Mr Brazier's predecessors in the Ministry of Defence, Andrew Robathan, had been "partial" to using the phrase and that MPs should always seek to refer to their colleagues in a "tasteful" manner.
Mr Robathan's own gallantry can certainly not be called into question.
He served in the Army for 15 years and then came out of retirement during the First Gulf War to head a unit guarding prisoners of war in Iraq and Kuwait.
Giving his view on the matter, Mr Robathan said the title should "not be taken too far", and while insisting this was not a dig at Mr Sheerman, added: "I am sure you would agree that we should not extend it to former members of cadet forces."
Veteran Labour MP David Winnick had his own perspective on the matter, saying he had "no wish" to be referred to as gallant despite his two years of national service.
While acknowledging not all parliamentary traditions are respected, Sir Gerald Howarth - a former RAF reservist - said this was one that should be jealously guarded, particularly at a time when the country was commemorating the centenary of the start of World War One.
"Whilst the traditional practice may have fallen into desuetude, surely at this time when the nation has been committed to military operations and there is an enhanced concern for the welfare of our armed forces, there is a purpose served in maintaining the tradition in that it indicates that many members have served," he remarked.
"I think that sends a message to the nation and surely in this case, tradition will serve the house and the nation."
The sheer number of former military personnel in the Commons, on all sides of the House, means that a regular outbreak of gallantry is unlikely to disappear from the green benches when defence matters are discussed.
Nearly 60 members of the House of Commons have either served in the regular army or the reserves, Armed Forces Minister Mark Francois pointed out.
"That is almost one in 10 members of the House of Commons," Mr Francois, himself a member of the club, added.
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Callum Bedford, 28, of Lairgate Place, Cleethorpes, was caught after Canadian authorities spotted indecent images he posted on social media and contacted the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA).
Humberside officers then arrested Bedford within 24 hours.
He earlier pleaded guilty to attempted rape and taking and distributing indecent images of children.
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Det Con Steve Bury, from Humberside Police, said: "This was a particularly harrowing case - one of the worst I have dealt with in my 10 years in this role.
"We take some comfort in the speed with which we were able to arrest and charge Bedford, ensuring this little girl was protected and safe from further harm."
"Offences of this kind are extremely serious and we and our partner agencies around the world work tirelessly to identify those who create and distribute indecent images of children, so that they can be stopped and brought to justice and their victims can be protected from further harm."
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Keane, the Republic of Ireland's record goalscorer, has been searching for a club leaving LA Galaxy last November.
The 37-year-old's 10-club career has included spells at Leeds, Liverpool and Celtic.
"The offer to experience a new league and culture in Asia appealed to me," said Keane, who won 146 Irish caps.
Sheringham was appointed the club's manager last month.
Dubliner Keane netted 68 Republic goals before announcing his retirement from international football last year.
He scored 92 goals in his five seasons with Major League Soccer side Galaxy.
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Azeem Issa, also 28, of Haweswater House, Isleworth, was found guilty of murder at the Old Bailey.
He will be sentenced at the same court on Thursday.
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They had been set to walk out in a row over pay with Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board (ABMU).
Unison said the suspended strike would "allow for consideration of the board's latest offer."
The health board has been asked to comment.
About 80 staff staged a 24-hour walk-out on 25 January. Another strike due to take place on 1 February was halted.
Unison have said affected members wanted "pay parity" with colleagues doing the same job in other hospitals in Wales.
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Staff in the sterilisation and disinfection units at some south Wales hospitals have suspended strike action due to go ahead on Wednesday.
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The county hosted a members' forum on Wednesday to present details on the proposed eight-team competition, which could start as early as 2018.
"There's a lot more work to do, but the direction of travel is now confirmed," Bransgrove told BBC Radio Solent.
The ECB board will meet at the end of October to hold a vote on the proposal.
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Bransgrove, who feels the new competition will help retain a younger cricket audience, has already fed the support from the Hampshire members' forum back to ECB chairman Colin Graves and chief executive Tom Harrison.
Surrey, Kent and Sussex reportedly voted against the idea when it was passed by a majority vote at Lord's in September.
"I don't think there's any doubt now, we have to go this way," Bransgrove added.
"This overwhelming support makes it easier to calculate the things that we need to assess when we address this competition.
"We've got an easier job to do now that everyone recognises the importance of this competition."
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Daryll Rowe, 26, of no fixed address, was arrested in Brighton following the allegations earlier this year.
After failing to answer bail he was re-arrested in Wallsend, North Tyneside, after work by Northumbria Police, Police Scotland and Sussex Police.
Mr Rowe has been charged with eight counts of causing grievous bodily harm and one of attempting to cause grievous bodily harm.
He has been remanded in custody and is due to appear before Newcastle Crown Court later in the week.
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The goodies are valued at more than 50,000 euros (£45,400; $59,000). Police think another lorry or van must have towed it away on Saturday night.
The candy heist in Neustadt may be linked to the theft of an empty lorry in Weimar, 25km (15.5 miles) away.
A fruit juice lorry also fell victim to sticky fingers, earlier on Saturday.
That theft happened in Wittenburg, 445km north-east of Neustadt.
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Police searched the lorry after finding its route matched the movements of Corrie Mckeague's mobile phone.
Mr Mckeague, 23, based at RAF Honington in Suffolk, vanished after a night out in Bury St Edmunds 10 days ago.
Police have appealed for anyone who has seen the Nokia Lumia 435 phone in a tattered black case to contact them.
Mr Mckeague was last spotted on CCTV walking alone and eating fast food in Bury St Edmunds at 03:20 BST on 24 September.
It is thought he stopped for a brief nap in a doorway before setting off to walk the nine miles (15km) back to his base alone.
Police said they were still exploring the "possibilities around where the phone may be and searches for it are continuing".
"The work shows the phone was in Bury St Edmunds early on Saturday 24 September but then moved to the Barton Mills area."
The phone, described as being in a PVC case, had not been used since 08:00 BST on the day Mr Mckeague went missing, police have said.
Officers again renewed their appeal for any sightings of Mr Mckeague, reiterating the message his mother Nicola Urquhart gave at a press conference in Bury on Monday when she urged any possible witnesses to contact the police.
Mrs Urquhart, of Dunfermline, Fife, said someone would have seen her "good-looking lad at three o'clock in the morning walking in a pink shirt and white trousers".
Police said they had received a "small number of calls" following the family's witness appeal.
Officers said they have also trawled through hours of CCTV in a bid to find Mr Mckeague, as a "key area of the investigation".
They have now asked people with private CCTV to view any footage from 24 September and to contact them if they thought it showed useful information.
The force also appealed for market traders setting up stalls in the early hours of the day McMckeague disappeared to come forward if they had not yet spoken to police.
Acting Supt Kim Warner, who is leading the inquiry, said: "If you were out in the Bury, Honington or Barton Mills area between Friday night and Saturday and saw Corrie we need to speak to you.
"He was wearing distinctive light clothing - a pink Polo shirt and white jeans or trousers - and was friendly and engaging with a number of people during the course of the evening.
"While we're particularly keen to hear from anyone who may have seen him after 03.20 BST on Saturday 24, we also need to talk to you if you saw him during the evening."
Searches for Mr Mckeague, who serves as a gunner in No 2 Squadron RAF Regiment, are continuing with help from Suffolk Lowland Search and Rescue volunteers, the RAF and the National Police Air Service helicopter, which has been flying over the Bury area on Tuesday morning.
Bristol are seven points behind 11th-placed Worcester with five games to go after Sunday's 41-24 loss at Sixways.
Back in the top tier after seven years in the Championship, Bristol have won just three league games this season.
"There is a long-term plan in place. If we don't succeed in staying up, nothing changes," Booy told the club website.
"Results like Sunday's defeat against Worcester are difficult for all of us to take - supporters, players and staff. But in the bigger picture, these are short-term set-backs.
"The vision and ambition is clear and make no mistake, we will be a hugely successful rugby club in the future."
Bristol host Gloucester on 24 March before facing all of the Premiership's current top-three sides - Exeter, Wasps and then Saracens - prior to a final-day visit of Newcastle to Ashton Gate.
Speaking after Sunday's loss to Worcester, captain Jordan Crane told BBC Radio Bristol: "We are going to keep fighting. It is by no means done or finished.
"There is plenty of rugby left to play. All we can do is give everything we have got for Bristol.
"It was built up as a season decider but, even if we had won (at Worcester) it wouldn't have meant we were safe."
Bristol, who sacked former director of rugby Andy Robinson after losing their first 10 games of 2016-17, have been led by interim head coach Mark Tainton since November, with new boss Pat Lam to arrive from Connacht at the end of the season.
From next season, only the Championship winners will be promoted to the Premiership, after the play-off system was scrapped.
Earlier on Tuesday, Bristol announced the signing of Ireland fly-half Ian Madigan from Bordeaux from the summer, regardless of which division they will be playing in next term.
Tully led the Cornish club to fourth in National League South this season, their highest finish.
Last month chairman Peter Masters said Tully was offered a new contract on the condition that a replacement was found for departed assistant Wayne Carlisle.
The ex-Torquay and Exeter defender had expressed his "disappointment" that his Truro future was not sorted sooner.
"The club has always seen the manager role as closely tied to that of the first team coach and believes that it is essential to have a strong team in place," said a club statement.
"The departure of coach Wayne Carlisle at the end of the season meant the dissolution of the current team.
"It has not been possible to find a replacement acceptable to the club within the required timescale.
"An announcement on a new manager-coach team will be made in due course."
Acting on a tip-off from the domestic intelligence service, police raided an apartment but failed to find the suspect, Jaber al-Bakr, 22, who was born in Syria. He remains on the run.
Several hundred grams of "highly volatile" explosives were found at the property, investigators said.
They were destroyed by a bomb squad.
About 100 people were evacuated from the apartment building as the explosives were moved for a controlled detonation.
Two people in contact with Mr al-Bakr were detained at Chemnitz railway station and another person was detained near the apartment in the Fritz-Heckert neighbourhood, Kathlen Zink of Saxony's criminal investigation office said.
She said they were suspected of being "linked with the suspect somehow" and had been taken in for questioning.
The "where, when, how and why" of the planned attack remained unknown according to Tom Bernhardt, a spokesman for the same office.
He said the explosives in the apartment were "relatively well hidden".
Saxony police have released pictures of Damascus-born Mr al-Bakr wearing a black, hooded sweatshirt with a colourful print.
They have not provided any information about how long he had been in Germany.
They have urged anyone with information about him to come forward.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's popularity has waned since her decision to open the borders to refugees and migrants last year, admitting more than a million people, many of them Syrian.
In July, an axe attack on a train near Wuerzburg and a suicide bombing in Ansbach wounded 20 people and were claimed by so-called Islamic State (IS).
But Nokia said the trading outlook was tough and that no dividend would be paid, the first time in 20 years that shareholders have missed out.
Pre-tax profit for the quarter was 375m euros (£316m), against a 974m-euro loss last year.
Nokia said it sold 15.9 million smartphones in the quarter, down from 19.6 million a year earlier.
Paying no dividend would help the company preserve cash, and ensure "strategic flexibility", Nokia said in a statement. The rate at which Nokia was burning through cash as it invested in new products had been a worry for investors.
The company finished 2012 with net cash of 4.4bn euros, down 22% from a year earlier.
Nokia has fallen behind in the smartphone race against rivals Samsung and Apple.
However, the Finnish company has recently flagged that its turnaround strategy was starting to work and that sales of its new Lumia phones were strong, contributing to a 70% rise in Nokia's share price in past months.
The company sold 86.3 million devices during the quarter, including 4.4 million Lumia smartphones, its new flagship product developed with Microsoft - figures which it had flagged earlier this month.
"We are very encouraged that our team's execution against our business strategy has started to translate into financial results," chief executive Stephen Elop said. That strategy has involved announcing almost 20,000 job losses.
Nokia's market share reached more than 50% before rivals began eating into its business.
Ben Wood, a research analyst at CCS Insight said that on the face of it, this was positive for Nokia in isolation.
"But you have to take the 4.4m Lumia smartphones that they sold in the context of the 48m that Apple announced last night, and you can see that they have a long journey ahead."
On Wednesday, Apple said it had sold 47.8 million iPhones during the final quarter of 2012.
A group of banks and other investors in Greek government debt have agreed to exchange their debt for new bonds that are worth much less and pay a modest rate of interest.
Including the reduced interest rate, the losses to the banking industry are more than 70%.
For some of Europe's biggest banks, that means heavy losses.
"The losses are going to be substantial, but they are contained and there's a longer-term benefit for the system in having a core group of investors sit down across the table and coming together," said Charles Dallara, managing director of the Institute for International Finance, which negotiated on behalf of the banking industry.
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It is perhaps no great surprise that Greek banks are the most exposed to Greek debt.
According to Barclays Capital, the top two holders of Greek debt are National Bank of Greece, with 13.2bn euros ($17.5bn), and Eurobank EFG, which holds 7.3bn euros ($9.7bn).
Once the bond exchange is completed, those holdings will be worth less than half their current value, and if you include future interest payments, worth 70% less.
Outside Greece, French and German banks hold the most Greek debt.
Many foreign banks have already accepted that their investments in Greece are now worth just a fraction of their original value, irrespective of the latest deal.
In its most recent set of results, France's BNP Paribas, the biggest owner of Greek debt outside Greece, said that it had written down the value of its Greek debt by 75% on its balance sheet.
And according to the Barclays report, Commerzbank is the biggest holder of Greek debt among Germany's banks. Its holdings of government debt have complicated its efforts to raise new finance to boost its balance sheet.
For the average investors, the effect of Tuesday's bailout is limited. Most insurance companies and investment firms have little or no exposure to Greece.
Some hedge funds have built up their holdings in Greek debt, but it is likely to be a relatively small amount, perhaps less than five billion euros.
It is thought some will refuse to sign up to the bailout deal and hope to be repaid in full.
Analysts are now wondering whether the latest deal will be enough. The Greek economy is in recession, making it even more difficult for the nation to pay its debts.
"The debt sustainability analysis is much worse than people were expecting," said Laurent Fransolet, head of fixed-income strategy research at Barclays Capital.
"It's ambitious and we cannot be sure this is the last bailout. Does it buy a bit more time? Yes. But the next one will have to involve the official sector much more."
The Connacht county have been beaten in eight All-Ireland finals since 1989.
Mayo lost finals against Donegal and Dublin in 2012 and 2013 and the current squad blew a great chance to beat the Dubs in last year's semi-final replay.
In that game, Mayo led by four with 15 minutes left only to be sunk by three late Dublin goals.
After that latest heartbreaking defeat, a players' putsch led to the departure of manager Pat Holmes and his backroom team and Stephen Rochford was then installed as boss.
A surprise defeat by Galway in the Connacht semi-finals put Rochford's reign under severe pressure but helped by former Armagh star Tony McEntee, the new manager successfully navigated Mayo through the back door to another final appearance.
Mayo have been unconvincing for much of the summer with their surprise 0-13 to 0-12 quarter-final win over Tyrone by far their most impressive performance.
A couple of weeks later, the men from the west were lacklustre for much of their semi-final against surprise packets Tipperary before eventually earning a 2-13 to 0-14 win.
Within a week, the Dubs were producing a stunning comeback to beat Kerry 0-22 to 2-14 in an epic semi-final.
On the basis of those two semi-finals and indeed of the respective form of both sides this year, there can only be one winner this weekend.
Yet there is that lingering suspicion that Mayo may be capable of ending the curse which has saw them failing to win the Sam Maguire Cup since their 1951 triumph over Meath.
For Mayo to win, Lee Keegan is probably going to have to play the game of his life during his expected dual with Dublin attacker Diarmuid Connolly, who is probably the best player in the current game.
Granted, Dublin are by no means a one-man attack with Bernard Brogan, Kevin McManamon and Paul Mannion among other potential match winners and Dean Rock's free-taking also almost guarantee to punishing Mayo defensive fouling.
Brogan had a poor game by his standards in the semi-final so could be ready to fire again on Sunday.
Mayo's 2-12 to 1-14 final by the Dubs in the 2013 decider summed up their frailties over the past decade as wrong options and missed chances saw Jim Gavin's side edge victory despite looking nervous themselves for much of the contest.
Given the scars in the squad, Sunday's occasion is surely a mental battle as much as anything else for the Mayo players.
While Dublin are capable of blitzing any team, Mayo travel to the game knowing that they are capable of competing with the Dubs, even though they have failed to beat them in several tight championship contests in recent years.
In terms of the team news, Rochford has made one change from the Tipperary game with Tom Parsons replacing Barry Moran at midfield in a side which has nine survivors from the 2013 final.
Jim Gavin has yet to name his side with wing-back James McCarthy understood to be a fitness doubt.
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Mayo: D Clarke; B Harrison, D Vaughan, K Higgins; L Keegan, C Boyle, P Durcan; S O'Shea, T Parsons; K McLoughlin, A O'Shea, D O'Connor; J Doherty, A Moran, C O'Connor.
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Fire crews said the man fell about 20ft from the roof of the building in Broxburn's Greendykes Road and got stuck at about 03:30.
They were eventually able to reach him through a shop on the ground floor and brought him out on a stretcher.
The man has been taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary with a suspected back injury.
Anita made 155 appearances for Newcastle after signing from Ajax in July 2012, but was released in June.
The 28-year-old, capped four times by the Netherlands, featured in 27 league games last season to help the Magpies win the Championship title.
Anita is Leeds' fourth signing of this transfer window, after deals for Felix Wiedwald, Mateusz Klich and Hadi Sacko.
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They work long hours and usually take home less than $1,000 (£650) a month, most of which is sent back to their families.
Many are from cricket-mad India and Bangladesh, and they like nothing more than to spend their one precious day off playing cricket.
Now they have a cricket league of their own, as Papan Chandradas, a Bangladeshi worker and the captain of one of the teams, explains.
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The ceasefire will begin at midday (0900 GMT), the Saudi government announced via state media.
The coalition said the truce could be renewed if the Houthis observed it and allowed aid to be delivered to rebel-held areas in the southwest.
More than 10,000 people have died in 20 months of civil war in the country.
There has been no word yet from the Houthis and several previous ceasefires have broken down.
US Secretary of State John Kerry said earlier this week that the coalition and Houthis had agreed on a ceasefire to begin on Thursday.
But the internationally recognised Yemeni government, led by exiled president Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, rejected the move, complaining that it had been being bypassed.
The truce announced by Mr Kerry held in some parts of the country but not others. More than 20 civilians were killed on Friday in the shelling of a busy market in the war-torn city of Taiz.
International medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said one of its staff was also killed, calling it "another heartbreaking example of a hard-working citizen affected by this ongoing conflict".
Taiz has been one of the worst-affected cities in Yemen's conflict, witnessing some of the heaviest and most sustained fighting in the country.
The UN estimates that more than three million people have been displaced from the conflict and 21 million are in need of some form of humanitarian assistance.
Two million people are malnourished nationwide, including 370,000 children who are severely malnourished.
The conflict has also ravaged Yemen's health system. More than half of the health facilities the country are closed or partially functioning, a survey by the World Health Organisation found earlier this month.
Gatiss, who won an Olivier Award for his role in Three Days in the Country earlier this year, also said audiences could be put off if they pay a lot to see a show and then do not like it.
"You can't really take a risk [at that price]," he told The Stage.
But he praised theatres running schemes offering cheaper tickets.
They include the National Theatre's £15 tickets and the Donmar Warehouse initiative giving free tickets to under-25s.
Gatiss, who also acts in Sherlock, joins fellow actors Mark Rylance and Juliet Stevenson, who have also complained recently about the price of West End tickets.
The average price for a theatre ticket in London last year was £42.99, according to the Society of London Theatre.
Gatiss told The Stage: "I went to see a show the other day, I won't name it. And it cost about a quarter of million pounds to see it, and it wasn't very good. You can't really take a risk [at that price]."
The former League of Gentlemen performer added: "If you pay for a night out in the West End and it's about £95, and you don't have a good time, you feel it. That will probably put you off going."
Speaking at a launch event for his new play The Boys in the Band, which opens at the Park Theatre in London later this month, he also said his relatives go to the theatre "once in a blue moon", adding of such an attitude: "You need to fight that."
A Society of London Theatre spokesman responded by saying: "The theatre industry is committed to ensuring tickets are available at every price point.
"The industry's support of initiatives like Mousetrap Theatre Projects, Kids Week, Get Into London Theatre and many other schemes help make theatre accessible to all."
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The Burnley player, 33, said it is a "disgrace" there are any empty seats at Premier League grounds.
The cheapest match-day ticket in the top flight now costs more than £30 on average for the first time, the BBC's annual Price of Football study found.
"People are being priced out," Barton added.
The Premier League said on Thursday clubs "are doing a good job" keeping grounds as full as possible, with the past two seasons showing record occupancy at 96%.
But Barton said there is still much work to be done and described local fans as the "lifeblood of clubs".
"It's a disgrace that we have empty seats in any stadium in the top flight - this can only be because of a price issue," added Barton, who was released by QPR this summer after their relegation to the Championship.
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"As players we sometimes have to buy tickets for friends and relatives for away matches - we notice the prices.
"Clubs need to remember why they are in existence in the first place. It's because of the local people.
"I think the big clubs abuse their positions - they are trying to maximise their profits while they can.
"There should be a subsidy for local based fans to go to games."
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger defended the cost of tickets at Emirates Stadium, insisting the board is keen to make them "more affordable" to fans.
The BBC Price of Football study found that the Gunners sold the most expensive Premier League match-day tickets at £97.
"It is my job to do that," said Wenger when asked if Arsenal offered value for money with their prices.
"We have made a conscious effort in our board meetings to block the increase of our tickets and in seven of the past 10 years we have not increased our prices.
"Is football more expensive? Yes, but Saturday or Sunday if you want to go to rugby you will see the tickets are expensive there as well.
"It is maybe part of professionalism and a modern society."
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Parenting web site Mumsnet has accused clubs of exploiting young fans after the BBC study revealed a full Manchester United junior strip, with name and number printed on the back, cost more than £100.
"Every season football clubs seem to be pushing the prices of junior kits upwards," said Mumsnet co-founder and chief executive Justine Roberts.
"Parents love seeing their kids enjoying football, but the price of their children's fandom is too steep for many parents.
"Mumsnet users have said overwhelmingly that they think football merchandise is a rip-off.
"It's a shame that clubs who generate vast revenues choose to exploit their very youngest supporters in this way."
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Ms McGowan has slightly revised her forecasts upwards as the wider economic environment continues to improve.
She said that low inflation should "provide a boost to local demand" and that business surveys suggest corporate confidence remains strong.
However, she cautioned that the strong pound is likely to hit manufacturing exports and the tourist trade.
Ms McGowan singled out agriculture as facing "significant turbulence" from the strong pound and falling global commodity prices.
Manufacturing is predicted to grow by 3.4%. However, the economist said that sector is not expected to deliver new jobs in the year ahead.
Rather, growth will be most probably be achieved by "moving up the value-added chain" and investing in technology rather than staff.
She said the highest growth sectors are likely to be in professional and scientific services and IT.
Chris Coleman's team has exceeded most supporters' expectations at Euro 2016 and they now face Belgium in Lille on Friday.
But what is the cost for a fan following the team's extended stay in France?
BBC Wales spoke to one man who has spent £4,500 and driven 3,500 miles (5,700km) to do just that.
"I wouldn't miss this for the world," said Kieran Jones, a 51-year-old Cardiff City and Wales fan.
Mr Jones travelled to France on 8 June, before the tournament kicked off, after buying a caravan for the trip for £2,000.
"I bought it to save a little bit on the hotel prices," the IT consultant, of Cardiff, said.
He started his journey by driving to Paris, where he stayed for two nights before heading down to Toulouse, where he was based for Wales' 2-1 group B win against Slovakia in Bordeaux.
Mr Jones then drove back up to northern France for the 2-1 defeat to England in Lens, down again for the 3-0 win against Russia in Toulouse, back up north again for the 1-0 win over Northern Ireland in Paris, and is now staying in Roubaix, near Lille, for the quarter final.
He has spent £450 on campsites, £400 on his match tickets voucher and £375 on road tolls.
"I've got to keep on the main roads because of the caravan, I can't go on the side lanes," he said.
"I like driving but it has been hard work. It's been tiring."
He added: "I've done 5,700km. If Wales win [against Belgium] it'll be a couple more miles to go on there."
Mr Jones has also been helping the Football Supporters' Federation run the fan embassies in France, which involve early starts and long days.
He had feared he would not make the tournament as he needed emergency surgery on a burst blood vessel five weeks before Euro 2016.
"It's been hard," he said. "But I'm on a lot of medication.
"I've had to check with the French authorities to see what medicine I could have over here, to see what medications are allowed here."
But despite the difficulties his illness has posed, Mr Jones said he could not have stayed at home.
"It could be once in a lifetime. It's the first time it's happened in our life time, it could be the last, we don't know," he added.
And while a month away from work in the popular summer months might pose a problem for some Wales fans, Mr Jones said his employer, Sport Wales, had been very "understanding".
For many the idea of an indefinite amount of time away from family could also be tough.
But Mr Jones, a father of two, said he felt he "had to come" because his wife, Marina, who died three years ago, had also been a passionate supporter.
"We were big Welsh fans. We'd been to a lot of away games. She would have been here," he said.
For Friday's game against Belgium at the Stade Pierre Mauroy, about 20,000 Wales fans are expected in Lille alongside more than 100,000 Belgians.
But Mr Jones, who also followed Wales during every qualifier besides Israel, believes Welsh supporters will not be lost in a sea of Belgian shirts.
"We are going to be outnumbered but we'll out sing them," he said.
The Wuhan Union hospital he founded is now, 160 years later, one of China's biggest - with more than 5,000 inpatient beds and treating 3.5 million patients annually.
Born in 1831 to a copper-working family in Greenhill, Mr John lost both his parents when he was young, in separate cholera outbreaks.
But he proved himself to be an outstanding scholar. Too poor to be educated in school, from the age of eight he studied alongside much older boys at Ebenezer Chapel, and by 14 he was preaching all over south Wales.
Rev Graham John, the current minister of Ebenezer, said that by the time Mr John left for China it was already apparent what an "extraordinary man" he was becoming.
"By the late 1840s Griffith was already something of a local celebrity as 'the boy preacher', earning praise for both the depth of his knowledge and the passion with which he preached," he said.
"But what he achieved in China was outstanding. He was preaching in Chinese inside six months and translated the gospels into not one but several Chinese dialects."
Mr John's arrival in China coincided with the outbreak of the second opium war. He was an outspoken critic of his own country's opium trade and his first ventures into healthcare were clinics to help wean people off the drug.
Yet the settlement agreed at the end of the war opened up China's interior to the West for the first time, and allowed Mr John to spread his work even further.
"Even after the Opium War, most British missionaries stayed around the more westernised seaports," Rev John said.
"But Griffith John wanted to reach people deep in the baking interior, where he was often chased away with rocks by people who'd never seen a westerner before."
Mr John soon won over the locals, and travelling more than 2,000 miles around what is now Wuhan, by the turn of the century he had established more than 12 schools and eight hospitals including, in 1866, Wuhan Union.
It is a link with Wales which has stayed to this day, with Wuhan Union now three years into a collaboration with Swansea University's College of Medicine.
Marking the 160th anniversary of Mr John's departure for China, a delegation from Wuhan visited Swansea.
Professor Keith Lloyd, the college's head, said: "When our colleagues from Wuhan first came over in 2012 they presented us with a bust [of Griffith John], and an enormous statue of him stands outside the hospital in China."
Mr John's work in China lasted 55 years. He returned home shortly before his death aged 80, in January 1912.
He is buried at Bethel Chapel in Sketty, and is remembered in the names of flats and streets around Greenhill.
There are now just two days until polling day, which takes place on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron will visit the Montgomeryshire constituency.
Plaid Cymru will visit a GP surgery in Cardiff West, and Welsh Labour and UKIP will conduct local campaigning.
Theresa May has already visited Wales twice while on the campaign trail.
Her earlier visits to Bridgend and Wrexham were both in constituencies the Conservatives are hoping they can take from Labour.
Mr Farron's party will again raise concerns about the effect of leaving the EU as the Lib Dem leader plans to visit a beef and sheep farm to discuss the potential impact on the industry.
Plaid is planning to visit a doctor's surgery in Cardiff to highlight GP shortages - an issue where the responsibility lies with the Welsh Government.
Sadie Hartley, 60, was stunned with a cattle prod and stabbed at her house on Sunny Bank Road in Helmshore, Rossendale, on 14 January.
Sarah Williams, 35, and Katrina Walsh, 56, both from Chester, deny murdering the mother-of-two.
A series of text messages were found on Ms Williams' phone after she was arrested.
They showed secret exchanges with Ms Hartley's long-term partner, ex-fireman Ian Johnston, 57, with whom she was having an affair, Preston Crown Court heard.
In one, she wrote: "I went to bed thinking about you." In another to a friend, she said: "Fireman is just totally awesome...I'm hook line and sinker."
She added: "It's too early to have this conversation, being the little psycho that I am I want to push it along very quickly."
Later texts showed Mr Johnston agonising over the affair. He wrote: "I was not looking for or expecting you to appear."
In another, he said: "Sarah, please get that I can't have you here at this time. This is too difficult. Sorry."
Mr Johnston told Ms Williams how Sadie has been "kind and caring" and he would not just "blow her out", before adding: "I do like you but this is way too heavy."
Later Williams sent a "spiteful" letter to Ms Hartley revealing the affair but it failed to break up the couple, the court heard.
It is alleged the defendants then went on to execute their plan. Jurors were told Walsh used Tarot Cards with Williams during the time they planned the "perfect murder".
In voluminous diaries penned by Walsh she wrote of her co-accused: "She's got to learn that some men say they will leave their comfortable other half even when they never intend to do no such thing."
The trial continues.
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He has been widely criticised over the damage corruption allegations have caused football's governing body.
But the 78-year-old Swiss said he was angered when a number of European football chiefs urged him to quit.
"This was the most disrespectful thing I've ever experienced in my entire life," he told Fifa's congress.
Ahead of the 2014 World Cup, which starts in Brazil on Thursday, Blatter said "his mission" was not finished as Fifa boss, indicating he would stand again for election in 2015.
His cause was helped when Fifa decided not to impose an age limit nor maximum terms for officials.
Fifa president Sepp Blatter used his closing address in Sao Paulo to call for managers to be allowed to challenge up to two refereeing decisions during a game.
The idea, if implemented, would mean a manager could ask for an immediate television review if he disagreed with a decision.
The move would require ratification by the International Football Association Board (IFAB), the guardians of the laws of the game.
Meanwhile, one of Fifa's major sponsors has maintained the pressure on Fifa and called on the governing body to take "aggressive action" over the corruption allegations.
Earlier this week, Visa was one of five major corporate partners of Fifa to issue a statement in response to allegations.
Speaking to BBC Sport in Sao Paulo, the company's executive vice president and chief brand officer, Antonio Lucio, did not rule out Visa ending its relationship with Fifa over the issue.
He added: "We are looking forward to the results of the investigation and we will expect Fifa to take aggressive action on that because, at the end of the day, we want it to be maintained as a beautiful game."
Blatter also caught world football's ruling body by surprise on Wednesday by proposing a new television review system that would go well beyond the goal-line technology already being used in some countries.
He suggested that a manager or coach could be allowed to challenge up to two refereeing decisions in a game.
"If a manager disagrees with a decision, he could ask for an immediate television review with the referee," said Blatter. "It's something new."
Any such plan would need to be approved by the International Football Association Board.
More pressing for Blatter, though, is the continuing controversy over Qatar's successful bid to host the 2022 World Cup.
On Tuesday, he faced calls from Football Association chairman Greg Dyke and a number of senior European members to step down next year, as he had indicated he would do in 2011.
However, Blatter was greeted with applause as he gave his closing remarks at Fifa's annual congress on Wednesday.
"I know that my mandate will finish next year on 29 May in Zurich, but my mission is not finished," he said.
"We will build the new Fifa together. We have the foundations today because we have the budget for the next four years.
"Congress, you will decide who takes this great institution forward, but I can tell you I am ready to accompany you in the future."
At the annual congress, Fifa investigator Michael Garcia said he had already reviewed the majority of the files obtained by the Sunday Times as part of his long-running examination of the Qatar 2022 World Cup bid.
The New York lawyer announced last week that he would not extend the investigation beyond 9 June after the British newspaper published a series of articles based on a huge leak of secret emails and documents.
That prompted fears he was ignoring evidence that The Sunday Times claimed was proof that former Qatari football chief Mohamed Bin Hammam helped secure the 2022 World Cup for the Gulf state through secret deals and favours.
But Garcia told Fifa's congress on Wednesday: "No-one should assume what information we have or do not have.
"The vast majority of that material has been available for us for some time, long before the recent wave of media reports.
"We have gone to what appears to us to be the original source of that data and we are confident that we will have full access to whatever else may be in that data set and we will review that data for anything else relevant prior to issuing any final report."
Garcia also revealed that, over the last six months, he has spoken to representatives of every bid team involved in the joint bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
He said he and his team have "spoken to or attempted to speak to" every member of the Fifa executive committee who voted in the election in December 2010, whether they remain active football officials or not.
This would appear to suggest that Garcia has attempted to interview Bin Hammam, even though the former Fifa vice-president was banned from football for life for his part in another bribery scandal in 2011.
Garcia, a former US district attorney, is expected to hand over his report to Fifa's adjudicatory chamber in the next six weeks.
Blatter said last week that he expected a summary of Garcia's findings to be made public in the autumn.
Northwich, built in 1898, is an unpowered narrow boat which would have been towed or pulled by a horse.
Steve Bagley, of the Canal and River Trust, said: "Caring for these vessels is not easy, their sheer size presents challenges."
Three other boats lifted from the docks are being put into storage.
Restoration work for the Northwich is being funded with a £314,000 grant from Arts Council England.
Once the work is complete it will go on display at the National Waterways Museum in Gloucester Docks.
Northwich was built in Birmingham with an iron riveted side and elm bottom, which enabled it to carry up to 25 tonnes in cargo.
It was made for Nottingham-based transport company Fellows Morton and Clayton and worked on canals between London and Birmingham.
In later years it worked on the Trent and Mersey Canal, carrying chocolate for Cadbury's or aluminium for Rover in Wolverhampton, before it was used as a floating museum in Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire.
It was bought by the National Waterways Museum in 1988.
The 26-year-old scored late on in the 3-1 win over Burton to put the Canaries on top of the Championship table.
"I'm very happy that my first goal happened at this stadium amongst this fantastic crowd
"When I go forward and try to attack, I normally look to make an assist. This time I went on the run and shot for goal," Pinto told BBC Radio Norfolk.
"In this league, you don't know what could happen, it's hard. But when you score the third one, it's the end of the game and I think that's very good for us."
Although Norwich came away with three points, they had to battle against a stubborn Burton side.
"We didn't have the best day, but in the end we did enough to take the three points," Pinto said.
"If we're not having a good day, we still have players in the squad that can make a difference."
Norwich are next in action on Wednesday when they travel to Newcastle United - both teams having been relegated from the Premier League last season.
"When you keep winning games, you're just waiting for the next one to come," he added.
"It'll be a big game for us against Newcastle, but if we have a better day and keep doing our jobs, I think we can win the game."
The dolls have different skin tones and hairstyles, including a man bun, and corn rows.
The move comes after Mattel expanded its Barbie range at the beginning of 2016.
Barbie sales slumped 13% in the first quarter, the second consecutive quarter of falling sales for the doll brand.
"By continuing to expand our product line, we are redefining what a Barbie or Ken doll looks like to this generation," said Barbie general manager Lisa McKnight.
"Evolving Ken was a natural evolution for the brand and allows girls to further personalise the role they want him to play in Barbie's world."
Mattel, which is one of the world's biggest toy companies, said the Barbie brand "has always reflected the times, so modernising Ken is the next step in the brand's evolution to offer more diverse products".
Barbie sales increased for the first nine months of 2016, aided by new marketing efforts and the launch of the dolls.
The new Ken dolls will be sold through various UK national retailers.
Mattel launched Ken, full name Ken Carson, as Barbie's boyfriend in 1961.
According to the fictional back story of Ken and Barbie, they met on the set of their first television commercial in 1961. He has always stood half an inch taller than her.
The two original versions had him with moulded plastic hair in either blond or brown, and wearing red swimming trunks and cork sandals.
Ken has been marketed as having some 40 occupations and modelling a range of the decades' fashions, including 1993's Magic Earring Ken.
As part of Mattel marketing efforts, Ken and Barbie "broke up" with each other on Valentine's Day in 2004, and then got back together on Valentine's Day 2011.
The two have never officially been married, a Mattel spokeswoman said, although they have been sold in "dream wedding" sets.
The marketing hasn't been overly romantic as it is aimed at children, she said.
The spokeswoman declined to say how much Mattel had spent on market research and manufacturing to launch the new Ken dolls.
Clark batted aggressively with captain Paul Collingwood (71 not out) in a partnership of 185, Durham's best in the Championship this summer.
They were separated when Marchant de Lange (3-65) had Clark caught behind after hitting a six and 17 fours.
Earlier Glamorgan were dismissed for 295 with Barry McCarthy (3-55) taking the last three wickets.
But Clark and in-form Collingwood changed the momentum of the match in the evening session with Clark reaching his maiden century off 129 balls, shortly before giving debutant keeper Tom Cullen a third catch.
It was a record fourth-wicket stand for Durham against Glamorgan, and 41 year-old Collingwood now has 290 runs for once out in three knocks against the Welsh county.
Durham batsman Graham Clark told BBC Newcastle:
"It's been going all right over the last few weeks but it was nice to get over the line and finally get the hundred, it's been a long time coming but thankfully now I've got one.
"It felt like the weight of the world dropped off my shoulders, I was quite nervous through the 90s and it's a moment I've wanted since I was five or six years old, it's a hugely proud moment and I was delighted to get to three figures.
"We wanted to bat as long as we could and make that deficit as small as we could at the close of play. (Paul Collingwood's) experience shows with the non-striking batsman, everyone learns from him and he's a great man to tap into."
Glamorgan bowler Marchant de Lange told BBC Wales Sport:
"We had the mindset of scoring a few more runs, 320 to 350, but it didn't happen and then with the bowling, we took three quick wickets and then they had a good partnership.
"I don't think we stuck to our guns, meaning what we're capable of with line and length, we lost it a bit but hopefully we can turn it around on a new day."
To varying degrees, politicians are tailoring their policies according to circumstances in each of the 22 council areas.
But what, in a nutshell, are their general pitches to voters?
The Conservatives say they want to ensure "fairer" council tax bills and value for money for the public while safeguarding services for people in need.
Protecting local high streets and supporting small businesses are also amongst the Tories' top priorities, together with a pledge to "honour armed forces heroes".
Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies has promised that the party will listen, deliver, and "make sure that we're held to account when we get into county halls across the length and breadth of Wales".
The Green Party is promising to "rebuild" communities, saying renewable energy schemes and "truly efficient" housing could create thousands of jobs and cut fuel bills.
Grenville Ham, leader of the Wales Greens, says the sale of locally-generated renewable energy could "cut out the exploitative middle man in energy production and delivery".
The party says it is focusing on "returning as many hardworking Labour councillors and councils as possible" and "sustaining our Welsh Labour councils' record of delivery".
First Minister Carwyn Jones has said councils run by the party have "built new council homes... helped to deliver the best GCSE and A Level results ever, supported small business and led ambitious regeneration programmes".
Labour says that, with support from Mr Jones and his Welsh Government, the party can continue to "deliver a fair deal for the people of Wales".
Enabling small businesses to "lead their own priorities" and measures to encourage more people into town centres are central to Lib Dem plans to regenerate local economies.
Investing in schools, social care, building more affordable homes and tackling homelessness are also top pledges by the party.
Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Mark Williams described his party as an alternative to "complacency, arrogance and laziness rife in our local councils".
"Spreading prosperity throughout the country", cutting senior council staff pay and "boosting ordinary workers' wages" are high on Plaid Cymru's to-do list.
The party also promises to create local jobs and apprenticeships, regenerate town centres, seek high quality education for every child and supply more affordable housing.
Plaid leader Leanne Wood has said she expects to make "significant advances" on 4 May.
UKIP says council tax should be as low as possible "whilst protecting essential services" and argues "immigration must be controlled to relieve pressure of health, education, housing, police and welfare services".
The party also says it opposes "excessive housing development and wind farms" and wants to cut "highly paid executives, not front-line staff and services".
UKIP AM David Rowlands says it wants to "break down this cadre of Labour-controlled councils".
A financial redress scheme was set up after a 2009 inquiry into the physical, emotional and sexual abuse of children in Catholic-run schools and homes.
The cost of the inquiry and redress is estimated at 1.5bn euros (£1.3bn).
Catholic orders agreed to pay almost one quarter of the bill, but an audit report said they have paid only 13%.
Two orders who promised to pay the most - the Sisters of Mercy and Christian Brothers - have fallen short by tens of millions of euros, according to the report.
But the brothers said the figures were out of date while the nuns said the audit did not take account of the fall in the value of properties they sold to meet the bill.
The report was published by the Comptroller and Auditor General, the Republic of Ireland's public expenditure watchdog.
Its findings have led to one victims' group to call on the government to raise the outstanding bill with the Pope.
Six of the orders involved in the 2009 redress scheme deal have paid their agreed contribution in full.
The Sisters of Mercy had promised to contribute 127.5m euros (£112m), but the audit found that by the end of 2015, they had only handed over 25m euros (£22m) to the Irish state.
The report said the Christian Brothers, who had offered to pay 34m euros (£30m), had contributed just 10m (£8.7m) within the same timeframe.
However, the Sisters of Mercy said they have honoured all of their commitments while the Christian Brothers said the figures in the audit report predate some of its more recent and "significant" payments.
Brother Edmund Garvey said they were "on course to honour in full the voluntary pledges" and that the final amount would be handed over after planned property sales.
He added that school playing fields worth well over 100m euros (£87m) are to be transferred from the order to the Edmund Rice Schools Trust, for the "benefit of its 37,000 students and ultimately the state of which they are part".
But Minister for Education Richard Bruton said this move was not acceptable to the government, and that the lands should be transferred to the state or sold under a joint agreement.
Mr Bruton said the government had actually wanted the costs of the redress scheme to be shared on a 50-50 between the state and the Catholic Church, but admitted the amounts pledged to date were a "far cry" from that.
The minister added he would continue to exert "moral pressure" on the religious orders to meet their 2009 payment agreements.
In a statement, the Sisters of Mercy said they had honoured all their commitments, which were based on the value of their properties at the time.
They said that 81m euros (£71m) of their total 127.5m commitment was to be paid to the state in the form of property, but that the economic downturn had reduced the government's financial gain from the sales.
The nuns said that they had "always made clear that the value of (their) contribution was subject to the fluctuations in value attaching to individual properties".
In a statement, the campaign group Irish Survivors of Child Abuse said: "Enda Kenny should travel to Rome as soon as practical and demand a comprehensive and honourable settlement of all matters connected with the child abuse scandals which implicate the servants of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland."
The Commission to Inquire Into Child Abuse, commonly known as the Ryan Report, was a nine-year inquiry which concluded in 2009.
It found that Catholic Church leaders knew that sexual abuse was "endemic" in boys' institutions.
It also found physical and emotional abuse and neglect of children were features of Catholic-run institutions.
The ease with which the gunman boarded a packed international train with an arsenal of weapons in his backpack is prompting re-examination of what many experts see as a weak link in the fight against terrorism.
Apart from the cross-Channel Eurostars and the Spanish high-speed network, there are no systematic identity or baggage controls anywhere on the European railway system.
With the Schengen border-free arrangements in place in 26 countries, it means criminals or terrorists can use trains to move around the continent more or less undetected.
They can also transport drugs or arms. And if they choose to use those arms, as on Friday, then hundreds of people are potential victims.
New counter-terror approach needed - by Claude Moniquet
Allegations of drugs and jihad - profile of suspect Ayoub El-Khazzani
What we know
Of the several avenues being looked into for tightening security, the least feasible is the most obvious: turning railway stations into airports.
Requiring rail passengers to present identity papers, and to submit to a body and bag search, would lower the terrorist risk to practically nil.
But the costs of implementing such a policy make it utterly impractical.
"There are 20 times more train passengers in France than there are air passengers. So whatever security there is now at airports, you would have to multiply it by 20 in stations. It is not a realistic proposition," says Guillaume Pepy, president of France's state rail company SNCF.
Five million people use the trains every day in France, at some 3,000 stations - 230 of them linked to the TGV high-speed network. For most of these passengers, the train is an essential part of their working life, with the huge advantage over planes that you can board them up to the moment before departure.
Requiring people to arrive half an hour early in order to get through security would strip rail travel of one of its essential assets.
"There is also the financial cost," says Marc Ivaldi, transport economist at Toulouse School of Economics.
"Not just all the equipment. But reconstructing railway stations to create adequate spaces. Most railway stations are old buildings, and totally unsuited for modern security."
However, Mr Ivaldi says that Eurostar-style checks on international trains like the Thalys - and on parts of France's own TGV network - may now be inevitable.
"It will be purely symbolic, because wherever there are checks the terrorist can go elsewhere. But not doing it may prove untenable."
If universal Eurostar-style controls are impossible, what other options are there?
One possibility under serious consideration is random checks. But this is where political sensitivities have kicked in.
Speaking on French radio on Monday, the Socialist Transport Minister Alain Vidalies brought down the wrath of the left when he said the risk of racial discrimination that might follow "random" checks was something he could live with.
"Every time we talk about random checks, there is always someone who retorts, 'Yes, but you know it could be discriminatory.' Well you know something: I would rather discriminate and be effective, than just sit back and let it all happen." the minister said.
The worry of opponents of random checks is that they would not be random at all. Police would inevitably gravitate towards young males of North African looks, especially ones with beards and wearing a djellaba (full-length hooded robe).
Writing in left-wing daily Liberation, journalist Rachid Laireche said Mr Vidalies' words "sent a shiver down my spine". "By legitimising discriminatory controls... you will not only be ineffective, you will also reinforce the stigmatisation of a whole section of society."
That in turn prompted a storm of indignation from the right, which said the transport minister was talking plain good sense, and that the real scandal was how the suspect, Ayoub el-Khazzani, was able to travel freely around Europe despite having been identified as a potential danger.
In general, though, it seems likely that some sort of random baggage check will be authorised by the government later this week - with a strong insistence that it be applied with a close eye to the passenger's appearance.
Other ideas under consideration are an increase in training for the SNCF's 150,000 staff, so they are better equipped to respond to terrorist emergencies; clearer and more prominent warnings about terrorism on trains and in stations; and the deployment of more police and soldiers.
However, police unions have warned that the service is now at its limits.
"After the January attacks we have been operating at 100% capacity, reinforced by 10,000 soldiers. There is no more reserve," says Nicolas Comte of SGP Police FO.
With the limitations of traditional security improvements all too evident, some are calling for a changed mentality in society as a whole to cope with the now permanent threat.
"I do not doubt the vigilance of the security forces, but what we need now is for the whole nation to be in a state of vigilance," said former centre-right interior minister Claude Gueant.
He cited the example of the state of Israel, which "has lived for years under the constant threat of attacks… and yet people live ordinary lives, because they take elementary precautions".
Urging an Israeli-style security mindset will not endear Mr Gueant to many people in France. But it is a sign of the times that he has not been immediately denounced for making the comparison.
It goes without saying that it was a fantastic night for Welsh Conservatives and a grim one for Welsh Labour, but there is a fascinating scramble going on for third place in Welsh politics.
Relative newcomer UKIP is now hailing itself as the third party in Wales, after bumping Plaid Cymru down to fourth place in share of the vote.
Shortly before quitting as UKIP leader, Nigel Farage looked forward to next year's Welsh assembly election, where an element of proportional representation comes into play, and the prospect of the first UKIP AMs in Cardiff Bay.
It might not have Welsh MPs, but the party is already turning its mind to efforts to push deeper into traditional Labour territory in south Wales.
And what of Plaid Cymru?
It will, of course, point to its three MPs compared to the duck scored by UKIP in Wales.
At the last general election Plaid blamed its failure to win more seats on its exclusion from the television debates.
There is no such excuse this time, indeed Leanne Wood was widely praised for her performance against the likes of Cameron and Miliband on the UK stage.
Given Plaid's level of exposure at the time of an SNP nationalist surge in Scotland, whatever Plaid Cymru might say publicly about its performance, there can be little doubt wise heads in the party will be asking some serious questions about where it goes from here.
And then there are the Liberal Democrats, now with just one Welsh MP, in Ceredigion.
Never mind third place, political survival must surely be the immediate priority for the Lib Dems?
Were they punished for going into government with Conservatives, implementing tough public spending cuts, breaking a key 2010 election pledge on student tuition fees - or all of the above?
Politics is often brutal, and parties that fail to diagnose and address their shortcomings quickly can expect more punishment.
The assembly election next year could be very interesting.
John Lawton, from Alsager, went missing in an off-road race on 8 April. The official search has been called off.
Organisers say it will cost around £4,000 for 12 people from Cheshire Search and Rescue to fly out to help in the search for the 62-year-old.
Team leader Jo McClure said Mr Lawton's family contacted them last week and it will be their first overseas trip.
Mr Lawton's wife Lynda raised the alarm when he failed to pass the finish line of the Taygetos Challenge 2012, near Kalamata, in western Greece.
She said he was last seen at the fourth check point.
The official search was called off last month and members of Mr Lawton's family and running club, Sandbach Striders, have been out to Greece to help.
His son Steve has told the BBC it is getting harder to believe he will be found.
A text message campaign has been launched
by the search and rescue team and Mrs McClure said around £700 had been raised so far.
Mrs McClure said: "The family got in touch last week and are willing to fund our accommodation and food so it's just a matter of paying for flights.
"We've never done any overseas work before so we've had to look in to the legal implications and clear it with the Home Office.
"We're packed and ready to go and hope to be able to leave on Friday when there are flights from Manchester airport."
She said many of the volunteers would have to take time out of their day jobs for the trip.
Mrs McClure said: "We've had maps sent over from Greece and I know there are a few tracks and trails he could have got lost on.
"We've been fairly selective in choosing the volunteers that we're sending, many of whom have mountain climbing experience - I just hope we can find him."
A survey found rooms yield in the Granite City last November fell year-on-year by 42.3% to £46.63 on average, while occupancy was down 11.9%.
It was the second successive monthly drop of more than 40% in revenue.
BDO said there was little sign of improvement on the horizon for Aberdeen hoteliers.
Across Scotland as a whole, hotel revenue fell by 9.5% and occupancy was down.
Inverness saw rooms yield rise by 5.1% while occupancy fell 1.6%. Edinburgh's revenue was up 0.1% but occupancy was down 1.4%.
Glasgow saw slight falls in both revenue and occupancy.
Alastair Rae, from BDO, said: "It is clear that Aberdeen hoteliers continue to be battered by the weak oil price and the consequent difficulties this is producing in the wider north east economy.
"Unfortunately there is little sign that will abate and the strain which the hospitality sector is currently experiencing is going to continue until something positive occurs in the oil and gas sector which appears unlikely in the coming months.
"The large falls in both revenue and occupancy in Aberdeen are also reducing the Scotland-wide figures for both as the other cities had a more positive month."
He added: "There are signs that the hotel sector is experiencing a stable, if unexceptional, year. Occupancy is relatively fixed and revenues are fluctuating slightly but not in a remarkable way.
"I believe that there will be more of the 'steady as she goes' outlook in the hotel market with the obvious exception being Aberdeen."
Although Fort opened early in an uninspiring first 45 minutes, they had to come from behind twice in a final which then steadily built towards a stirring climax.
Newtonmore reduced their deficit on Kyles in the Marine Harvest Premiership to four points with a 3-1 victory at The Eilan, while Kingussie compounded Lochaber's relegation worries with a 5-2 victory on a day when heavy rain took its toll on several games.
In the battle for the Balliemore Cup, shinty's intermediate championship, Jack Fraser gave Fort an early lead with a fine 30-yard shot from the left.
Cabers captain Craig Morrison responded by picking up a ball from the right wing and finding the net with it, only for the goal to be disallowed because the ball had earlier crossed the by-line.
Kevin Bartlett was next to attempt an equaliser but his shot was scrambled away by the Fort defence.
That equaliser did, however, come five minutes into a much more action packed second half when Morrison was given space 20 yards out.
Morrison then put Cabers into a short-lived lead which was cancelled out when Fraser dashed in to claim his own second with a slick shot.
With 15 minutes remaining, Bartlett exploited Fort's defensive confusion to find the net, but the whistle had already gone for a penalty to Cabers which the Scotland international instead used to put his side ahead.
However, Fort William weren't prepared to accept that as a match-winner and Lewis Clark scrambled home the goal which put the final into extra-time.
With the soporific first half now a distant memory, the game moved up yet another gear with Fort dealing better with the fatigue. Calum Shepherd put them ahead in the first period, only for Morrison to send the game to penalties when he completed his hat-trick with only five minutes left of the second.
In an unusually high scoring shoot-out for shinty, a single poorly hit penalty was in the end all that stood between the teams as Fort pulled off their first Balliemore triumph, 25 years after the club lifted the Camanachd Cup for the first time in 1992.
At The Eilan, Glen MacKintosh and Evan Menzies, who was later sent off, gave Newtonmore a 2-0 half time lead over Kyles. Sandy MacKenzie pulled one back before Connor Jones put the points in the bag for the champions. However, the ultimate destiny of the title still remains in Kyles' hands.
A Lee Bain hat-trick laid the foundations of Kingussie's 5-2 victory over Lochaber whose Zands Ferguson and Stuart Callison brought it back to 3-2 before Ruaraidh Anderson and Ryan Borthwick put the game out of sight.
Kingussie are just one point behind Kyles but have played three more games, while Lochaber remain well behind Kilmallie and Glasgow Mid Argyll on goal difference at the bottom, and with more matches played.
Beauly moved into the top half of the National Division with a 3-1 home win over local rivals Strathglass.
The watchdog plans to pilot double inspections this term, with inspectors comparing judgements to see if they have reached the same conclusions.
If effective, the method could be included in a new inspection framework for "good schools" from September.
Teaching unions said questions about reliability had always "dogged" Ofsted.
A week ago, Sean Harford, Ofsted's national director for schools, admitted not enough had been done to ensure reliability.
Responding to a critical blog from head teacher Tom Sherrington last week, Mr Harford admitted Ofsted does not currently ensure "directly that different inspectors in the school on the same day would give the same judgement".
In the response, Mr Harford said some inspectors used data as a "safety net" instead of making a professional judgement.
Ofsted's consultation on new short inspections for good schools closed late last year.
This term, pilot inspections for the new framework will include investigating new methods of reliability testing, said Mr Harford.
Ofsted now says this will involve two senior officials independently inspecting the school on the same day and comparing judgements.
"There will be a small number of pilots this term to investigate whether two inspectors come up with the same conclusions," a spokeswoman told BBC News.
The spokeswoman said there was no suggestion the method would be used for all the shorter inspections from September but could instead "be an occasional feature as part of the quality assurance process".
Teachers' unions said they had been questioning the reliability of Ofsted's judgements for years.
Kevin Courtney, deputy general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, called for "root and branch reform" of school accountability in England, including the abolition of Ofsted.
"The suggestion that inspecting schools twice will resolve the flaws in the current system is nonsense.
"In effect, this is merely punishing schools for Ofsted's failings."
Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, said questions about reliability had "dogged Ofsted since it was set up in 1992".
"It is incomprehensible that Ofsted has waited 23 years to investigate whether or not its judgements are reliable when the consequences for schools are so devastating if they are judged to be poor.
"We note that Ofsted, however, is not opening itself up to external evaluation of the reliability trials.
"If Ofsted has robust quality assurance, why is it not opening itself up to external scrutiny?"
Sean Harford said the quality of its inspection judgements was "of the utmost importance to Ofsted".
"We go to great lengths, through our existing quality assurance process to ensure that inspectors make judgements which are rigorously based on the evidence gathered.
"It is frustrating that our attempts to enter a genuine debate about how we might improve still further in our approach are being used to score cheap points about Ofsted's work."
The Ofsted spokeswoman said quality assurance measures already in place included site visits by senior inspectors to test evidence, data analysis and the reading of all inspection reports to ensure the text matched the overall grade.
Muslim communities have historically not relied upon hospices, with families instead caring for relatives at home, the report by the Woolf Institute says.
But that is becoming harder, with more parents both now working, it added.
It called for better planning so Muslim patients can access care in the future.
The study warned that demographic changes within Muslim communities were likely to increase the demand for hospice and end-of-life care.
Although still younger on average than the wider UK population, the number of Muslims aged 65 and over was increasing steadily, the report added.
The number of elderly Muslim people was expected to reach 250,000 in the next 15 years, it said.
But it said there were "glaring gaps" when it came to data around the number of Muslims using hospices in the UK.
The report called for local councils, the NHS and hospices to ensure data was recorded about the religion and ethnicity of those using their services to help plan care in the future.
It concluded that, unless action was taken now, Muslim communities would not be able to access vital services when they needed them most.
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On Wednesday an inquest heard Emily Bushaway died when staff at Helen & Douglas House in Oxford failed to replace part of her breathing tube.
Her mother, Lisa Bushaway, said a nurse threw part of a valve "in the bin and then connected it back up".
Coroner Darren Salter said the valve was unfamiliar to staff at the hospice.
In his narrative verdict, Mr Salter said serious risks were not adequately highlighted in Emily's care plan, so her accidental death was contributed to by neglect.
Helen & Douglas House said it had taken action to prevent a repeat incident, but Ms Bushaway blames the hospice for her daughter's death.
"She fought all those years, beat all the odds...for someone to come along, so incompetent, I feel like they killed her."
Emily, who was from Letchworth, had the neuro-degenerative condition Niemann-Pick disease type C, and was having respite care when she died in May 2016.
Her mother said she died from being starved of oxygen when part of a valve was discarded.
"[The nurse] hadn't realised what she'd done. They connected her back up...but it was too late, Emily was already beginning to go."
Mark Greener, her father, said the nurse did not know what a whisper valve was when he told her it was missing.
Helen & Douglas House said: "It would be inappropriate to comment on individuals involved. We will be taking appropriate internal action."
It added: "We have taken action to ensure that this type of incident won't happen again and we will continue to review our clinical practice with patients' safety at the heart of our decisions."
Our Lady and Saint Patrick's College, Knock, is to share the course with every post-primary school in Northern Ireland.
Teachers and pupils have produced a 32-page booklet with guidance and worksheets detailing each lesson.
They include developing resilience, and dealing with negative feelings, setbacks and mistakes.
The principal of Our Lady and Saint Patrick's, Dermot Mullan, said that the booklet was a joint effort between students and staff.
"The lessons were trialled with Year 11 classes, and revised with their input," he said.
"With added social pressures on young people it is more important than ever to equip them with resilience and mindfulness techniques to live full and happy lives.
"The skills the pupils are learning promote positive emotional health, mental well-being and stronger academic and personal performance.
"Resilience enables then to deal with difficult situations, to learn from them and to grow."
As well as a six-week programme of lessons, pupils were given tasks to carry out between lessons.
For instance, pupils were asked to spend five minutes each day listening to their inner voice and reflecting on their mindset.
This was in order to help them develop more helpful ways of thinking.
Pupils were also asked to do things like create a playlist of songs which made them feel better and to learn basic meditation techniques.
The school has named the course "The Floreo Project" as the Latin verb Floreo means to flourish, bloom or thrive.
It is to send the course to other post-primaries before the end of the current school year.
L/Cpl Scott Hetherington, 22, died at Camp Taji, north of Baghdad, on Monday.
L/Cpl Hetherington, from Middleton, Greater Manchester, had only recently become a father to a daughter, the Ministry of Defence said.
He served as a vehicle commander with the 2nd Battalion, Duke of Lancaster's Regiment.
The soldier, who was nicknamed "Snowball", had only been in Iraq for a month when he died.
Friends hailed him as a "true hero" and a "brave lion" on Facebook.
His commanding officer Lt Col Rob Singleton said: "L/Cpl Scott Hetherington was a superb soldier and a first-class leader.
"Utterly professional and talented, he was full of character, fun and his enthusiasm was infectious.
"The battalion has lost a huge talent and a real character. He will be missed dearly and we will never forget him.
"Our hearts go out to his parents, his siblings, his girlfriend and his young daughter.
"They are in all of our thoughts."
L/Cpl Hetherington was a member of Blenheim Company and was a vehicle commander in the Force Protection Platoon.
His regiment was based at Weeton Barracks near Blackpool.
He is the first UK soldier to die in Iraq in almost eight years.
The British army is in Iraq as part of the UK's effort to combat so-called Islamic State militants.
About 150 soldiers from the battalion are being deployed to Iraq for six months.
They form part of a 500-strong Army force being sent to train Iraqi and Kurdish security forces.
It sent snow and ice hurtling down Mount Sukkertoppen into Longyearbyen, a town of 2,000 people, at 11:00 (09:00 GMT) after a fierce overnight storm.
Cars were overturned and wooden houses displaced from their foundations.
The rescue operation was carried out in darkness, as Svalbard sees no direct sun from late November to mid-February.
A local resident in his 40s was declared dead and nine other people, including four children, were taken to hospital, where three are in serious condition.
"It's complete chaos here," Kine Bakkeli told Norway's NRK television after she had managed to escape from her house through a window.
Another woman was rescued from deep snow after she banged on an oven to alert rescue workers.
Some 40 houses were evacuated as a safety precaution and the authorities are confident they have now accounted for all residents.
Svalbard had been hit by a severe storm on Friday night, with winds of up to 95km/h (60mph), which blew the roof off the community's school, depositing it on a nearby sports pitch.
The airport was closed for some hours, but by Saturday afternoon it had reopened.
Most people in Svalbard live in Longyearbyen, the world's most northerly town, on the territory which lies 800km (500 miles) north of the Norwegian mainland.
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The London Taxi Company (LTC), which makes the iconic black cab, said the site could create up to 1,400 jobs.
Chinese manufacturer Geely said the new factory would include research and development and an assembly plant to build the next generation of electric and low-emission vehicles.
The first cars are expected to be made at the Ansty Park site in 2017.
It is thought to be the biggest investment of its type by a Chinese company in the UK and was backed with funding from the government's Regional Growth Fund.
LTC, which was bought by Geely in 2012 in a £11.4m deal, currently makes just under 2,000 vehicles a year. It aims to increase production to about 36,000.
The firm has been based in Coventry for nearly 70 years, but in January it announced plans to move from its plant in Holyhead Road to Ansty Park.
Chief executive of LTC, Peter Johansen, said it was "fantastic" to see diggers and trucks on the site.
He said the new factory would be "very environmentally friendly", using solar panels, harvested rainwater and a system that harvests waste heat from manufacturing to heat its offices.
"We are building a green taxi so we were keen everything should be as environmentally friendly as possible," he said.
"It will be an efficient site but it will still be a hand-built taxi because we are not a high-volume manufacturer. There will still be a lot of craft skills required."
He said minor delays had been caused by the need to rehome 493 newts.
Last year, London Mayor Boris Johnson announced all new taxis operating in the capital would have to be capable of zero emissions from 2018.
They are not in charge of the city, the military forces of the UAE are. But in the last few days disturbing reports have emerged of the summary executions of prisoners by the jihadists, along with their black flags hoisted onto public buildings.
The war in Yemen, now in its sixth month, has effectively offered the jihadists a backdoor entry into the country's second most important city and a major Indian Ocean port.
"The jihadists have been taking advantage of the chaos in Aden to infiltrate the city," says Aimen Deen, a Dubai-based consultant and former jihadist himself.
Nigel Inkster, the director of transnational threats at the London think-tank IISS and a former director of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, concurs.
"AQAP are a very opportunistic organisation," he says.
"What has happened in Aden has created an opportunity and given them scope to expand there and in certain parts of the country."
So what exactly has happened in Aden? Very bad things in recent weeks is the answer.
For 128 years, the Indian Ocean port of Aden and the adjoining hinterland was a British protectorate and later a crown colony.
As recently as the 1960s, cruise ships were dropping off passengers to shop in its teeming markets as they refuelled on the long voyage between Southampton and the Far East. It was one of the busiest ports and harbours in the world.
After a violent independence campaign, Aden became the capital of the Marxist People's Democratic Republic of Yemen from 1967 to 1990. Russian sailors strolled around town, office women wore Western skirts and there was even a local brewery.
Then followed unification with North Yemen and a brief and ultimately unsuccessful attempt by the South to split away in 1994. When I interviewed the country's strongman, President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in 2000, he told me his greatest achievement had been uniting the two Yemens, North and South.
But today Yemen is in chaos.
Pushed out by the Arab Spring protests of 2011, President Saleh left office, but not Yemen. A sore loser, he conspired to wreck Yemen's transition to a peaceful democracy, forming an alliance in 2014 with the same Houthi rebels he had fought several wars against.
In September 2014, the rebels advanced on the capital, Sanaa, from their northern stronghold.
By January 2015, they had the president, Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, under house arrest. By March, they had seized almost the whole of the western half of the country, driving the government into exile and capturing Aden.
Who is fighting whom in Yemen?
Houthis - The Zaidi Shia Muslim rebels from the north overran Sanaa last year and then expanded their control. They want to replace Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, whose government they say is corrupt. The US alleges Iran is providing military assistance to the rebels.
Ali Abdullah Saleh - Military units loyal to the former president - forced to hand over power in 2011 after mass protests - are fighting alongside the Houthis.
Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi - The president fled abroad in March as the rebels advanced on Aden, where he had taken refuge in February. Sunni Muslim tribesmen and Southern separatists have formed militia to fight the rebels.
Saudi-led coalition - A US-backed coalition of nine, mostly Sunni Arab states, says it is seeking to "defend the legitimate government" of Mr Hadi.
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula - AQAP opposes both the Houthis and President Hadi. A rival affiliate of Islamic State has also recently emerged.
Human Rights Watch report on Yemen
Yemen's giant neighbour, Saudi Arabia, suspected the hand of Iran was behind the rebels, who are Shia, and launched a devastating air war to push them back and force them to sue for peace.
It has largely worked, but at a cost. The rebels are now in full retreat, but over 4,000 people have been killed in the fighting, at least half of them civilians.
The once quiet, torpid streets of Aden have been battered by mortar fire, snipers and artillery. As part of the Saudi-led coalition, the UAE landed an entire armoured brigade there to reinforce the Yemeni loyalists fighting the rebels.
French-built Leclerc tanks of the UAE army have been in action north of the city.
But in Aden itself there has been something of a power vacuum with almost no effective policing or security - just the sort of situation the jihadists like to exploit.
As far back as February, when the Houthis were advancing into Aden, IS declared a new province, a "wilaya" of Aden and Lahej.
After launching an attack on Houthi rebels on 18 July, they reportedly executed seven of their captives in the district known as Crater.
Now, in a new report on the mistreatment of prisoners by both sides, Human Rights Watch cites reports that on 23 August, IS dressed a number of Houthi prisoners in orange jumpsuits, placed them in a boat which was then towed out into the harbour.
Reportedly watched by local residents of Aden, the boat carrying the prisoners was then blown up, killing those on board, the report says.
Yemen is no stranger to violence. In the last four years, it has witnessed some horrific suicide bombings, mostly in Sanaa.
For now, it seems that the jihadists of AQAP and IS have largely put aside their differences to fight their common enemy, the Shia Houthi rebels.
Ironically, they are being aided by air strikes from the very countries - Saudi Arabia and the UAE - who normally oppose them.
But their apparent infiltration into what was once one of the most important ports on the Indian Ocean gives them a base they could only have dreamed of before this war began.
On Sunday, the first happened on the A489 in Powys followed by two on the A470 in south Wales.
At 08:50 BST a man, 49, died when his bike hit a minibus near Kerry.
On the A470 at 12:10 BST another male biker, 53, collided with a BMW. Just 35 minutes later the third biker died near Treforest, Rhondda Cynon Taff, in a crash with a Renault Clio.
South Wales Police and Dyfed-Powys Police are both appealing for witnesses to the incidents.
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Palace lost 3-1 at home to Sunderland on Monday, extending their run without a Premier League win to four games.
Warnock's side had a strong claim for a penalty denied inside the first minute against the Black Cats, when Santiago Vergini brought down Fraizer Campbell.
"I was told we should appeal for penalties a lot more," said Warnock.
"But I don't understand why we should have to appeal. If someone kicks your shin, they should be given."
Steven Fletcher scored twice at Selhurst Park as the Black Cats lifted themselves out of the relegation zone.
Wes Brown's own goal cancelled out Fletcher's first goal, before Jordi Gomez re-established Sunderland's lead and Fletcher sealed the win.
Warnock was left to rue Phil Dowd's refusal to award his side an early penalty, one of a number of decisions the Palace boss feels have gone against his side in recent games.
The 65-year-old was last week charged with misconduct by the Football Association after saying referee Craig Pawson was "influenced" by Chelsea players during the Blues' 2-1 win at Selhurst Park.
He also questioned what he called an "assault" on his goalkeeper Julian Speroni during a 2-2 draw at West Brom.
"To say we are not getting decisions is an understatement," Warnock said.
"There are too many mistakes. You have to give penalties, you have to be brave to give penalties and they don't seem to be doing that at the moment."
Warnock feels his side may need to develop a nasty streak, adding: "I think we're too nice at the moment. We are too honest."
Defeat means Palace drop to 17th in the table, outside the relegation zone only on goals scored.
They head to Manchester United on Saturday without captain Mile Jedinak, who was sent off for a second booking late for kicking out at Gomez in the centre of the pitch.
"He has apologised and has let the lads down in that respect," said Warnock.
"We have got to go to Old Trafford without him now for something as silly as that."
The alarm was raised after the pair were overdue from a walk on An Teallach, a mountain in Wester Ross, on Monday.
Dundonnell Mountain Rescue Team and Stornoway Coastguard helicopter made a search early on Tuesday.
The walkers later turned up safe and well in the Loch a'Bhraoin area.
Dundonnell MRT said this was a "considerable distance" from An Teallach and the reason for this was a "suspected navigational error".
Ten volunteers from the rescue team had begun preparing for the search at 02:00 on Tuesday and made searches of ridges and corries.
The coastguard helicopter made sweeps of the mountain using an infra-red camera.
The walkers were found in the Loch a'Bhraoin area at 07:00.
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She was speaking ahead of a meeting with the Irish foreign affairs and justice minsters in Dublin.
US-born Ryan, who switched allegiance to Ireland last year, broke the Irish record for the second time in 24 hours as he clocked 24.72 seconds to triumph.
Ryan, 23, pipped American Justin Ress by 0.01 of a second to make up for the disappointment of missing out on a 100m backstroke medal on Monday.
Gary O'Toole is the only other Irish swimmer to win at the championships.
O'Toole clinched gold at the championships in 1991.
Pennsylvania State University student Ryan qualified for Ireland through his father Thomas who emigrated to the US in the 1980s.
He qualified for the 100m backstroke semi-finals at last year's Olympics.
In total 94,370 properties changed hands in April, down from the record high of 164,400 transactions in March.
HMRC said March had seen a rush to buy properties before the higher rate of stamp duty on second homes came in on 1 April.
Since then landlords and buyers of second homes have had to pay 3% extra.
The number of residential properties sold in April - 84,280 - was the lowest for three years.
Compared to April last year, the number of transactions was down by 14.5%.
He was nominated because of his work in mountain rescue and training climbers, and for setting up the Scottish Mountaineering Heritage Collection.
Mr Tighe will be presented with the accolade at the Fort William Mountain Festival next month.
The award was set up to recognise those who have dedicated their lives to working in Scotland's mountains.
Friends, fans and fellow entertainers have spoken of their shock at her death.
Prime Minister David Cameron paid tribute on Twitter to her "huge talent" and "significant contribution to public life".
Bruce Forsyth expressed his shock to the BBC, saying he still thought of Black as "just a kid" and that "72 is no age to leave us all".
"I can't really take it in at the moment. I'm in shock," he said.
"So many people will be so upset. She had such a following with all the shows she did.
"She had that common touch when you get to everybody with your career. She will be greatly missed by all."
Gloria Hunniford said: "It's a total shock, actually it's a bit of disbelief. It was two weeks ago today that we were at a mutual friend's barbecue."
She said she knew "Cilla had little niggly things that were wrong with her".
"For example she had a bit of trouble with her eyesight and her hearing and a bit of trouble with her knee and walking, but then anybody over 70 will recognise all of those," she said.
"But there was nothing on that day, only two weeks ago, that would have suggested that she had anything that was life threatening. I'm very saddened."
She added: "What I loved about her was she had that common touch, that Liverpool marvellous touch, where she could talk to anybody and have a bit of fun."
DJ Tony Blackburn said that "it just doesn't seem possible that she is no longer with us".
He told the BBC News Channel: "She was lovely. She just wanted everyone to do well and have fun.
"She had a great sense of humour. What you saw on television was Cilla Black. There was no pretence about her at all and to suddenly hear today that she's no longer with us is a real shock.
"I think people forget how important she was in the early days of pop music. We forget now how many hit records she had. She had a wonderful career."
Barbara Windsor, who had known Black for many years, said: "Oh it's awful.
"I was only with her a couple of weeks ago. I've seen her twice in the last few weeks and as always she looked immaculate. That was the thing about Cilla, she always looked spot-on.
"But I knew she wasn't very well. She didn't look or seem very well. But I'm so desperately sad."
Sir Paul McCartney said: "Such a shock to hear about Cilla's passing. She was a lovely girl who infected everyone with her great spirit.
"From first meeting her as a cloak room girl at the Cavern in Liverpool, to seeing her many times since, she always had a fun-loving dignity that made her a great pleasure to be around.
"She had a fine distinctive voice and was always a bit of a laugh. It was a privilege to know and love her."
Singer and broadcaster Des O'Connor said: "If ever the words 'the one and only' applied to anyone it was Cilla. She really was unique.
"As a friend she was always fun to be with, kind, generous and caring, a very special lady. We will all miss you Cilla more than words can say."
Singer Sir Cliff Richard said he would miss his "outrageous" friend dearly.
"Some people will always be with us and Cilla is one of those people," he said.
"I will always think of her as outrageous, funny, incredibly gifted but above all full of heart. She was a very special person, and I have lost a very wonderful friend, I will miss her dearly. God bless her."
Many entertainers took to Twitter to pay tribute to Black:
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Record signing Morata - a late substitute - dragged a poor effort wide moments after goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois had blazed over in a first use of a new penalty shootout system.
Premier League champions Chelsea had gone ahead through Victor Moses, before Pedro was sent off for an ugly lunge on Mohamed Elneny.
From the resulting free-kick, debutant Sead Kolasinac headed the Gunners level to take the match to penalties.
The shootout - the first in English football to follow the ABBA format - saw Chelsea miss back-to-back penalties to allow Olivier Giroud to win the match from the spot.
Level at 90 minutes, the match went straight to penalties, which were taken in the ABBA format.
Designed to prevent a perceived advantage to the team going first, the system sees team A take the first kick followed by team B - before team B go again. Team A then get two successive penalties, a little like the tie-break in tennis, and so on until there is a winner.
Confused? You are not alone as not even the players seemed to understand.
After Gary Cahill's opener for Chelsea was cancelled out by Theo Walcott, Arsenal defender Nacho Monreal stepped forward, correctly, to take his kick. However he was waved back by several of his Gunners team-mates, who seemed confused by the new format.
Monreal scored, before Courtois and Morata both missed horribly, to the delight of the Arsenal fans behind the goal.
That allowed first Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and then Giroud to score and start the Arsenal celebrations.
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The Community Shield can be a rather tame occasion, more pre-season friendly than kick-start, but referee Bobby Madley was kept busy in a fiercely contested affair.
Chelsea were first to be upset when winger Willian was booked for a dive in the first half as he went down under a challenge from Hector Bellerin in the penalty area. Replays suggested that the Brazilian was tripped by his own feet, but also that Bellerin may have made contact beforehand.
If that was a tricky call for Madley, his decision to send off Pedro with 10 minutes remaining was more straightforward. The forward was late and high on Elneny, raking the Arsenal man's Achilles with his studs.
Antonio Conte was angered by the decision though, and by his team's marking from the free-kick as they let Kolasinac head home from six yards out.
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Until the red card, it looked like being victory for the champions, who shook off a sleepy first 20 minutes to have the better of the game.
They deservedly took the lead in the opening minute of the second half as Granit Xhaka's dreadful clearance from a corner was headed back in by Gary Cahill for Moses to finish with opportunism.
It looked a long way back from there for Arsenal, especially as they were without key duo Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil, left out of the squad altogether by Arsene Wenger.
Sanchez only returned to training on Tuesday after illness, having taken an extended break following his participation in the Confederations Cup with Chile, while Ozil picked up a minor knock in training in the week and was not risked.
In their absence, the focus was on record signing Alexandre Lacazette, the only debutant to start for either side. The £46.5m man faded after having the best moment of the first period, wrapping a shot against the post after a flowing counter-attack, which he started in his own half.
An out-and-out striker who doesn't stray far from the penalty area, he showed enough to suggest that he will add a focal point to the Arsenal attack - particularly when partnered by Ozil and Sanchez.
Morata, on the other hand, had a debut to forget for Chelsea.
The £60m signing from Real Madrid was left on the bench until the 74th minute and, after replacing the underwhelming Michy Batshuayi, wasted his only sight of goal by shooting over.
He then dragged a poor penalty wide in the shootout to hand Arsenal a chance they took.
Morata, and Conte, will take solace from the fact that the last team to win the Premier League title after winning the Community Shield were Manchester United back in 2010.
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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger:
"Well, I don't know if it was a sending off or not but at that moment we were dominating. We had some difficult moments at the start of the second half but after that we dominated. We always looked dangerous.
"It is a dream to make the fans happy, a difficult dream, but we try hard. I would like that they stand behind the team as we might go through some very good periods and some not so good periods.
"We want to be united and together throughout the season."
Chelsea boss Antonio Conte:
"I didn't see the situation with the sending off. For this reason, it is very difficult for me to say something about this decision. This is the second game, after the FA Cup [final], that we finish with 10 men.
"I heard there was clearly a penalty but I did not see. We are working, we are trying to do our best. We had a tough pre-season, between the six days until we start the league it is important to be focused on the next game."
The start of the Premier League season.
Arsenal kick off the new top-flight campaign when they host Leicester City on Friday (19:45 BST).
Defending champions Chelsea meet Burnley at Stamford Bridge on Saturday (15:00).
Match ends, Arsenal 1(4), Chelsea 1(1).
Penalty Shootout ends, Arsenal 1(4), Chelsea 1(1).
Goal! Arsenal 1(4), Chelsea 1(1). Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
Goal! Arsenal 1(3), Chelsea 1(1). Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Penalty missed! Still Arsenal 1(2), Chelsea 1(1). Álvaro Morata (Chelsea) hits the left post with a right footed shot.
Penalty missed! Bad penalty by Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea) left footed shot is too high. Thibaut Courtois should be disappointed.
Goal! Arsenal 1(2), Chelsea 1(1). Nacho Monreal (Arsenal) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Goal! Arsenal 1(1), Chelsea 1(1). Theo Walcott (Arsenal) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
Goal! Arsenal 1, Chelsea 1(1). Gary Cahill (Chelsea) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
Penalty Shootout begins Arsenal 1, Chelsea 1.
Second Half ends, Arsenal 1, Chelsea 1.
Attempt blocked. Theo Walcott (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Granit Xhaka with a through ball.
Offside, Chelsea. Cesc Fàbregas tries a through ball, but Antonio Rüdiger is caught offside.
Foul by Rob Holding (Arsenal).
Álvaro Morata (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Theo Walcott (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Héctor Bellerín.
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Foul by Héctor Bellerín (Arsenal).
César Azpilicueta (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Reiss Nelson (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Antonio Rüdiger (Chelsea).
Substitution, Arsenal. Reiss Nelson replaces Danny Welbeck.
Substitution, Chelsea. Charly Musonda replaces Willian.
Goal! Arsenal 1, Chelsea 1. Sead Kolasinac (Arsenal) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Granit Xhaka following a set piece situation.
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Pedro (Chelsea) is shown the red card.
Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Pedro (Chelsea).
Substitution, Chelsea. Antonio Rüdiger replaces Marcos Alonso.
Attempt missed. Álvaro Morata (Chelsea) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Willian with a through ball.
Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by David Luiz (Chelsea).
Attempt missed. Rob Holding (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Granit Xhaka with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Thibaut Courtois.
Attempt saved. Granit Xhaka (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Rob Holding.
Substitution, Chelsea. Álvaro Morata replaces Michy Batshuayi.
Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by David Luiz (Chelsea).
Foul by Sead Kolasinac (Arsenal).
Victor Moses (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Tanjug (The Telegraphic Agency for the New Yugoslavia) was one of many state-owned media outlets put up for sale. The starting price was about £543,000.
The sale was part of an effort to end state ownership in the sector.
The 72-year-old agency employs around 200 people.
The number of staff has vastly decreased from when the agency was at its peak - as have its profits. In 2014, Tanjug's pre-tax profit was $6,320.
Tanjug was formed in 1943 by Yugoslav Communist partisans, becoming Serbian-owned with the break up of federal Yugoslavia in the 1990s.
It was amongst 38 other state owned media outlets put up for sale in June by Serbia's privatisation agency.
It is unclear whether a new sale effort will be launched.
Labour MPs voted against Mr Corbyn by 172 to 40 in the motion, after a series of shadow cabinet resignations.
Ms Dugdale said that "if I lost the confidence of 80% of my parliamentary colleagues, I could not do my job".
Mr Corbyn said he would not "betray" the members who voted for him by resigning as leader.
More than 20 members of Mr Corbyn's shadow cabinet and a similar number of junior ministers have quit, including sole Scottish Labour MP Ian Murray.
Lourd Foulkes, chairman of the Scottish Parliamentary Labour Party, said no Scottish politicians would fill the shadow Scottish secretary position vacated by Mr Murray while Mr Corbyn is leader.
The former Scottish Office minister said Mr Corbyn would struggle to find "decent people" to fill shadow cabinet posts.
Ms Dugdale said that she had an "excellent" relationship with Mr Corbyn, and said she had spoken with him on the phone on Monday evening.
However, she noted that she had been elected to her position with a similar mandate, and underlined that she could not do her job if she "lost the confidence of 80% of my parliamentary colleagues".
The Scottish Labour leader said it was "difficult" for Mr Corbyn to now continue in his job.
The no-confidence vote held by Labour on Tuesday is not binding.
Lord Foulkes, who chairs the Scottish Parliamentary Labour Party at Westminster, claimed that far-left and new members would soon constitute the front bench under Mr Corbyn's leadership.
He also suggested that Labour could lose its last seat north of the border if Mr Corbyn remained in his post.
Mr Corbyn faced calls to resign at a meeting in the House of Commons on Monday after more than 20 members of his shadow cabinet and a similar number of junior ministers walked out, questioning his performance during the EU referendum and ability to lead the party.
Labour's only MP in Scotland, Mr Murray, resigned from his position as shadow Scottish Secretary on Sunday.
He confirmed during a live interview on the BBC's Sunday Politics Scotland programme that he had written to his leader informing him he was stepping down.
Mr Murray said matters had been brought to a head by the result of the EU referendum.
I'm sitting here on College Green looking at the Houses of Parliament and at times you think we are in a Westminster soap opera.
Yesterday Jeremy Corbyn went into a meeting of his MPs after more than 40 said he could no longer work with him.
He got a right royal kicking.
Then he went out to be cheered on by more than 5,000 supporters holding a rally in Parliament Square.
It was like he was in political intensive care, and received a political blood transfusion.
Today's vote doesn't force anything, but Labour MPs will have to make a decision about whether to stand against him."
The quantity of goods bought rose by 0.6% in June from May, which was stronger growth than economists had been expecting.
The rise was driven by strong sales of household goods, clothing and shoes.
That compensated for falling sales at supermarkets and other sellers of food and drinks.
"A particularly warm June seems to have prompted strong sales in clothing, which has compensated for a decline in food and fuel sales this month," ONS statistician Kate Davies said.
Retail sales rose by 1.5% in the three months to the end of June, which wipes out the 1.4% slide in sales over the first three months of the year.
Economists prefer to look at figures over three months, which smooth out volatile moves from month to month.
"We shouldn't get too carried away by these figures. After all, the retail sales figures are very volatile on a month-by-month basis. And the heatwave in June provided a boost to clothing sales that may not be sustained," said Paul Hollingsworth, UK economist at Capital Economics.
Other economists argue the figures should have been even stronger.
"Last month was the fifth warmest June since 1910, and food and clothing sales usually surge when the temperature is unusually high in the summer," said Samuel Tombs, chief UK economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics.
"The increase in retail sales in June was relatively modest, given the temporary support to demand from the unusually warm weather."
Economists are keeping a close eye on spending by UK shoppers as it has been supporting the overall economy.
But with inflation now running ahead of wage growth, there have been concerns of a slowdown in spending.
"The outlook of falling real wages and tightening credit conditions suggest that retail sales will struggle to retain Q2's vigour in the second half of this year," Mr Tombs said.
Next week, figures will be released on second quarter growth in the UK. Growth could "perk-up" from the first quarter figure of 0.2% according to Chris Williamson from IHS Markit.
However, Mr Tombs from Capital Economics doubts there will be much improvement, given other weak economic data.
Tim Passmore said claims Douglas Paxton's continued absence was linked to poor relations between the pair were "a load of old tosh".
He said: "There has definitely not been a bust-up. [I] 120% deny that."
He would not elaborate on Mr Paxton's illness. The BBC understands his condition is not life-threatening.
Mr Paxton, 49, started the £133,845-a-year-job in March 2013, having been the only person to apply for the role.
Last month, Conservative PCC Mr Passmore said Mr Paxton would be off "for the foreseeable future" and that Deputy Chief Constable Gareth Wilson would be standing in.
Speaking to BBC Look East, Mr Passmore said he was "really surprised" when he heard Mr Paxton was off work.
"We were at the Christmas lunch in the canteen and he said a few words, we had a chat, I said a few words and the next thing I knew he was off," he said.
In a separate interview with BBC Radio Suffolk's Mark Murphy, Mr Passmore said he was aware of the extent of Mr Paxton's illness, but said he had been "asked not to divulge people's personal medical details".
Mr Passmore said he had disagreed with Mr Paxton about certain issues, including the ultimately doomed proposed merger of Suffolk and Norfolk's control rooms.
"My role as PCC is to hold the constabulary to account via the chief constable and when we have robust conversations, which we do, it's very, very important we explore all the issues in great detail," he said.
"It's not some sort of lovey-dovey relationship."
Suffolk Police declined to comment.
The 23ft (7m)-long bowhead whale was seen in shallow waters at Long Rock Beach, near Penzance on Sunday.
It is the second sighting of the species in the last 15 months after another off the Isles of Scilly in February last year.
Sea Watch Foundation said both appeared to be of juveniles and the sightings could be of the same animal.
Bowhead whales, which can grow to 65ft (20m), are normally found 2,000 miles (3,200km) further north, according to marine conservationists.
Dan Jarvis, regional co-ordinator of British Divers Marine Life Rescue, said there were only an estimated population of 10,000 in the wild.
"We are not sure if it's part of a trend, but it's amazing to see an animal like that in our waters," he said.
A bowhead whale was also spotted off Brittany in France last week according to Sea Watch Foundation.
A small number of personnel had been sent to Camp Shorabak - near the former Camp Bastion - in an "advisory role", the Ministry of Defence said.
They will not be in combat and are part of a larger Nato team, it said.
UK combat operations in Afghanistan ended last year, but about 450 troops remain in mentoring and support roles.
Helmand's governor, Mirza Khan Rahimi, insisted the authorities were still in control of Sangin, in the province, but his own deputy said the town had been overrun by Taliban militants.
The police headquarters reportedly remains under siege after a Taliban attack.
Maj Richard Streatfield, who spent seven months in Sangin in 2009 and 2010 with the Rifles, told the BBC it was "hugely disappointing" to see the town under threat again.
"I won't deny, on a personal level, it does make you wonder - was it worth it?" he said.
"Because if the people we were trying to free Afghanistan from are now able to just take it back within two years, that shows that something went badly wrong at the operational and strategic level."
There are about 10 British personnel now at Camp Shorobak - an army camp some 60 miles by road from Sangin, the BBC understands.
A spokeswoman for the MoD said they would be providing advice to the Afghan National Army as part of the UK's "ongoing contribution" to Nato's Resolute Support mission.
They will not deploy outside the camp, she added.
The Taliban surge, not just in Helmand but in a number of other provinces, has highlighted the dysfunction at the heart of the Afghan government and thrown the continuing problems of the Afghan military into high relief.
The Taliban resurgence is as much a product of the turmoil in its top leadership as anything else, with different factions vying for power and seeking to demonstrate their pre-eminence by displays of military prowess.
The fact that the so-called Islamic State organisation is slowly putting down roots in the turmoil is also worrying Western military planners and adding a new dimension to the Afghan conundrum.
Read more from Jonathan here.
Defence select committee chairman Julian Lewis said British forces must be able to respond more flexibly to extremists in Afghanistan, as well as in Iraq and Syria.
He suggested having a "flexible force which can swoop in and swoop out again, a mixture of special forces supported by air power in support of friendly ground forces where they exist".
The UK, however, should resist getting drawn in permanently to build up a nation in a country that is not ready for it, he told BBC Radio 4's World At One.
Another senior figure, Lord Dannatt - former head of the British Army - said he believed Afghanistan was a lower priority than Syria and Libya, and any upsurge in British military effort should be focused there instead.
Dr Mike Martin, who spent two years in Afghanistan as a British army officer and wrote the book An Intimate War, said the UK should leave Afghanistan alone and not pour money into what he calls a "micro civil war".
Portraying the conflict as the government versus Taliban was "simplistic" when many factors, such as the drugs trade, water, territorial battles, were behind the fighting, he told BBC Radio 4's PM.
October 2001 - Following the 9/11 attacks, the US accuses the Taliban, the ruling power in Afghanistan, of harbouring terrorist Osama Bin Laden. Britain becomes involved soon after, deploying ground troops
December 2001 - The city of Kandahar, the last Taliban stronghold, falls to US coalition forces. Then Prime Minister Tony Blair hails a victory. Within a year it becomes clear the Taliban has regrouped and is fighting back
January 2006 - More than 3,000 British forces move into the southern Helmand province, with their base at Camp Bastion, as fighting intensifies
October 2009 - The UK sends more troops - at the peak of the conflict there are 9,500 British troops in Afghanistan. Nato and the US also send more troops. It becomes the bloodiest year of the campaign, but the coalition begins to win ground
October 2014 - The last British combat troops withdraw from Afghanistan, after 13 years of combat
December 2015 - A small number of personnel are sent to Camp Shorabak in an "advisory role", working as part of a larger Nato team, the MoD says.
Read more about the history of the conflict
Some 12,000 foreign soldiers are deployed as part of the Nato-led Resolute Support international coalition, which is meant to underpin Afghanistan's own security forces.
On Monday, a Taliban suicide bombing near Bagram killed six US soldiers in one of the deadliest attacks on foreign forces in the country this year.
Nato acknowledged progress in the last year had been "uneven", but said the Afghans were "resilient".
It added that they had become more adept at conducting planned operations and were successfully using helicopters now.
The battle for Sangin comes a little over a year after the end of UK combat operations in Afghanistan.
More than 450 British personnel died in the conflict, with the heaviest losses suffered in and around Sangin.
Victoria Bateman, whose husband L/Cpl James Bateman was among them, said it almost took her back to the time he died.
If his death had been for nothing, she believed she was owed an explanation, she told the BBC.
Brenda Hale, whose husband Captain Mark Hale was killed in an explosion in Helmand in August 2009, said: "When I'd seen the headline earlier today my breath was snatched away from me.
"Particularly because it's Sangin and especially at Christmas time when families like mine are just trying to get through the holiday with a very empty chair in our house," she told BBC Radio 5 live.
The six-month-old female cub, nicknamed Fyne, is being cared for at a rescue centre in Fife after being found on the A82 near Glencoe village.
Centre manager Colin Seddon said it was too friendly for a wild animal.
After spotting the otter by the side of the road, the motorist got out of his car to check on it and was surprised when it ran up to him.
The man called the Scottish SPCA and local inspector Dawna Connolly took the cub to a vets before transferring it to the Fife rescue centre.
Mr Seddon said the otter may have been hand-reared after being abandoned, or losing its mother, before being released back into the wild.
He said: "We have no idea how Fyne managed to get where she was found but she's so tame we believe she's been hand-reared.
"In 30 years of caring for wildlife I have only heard of one other hand-reared otter cub being rescued, so this is really rare.
"Fyne is far too friendly for a wild otter and while we shouldn't be able to get anywhere near her she always approaches us."
Mr Seddon added: "The intentions of whoever tried to look after her may have been good, but she wouldn't have survived in the wild had she not been found and rescued.
"What they should have done is contact an organisation with expertise such as the Scottish SPCA."
Fyne will later be transferred to the International Otter Survival Fund (IOSF) on Skye.
Ginger feline Tom had been the former Bishop of Derry's cat for about 15 years before his death in 2016.
Dave Graham from Coleraine said he came across the moggy after searching a pet re-homing site for a new kitten.
"I asked who his owner was and they told me that Bishop Edward Daly's housekeeper had brought him in," he told the BBC. "I was shocked!"
"They had an urgent request to find this guy a home, he's 16 years old and he's deaf.
"Maybe his congregation didn't know that his cat was homeless."
Mr Graham, who has previously worked for the charity Cats Protection, said he visited the Rainbow facility after one of his own cats passed away over Christmas.
"Originally, I had been looking for a kitten so I went down there, I had a look around," he said.
"It's a wonderful place and I went inside and saw him sitting there sound asleep, a beautiful ginger tom.
"I was told that his owner had sadly passed away last year and he was brought into us looking for a new home."
Mr Graham, who already has a number of cats at home, explained that Tom had literally landed in Bishop Daly's lap many years ago.
Edward Daly had gone for a scan and was expecting bad news. However, on his way home from hospital the cat appeared, and sat on his lap.
The stray had been viewed as a good-luck charm ever since.
"He puts the cat into catholic so to speak," said Mr Graham.
"I don't think he's been with other cats before but now he's starting to calm down and he's made a friend and everything.
"He's in a good home at the moment, he could be one of those cats that needs to live alone but no matter what he'll be in a home for the rest of his life.
"Hopefully Bishop Daly is looking down from up above with a big smile on his face," he said.
The former Crystal Palace and Middlesbrough player guided Saints to a sixth successive Welsh Premier title.
Saints also won the Nathaniel MG League Cup and broke Ajax's 44-year-old world record for the longest winning streak in top-flight football.
Newtown striker Jason Oswell was player of the season and Henry Jones of Bangor City won the young player award.
The hosts led 2-0 after Ellen White's opener and Jess Clarke's curler.
Liverpool's Caroline Weir then placed a penalty over the bar and White punished that miss with Notts' third goal.
Katie Zelem pulled one back for Liverpool from the spot after Amy Turner fouled Emma Lundh in the area and Zelem fired in her second to give the Reds hope but Notts held on to win.
Victory lifted Rick Passmoor's side up to fourth, above Liverpool on goal difference.
Both sides are three points behind third-placed Arsenal.
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Notts County striker Ellen White: "We're delighted to get the three points, we've been yearning for that first league win.
"We played some really nice stuff and got some good goals, especially the one Jess scored - it was an absolute screamer.
"But it was disappointing for us not to keep a clean sheet. Those last few minutes must have been exiting for the spectators, but not for us.
"If you take away those two late goals we conceded though, it was a great team performance."
Liverpool captain Gemma Bonner: "We're very disappointed. We started the game well and created a couple of good chances, but in the end we gave ourselves too much to do.
"Going three goals behind meant we had a mountain to climb, but we can take some positives from the last 15 minutes when we pulled two goals back.
"We lost to Chelsea at home last week, but we performed really well and even their manager said we deserved a draw. So we'll go down there next week knowing that we can compete with them, and we'll hopefully come back with three points."
It announced an alliance with India's Ola and South East Asia's GrabTaxi which allows customers to book private cars and taxis in each other's regions, starting next year.
It comes after Lyft announced a partnership with China's largest ride-sharing firm Didi Kuaidi in September.
US-based Uber has aggressively expanded globally in recent years.
Lyft, and the three other companies combined will cover nearly all of South East Asia, India, China and the US to include almost 50% of the world's population, said Lyft - which currently operates only in the US.
"By establishing strategic partnerships with local market leaders Didi, GrabTaxi and Ola, we're able to remove many of the pain points and language barriers that often come with foreign travel, the company said in a blog post on Thursday.
Starting early next year, Lyft users travelling to countries in the regions it has partners in, will be able to access the relevant service provider in English through the Lyft app and pay in US dollars.
The same applies to users of Ola, GrabTaxi and Didi Kuaidi, who will be able to access Lyft services through their company's app and pay in their native currencies.
The companies will also share new technology information, products and knowledge of local markets and regulations.
Uber, which operates in 67 countries, already allows users to use the same app to book rides globally.
But, it has been marred with bans and legal battles in cities around the world, stemming from breaking transport regulations.
Lyft's announcement also comes on the same day as reports that Uber is trying to raise $2.1bn (£1.4bn) in new funding that would take the start-up's valuation to $62.5bn. Analysts said the money would likely be used to grow its global expansion.
The 33-year-old striker has been ruled out of the Republic of Ireland's game against Slovakia on Tuesday after injuring his calf.
"He has a tear in his calf, but we have no timescale," Ipswich physio Matt Byard told the club website.
"We are looking to get him scanned again on Tuesday," he continued. "We will know more from there."
Ipswich face Wolves on Saturday as they continue their push for the play-offs, with the club just four points away from sixth place.
"Needless to say, there has to be a concern about him for the weekend," Byard added.
The first attack occurred early on Thursday as an officer was shot for unknown reasons in an industrial plant car park, a sheriff said.
Two officers were then fatally shot at a trailer park while investigating the first incident.
Five people are in custody, some with gunshot wounds, police said. They do not think any suspects are still loose.
The two wounded officers are undergoing surgery at local hospitals, they added.
The two officers who died have been identified as Deputies Brandon Nielsen, 34, and Jeremy Triche, 27.
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Sheriff Mike Tregre became tearful during a news conference as he described what happened.
The first shooting occurred around 05:00 (10:00 GMT) in the Valero refinery car park, he said.
Officers investigating the incident tracked reports of a speeding car and ended up in a trailer park.
They handcuffed a suspect and knocked on the door of a trailer when a person with a dog answered, said Sheriff Tregre.
"Another person exited that trailer with an assault weapon and ambushed my two officers," he added. "Two deputies were killed and a third was wounded."
The wounded officers are Michael Boyington, 33, and Jason Triche, 30. The Triches are said to be related.
State police spokeswoman Melissa Matey told CNN that two of the deputies had been working off-duty and the other two were on duty.
It is understood the charge is in connection with the discovery of a viable explosive device in the Millbank Park area of north Belfast on 15 August 2009.
Police say the man is expected to appear before Belfast Magistrates' Court on Tuesday 16 August.
The Welsh Premier League side got off to the worst possible start at the Parken Stadium, when Ben Verbic struck for the hosts after three minutes.
But Newtown refused to crumble and it took until the 74th minute for Kasper Kusk to double Copenhagen's lead.
The second leg at Latham Park is on 23 July.
"I thought the players were tremendous tonight," said Newtown manager Chris Hughes.
"We'd worked hard on the game plan, myself and the coaching staff with the players, and we knew how Copenhagen would play, we knew they'd have lots of possession and we set up fantastically well to cope with that.
"The pleasing thing for me was the last 10 to 15 minutes the fitness levels were really good; for a part-time side to come up against a very, very good full-time team and keep going the way they did they boys can be very proud."
Hughes's side overcame full-time Maltese club Valletta 4-2 on aggregate in the first qualifying round.
The tradition dates back to the Celtic times, when people thought ghosts and spirits came back to the human world on Samhaim - the old name for Halloween.
By wearing masks and costumes when they left their house, people thought the ghosts wouldn't recognise them.
Nowadays people still dress up in spooky costumes and visit neighbours houses, asking for a "Trick or a Treat".
Here at Newsround we've put together some top tips and advice to help you stay safe and enjoy the spooky tradition!
Make sure a responsible adult or guardian goes with you - it could be an older brother or sister if they're over 16.
Also staying together in a small group is a good idea.
Plan your trick or treat route before you leave the house, and make sure someone else knows where you are going before you leave.
Stay close to home and if possible only visit the houses of people you know - you should NEVER go into a stranger's home alone.
Carry a torch and wear reflective or light-coloured clothing, so you can be seen in the dark.
It is almost November so it is pretty chilly outside, make sure you wrap up warm, and if it is raining, wear waterproof clothing and shoes.
If you are wearing a mask, or a costume that covers your face, make sure you can see where you are going when you are moving to the next house.
Not everyone loves Halloween, if some people don't answer their door, or do not have any sweets, don't worry about it, just give them a smile and try the next house!
Also if you are eating your treats as you go, try to pop things like wrappers in your pocket or a bin.
The 24-year-old pitcher Misael Siverio is said to have disappeared from the hotel where the Cuban national team had been staying in the US state of Iowa.
The heads of the Cuban delegation do not expect him to return, reports say.
At least two of the American Major League Baseball's rising stars are Cubans who recently defected to the US.
Mr Siverio, one of the 24 players in the US for a five-game series, told the El Nuevo Herald newspaper that he was going to try to make it in the US baseball leagues.
"Leaving behind your country is not easy, but this was a decision that I gave a lot of thought," Siverio reportedly told Miami's El Nuevo Herald.
Siverio was not in the Cuban team list published by the US organisers on Wednesday.
The Cuban delegation has reportedly declined to comment on the situation.
"From their perspective, he's no longer a member of their delegation," US Baseball director Paul Seiler told the Des Moines Register.
Cubans Yoenis Cespedes, from the Oakland A's and Yasiel Puig, from the Los Angeles Dodgers, who defected in the last two years, are considered to be among the US major baseball league's (MLB) rising stars.
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Six flood warnings are in place on Monday night, including areas around the Wye Estuary, the Usk Estuary and the tidal area at Crofty, Gower.
Ten flood alerts have also been issued, covering most of the Welsh coastline.
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) said astronomical tides would be "very high".
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NRW's Rick Park said with the relatively settled weather the risk of flooding to the majority of Wales was very low.
Anthony McCallen and James Carragher were convicted of a total of 35 sex offences against 11 boys between 1970 and 1991 at the former St William's Children's Home in East Yorkshire.
McCallen, 69, was jailed for 15 years and Carragher, 75, for nine years.
Leeds Crown Court heard it was the third time former head Carragher had been jailed for offences at the home.
Sentencing the pair, Judge Geoffrey Marson QC said: "Each of you targeted some of the most vulnerable boys. You groomed them and abused them for your own sexual gratification.
"The victims were effectively trapped and there was no escape from you.
"They were confused, frightened and in turmoil.
"It has blighted their lives and each of you had contributed significantly to their misery."
He said the 11 victims suffered "severe long-term, continuing psychological harm as a result of what you did".
In court, the judge said he had taken into account Carragher's previous convictions for offences he committed at the now defunct home - the first time in 1993 when he was jailed for seven years and then in 2004 when he was given a 14 year sentence.
He told Carragher he had to take into account the sentence he would have passed if he had heard all the evidence from all three trials and said this would have led him to a sentence of 30 years in prison, from which he deducted the 21 years Carragher had already served.
The jury heard how former chaplain McCallen had also been convicted before, of abusing two boys in the 1990s when he was found in possession of indecent photographs of boys, some of which he took through spy-holes as they showered and used the toilet.
Judge Marson said: "Each of you has a long standing, deeply engrained sexual interest in teenage boys.
"It's an interest, I have no doubt, that continues to persist."
Both will be required to serve half their sentences before they can be considered for release on licence.
During a 10-week trial at Leeds Crown Court, the pair denied 87 sex offences against children at the home, which closed in 1992.
Carragher, of Cearns Road, Merseyside, was found guilty of 21 indecent assaults and three serious sex offences, but was cleared of a further 30 charges.
McCallen, of Whernside Crescent, Ingleby Barwick, Stockton-on-Tees, was convicted of 11 charges, including a serious sexual offence. He was acquitted of eight others.
The jury was unable to reach verdicts on 13 charges and was discharged by the judge.
St William's, in Market Weighton, was owned by the Diocese of Middlesbrough and run by members of the De La Salle Brotherhood.
The diocese previously said it had condemned child abuse and McCallen's behaviour while he was a priest was a betrayal of the trust that was placed in him from the Diocese of Middlesbrough.
Dundee Tigers players Marc Crighton and Marc Leggatt face charges of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner and challenging others to fight at the tie with the Kirkcaldy Kestrels at the Fife Ice Arena in 2013.
Crighton is also alleged to have assaulted two opponents.
Both men pleaded not guilty and will face trial at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court.
The pair are accused of acting in an aggressive manner and making threats of violence at the Scottish National League match in November 2013.
Crighton, 27, is accused of assaulting opposing player Jay Duncan by pushing him to the ground and struggling with him, causing severe injury, permanent disfigurement and permanent impairment.
He is also charged with assaulting Connor Baxter by seizing him by the body and pushing him against a door.
Crighton, of Dundee, and Leggatt, 24, also of Dundee, appeared on indictment at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court.
Sheriff James Williamson continued the case for trial later this month.
Owen Smith told BBC Wales the money would come from plans to raise taxes on the wealthiest in society, including a "mansion tax" on homes worth over £2m.
He said Labour would also guarantee a minimum level of funding for Wales, in relation to spending levels in England using the Treasury's Barnett formula.
Mr Smith said it would amount to at least an extra £1bn in total.
He told the Jason Mohammad programme: "Under Labour, in addition to setting this funding floor, because of the changes that we're introducing to the taxes system - we're going to be giving an extra £375m a year to Wales.
"Now work that out over the period - it is at least £1bn over the spending period."
The Welsh Liberal Democrats' manifesto, launched on Wednesday, said the party's proposals for health and education in England would give Wales an extra £600m a year, which the Lib Dems said Welsh ministers should devote to the services concerned.
The party has said it would commission an independent review of Wales' funding arrangements, with a view to raising the Welsh government's budget.
Launching UKIP's manifesto, its party leader Nigel Farage promised to reform the funding system for the devolved governments, to give Wales and England a "better and fairer deal".
Plaid Cymru wants an extra £1.2bn a year for the Welsh government, claiming it would bring spending into line with Scottish levels.
On Tuesday, the Conservatives insisted their plan to give the Welsh government minimum funding had not changed, after the party's election manifesto said a funding floor would only be introduced after a referendum on devolving some income tax powers was called by the Welsh government.
The St David's Day Agreement previously announced by David Cameron and Nick Clegg had said the vote would be an "expectation".
The 28-year-old Olympic gold medallist has decided to move on after several successful years at the British team.
"I wanted a change, some new motivation and a different experience," he said.
"I don't think I was getting stale but a fresh way of doing things will just keep me fresh. Maybe I was getting too relaxed. It's exciting times."
Kennaugh, from the Isle of Man, added: "At Sky sometimes it's more of a GC (general classification), conservative style of racing, and I've appreciated that but I'm going to a team that has a different style."
Meanwhile, 25-year-old French rider Warren Barguil, this year's Tour de France King of the Mountains, will race for Rennes-based Fortuneo next season after deciding to leave Sunweb.
Charles McKenzie had originally received a community payback order after admitting a charge of reckless conduct.
But he breached it by stealing electricity and metal and was jailed for 14 months.
McKenzie set up the system in his 14th floor Dundee flat after his electricity was cut off due to unpaid bills.
Sheriff George Way told McKenzie the DIY set-up, which included a generator suspended from his bedroom ceiling with ropes, amounted to "awesome recklessness".
Dundee Sheriff Court had heard how a neighbour in the flat below called police in the early hours of the morning in February 2012 because of a "strong smell" of petrol and the sound of drilling coming from upstairs.
Police and firefighters found McKenzie's flat, in Dudhope Court, filled with exhaust fumes containing deadly carbon monoxide gas from the generator, with McKenzie claiming he had "taken precautions" by opening a window.
They also found two cans of petrol sitting by the generator in the flat, where McKenzie regularly smoked.
McKenzie, 57, now of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, pleaded guilty to a charge of culpable and reckless conduct with total disregard for the safety of himself and others and to the danger of the lieges.
He also admitted two charges of stealing electricity.
Jailing McKenzie, Sheriff Way said: "You understand that this was an unbelievably stupid thing to do.
"You were given a chance despite the doubts I had against an offence of awesome recklessness. But after that you were stealing electricity again and going into places to steal."
Janet McKay, who has dementia, was last seen by neighbours in Dykebar Avenue, in the Knightswood area of Glasgow, at about 12:00 on 16 September.
Police said Ms McKay's family were very distressed at her disappearance and there were concerns for her safety.
Officers will return to the Knightswood area at noon on Wednesday to speak to pedestrians and motorists.
Police have also issued images of a light cream jacket and brown handbag Ms McKay had when she went missing.
She is also believed to have been wearing dark trousers, dark maroon boots and could possibly have a pink jacket with her.
Ms McKay is described as white, 4ft 10in tall, with a slight build and short grey/white hair.
Ch Insp John McBride said: "Her family are devastated and very distressed at her disappearance, and just want to get her home safe and well as soon as possible.
"We've been co-ordinating a number of searches in areas that Janet may be or have travelled to, but unfortunately these have proved unsuccessful.
"The support we've received from the local community and beyond has been a great help, and thousands of people have shared her image online along with the appeal."
He said police had been working with bus companies as Ms McKay was known to travel around the city centre as well as around Knightswood, Scotstoun and Govan, and further afield to the Largs and Helensburgh areas.
Ch Insp McBride reiterated an appeal for bus users to keep an eye out for her.
"We've also circulated Janet's image and description to the charity Missing People, who have been able to issue this image to Royal Mail delivery staff via their handheld personal digital assistants and they are arranging for her image to be displayed in their digi-boards in train stations," he added.
"I would like to strongly reiterate our appeal to the public, please help us by sharing Janet's image online. If you live in the areas that Janet was last seen or in an area she may have travelled to, please check any outbuildings or sheds you might have as she may have taken refuge in there.
"Please look at the image of the jacket and the bag - do they ring a bell with you? Have you seen a lady matching Janet's description wearing any of these items?
"Please contact police immediately on 101, as you may have vital information which could help us."
The decision was taken at an urgent meeting of the 15-member council.
South Korea earlier accused the North's leader Kim Jong-un of "maniacal recklessness". China said it "firmly opposed" the test, while Japan "protested adamantly".
Pyongyang has carried out two nuclear tests this year despite the UN ban.
Kim Jong-un's rhetoric has also become increasingly aggressive, analysts say.
Before the closed-door UN Security Council meeting, US Ambassador Samantha Power said that "North Korea is seeking to perfect its nuclear weapons and their delivery vehicles so they can hold the region and the world hostage under threat of nuclear strike".
"We will take additional significant steps, including new sanctions to demonstrate to North Korea that there are consequences to its unlawful and dangerous actions," she added.
France's UN Ambassador Francois Delattre said: "North Korea will have to bear the consequences of its act and provocation.''
He said the French position was that "new sanctions are indispensable".
The isolated, nominally communist nation has been subjected to five sets of UN sanctions since its first test in 2006. Talks involving world and regional powers have failed to rein in the North's nuclear programme.
In its statement announcing the underground test, North Korea expressed anger at the "racket of threat and sanctions... kicked up by the US-led hostile forces" to deny a "sovereign state's exercise of the right to self-defence".
The test came on the country's National Day, which celebrates the founding of the current regime and which is often used as a show of military strength.
Technically, the North said the test was aimed at further developing the miniaturisation of nuclear warheads so they could be mounted on ballistic missiles.
In its statement the North said it could now produce "at will, and as many as it wants, a variety of smaller, lighter and diversified nuclear warheads of higher strike power".
In recent months, the North has conducted a series of ballistic missile launches and has in the past often stated its aim of hitting US targets.
The North has previously made claims on "miniaturised" nuclear warheads but they have never been independently confirmed.
What North Korea's opponents can actually do is problematic.
After the fourth test in January, China agreed to impose tougher UN sanctions. Further and even tougher sanctions are still possible, like blocking the export of fuel oil to North Korea.
That would be a drastic step which might halt the economy and cause serious suffering to ordinary people.
China's bottom line is that it does not want the collapse of the regime in Pyongyang if that leads to a chaotic power vacuum, possibly filled by the US and its allies.
North Korea has also been angered by a US and South Korean plan to install an anti-missile defence system in the South and by the allies' massive annual joint military exercises, which are still taking place.
The North's recent actions have sorely tested its only ally, China.
It condemned January's test and repeated that on Friday after the latest.
China's foreign ministry said it would lodge a diplomatic protest and urged North Korea to avoid further action that would worsen the situation.
Reaction from elsewhere was more harsh:
The latest test was announced on state TV hours after a 5.3 magnitude tremor was detected near the Punggye-ri underground nuclear site.
Estimates of the explosive yield of the latest blast have varied. South Korea's military said it was about 10 kilotonnes, enough to make it the North's "strongest nuclear test ever". Other experts say initial indications suggest 20 kilotonnes or more.
The bomb dropped by the US on Hiroshima in 1945 had a yield of about 15 kilotonnes.
There will be around 1,500 job cuts at the company's operations in Canada.
The firm said 280 workers in Belfast will be affected but that it hopes to save 60 of those jobs by moving people to other programmes and projects.
It added that the majority of those affected will be temporary or contract workers.
The firm said it hopes to avoid compulsory redundancies within its permanent workforce.
The job cuts relate to the Global 5000 and 6000 business jets.
Demand for the jets has fallen in markets like Russia and China.
Eric Martel, president of Bombardier Business Aircraft, said: "We have seen an industry-wide softness in demand recently in certain international markets and are taking steps to adjust our production accordingly.
"We fully understand the impact this will have on our affected employees and their families and we will do everything possible to support them."
This is the latest in series of job cuts at Bombardier's Belfast operations - 130 job losses were announced in February on top of almost 400 in 2014.
Bombardier has had a difficult few years with the development of its C Series plane badly delayed and a business jet project suspended.
The Canadian firm recently appointed a new chief executive in an attempt to find a way out of the current problems.
The aerospace company is one of Northern Ireland's biggest employers.
About 5,000 permanent employees and about 1,000 temporary and contract staff work at its Belfast base.
The 12-year-old was denied a place at St Columbanus' College in Bangor, County Down, due to a cap on its intake of pupils with learning difficulties.
He had previously moved from a Catholic to a state-controlled primary school to ensure his needs were catered for.
He is set to gain a place at St Columbanus in September.
Counsel for the South Eastern Education and Library Board accepted it had misdirected itself in applying its entrance criteria.
Under the terms of an agreed settlement that authority is expected to acknowledge that any pupil who has at one stage attended a Catholic primary school is eligible.
The boy had moved schools in P4, because no Catholic school in his area had an appropriate specialist unit for his moderate learning difficulties.
His parents agreed to the switch recommended by a psychologist employed by the board on the basis that it was in his best educational interests, the court heard.
The boy's mother claimed she was told it would not affect his chances of getting into St Columbanus.
But a cap was said to have been put on the number of pupils with special educational needs the school can take in the transfer process.
With more applications last year than available places, an admissions criteria was used where preference was given to pupils from a Catholic maintained primary school.
The boy failed to get in on that basis, and a Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal upheld the decision.
His mother then issued judicial review proceedings against the board, claiming the criteria was unlawful.
The French 29-year-old, ranked 14th in the world, was advised by his doctors to miss the tournament in Paris.
Monfils was beaten in the fourth round last year by Roger Federer, who withdrew from this year's tournament on Thursday because of a back injury.
The French Open draw takes place from 10:15 BST on Friday, with Britain's Andy Murray seeded second.
Parent Anne-Marie Alder said she had been told her children's shoes are now "acceptable" by Baverstock Academy.
The school in Druids Heath, Birmingham, implemented a new rule on Tuesday to make plain black shoes compulsory.
Some parents said the policy was harsh but the school said ample notice was given.
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Ms Alder, from Druids Heath, said two of her children had been told their "polishable" shoes were now suitable, and her Year 11 daughter who is sitting exams and wore trainers had been loaned a pair by the school.
She said she was not given an explanation as to why the shoes were now deemed acceptable.
Ms Alder said the "ridiculous" decision on Tuesday had led to "chaotic" scenes and about 300 children were sent home.
Another parent, whose daughter was sent home but could not attend on Wednesday due to a hospital appointment, said she will be sending her daughter to school in the same shoes regardless of whether they are accepted.
Baverstock Academy would not say how many pupils were sent home on Tuesday and has not commented about why Mrs Alder's children's shoes are now acceptable.
Defending the initial decision to send pupils home, interim executive principal Sylvia Thomas said enough notice of the changes had been given, adding parents had given their support to her over the new rules.
They are designed to help overcome the problem of inertia - the seemingly stubborn refusal of more than 17 million UK households to switch energy suppliers regularly, despite the large potential savings available to those which do.
Ministers and regulators endlessly encourage non-switchers to seek out better deals for gas and electricity as the key to forcing the energy market to become more consumer-friendly.
But with fewer than 15% of households switching last year, this strategy seems not to be working.
The way the energy market now operates, people who switch suppliers benefit from the attractive low-price deals companies offer new customers.
Those who rarely or never switch mostly end up paying companies' notoriously expensive Standard Variable Tariffs (SVTs).
In a recent report on the energy market, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) found households on SVTs pay around £330 a year more than people who switched.
This gap has been growing - three years earlier, the difference was less than £200.
At Voltz, a smartphone-based switching service launched last year, head of operations Florian Ritzmann believes a key cause of inertia is distrust.
"The switching market has been poisoned by its past," he says.
"Doorstep mis-selling, fines for suppliers which mistreat customers, and comparison websites which allegedly withhold information from companies which don't pay commission have all helped spread mistrust among customers."
Most damaging of all, Mr Ritzmann says, is the way most energy companies switch customers back to expensive SVTs as soon as lower-priced deals run out.
"With energy," he says, "loyalty has never been rewarded."
As with conventional switching sites, once customers enter their basic contact details, energy supplier, consumption and tariff, the Voltz app will set out all the deals on offer and how much switching supplier should cut bills.
And, if a customer does decide to switch, with companies which pay Voltz commission, the process can be done on the app with a press of a button. With other suppliers, Voltz provides a button to let users call them directly to arrange a switch themselves.
For people who don't want to be bothered with switching at all, another new service, Flipper, will not only identify the best deals for its customers but switch suppliers on their behalf.
Flipper's co-founder and chief executive Talal Fathallah says once customers have signed up, their service takes care of everything.
Customers don't even have to know how much energy they use.
"We pull in your consumption data directly from your energy provider from your online account, or if you don't have one, we'll set one up for you," he says.
"We then find you a quote within one working day. You then will get an email telling you who your new provider is and information about your new deal."
Everything, Mr Fathallah says, including the choice of new supplier and the switching process itself, happens automatically.
Flipper's systems then regularly check users' accounts and, if better deals appear, it switches them again - automatically.
But automatic switching isn't the only big difference between Flipper and other switching services. Flipper doesn't take commission from the energy suppliers they switch users to.
Instead, it charges a £25 annual subscription which is only paid if a user gets savings of £50 or more.
"We've been offered commission by some energy companies," Mr Fathallah says, "but we turned it down because there would be a real conflict of interest issue for us."
Though it's still early days for Flipper and Voltz, both services are enjoying favourable reviews from what they claim to be a rapidly growing customer base.
As other new services join them - some are already up and running - it looks likely that the smart switching idea may catch on, perhaps finally providing a way to reduce the inertia which costs so many UK customers so much extra money on their gas and electricity bills.
Gerard Singer, 69, was found guilty of abusing former pupils at St George's School, based in Norfolk and then Suffolk, between 1978 and 1981.
One witness said he was given wine, tied face down to a bed and awoke with a "pain in his bottom".
Singer was convicted of 27 offences, including performing oral sex and gross indecency.
Prosecutor David Wilson told Ipswich Crown Court Singer "abused his position of trust" while a teacher at the school, which was first based at Wicklewood, Norfolk, and then Great Finborough in Suffolk.
The court heard Singer, who lives in northern France, was employed as a language teacher at St George's, which moved to Suffolk in 1980 when the Wicklewood school became girls only.
Mr Wilson said the teacher took advantage of his position by "befriending pupils before then engaging in acts of a serious sexual nature".
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He said gifts including a calculator and sweets were given to pupils to win their favour and the abuse also happened on trips abroad.
Mr Wilson said Singer left the country in 1981 after he had been confronted about the abuse.
The court heard that in 1998 he was convicted of offences of sexual aggression on minors under the age of 15 in France, relating to offences committed between 1994 and 1997.
He is due to be sentenced on the week beginning 29 August.
Suffolk Police began an investigation in 2009 when former pupils of St George's made allegations about abuse during their time at the school.
Former headmaster Derek Slade was found guilty in 2010 of abusing 12 boys and was jailed for 21 years. He died in March.
Alan Brigden, who taught maths at the school, was jailed for five years in 2012 after admitting 14 sex crimes against two boys.
In 2011 another teacher, Alan Williams, killed himself after being arrested on suspicion of sex assaults at St George's, when it was at Great Finborough, in the 1980s.
One victim, Gary, 48, who was abused by Singer when he was an 11-year-old child, said the verdict made him feel "he had been believed".
"The abuse affects me in many ways and how you live your life," he said.
"Always in the back of my mind for me is the trust issue...it has been difficult to trust another person. It has been very difficult, almost impossible, to have trust in a person because at school I had trust in a person and was abused.
"We can only learn from this. It's important people do come forward."
Speaking after Singer was convicted, Det Con Karen Crowther said: "This trial brings to a close one of the longest child sex abuse investigations carried out by Suffolk Police.
"I hope that now these matters have been dealt with it will help them to deal with the awful events that took place at St George's school."
Phillip Simelane, from Walsall, stabbed the teenager in a random attack as she made her way to school in March.
He had been released from prison, unsupervised, three months before the attack - despite warning signs over the state of his mental health.
The 23-year-old admitted manslaughter in a hearing at Birmingham Crown Court.
Mrs Justice Thirlwell, sentencing Simelane, said it was "likely to be a life-long order".
The judge added: "It is made for the nature of the offence and necessary to protect the public from serious harm."
She also expressed concern that Simelane had not been receiving treatment at the time of the killing.
Christina had been travelling to Leasowes High School in Halesowen on the number 9 bus, two weeks after her 16th birthday, when she was attacked.
Simelane, who was sitting behind her on the upper deck, stabbed her in the chest as he walked past to get off.
He was arrested a few hours after the attack following an extensive manhunt.
Simelane had previously been in prison for threatening his own mother with a knife. West Midlands Police said they had been called to his mother's address in Walsall about 20 times.
Seven days after completing a 101-day prison term for the threats, he was convicted for interfering with a vehicle and possessing cocaine. He was released from jail on 13 December.
But, according to the police, because the crimes were deemed minor offences there was no policy to monitor Simelane after he left jail.
During his time in prison, concerns were raised about his mental health and notes were put on his police file for suicide and self-harming risk, as well as for violence and weapons use.
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust provided psychiatric assessments for Simelane during his prison term.
Girl's killer threatened own mother
It said it was conducting an external review, commissioned by Birmingham Cross City Clinical Commissioning Group, on behalf of all agencies involved in treating him.
In a statement, the trust promised a "thorough investigation", adding "we will seek to learn from and fully implement these findings across the healthcare providers involved".
Supt Richard Baker, who led the initial police investigation, said police and prison services were also carrying out reviews to determine what, if anything, could have been done to prevent Christina's death.
He said: "It was immediately apparent that Simelane suffered from mental health issues, and to this day we have not been able to interview him about what happened that day."
In court, Simelane entered his plea in front of more than 30 of Christina's friends and family, many wearing purple ribbons - Christina's favourite colour.
Speaking afterwards, Christina's great uncle Chris Melia said: "We have no sense of vengeance or revenge. We just want him out of the way and [to] remember Christina.
"The authorities didn't help him, [they] just let him out of the prison door and let him go, just abandoned him.
"If there had been some help and authority he wouldn't have been on the bus."
Prosecutor Peter Grieves-Smith said CCTV captured Simelane carrying a white plastic bag containing what prosecutors said was a knife, 10in to 12in in length.
He said within seconds of Christina boarding the bus "the defendant got up and moved forwards three seats and pulled out the knife, which he then hid".
Simelane then walked towards where Christina was sitting, "leant closer to her", stabbed her and started to walk off, the court heard.
"Such was the nature of the attack, nobody else on the upper deck realised what had happened until Christina reacted," Mr Grieves-Smith said.
Other passengers on the bus tried to treat and comfort Christina before paramedics arrived within minutes.
She was stabbed at about 07:30 and was confirmed dead about 30 minutes later.
Following her death, friends gathered by Hagley Road in Birmingham to lay flowers in Christina's memory, while many more were left outside her school's gates.
A memorial garden dedicated to Christina is due to be opened at her former school on Thursday.
Speaking on behalf of the family, the great uncle said Christina was a "bright, beautiful girl" who was looking forward to her school prom and loved sports.
He added: "Her headmaster said, 'if a school could choose its pupils it would be full of Christinas'.
"Now the family asks the question - when this man was discharged from prison on 13 December 2012, why was the recommendation, made a few weeks earlier by mental health experts, that he be supervised after release whilst adjusting to life back in the community, not followed up?"
The 34-year-old scored his 12th goal of the season against League One leaders Sheffield United on Saturday.
But the striker, who has made 181 Cobblers appearances over two spells, is out of contract in the summer.
"I wouldn't have moved my family to the area if I didn't think there was a connection there," said Richards.
"Hopefully I'll pick a couple more goals before the end of the season. Who knows what might happen?"
Saturday's 2-1 defeat by the Blades - promoted to the Championship as a consequence - left Edinburgh's side six points above the relegation places with five games remaining.
And Richards has said the club are not "safe at the moment" going into Friday's match away at play-off hopefuls Millwall.
"We still need a point at least," Richards told BBC Radio Northampton.
"It's going to be tough at Millwall - they're doing OK in the league and it's always a hard place to go. We'll do well to get anything from there."
In an NHS staff survey at East Kent Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 42% of staff said they were targeted in 2014.
The trust, which runs hospitals in Ashford, Canterbury, Margate, Dover, is in special measures.
It said it had done work to address the issues found by the survey and identified by the health watchdog.
The number of staff who said they were bullied has risen from 31% in 2013.
It was put into special measures last September because of "serious failures" in patient safety.
The trust runs the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford; the Kent and Canterbury in Canterbury; the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (QEQM) in Margate; the Buckland in Dover; and the Royal Victoria in Folkestone.
Sandra Le Blanc, director of human resources at the trust, said: "The questionnaires were completed... a matter of weeks after the trust was put into special measures following the publication of the Care Quality Commission's (CQC) report.
"The results [of the survey] reflect where we were then as a trust, because bullying was identified as an issue in the CQC report," she said.
"We've done quite a lot of work since then to address some of the issues raised in the report."
She said a confidential phone line was set up for staff following the report and managers were putting in a programme of "good working practices".
Ms Le Blanc said she was unable to comment on why the number of staff reported being bullied had risen from 31% in 2013 to 42% in 2014.
"Bullying is a very complex issue. It's not just about the managers, it's also about staff's behaviours with other staff."
Dechreuodd adroddiadau gyrraedd y gwasanaethau brys brynhawn Sadwrn, fod tiroedd yn llosgi ar fynyddoedd Penrhys yn Rhondda Cynon Taf.
Daeth mwy o adroddiadau nos Sadwrn o danau gwair ym Maesteg, Sir Pen-y-bont, Cwmparc ger Treorci, ac ar Fynydd y Rhiw ym Mhen Llŷn.
Dywedodd Gwasanaeth Tân ac Achub De Cymru eu bod wedi eu galw i 36 o danau gwair dros y 24 awr ddiwethaf, a bod y mwyafrif wedi eu dechrau yn fwriadol.
Mae'r gwasanaethau brys yn dweud fod gwyntiodd uchel wedi ei gwneud yn anoddach ymateb i'r tanau, ond bod y mwyafrif dan reolaeth erbyn hyn.
Scotland's busiest motorway becomes an A-road for a six-mile stretch between Baillieston and Newhouse.
Labour MSP Wendy Alexander said ministers had sat on the conclusions of two reports on upgrading the A8.
The Paisley North MSP said work should have been completed by 2010 but that had now slipped to 2013/2014.
The Scottish government said the work on the main Edinburgh-Glasgow road may be carried out with other schemes to offer best value to the public.
Ms Alexander said a public inquiry into the proposals was held in 2008 and the reporter's conclusions were submitted to Scottish ministers in October of that year.
The former Scottish Labour leader said a separate report on the M8/M73/M74 improvements was submitted to ministers on 24 July 2009.
"The SNP government needs to explain why it is taking so long to make a decision on the upgrade of the A8," she said.
"Ministers have been sitting on more than one inquiry report for the past year and this project is in danger of slipping further and further behind the original timetable.
"Completing the M8 is vital for motorists who commute in and around Glasgow and Lanarkshire and to Edinburgh. Why have SNP ministers sat on their hands for 20 months and 12 months following receipt of Inquiry reports?"
A spokeswoman for the Scottish government said: "We expect to announce a decision shortly.
"Subject to approval of the M8 Baillieston to Newhouse scheme, Transport Scotland is considering packaging the M8/M73/M74 improvements and the proposed M74 Junction 5 Raith works to provide best value for the public."
George Coppen, 19, who is 3ft 10ins (1.17m) tall, was told last year 75% of his payments would be stopped.
Mr Coppen, whose car was taken a week before his driving test, won his case at a hearing in his home city of Derby.
The government said decisions are often overturned "because claimants provide more evidence".
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Mr Coppen, from Mickleover, was informed of the news by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) after he was reassessed for personal independence payments (PIPs) in November.
He fought his case with Disability Direct and has now joined the charity's board of trustees in the hope of helping other disabled people in similar situations.
"It was an absolute nightmare," he said. "I had my test a week later and I couldn't keep my car which was so annoying.
"I've got arthritis and metal rods in my back... it took away my independence."
Mr Coppen, who was able to use his instructor's car to pass his test, has urged similarly affected people to "carry on fighting".
Amo Raju, chief executive of Disability Direct in Derby, said he was "delighted" for Mr Coppen.
"He can be a massive inspiration in getting people to feel confident enough to take their cases on," Mr Raju said.
A DWP spokesman said: "Just because a new decision has been made at appeal stage, it does not mean the previous decision was incorrect.
"In the majority of appeal cases, decisions are overturned because claimants provide more evidence."
Nearly 14,000 disabled people who rely on a specialist motoring allowance have had their cars taken away following government welfare changes.
A row over PIPs sparked the resignation of former work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith earlier this month.
Denis William Mackie, 55, took more than £53,000 from the accounts of clients to pay his mortgage.
He admitted abusing a position of trust for his own gain.
The court heard Mackie transferred the bulk of the money into his mortgage account.
Mackie, of Bristow Drive in the Gilnahirk area of Belfast, voluntarily resigned from Law Society Financial Advice in 2014 after 23 years.
The court heard Mackie transferred the bulk of the money into his mortgage account.
But while Mackie was in debt, he lived beyond his means, holidaying in Hawaii, Las Vegas, Portugal and Malaga, as well as taking several hotel breaks on shorter holidays.
The court also heard he was afraid of losing his two children after the breakdown of his marriage and attended to their financial needs.
The judge said Mackie had not led what the prosecution said was an extravagant lifestyle; instead he had spent most of the money - £50,000 - on paying his mortgage.
The court was told that Mackie had shown real and valid remorse and had paid the money back after drawing down funds from his pension.
Mackie, whom the court was told had socially isolated himself because of the shame he felt, was jailed on Wednesday.
The judge at Belfast Crown Court said despite an early guilty plea and other mitigating factors he was handing down a jail sentence as a deterrent to others who held a similar position of trust.
Mackie will spend a further six months on licence.
10 February 2016 Last updated at 06:53 GMT
The properties in Bolton have suffered due to drainage problems in nearby land owned by water company United Utilities, and broken culverts under the ground.
The problems first began during the deluge that hit many parts of the region over Christmas.
United Utilities has apologised to the residents and repairs are under way.
Stuart Flinders from BBC North West Tonight reports.
On Facebook, Penny Sparrow used the word to describe New Year's revellers on Durban's beach because of the mess she said they made.
She was condemned by many on social media and the hashtag #RacismMustFall was trending on Twitter.
The South African Human Rights Commission is now investigating the comments, the News24 website reports.
Ms Sparrow took down the original post and replaced it with an apology saying that "everyone makes mistakes".
She tried to clarify her remarks in an interview with News24 saying: "I made the mistake of comparing them [black people] with monkeys. Monkeys are cute and they're naughty, but they [black people] don't see it that way, but I do because I love animals."
Leading politicians have also got involved in the row.
It emerged that Ms Sparrow is a member of the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) and its leader Mmusi Maimane tweeted that the "comments are racist. They are an insult to me and to our party."
The DA said in a statement that it has laid criminal charges against her "for infringing the dignity of all South Africans and for dehumanising black South Africans".
Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula tweeted that Ms Sparrow was "an unrepentant racist".
Spokesperson for the South African Human Rights Commission Isaac Mangena said that its own investigation could lead to legal steps, News24 reports.
"It is very concerning to the Commission that 22 years into democracy there are still comments and actions that incite and promote racism.
"These utterances have gone viral and angered many. They open the wounds of millions who were formerly oppressed by the apartheid government."
Apartheid, which legally enforced a racial hierarchy privileging white South Africans, ended in 1994 with the election of the country's first democratic government.
I am in Freetown and I feel truly free.
Free from the pressures and pretensions of life in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, where the struggles of the middle class are over who drives the latest model of which car, and who lives in the poshest neighbourhood.
In Nairobi, many people, especially the young, are obsessed with the nauseating celebrity culture, whose lifestyle glitters so much it can blind you.
Landing from the heights of Nairobi's razzle-dazzle, Freetown humbles you.
First, if your heart was in your mouth as the aeroplane shook and trembled in the rainy season, then your heart will be in your hand on the ground as you take the ferry from Lungi International Airport, to Freetown.
You can tell who is a foreigner by the strained look in their faces, as the small ferry dances and slices across the waves.
I have been waiting to get to Sierra Leone for the last 20 years. I reported on the country since the early 1990s, from the safety of London.
I played my favourite Sierra Leonean music on the BBC Network Africa breakfast show, but never made it to Freetown. So when an opportunity arose, to come and train young journalists at the Africa Young Voices TV station, I seized it with both hands and feet!
Alighting from the ferry at Freetown, you can immediately tell the state of unemployment in the country, by the vast number of baggage handlers employed by the ferry companies.
The drive through the streets immediately brings home the effects of more than a decade of civil war, and the tragedy that was Ebola.
The city is overcrowded, with lots of informal settlements, and the infrastructure is bursting at the seams.
There is a serious problem of waste management. The current government, which has put a lot of effort into infrastructure projects and stabilising the economy, has its work cut out.
The people of Freetown are desperate to be free from the threats of disease.
Joseph Warungu:
"As soon as we began to talk politics, my spirit was brought crashing down"
But it is in my interactions with people that lift my spirits. They do not call it "Sweet Salone" for no reason.
The people here are warm, friendly and generous. And whether it is as a result of trying to forget the pain of the past or not, it is clear they love to have a good time.
Everywhere you go, you will find clubs and social places where people gather to set themselves free from the struggles of the week through great music, dance, food and laughter.
So I have had more than my fair share of Jollof rice and cassava leaves. For an east African, the pepper in the food is on the side of plenty-oh, and so a glass of water is always at hand - much to the amusement of my hosts.
I run a national mentorship programme for young journalists in Kenya in the form of a TV programme called Top Story. So I became completely at home when I eventually began to train the young Sierra Leonean journalists and broadcasters.
Their hunger for knowledge and skills and enthusiasm sent me on a high. But as soon as we began to talk politics, my spirit was brought crashing down.
Like my own country and many others in Africa, corruption is a big threat to the people.
Like Kenya, here too society is divided into the two rival sides that will be seeking office in the next election. And the issues are exactly the same - a high cost of living, unemployment and demands for better governance.
After my first week here, I was ready to explore some of the key towns whose names have been on my lips as a broadcast journalist in the last 20 years - Bo, Makeni, Kabala, Kenema and Koidu…
Then I will perhaps be ready to re-engage with the rat-race of life and the paralysing traffic of Nairobi.
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Brown was beaten in Sunday's women's compound final by Russian Stepanida Artakhinova while in the men's compound open decider Stubbs lost to world champion Philippe Horner of Switzerland.
"Although it's disappointing when you don't win, it's probably the best thing that could happen to me," Brown told BBC Sport.
"I am going to go home and train so hard so it doesn't happen again."
The event saw 56 of the world's top Paralympic archers competing in seven categories at the venue, which will also host the sport during the Games themselves.
As well as the silvers for Brown and Stubbs, there was also a bronze for Britain's John Cavanagh in the compound W1 event.
The 13-strong GB team for London will be finalised later this month with the second selection shoot on 19 and 20 May at Lilleshall and both Brown and Stubbs, who led their categories after the first shoot was curtailed by bad weather, are keen to have the chance to defend their Paralympic titles.
"Although this event is important, it has been a big distraction because we still have the selection shoot ahead of us and we all want to do well at that to ensure we get to the Games themselves," said Stubbs.
"This test event has been good for us and it has helped us to see the venue and the facilities and it was important for us to be part of it. It is a work in progress but we are pleased.
"My final here could have been a bit better but I've learned from it and hopefully that experience will help me in the future and I can kick on. I was ranked first at the first selection shoot and I want to win my place on the team and be here at the Games."
Brown, who won team gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, had the added pressure of playing a key role in the Olympic Stadium opening ceremony on Saturday where she showed her archery skills in front of the 40,000-strong crowd and admitted it may have had an impact on her preparations for the test event.
"Having the chance to do that was an amazing opportunity. I honestly don't think it helped with the competition but I'm glad I did it," she said.
"However, there is no point in peaking at this event if you don't get to the Games themselves so in effect the selection events are the most important.
"I beat Stepanida at the Worlds last year but her shooting was down on what she did there and mine was a long way down.
"Sometimes losing is a better motivator than winning and I will make sure my arrows are all in the middle next time."
The 62-year-old now faces up to 20 years in prison for each count.
Prosecutors say he received hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to award lucrative marketing rights to his country's World Cup qualifying matches to a Florida based company.
He was arrested in Guatemala in January and later extradited to the US.
He is among more than 40 individuals and entities from around the globe charged as part of a major corruption investigation at Fifa - the world governing body of world football.
Brayan Jimenez was head of the Guatemalan Football Federation (Fedefut) from 2010 until last year.
US prosecutors say he and former Fedefut Secretary-General Hector Trujillo took a "six-digit bribe" to sell the television rights to qualifying matches for the 2018 World Cup.
Mr Trujillo was arrested in the US in 2015.
The US Department of Justice has said it asked for the arrests because the alleged offences were "agreed and prepared in the United States" and payments were also processed via American banks.
"The whole royal family are thrilled and the Crown Princess is doing well," royal spokeswoman Annika Soennerberg told AFP news agency.
The princess married Daniel Westling, 37 - her long-time partner and former fitness instructor - in June last year.
Sweden's heiress-apparent, 34, is extremely popular in Sweden.
Several recent surveys suggest a majority of Swedes would like to see her father King Carl XVI Gustaf - who has been embroiled in multiple scandals over alleged affairs and wild parties - abdicate in favour of his daughter.
The country's tabloids immediately went into a frenzy over the news, reports said.
On its website, the royal court said there was no need at present for the princess to alter her official schedule for 2011 due to her pregnancy.
"It is with great joy that I receive the news that the Crown Princess and Prince Daniel are expecting a child," Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said in a statement.
"You have a fantastic experience to look forward to and I want to send you both my most heartfelt congratulations."
The new baby, who will be the king and queen's first grandchild, will be second in line to the throne.
Victoria became the first in line to the throne in 1980, with a legal change that introduced equal primogeniture.
Marine Harry Robinson was recognised for his response to the incident in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province which left one British soldier dead and six injured.
The 24-year-old helped the injured despite being shot at by the gunman.
He received the award from the Princess Royal at Buckingham Palace.
Marine Robinson said: "We were under fire for most of it. I have no idea how I didn't get shot because I wasn't being tactical in any way.
"I was on my knee just treating and then standing up and running to the next bloke."
Marine Robinson, of Taunton-based 40 Commando, said it was "almost pitch black" at the time and he was mostly "feeling for injuries" in the dark because using his torch attracted more gunfire.
After all the casualties had been assessed he remained with a survivor who had been shot six times.
The medic added: "The simple fact is you're the medic and you've got to treat him and you want to do the best job you can for that lad, everything else goes out of the window."
Sapper Richard Walker, a member of 28 Engineer Regiment attached to 21 Engineer Regiment, was killed in the incident on January 7 last year.
The 23-year-old was working on a construction task as part of preparations to hand the camp over to Afghan security forces.
The Taliban later claimed responsibility for the attack.
The Military Cross is awarded to all ranks of the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Army and Royal Air Force in recognition of exemplary gallantry during active operations against the enemy on land.
But should you be worried - and what can you do to protect yourself in the future?
"Don't panic," security expert Graham Cluley told the BBC, although he does add that there are plenty of reasons to be concerned.
People might suppose the breach is unlikely to affect them because the attack happened three years ago and there was no widely reported abuse of the data in the meantime.
However, hackers might have targeted users' emails.
Yahoo has also said it is investigating a later, separate issue that might have made some accounts accessible without passwords.
"Your email account is the central hub of your entire online existence - if they own that they can ask for password resets on other accounts you have online as well," explains Mr Cluley.
Plus, anyone using their account for work purposes - such as sending professional documents back and forth in attachments - could in theory become a target of industrial espionage.
Even if accounts could only be accessed with passwords, the way they were encrypted is less secure than more modern techniques, according to Mr Cluley.
He adds that it is possible the data, including names, telephone numbers and dates of birth, will - or already has - become available to buyers on the dark net, although so far there has been no evidence of this.
Security expert and writer Brian Krebs said in a blog, "For years I have been urging friends and family to migrate off of Yahoo email, mainly because the company appeared to fall far behind its peers in blocking spam and other email-based attacks."
Yahoo has reassured its users: "We continuously enhance our safeguards and systems that detect and prevent unauthorised access to user account."
Some may not think of themselves as Yahoo users but the firm provides some BT and Sky customers' email accounts.
"We are urgently investigating this with them," BT said in an online statement, in which it also advised those who had a BT Yahoo email account in August 2013 to reset their password.
Sky said it was advising Sky.com email account users to change their passwords and security question answers.
It's also worth remembering that Yahoo acquired Flickr in 2005.
Yahoo has said, though, that accounts for Tumblr - which it also owns - would not have been affected.
"Don't just change your Yahoo password," says Mr Cluley.
That is the place to start, but once this password is changed, he also recommends changing your password on all other accounts you use and making sure that you use a different one for each.
Security question answers such as "what is your mother's maiden name?" should also be altered.
It sounds like a lot of bother, but security experts are increasingly recommending that people use a simple password manager program such as Password Chef, LastPass or 1password.
Two-factor authentication allows users to verify logging in via, for example, entering a separate code sent to their mobile phone.
But the idea that online security stops with password management is outdated, says security expert Prof Alan Woodward at the University of Surrey.
"We're past that now," he says, adding that security professionals tend to enter fake information about themselves to online forms unless they can avoid it.
"I'm like the Queen, I have two birthdays - my online birthday and my real birthday," explains Prof Woodward.
"Do I give my real address? No - only for financial purposes like billing."
Yahoo accounts do allow users to see recent activity - for example, which computers were used to log in and where in the world they were located. Users can check this for any suspicious behaviour.
If users do want to move away from Yahoo after recent breaches, news site The Parallax recently wrote advice on how to do this.
Robert Geach, 54, fell into a filtration tank at the Falmouth Water Treatment Works in December 2013.
An inspector from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) had raised concerns in 2009 about railing heights, trip hazards and working alone.
South West Water said since Mr Geach's death they have made further changes.
Mr Geach was working alone, unblocking a filter, when he fell. The inquest heard he had removed a grid that gave him access to valves above a sand filtration tank.
Bob Trivett, a senior manager at South West Water, said a system was in place where an alarm would be activated if an automated call was not answered by lone workers.
He said on the evening Mr Geach died it was 90 minutes after he did not respond to a call before someone was sent to find out what had happened.
He said since Mr Geach's death they have made changes to the lone working procedure so if staff feel a task is too dangerous they are now encouraged to ask a colleague to join them.
Following the 2009 HSE concerns South West Water carried out risk assessments as sites including Falmouth.
Mr Trivett said Mr Geech himself had told an asset technician doing the assessment that the company did not do anything in the sand filtration tank, so it was not risk assessed.
The inquest continues in Truro.
Edward Chilufya finally broke the deadlock in the 108th minute as he headed home Proper Chiluya's free-kick.
Play had to be stopped for six minutes during extra-time after teargas fired outside the stadium filtered inside.
The Zambians will meet either Senegal or Guinea, who meet in Ndola on Thursday, in Sunday's final.
Zambia's previous best finish in the tournament was a fourth-placed finish in 2007.
The team also reached the semi-finals of the competition's forerunner, the African Under-21 Championship, in both 1991 and 1999.
Like the host nation, neither the Senegalese nor Guineans have ever won the tournament before.
The television pundit took over for the post-split matches, replacing Paul Hartley after a run of seven defeats.
McCann steered his former club to safety, winning two and drawing one before finishing with two losses.
"I'm very proud to be involved with the team to get us out of trouble but I'm not proud to be associated with that," he said after the rout in Hamilton.
"Hamilton looked hungrier. They were aggressive and I have to question the desire of the players and the will. That's nothing to do with tactics.
"Both of our centre-halves were forced to play with muscle tears but there's no excuse for a performance like that.
"Hamilton wanted it more, they got it, and I'm embarrassed by the result.
"I happy that we're safe. That's the only consolation. The first three games, the boys were exceptional.
"In this league, if you are not up to the challenge and go and meet it head on, then you'll get rolled over."
Asked if the performance may have an influence on his decision to take up the position on a permanent basis, McCann replied: "Maybe.
"I have to take into consideration all of the five games," he said.
"And I'm a Sky employee. They've allowed me to come out of this job to do this one and the objective has been met. I've managed to keep the club in the Premiership.
"But that's not the way I wanted to finish the season. That was not acceptable.
"I'm not in a position to discuss my future right now. I'm still hurting about that result.
"That's something that I'm going to carry now for a long time because that's not something you want to be associated with."
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Kim Jong-nam is thought to have been poisoned as he waited to board a flight in Malaysia on Monday.
Two women and a man were arrested over the death.
Indonesia's national police chief said one of the women, named as Siti Aisyah, claimed to have been paid to perform what she thought was a prank.
Police believe a poisonous substance was sprayed into Kim Jong-nam's face.
Tito Karnavian, Indonesia's most senior policeman, said the two women had already performed the prank on other men. It involved convincing them to close their eyes before spraying them with water.
He said his information came from Malaysian officials.
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"Such an action was done three or four times and they were given a few dollars for it, and with the last target, Kim Jong-nam, allegedly there were dangerous materials in the sprayer," Mr Karnavian told reporters.
"She was not aware that it was an assassination attempt by alleged foreign agents."
A grainy image broadcast in South Korea and Malaysia showed a woman running in the airport, wearing a white T-shirt with the letters "LOL" written on the front.
Ms Aisyah's family and former neighbours in Indonesia have said they are shocked by her arrest.
Her former father-in-law, Tjia Liang Kiong, told the Associated Press that she moved to Malaysia in 2011 with her then husband to find work after their garment-making business went bust. Hundreds of thousands of Indonesian migrants work in Malaysia, where incomes are much higher.
North Korea has meanwhile demanded that Malaysia immediately release the body of Kim Jong-nam.
The North Korean ambassador to Malaysia said his country had not consented to the post-mortem already carried out and would categorically reject its findings.
"We strongly urge and demand the Malaysian side not to be entangled with the political plot by the forces hostile to the DPRK [the Democratic People's Republic of Korea] who want to damage the image of our republic - and to release the body immediately without any condition," Ambassador Kang Chol said.
Malaysia has said it will not release the body until it receives a DNA sample from Mr Kim's next-of-kin.
South Korea's intelligence agency has accused the country's rivals in the north of assassinating Kim Jong-nam, saying Pyongyang had wanted to kill him for years but that he was being protected by China.
Mr Kim was largely estranged from his family, after being passed over for the North Korean leadership in favour of his youngest half-brother. He spent most of his time overseas in Macau, mainland China and Singapore.
He had spoken out in the past against his family's dynastic control of North Korea and in a 2012 book was quoted as saying he believed his younger half-brother lacked leadership qualities.
But he had said he was not interested in assuming the leadership himself.
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The World War One garden at St Peter Bengeworth, in Evesham, Worcestershire, featured a stone cross and masonry from the original church, which was demolished more than 100 years ago.
Gardener Pat Coombs said she was "extremely angry" by what had happened to the garden.
She said she doubted the stonework could be properly repaired.
Ms Coombs, who is part of the gardening team at the church, was the first person to discover the damage, after the attack on Thursday.
"I couldn't believe my eyes at first and then I found I was extremely angry," she said.
"It [the memorial] looked really impressive but a vandal or vandals had completely destroyed it with bricks."
West Mercia Police said it was investigating the incident.
Earlier this month, Dutch police told the BBC they had decrypted messages on Blackberrys modified by third parties.
Blackberry has now said the message recovery, if there was any, could be down to third-party applications or the insecure practices of users.
It prides itself on providing one of the most secure means of communication.
World leaders, including US President Barack Obama, have been pictured using the company's devices.
Some third parties sell modified handsets known as PGP Blackberrys, which promise to add an additional layer of encryption to communications.
It is those PGP Blackberrys the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI) said it had been able to crack.
"If such an information recovery did happen, access to this information from a Blackberry device could be due to factors unrelated to how the Blackberry device was designed," the company said in a blog post.
"There are no backdoors in any Blackberry devices.
"And Blackberry does not store and therefore cannot share Blackberry device passwords with law enforcement or anyone else.
"Provided that users follow recommended practices, Blackberry devices remain as secure and private as they have always been."
The film, which was directed by Ken Loach, is nominated in seven categories, including best British independent film, best director and best screenplay.
Its stars Hayley Squires and Dave Johns also received two nominations each.
Other nominees include American Honey, Notes on Blindness and Under The Shadow, which received six apiece.
The winners will be announced at a ceremony at London's Old Billingsgate on Sunday 4 December.
I, Daniel Blake - about a middle-aged widower and the UK welfare system - was released in the UK last week, five months after it won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Films Festival.
Jodie Whitaker, Kate Dickie, Narges Rashidi and Sasha Lane all join Squires in the best actress category, which was won by Saoirse Ronan last year.
Johns will face competition from Michael Fassbender, Shia LeBeouf, Max Records and Steve Brandon for best actor.
The nominees alongside I, Daniel Blake in the best British independent film category are American Honey, Couple In A Hole, Notes on Blindness and Under The Shadow.
American Honey's Andrea Arnold receives her fourth nomination in the best director category, having won for Fish Tank in 2009.
Loach's best director nod his is fifth Bifa nomination. He won the category in 1998 for My Name Is Joe, the same year he was awarded a lifetime achievement award.
It was announced last month that Naomie Harris will receive the Variety Award, given annually to a director, actor, writer or producer who has helped champion British cinema internationally.
Previous winners of the prize include Benedict Cumberbatch, Daniel Craig and Dame Helen Mirren.
The full list of nominations is available on the official Bifa website.
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"The government is now riddled with corruption, hatred and evil," he told tens of thousands of his supporters who marched through the streets of Caracas.
Venezuelans will go to the polls on 14 April to choose a successor to the late president, Hugo Chavez.
He died last month after 14 years in office.
Mr Capriles, a 40-year-old lawyer and politician, says he wants to encourage free-market economies and tackle crime, without neglecting strong social policies.
He is very critical of Mr Chavez's left-wing policies and says he is inspired by the Brazilian model of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, whose government managed to achieve economic growth and lift millions of people out of poverty.
"We have a nation which is calling for solutions to its problems and a government that has lost its way," Mr Capriles told supporters at a rally in the capital.
Opinion polls say the government's candidate - acting President Nicolas Maduro - has a strong lead over his rival.
But Mr Capriles called on all Venezuelans to go to the polls next Sunday and do their civic duty. He said Mr Maduro's candidacy had "crashed".
Mr Maduro has visited the states of Apure, near the Colombian border, and Guarico, in Central Venezuela.
As he arrived in Guarico, he said the Venezuelan people and the armed forces would make sure there was continuity to the legacy of Hugo Chavez.
The country needs to be protected, said Mr Maduro, and "as a son of Chavez I will make sure it is from 15 April, when I become president of Venezuela".
During a rally in Amazonas state on Saturday, Mr Maduro put a curse on those not voting for him next Sunday.
He likened his main rival candidate, Henrique Capriles, to Spanish conquerors fighting indigenous people in the 16th Century.
"If anyone among the people votes against Nicolas Maduro, he is voting against himself, and the curse of Maracapana is falling on him," he said.
He was referring to a 16th Century battle when Spanish colonial forces inflicted a decisive defeat on indigenous fighters.
The health and social services scrutiny panel said working conditions and staff contracts at Jersey General Hospital should improve.
Chairman, Deputy Richard Renouf, said higher salaries would help attract more doctors and nurses to the island.
Health Minister, Senator Andrew Green, said he would consider the report.
Mr Renouf said recruiting staff in Jersey was more difficult due to higher cost of living and uncertainty about accommodation.
He said: "During the review we found several factors which may deter hospital staff considering relocating to Jersey. One of these factors was the high cost of living.
"If we are to resolve recruitment issues, the issue of pay levels that are appropriate to higher costs of living in Jersey must be addressed."
He said the relative isolation of a small island meant certain specialisms were needed despite low volumes of patients.
The 26-year-old woman was attacked in the Hothampton Sunken Gardens, Waterloo Square, Bognor, at about 02:00 BST on Saturday.
Sussex Police said a 42-year-old man from Bognor was arrested on suspicion of rape on Saturday evening.
Det Sgt Alan Fenn said the force was "not looking for anyone else in connection with this rape."
Biggar, 26, is a doubt for Wales' Six Nations game against Scotland in Cardiff on Saturday after limping off with an ankle injury against Ireland.
Dragons boss Jones worked with Biggar when he was head coach of the Ospreys.
"Any player who's one of the top three outside halves in the world, as Dan is, is going to be a loss," Jones said.
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"Rhys [Priestland] had a sound game when he came on. But Wales will miss Biggar.
"I'm sure it won't be too long until Dan's back."
Bath's Priestland deputised for almost an hour of Sunday's 16-16 draw in Dublin.
Wales are awaiting an update on Biggar's injury and clarification as to whether he will be fit to face Scotland at the Principality Stadium on Saturday.
Head coach Warren Gatland will name his side on Wednesday for the game against Scotland, who lost 9-15 to England in their opening game.
Wenger has big problems at the back and I really fear for his side if he does not bring Laurent Koscielny back into central defence on Saturday.
The way young duo Calum Chambers and Rob Holding performed there in last week's defeat by Liverpool means there is a massive question mark over them, and Wenger's decision to play them.
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Some Gunners supporters are already unhappy and, if this game also goes the wrong way, they are going to become even more irate.
That is really unhelpful for their players at this stage of the season when they are trying to gain momentum and confidence, so Wenger has a big call to make - and he has to get it right.
Arsenal were the only team to beat Leicester home and away last season but I cannot see them dominating the Foxes this time.
It will be end to end because the Gunners are not capable of shutting up shop. They will have a go at Claudio Ranieri's side, which of course plays into their hands.
On their day, Arsenal's free-flowing football is good enough to destroy anyone and it does not matter who they play at the back.
However, they looked fragile with Chambers and Holding playing together and there was definitely a lack of confidence in their defence, which is why Koscielny has to return this time. I would be amazed if he doesn't.
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Koscielny is not injured, just being rested after returning to training late after Euro 2016 and, even if he is only 80% fit, I would play him.
In his position, he does not have to cover as much ground as other outfield players and he could get through the game.
As a player, if I was in his situation I would be hammering on the manager's door saying, 'you need me, I can play, stick me in'.
But maybe he is saying that, and Wenger is still not picking him because he thinks he is not ready physically. If that is the case Wenger will have to take responsibility if things go wrong again.
Arsenal played a high-pressing game in the first half against Liverpool but they could not sustain that tempo for 90 minutes - it is virtually impossible for any team.
When the Gunners stopped doing it, in the second half at Emirates Stadium, they conceded a flurry of goals but very rarely will they come up against a team that plays so well for such an intense period of a game.
Yes, Arsenal could have defended better, kept their shape better and played more percentage football but Liverpool's performance in that 20-minute spell was pretty sensational and they scored some absolutely brilliant goals.
So I don't think Wenger will be overly concerned that will happen to his team every week, and he certainly will not be worried about it against Leicester. I don't think Arsenal will try to press the Foxes in the same way.
I would imagine he and the Arsenal players believe they can go to the King Power Stadium, dominate the ball and cause more problems than the Foxes can cause them.
They did it last season, when they won 5-2, and they will think that once again they have more quality on the pitch so they will create more chances and be able to win the game playing that way too.
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Leicester also lost last week, going down to a surprise defeat at Hull.
But I did not read too much into the Foxes' poor performance because their defence was missing Robert Huth, whose organisation and presence was absolutely pivotal in their title win.
Huth is back from his ban on Saturday and he might not be the only familiar face back in Ranieri's starting XI.
Against Hull, he left out Marc Albrighton and Shinji Okazaki from the team that played almost every game last season.
I understand why he did it - because he is trying to move his team forward - but it is hard to do that while retaining the same ethos that brought them their success.
They will be desperate for three points from their first home game of the season, and a tried and tested line-up might be the way to get it. They are likely to return to their regular way of playing too.
Leicester only had more possession than their opponents in five of their 38 league games last season, but they had marginally more of the ball than Hull last weekend - 50.3%.
The Tigers sat deep and did not allow them to play to their strengths on the break but against Arsenal the game is far more likely to follow a pattern that suits Ranieri's fast attackers.
I also think Leicester have to be careful not to believe their own hype now they are champions, start to over-play and forget their strengths.
It can easily happen - I played in teams where we did that when we just won a few games in a row, for example at Fulham when we were on a good run and got a bit confident.
We still had Bobby Zamora up top, who we could play long to, get the ball into his chest and play off him but at times he would be screaming at us to give him the ball because we would be passing it around at the back thinking we were a good side.
All of a sudden teams were pressing us, nicking the ball and causing us problems, and we had to rethink, and remember what was getting us results.
Leicester have bright players and a clever manager so I do not see that being a massive issue for them, especially on Saturday. Arsenal will come at them and leave space behind their defence for them to pump it up there for Jamie Vardy to get in the channels and cause havoc.
This is a big game for Vardy, against the team he turned down over the summer.
He was visibly frustrated at missing the chances he got against Hull and, facing Arsenal, he will be determined to prove a point and show them why they wanted him.
There is the chance the circumstances mean he could try a little bit too hard to make things happen instead of just playing naturally but it will be hard to tell because he looks like he gives absolutely everything in every game anyway.
I actually thought he was a bit unlucky not to score against Hull because he was only denied by a tremendous block.
Yes, he also blazed one shot over the bar which is unlike him but he set himself ridiculously high standards last season and it will be very difficult for him to maintain that ratio.
It is the same for any striker, and can happen for a variety of reasons but I do not see it becoming an issue for Vardy because the way he plays and the way his team plays means he is always going to get chances, including against Arsenal.
The occasion is set up for him and, the way he is, it certainly would not surprise me if he goes and bangs in the winner.
Danny Murphy was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
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The France midfielder, 27, joined United from Southampton for £25m in July 2015, but has played only 11 Premier League minutes this season.
Baggies manager Tony Pulis confirmed the bid, while Red Devils boss Jose Mourinho said he "would not stop him" if the board was happy with the fee.
Everton are also interested.
Mourinho said Schneiderlin had asked to leave, adding: "If he is playing regularly, I have a right to say 'no way'. If he is not playing regularly, I have no right to say 'you are not going anywhere'.
"He is a great professional. A fantastic boy."
The offer for Schneiderlin is close to the club-record fee West Brom paid to sign Tottenham midfielder Nacer Chadli in August, which was reported to be £13m.
Lord Blair, who was in charge at the time of the 7/7 bombings, told the BBC "a single individual with no previous contact" was now the biggest concern.
He said it made it all the more vital to work with the Muslim community.
"Only the community can give the police that first clue that there is something odd going on in that house," he said.
Lord Blair, who is now a crossbench peer, was the country's most senior police officer between 2005 and 2008.
He oversaw the Met's response to the 7 July 2005 attacks in which 52 people were killed by suicide bombers on three Underground trains and a bus.
Speaking to BBC Newsnight ahead of the 10-year anniversary of the attacks, Lord Blair said the threat had "in some ways lessened" since then "because the security services and the police have been able to develop techniques which have thwarted a lot".
"But as it evolves into what is sometimes called 'lone wolf', 'clean skin', that is a huge problem, because the more people you have in a conspiracy the more chances are somebody is going to find out about it," he continued.
"If you are just a single individual with no previous contact, then that is a very big problem to solve which is why the role of the community is so important because only the community can give the police that first clue that there is something odd going on in that house."
He added: "It is still this horrible sense of a random threat sitting out there somewhere, as in Tunisia, if you just happened to be on the beach, in the wrong place at the wrong time."
Lord Blair said he did not believe the West would be able to defeat the threat from Islamic extremism in his lifetime.
David Cameron has accused some Muslim communities of "quietly condoning" extremist ideology instead of confronting it, and said they must shoulder some blame for young Britons choosing to join Islamic State.
The prime minister said the UK should be more "intolerant of intolerance".
However, Lord Blair cautioned against taking a firmer line on religious fundamentalism - although he denied he was criticising the government's approach.
"Some people might argue we must take a much tougher approach, but I couldn't agree less with them," he said.
"We have to take a very resolute approach, be resolute in actually requiring and demanding this community works with us... But you don't do it to them, you do it with them."
He continued: "It seems to me we have to accept there are people who live their lives by fundamentalist rules… Fundamentalism in itself is not a matter for the state to interfere with - it's when it slides into violent extremism it is."
Richard Ford, 38, was serving a 30-month sentence for possessing a knife when he made the threats from his cell.
A judge passed the "highly unusual" sentence after hearing of Ford's fear he would enact his "sadistic urges".
He acknowledged the term "may be controversial" but said it was necessary to protect the public.
Ford, who has spent most of the last 14 years in jail, was being held at HMP Nottingham last January when he passed a series of notes to prison officers containing a list of potential victims.
He named several prison officers, a fellow inmate, a district judge, a police officer and a former partner.
Sentencing at Lincoln Crown Court, Judge Michael Heath told Ford, who admitted ten charges of making a threat to kill, the case had caused him "very considerable anxiety".
He said Ford, who had expressed a desire to never be released from prison, was "plainly dangerous" and "would pose a grave and immediate danger to the public".
But, the judge said, he was bound under the law to pass a sentence which was not "wholly disproportionate" to the offence of making threats to kill, which carries a maximum ten-year jail term.
"Achieving both of these aims in this case is impossible," he said.
By Clive Coleman, BBC legal correspondent
This case is truly exceptional, and the sentence passed shows the ability of the criminal justice system to do something exceptional in response to it.
Most defendants who are as dangerous as Richard Ford would have committed offences which carry a life sentence. A few years ago another option would have been an indeterminate sentence for public protection, or IPP.
These were designed to protect the public against those whose crimes were not serious enough to merit a normal life sentence but who were seen as too dangerous to be released when the term of their original sentence had expired. They were abolished in 2012.
Threats to kill carry a maximum sentence of ten years. Normally a judge will balance the need to protect the public with the fact that a sentence must be proportionate to the crimes committed. Judge Michael Heath made it clear that in these exceptional circumstances he erred on the side of protecting the public and so passed a sentence which might ordinarily seem disproportionate to the crimes committed.
The judge imposed a mix of consecutive and concurrent nine-year jail terms, adding up to a total of 45 years.
"I realise that the overall length of the sentences I am going to pass is highly unusual and may be controversial but I pass them because I deem them to be the only adequate way to protect the public in your case," he said.
"You say you don't feel that you can stop yourself from acting upon your sadistic urges. Those urges are to kill and have sexual intercourse with the corpses of those whom you kill.
"You have made it clear to me that you do not wish to be released from prison. If you are released you think you will get drunk, obtain a weapon and kill."
Isabelle Wilson, in mitigation, said Ford did not feel he was safe to be released and wanted to receive treatment either in a prison or in a hospital setting.
"The thoughts he discusses are concerning but at least he is willing to speak about those thoughts openly," she said.
The court was told Ford had been assessed by a number of psychiatrists but there was no recommendation that he receive hospital treatment.
Judge Heath said that, therefore, he was not legally able to make a hospital order.
The court was told Ford had convictions from 2002 and 2003 for indecency offences against men.
He was also convicted for possession of a knife in a public place in 2011, 2013 and 2014.
Al-Amin, 26, was dropped for the Tigers' recent 2-1 ODI series win at home to Afghanistan.
Fellow seamer Taskin Ahmed, who returned to international cricket in September after having his bowling action cleared, has also been included.
England's only one-day warm-up game is on Monday, before Friday's first ODI.
Left-arm spinner Mosharraf Hossain, who made his first one-day appearance in eight years against Afghanistan, has retained his place in the Bangladesh squad.
Mosharraf, 34, finished with figures of 3-24 in the final ODI against Afghanistan, which Bangladesh won by 141 runs.
England take on a Bangladesh Cricket Board Select XI in Fatullah on Monday, before moving to Mirpur for the first and second ODIs, with the third in Chittagong.
Bangladesh ODI squad: Mashrafe Mortaza (captain), Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Imrul Kayes, Mosaddek Hossain, Mahmudullah, Nasir Hossain, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Sabbir Rahman, Shafiul Islam, Mosharraf Hossain, Al-Amin Hossain, Taskin Ahmed.
"Our hearts go out to the family and friends of Robert Godwin Sr," said Mark Zuckerberg near the start of Facebook's annual F8 developers conference.
His social network had been criticised over the amount of time it had taken to take the clip offline.
About an hour before the event got underway, police had revealed that the murder suspect had killed himself.
Steve Stephens had been the subject of a national manhunt.
He was believed to have uploaded a video to Facebook showing his killing of 74-year-old Mr Godwin in Cleveland on Sunday and then boasting on subsequent Facebook Live streams that he had killed others.
Facebook subsequently acknowledged it had taken it more than two hours to remove the clips after the first video was posted, despite it having received complaints in the interim.
"We have a lot of work and we will keep doing all we can to prevent tragedies like this from happening," added Mr Zuckerberg.
11:09AM PDT (19:09 GMT) - first video, of intent to murder, uploaded. Not reported to Facebook.
11:11AM PDT - second video, of shooting, uploaded.
11:22AM PDT - suspect confesses to murder while using Live, is live for 5 minutes.
11:27AM PDT - Live ends, and Live video is first reported shortly after.
12:59PM PDT - video of shooting is first reported.
1:22PM PDT - suspect's account disabled; all videos no longer visible to public.
Cleveland's police chief had referred to Facebook's role in a separate press conference.
"I think the people on social media kind of know the power and I think they know the harm it can do," said Calvin Williams.
"We've talked before about people not living their lives on social media and being truthful on social media and not harming people via social media.
"And this is a prime example, this is something that should not have been shared around the world. Period."
One analyst attending F8 said it was no surprise Mr Zuckerberg had felt compelled to discuss the matter.
"Obviously this is something they have to get on top of with some urgency, but it's an extraordinarily difficult problem," commented Geoff Blaber from the CCS Insight tech consultancy.
"What Facebook has at its disposal is a enormous amount of talent and a very big emphasis on artificial intelligence, and I think that will be how it deals with this in the long-term.
"AI holds the key to shortening the time required to flag and remove offensive and inappropriate material amidst the endless growth of user content."
Mr Zuckerberg went on to introduce new plans to include augmented reality experiences in Facebook apps, such as Messenger.
He suggested that, in the near future, it would be far more common to place digital objects in video and live streams viewed on mobile phones.
Animated artworks could be made visible at a particular physical location, for example, via the camera view of an app.
"Augmented reality is going to help us mix the digital and physical in all new ways," he said.
"That's going to help us make our physical reality better."
3D filters that can be placed into real-life scenes, not unlike those unveiled by rival Snapchat, were also demoed.
"Facebook will need to tread a careful path as it rolls out its new augmented reality capabilities," commented Mr Blaber.
"When used responsibly they can deliver extremely compelling experiences but it only takes a few creepy use cases to emerge and it could derail the whole project."
New virtual reality experiences making use of the Oculus Rift headset were also detailed, including:
Facebook also announced improvements to its Messenger platform to encourage the use of bots - a facility first unveiled last year.
The software tools can be deployed by businesses to interact with customers in an automated manner, potentially allowing them to employ fewer call centre staff.
The firm said 100,000 bots had been developed for Messenger to date.
The changes include:
Messenger has also added the ability to include Spotify extensions, allowing music to be shared and played within chats, and said Apple Music would also be supported shortly.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez met Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during a two-day visit to Iran.
Referring to each other as brothers, the two leaders said no one could stop them strengthening ties.
Mr Ahmadinejad said they would build a "new world order" free of US domination.
Mr Chavez condemned international sanctions and "military threats" against Iran over its nuclear programme.
Both leaders said they were convinced that the age of Western domination was coming to an end.
"Imperialism has reached a decisive phase of decline and is headed, like an elephant, to its graveyard", Mr Chavez said.
"The enemies of our nations will go one day", said Mr Ahmadinejad.
"This is the promise of God and the promise of God will definitely be fulfilled".
The two leaders looked on as officials signed a number of agreements on co-operation in areas including oil and gas, trade and construction.
Venezuela's state oil company, PDVSA, said it was forming a joint shipping venture with Iran to deliver Venezuelan oil to markets in Europe and Asia.
After Mr Chavez visited a new town development outside Tehran, Iranian officials offered to help Venezuela build similar public housing projects.
Mr Chavez has been a regular visitor to Tehran over the past decade.
He and Mr Ahmadinejad have forged a close relationship based on their strong opposition to the US.
Iran and Venezuela are both major oil producers, and they have co-operated closely in the oil exporting cartel, Opec.
Mr Chavez has been a strong opponent of international sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme.
The US and other Western powers believe Iran is seeking to develop nuclear weapons, but Tehran insists its programme is aimed at generating energy and medical isotopes.
Before arriving in Iran, Mr Chavez was in Moscow, where he secured Russian help to build a nuclear plant in Venezuela.
Russell Scott Primary in Denton, Tameside, had had "significant defects" and did not comply with fire regulations, said the headteacher.
Steve Marsland said an assessment had ruled that the safety of pupils and staff was "compromised".
Tameside Council said it was "surprised and disappointed" by the closure.
Mr Marsland said the school had taken advice from architects and mechanical and electrical specialists before making the decision to close on Tuesday.
"It is their recommendation that immediate action is taken to redress these outstanding defects as a matter of urgency by the contractor responsible for the work," he said.
"This very difficult decision reflects the very serious nature of the concerns and the overriding objective of keeping your children safe."
One parent claimed pupils have missed 17 days in the past three years due to problems with new building work and refurbishment of the school buildings.
Clare Dawson said issues included a "suspected methane gas leak, raw sewage in classrooms and an uneven playground".
However, in a joint statement, Tameside Council and contractors Carillion plc said the school has "the necessary fire, building control and other certificates required by law and is insured to operate".
It said neither the headteacher nor the governors had discussed the decision with them or "made us aware of any technical or professional advice, which states the school environment is unsafe and should be closed".
"Under no circumstances would we place pupils and staff in an unsafe environment," the statement said.
The council added that a fire assessment would be done later.
Andrew Gwynne MP for Denton and Reddish said he was "extremely concerned" about the closure and wanted any defects to be "rectified swiftly".
The Labour MP said he understood there was "an impasse between Carillion, Tameside Council and the school over the situation" and would try to bring all parties together to resolve it.
Some parents criticised the school for the short notice of the closure, after receiving text messages at 19:00 BST on Tuesday.
Governors responded by saying the school was in "an untenable position".
Gross domestic product rose by 7.6% in the second quarter, compared with the same period a year ago. That is down from 8.1% in the previous three months.
In March, Beijing cut its growth target for the whole of 2012 to 7.5%.
China accounts for about a fifth of the world's total economic output and any slowdown may hamper a global recovery.
At the same time, many of Asia's biggest and emerging economies are becoming increasingly reliant on China as a trading partner.
"China has been a big factor for the slowdown in Asia this year," said Tai Hui from Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore.
He added that if China's growth does not pick up in the second half of the year then "that's going to mean a very difficult second half for a lot of the manufacturers in this region".
By Martin PatienceBBC News, Beijing
As the world's largest exporter, China is being hard hit by the slowdown in Europe and elsewhere.
These are the country's worst figures since the start of the global financial crisis.
China's leaders are pinning their hopes on investment - especially in state companies - to drive growth in the world's second largest economy.
In recent weeks, they've twice cut interest rates to bolster lending. The authorities are also pumping money into public works - such as social housing. Fuel prices have also been reduced.
Many economists believe these measures will ensure that China's growth rebounds in the coming months.
But with a once-in-a-decade leadership change starting later this year - this is a sensitive time in Chinese politics. China's leaders will be deeply concerned that any further slowdown could lead to rising social unrest.
Watch: Stockpiles a symbol of slowdown
However, despite Friday's slower growth figures many analysts tried to allay fears of a so-called hard landing in China's economy and its subsequent impact on the rest of the world.
"If you get a drop in the growth rate of 1 percentage point per annum, that's not a lot in terms of the world gross domestic product," Edmund Phelps, a professor of political economy at Columbia University and a Nobel prize winner, told the BBC.
He added that China had a lot of ammunition to counter the slowdown, some of which it has already started using because of the patchy recovery in the US, and the ongoing debt and economic issues in the eurozone.
China's central bank has cut the amount of money banks must keep in reserve in order to boost lending, and it recently cut the cost of borrowing twice in one month.
Earlier this week, Premier Wen Jiabao said that boosting investment would also be crucial for stabilising growth, fuelling expectation that more state-driven stimulus measures would be on the way.
"Now that China's growth is slowing, there are calls for yet another stimulus," said Edward Chancellor, global Strategist at investment management firm GMO.
But analysts warned that China's growth problems may not be solved by a simple injection of capital and a new round of government spending. Especially as many of today's issues can be traced back to the way the country tried to kick start growth after the global financial crisis in 2008-2009.
At the time the central government began pumping huge amounts of money into the economy, mainly on infrastructure and construction spending.
This led to excess capacity, a surge in property prices and an increase in consumer costs and inflation.
Faced with these problems and amid fears that the economy may be overheating, policy makers decided to implement measures to curb lending and slow inflation.
Those steps, along with a drop in demand for Chinese goods from key markets such as Europe and the US, have caused the most recent cycle of slowing growth.
Viewpoints: Is China heading for a crash?
In 2011, China's economy grew by 9.2%, down from 2010's figure of 10.4% growth.
But while the longer-term trend is of a slowdown, China also released a number of other figures on Friday and they painted a more nuanced and mixed picture of the economy.
According to the official figures, retail sales increased by 13.7% in June, little changed from May's 13.8% figure.
At the same time, electricity output, an indicator that many analysts use to calculate current business and consumer activity, was also flat in June at 393bn kilowatt-hours.
Optimists, however, would have been buoyed by news that new bank loans increased to $144.4bn in June, up from $124.4bn in May.
The BBC's John Sudworth in Shanghai says the data will do nothing to stop the economic squabbling over whether China is heading for a hard or soft landing.
"Rising stock piles of coal paint a vivid picture of just the kind of indicator the bears will use when arguing that 7.6% is proof of the impending economic catastrophe," he says.
"But here's another picture for you. A new DHL delivery hub built on the outskirts of Shanghai shows that there are still plenty of bulls out there too.
"For them 7.6% is probably a turning point and they also have their indicators of choice to support the case."
Tristan Voorspuy was killed by pastoral herders on Sunday in Laikipia while inspecting some of his lodges, a local police official told Associated Press.
It follows a pattern of traditional herdsmen invading ranches in the area to seize pasture amid an ongoing drought.
Mr Voorspuy was the founder of luxury safari company Offbeat Safaris.
Martin Evans, chairman of the Laikipia Farmers Association, said Mr Voorspuy was attacked while inspecting a lodge that had been set alight by so-called "land invaders".
When he did not return by Sunday afternoon, an aerial search spotted Mr Voorspuy's injured horse but did not catch sight of the rancher, Mr Evans said.
His body was left at the scene for more than 24 hours owing to the volatile security situation, but it has since been retrieved.
The Kenyan government has ordered the arrest of political leaders suspected of inciting people to commit murder, poaching, cattle rustling and destruction of property.
Interior Minister Joseph Nkaissery announced earlier that 379 herders had been arrested as part of police operations.
He said that some local politicians have taken advantage of the movement of cattle herders due to drought conditions in the country's north to incite locals to occupy private property illegally.
Mr Voorspuy was born in South Africa but went to secondary school in the UK, attending Eastbourne College in Sussex.
He was in the British army for six years, leaving in 1981.
After leaving the army, he drove a motorbike from London to Cape Town for nine months, looking for work in Africa.
He created Offbeat Safaris in 1990.
Mombasa-based business Scenic Air Safaris posted a tribute on its Facebook page, saying: "Our thoughts and prayers go to his wife Cindy and family and to his friends and partners at Sosian Lodge and Offbeat Safaris.
"A true officer and a gentleman."
A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We are offering support to the family of the British national who has died in Kenya and we are in touch with local authorities."
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Following recent Ofcom changes to non-geographic telephone numbers, calls to the Sports Personality of the Year 2015 '09' numbers, whether from a landline or mobile, now cost the caller 15p plus the access charge set by the landline or mobile telephone service provider of the caller. The impact has reduced that variance in charges, made the differences public and resulted in that variance being across both landline and mobile calls.
The continued use of MSDCs for voting therefore has the advantage that callers from UK mobile phone networks should pay less to vote as no access charge is applied to these calls.
When voting from a UK mobile using a MSDC number you will hear a vote confirmation message in the same way you would when voting by calling a '09' premium rate number from a landline.
Using your UK mobile phone, simply dial the short number shown on screen for your chosen contender/s, when the vote is open. There is one number allocated to each contender. If you call while the vote is open you will hear a message confirming your vote. If you try to call when the vote is closed you will hear a closed non-chargeable message. You can't text/SMS to the MSDC.
Text voting cannot be offered for Sports Personality of the Year 2015 due to the relatively short periods in which the vote is open and during which the result needs to be provided and verified. There is the risk of potential delays within the mobile networks at busy times which could result in text votes not being received within the period the vote is open. With a phone call, if the exchange is busy you will hear an engaged tone, however with text/SMS you would not know if there is any late delivery of your vote (causing it to not be registered). There are no such potential network delays with MSDCs other than busy tones at local exchange level with heavy traffic.
In addition, call attempts to MSDCs outside of the vote open period, or to numbers no longer in use, are non-chargeable to callers, unlike text where charges may still apply.
The advantage of using telephone calls for voting rather than text voting is that the caller knows at the time of the call that their vote has been counted and also that they have been charged for their vote. They will also know from receiving an engaged tone if they did not get through and that they can then just press redial to try again. The same is not true of text voting as the texter has to wait for a confirmation message back from their mobile telephone service provider which may take some time to arrive or which may not arrive at all.
Voting on Sports Personality of the Year 2015 via a MSDC from UK mobile networks will cost 15p per vote.
No. Calls outside the vote open period and those made to any of Sports Personality of the Year 2015 numbers not currently in use will not be chargeable.
It is very unlikely that callers will be charged when calling a closed vote line as we use free of charge messaging during these times. If you have been charged, then notify your service provider.
The Channel Islands and Isle of Man are covered by separate mobile telephone service providers who do not currently support voting by MSDCs. Viewers in these regions may still be able to vote by dialling the '09' numbers for Sports Personality of the Year 2015 contenders from their landlines or mobiles at 15p plus their network's access charge per vote.
No. MSDC voting is only available from mobile phones, if you try to call a MSDC from your landline you will not be connected to the voting service and your vote will not be counted. In a very small number of cases, the landline telephone service provider may route the call to a local destination as it may match a "local" telephone number which may result in a 'wrong number' call being made. Such calls would be chargeable if they are answered.
No. Sports Personality of the Year 2015 voting will be made using online and telephone call voting only as this offers the caller the benefits of knowing at the time that they place their vote that their vote has been counted and that they have been charged. This would not be true of text votes.
Yes. It will cost you 15p plus your mobile network's access charge per vote. The '09' voting numbers should preferably only be called from your landline if you have one. If using your mobile, you should call the MSDC if you can as it will be cheaper at 15p per vote. No access charge is applicable on the MSDCs. If you decide to call the '09' voting numbers from your UK mobile phone then you will hear a non-chargeable message at the start of the call asking you to call the MSDCs instead. If you remain on the line after the message then you will be able to vote for your chosen contender but your UK mobile telephone service provider will charge 15p plus the network's access charge per call.
MSDCs for use across all the major UK mobile telephone service providers, and at a fixed price for a call, have only been available in the UK since April 2012.
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There are a small number of UK mobile phone users who are unable to call MSDCs, you should check with your mobile telephone service provider to see if you can lift the calling bar or simply vote by calling the '09' voting numbers using a landline.
Not all UK telephone service providers, including some VOIP operators, allow voting by traditional premium rate 09 numbers.
The new MSDC numbers are intended only for voting via the UK mobile telephone service providers and so will almost certainly not be supported by the fixed line and VOIP telephone service providers.
No.
No, all votes will be counted.
The MSDCs are provided by the UK mobile telephone service providers and are only accessible via these operators. It is also unlikely that calls can be made to MSDCs from UK mobiles when these are outside of the UK, as this would be subject to mobile telephone service providers' international roaming arrangements with foreign telephone service providers.
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In order to cast your vote, you must sign in to BBC iD. If you do not already have a BBC iD you will need to register before you can vote.
Once you have created a BBC iD account you are then ready to go. You are advised to login to your BBC iD account before the vote opens.
During the live show the presenter will let you know when the vote has opened. You will then be able to cast your vote online.
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Your BBC iD account details can only cast one vote in Sports Personality of the Year 2015.
You can vote using your mobile phone, tablet or your home computer. Online votes on different devices using the same BBC iD account details will count towards the maximum number of votes per account.
Click here for the BBC iD help pages, this has an FAQ section which may help.
If you are still having issues after going through the above link for help, then you should contact [email protected].
If you have not used your account in a while and have forgotten your password you will need to click on the 'forgotten password' link ahead of the show to allow enough time for a new password to be sent through. This will only be possible if you provided a valid email address when registering.
Yes.
Throughout these FAQs "UK mobile phones" means mobile phones provided in the UK under UK contracts by Vodafone, O2, Everything Everywhere (previously T Mobile and Orange), Virgin and '3'.
The Court of Appeal has upheld an eviction order against the group, which is protesting about several issues, including the Afghanistan war.
London Mayor Boris Johnson who took legal action to evict the demonstrators, said he was "delighted".
Solicitors representing the protesters said the demonstrators would not appeal against the decision.
"This is part of a much wider protest," said protest organiser Chris Knight. "We're not going very far and we're not going away."
The protesters transformed the green in central London with tents and flags and called it Democracy Village.
Critics say the square has been vandalised and other groups have been unable to use it for protests.
There were also concerns about public health owing to the lack of toilet facilities.
Making the ruling, Lord Neuberger said that while the Crown owned the title to the land, the Mayor of London had the power to act over the square.
Lord Neuberger said of the protesters: "They have been allowed to express their views and assemble together at the location of their choice for over two months on an effectively exclusive basis.
"It is not even as if they will necessarily be excluded from mounting an orthodox demonstration at Parliament Square Gardens in the future."
The mayor urged the protesters to "respect the rulings of both courts" and now leave the site peacefully.
Mayor Mr Johnson said: "I think it's wonderful that as a city we can protest.
"But it is nauseating what they are doing to the lawn."
He continued: "It's become too much. It's doing serious damage to a world heritage site."
Mr Johnson added: "Police will have to do this [evict the protesters] in a way that does not recall the G20 protests and all the argy bargy - it will be difficult.
"We won't be brutal, we won't be thuggish."
Last month's eviction orders from the High Court were delayed pending an appeal to three judges.
The protesters' counsel Jan Luba QC argued Mr Johnson had no right to evict the demonstrators because he did not own the land, which belongs to the Queen.
But the mayor's QC, Ashley Underwood, said Parliament Square Gardens was an open space which the public had a right to use, and that the judge had reached a reasoned decision.
A "delighted" Colin Barrow, leader of Westminster City Council, said: "This decision will mean that ordinary Londoners and visitors can once again use the square."
Howe has labelled Surman's 36 league appearances this term "a huge achievement", with the 29-year-old playing every minute of the campaign.
"I think he has been a real model of consistency," Howe told BBC Radio Solent. "He's a great trainer.
"I thought he was good for us in the Championship last season as well."
Howe added: "He has been even better this season. He's a dream to work with and his performances have been nothing short of outstanding.
"He has earned the right to be first choice and the way he conducts himself and understands what we're trying to do is key.
"Full credit to him for that and hopefully there's more to come."
Surman, 29, is expected to take his place in the Bournemouth line-up for their final home game against West Brom on Saturday, but defender Adam Smith will not feature again this season.
A hernia sustained against Manchester City last month has ruled the 25-year-old out, although forward Max Gradel is set to return.
But the Spanish champions have not lost since 3 October last year - a 2-1 defeat at Seville - and that is one of only three losses this season.
Still, a side boasting the talents of Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez can be beaten. All you need is a solid game plan, great performances from every player, huge slices of luck and hope they have an off day.
But is there anything else that can help a side to defeat mighty Barcelona? We've had a look at their recent (rare) defeats to see if there are any common themes.
Athletic Bilbao beat Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup in August and, over two legs, had 10 bookings and a sending off. Seville had five players booked in their La Liga win.
This season, Barcelona's opponents average just over three bookings per game but the teams to have beaten them average more than four. Maybe the Catalans just don't like it up 'em?
Espanyol were the last team to take league points off Barcelona with a draw on 2 January. They did it with five bookings. Emboldened, they followed that up with six bookings and two red cards in a cup match four days later. But they clearly got the balance wrong and ended up losing 4-1.
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Atletico Madrid are the only team to have beaten Barcelona in the past three years without using all three substitutes - they used two in a Champions League quarter-final in 2014.
Every other winning team used all their subs - and of the 50 substitutions made by winning teams, exactly half have been made in the last 10 minutes. Of those, 21 were made in the last five minutes. So be ready to wind down the clock as Barcelona pile on the pressure late on.
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Barcelona's 4-1 humbling at the hands of Celta Vigo earlier this season came just three days after a 4-1 win against Levante.
Last season's 0-1 home defeat to Malaga followed a 5-0 win over Levante, while a 5-1 win over them the previous year was followed up with a home defeat to Valencia.
Barca tend to win big ahead of a loss - eight of their 17 defeats since 2013 have followed a game in which they've scored four or more goals.
In La Liga, just four teams have inflicted more than half of Barcelona's defeats in the past three years.
Real Madrid are the obvious ones, with their fierce rivalry and serious financial backing. Although they've only got a 0-4 home defeat to show for it so far this season.
But while not exactly having Barcelona on the run, Athletic Bilbao, Real Sociedad and Celta Vigo have each enjoyed a couple of wins over their illustrious opponents in the past few seasons too.
You'd expect Real Madrid to topple their rivals now and again with the likes of Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo to call on.
But the Celta Vigos, Malagas, Granadas and Vallodolids of this world have done it without the big bucks and the big names.
It's true they have called upon some former Premier League players to lead them to victory - but not necessarily players who set the English game alight.
Step forward Celta Vigo strikers Iago Aspas (Liverpool) and John Guidetti (Manchester City), Malaga's Liverpool loanee Tiago Ilori and Sociedad pair Carlos Vela (Arsenal) and Esteban Granero (QPR).
Last season's triumphant Vallodolid side also had Manucho - you know, the ex-Manchester United and Hull player - in their ranks.
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The only teams to have beaten Barcelona in the Champions League in the past two years are Paris St-Germain and Bayern Munich - two sides boasting genuine world stars such as Robert Lewandowski and Edinson Cavani among their expensively assembled line-ups.
And they still couldn't stop Barcelona reaching, and winning, the final.
But with Petr Cech, Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez giving the Gunners an X-factor, they will always have a chance.
Petr Cech has faced Lionel Messi eight times and has never conceded a goal from the Argentina forward.
Do they have the aggression to 'go hard'? This one's open to debate.
They will have options on the bench no doubt - and boss Arsene Wenger likes to use all three subs (he has done that in eight of their last 10 games). Check.
They certainly have stars and obviously boast Premier League talents, despite letting Carlos Vela go. Check.
But they aren't Real Sociedad or Celta Vigo.
And sadly for Arsenal, Luis Enrique's side didn't play Levante at the weekend either. They beat Las Palmas 2-1.
So, tactics aside, the signs aren't good. And even if they beat Barcelona on Tuesday, they'll have to bear in mind, ahead of the return leg, what happened to the other three sides to beat them this season: Athletic Bilbao and Celta Vigo both had six put past them by Messi and Co the next time the teams met.
Seville got off relatively lightly with a 4-0 loss.
The social network has teamed up with Ericsson, MediaTek, Nokia, Opera, Qualcomm and Samsung, among others, to lower the cost of mobile data.
The group said it wanted to help those in developing countries to become part of the internet community.
But one expert said those nations had "other priorities" to deal with first.
Mr Zuckerberg said the goal was to make "internet access available to those who cannot currently afford it".
The group's statement said only 2.7billion people - just over one-third of the world's population - had access to the internet. Adoption was growing by less than 9% a year, which was not fast enough.
Central to the group's plans is to be more "data efficient" by researching ways to use less data to load websites or load apps.
The statement said: "Potential projects include developing data compression tools, enhancing network capabilities to more efficiently handle data, building systems to cache data efficiently and creating frameworks for apps to reduce data usage."
Dr Michael Jennings, chair of African studies at Soas, University of London, said he welcomed the firms' efforts, but that priority must be given to other pressing needs such as providing power to keep devices up and running.
"It's something of a misnomer that the five billion aren't connected," he told the BBC.
"Most people have made a call or used a mobile phone, and the success of things like mobile money service M-Pesa has shown just how many people are using these things."
Tom Jackson, managing editor of African technology news site HumanIPO, said interest in the area was encouraging but that the pledge lacked important specifics.
"In terms of being able to reach people, they've never actually said how," he told the BBC.
"Last mile connectivity has been a problem that has been battled in Africa for a long long time."
Earlier this month, analyst Gartner said smartphones outsold "feature" phones for the first time, but many people in the developing world still rely on slow connections and very basic handsets.
Other companies are stepping up their interest in this area, all eager to position themselves as a major player in a market that analysts predict could be highly lucrative as technology adoption increases.
"Africa is almost like the final frontier these days," said Mr Jackson, "the final place now where there's penetration to be increased and there's money to be made."
Google recently launched Project Loon - balloons that will beam the internet from near-space. Fifty people are currently testing the technology, which gives speeds equivalent to 3G, in New Zealand.
If successful, it would be likely to provide a cheaper alternative to satellite connections, currently one of the main ways people in the developing world connect to the web.
Sophie Taylor, 22, died when her car hit a block of flats in Adamsdown, Cardiff, in August 2016.
Cardiff Crown Court heard her BMW crashed while being followed by "jealous" Melissa Pesticcio, 23, and her ex-boyfriend in separate cars.
Miss Pesticcio, of Llanrumney, denies causing death by dangerous driving.
She also denies causing serious injury by dangerous driving and two charges of dangerous driving.
The jury has been told Miss Taylor had begun a relationship with Miss Pesticcio's ex-boyfriend Michael Wheeler, 22, which led to "prolonged hostility" between the two women.
Miss Taylor was allegedly being pursued by Wheeler and Miss Presticcio, who was driving her own BMW.
She crashed into the wall after colliding at high speed with Wheeler's Vauxhall Corsa.
Wheeler has already admitted causing death by dangerous driving and causing serious injury.
The court heard that days before the crash, Miss Taylor taunted Miss Pesticcio with messages about losing her lover, such as "It's never going to be you and him any more".
She also called her a "hoe" and wrote: "He doesn't like you. He doesn't love you. Why don't you just move on."
Christopher Rees, defending, said Miss Pesticcio had been in a "proper ongoing long-term relationship with Wheeler, and was living with him at his parent's home when he began speaking to Sophie".
Georgia Flavin, Miss Taylor's best friend, agreed with Mr Rees that Miss Taylor was "no shrinking violet" and "wasn't afraid about speaking her mind".
Mr Rees said: "One of Sophie's issues in the July and August was the overlap with Pesticcio's relationship with Michael Wheeler."
Miss Flavin said she was with Miss Taylor on two occasions when Miss Pesticcio tried to intimidate her friend.
She told how Miss Pesticcio pulled up in her car with Wheeler's sister and her children alongside Miss Taylor and shouted abuse at her in the street.
Miss Flavin said: "There was shouting and Sophie just kept her mouth shut and said nothing. It was quite nasty."
She said she was also with Miss Taylor when Miss Pesticcio chased her out of a McDonald's car park five days before the fatal crash in her car.
Miss Flavin said: "We stopped at the lights. Pesticcio drove beside us, rolled down the windows and was just shouting things.
"When the lights went green Pesticcio drove forward and pulled in front and braked so we had to do an emergency stop so we didn't go into the back of her."
The prosecution's case is it was Wheeler's Vauxhall Corsa which collided with Miss Taylor's car, directly causing the fatal crash, but he claimed Miss Pesticcio was also responsible after taking "a main role in the protracted pursuit".
The court has heard Miss Taylor's friend, who was a passenger in her car, suffered "life-changing injuries" as a result of the crash.
The trial continues.
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Victory moved Accies five points clear of Kilmarnock who occupy 11th place with just eight games remaining.
"Today we've got three points which is a huge three points," said Canning.
"When you start looking to see how many points ahead you are, you start taking your eye off the most important thing which is the 90-minute performance."
It was Hamilton's first win in their last five league games and was timely with Kilmarnock losing against Aberdeen.
"We're fully focused on trying to win as many games as possible and whatever will be will be," continued Canning.
"At this stage of the season it's about points and performances kind of go out of the window.
"Inverness obviously put us under a lot of pressure. Defensively I thought we were reasonably solid. We changed the shape and went to five at the back to give us the extra man there.
"I don't think Michael McGovern has had many saves to make albeit we've been put under a lot of pressure, which means the guys in front of him have been doing their job."
Inverness CT manager John Hughes admitted a top-six finish may be beyond his side with them now five points adrift of sixth place.
Hughes told BBC Scotland: "We need to get back winning games.
"I trust these boys. We've had some strong characters missing.
"The same guys are going back to the well all the time. We need two or three back to take the weight off them."
Hughes felt his side were second best initially but came into the game strongly as time wore on with luck eluding his side when it counted.
He said: "I felt Hamilton maybe shaded it in the first 20 minutes. We had good strikes but you need to work the goalkeeper. Over the bar doesn't score you a goal.
"Second half it was all Inverness and they break on us and the ball ends up in the bottom corner in off the post.
"That's where were at right at this moment in time - us not getting the rub of the green."
Gloucester Services, Liverpool's Alder Hey Hospital and Stanbrook Abbey near York were three of 46 projects named on the 2016 Riba National Awards list.
The eclectic list includes a London museum and an Essex housing estate.
A "shimmering stainless steel library" in Oxford, designed by the late Dame Zaha Hadid's firm, also made the list.
The Sir John Soane Museum in Holborn, central London, is one of several cultural spaces honoured, alongside York Art Gallery, Manchester's HOME and the Portland Collection in Nottinghamshire.
Eleven higher and further education buildings and four schools received the accolade, including the Bob Champion Research and Education Building in Norwich, Poole's Drawing Studio, Davenies School in Buckinghamshire and the City of Glasgow College.
The Scottish college was one of only four non-English projects honoured, the other being a house in Edinburgh, a research building in Glasgow and a health centre in County Down.
Riba president Jane Duncan said huge investment in education was this year's "stand-out trend".
"It is encouraging to see so much emphasis placed on the power of architecture to help institutions to attract students and stand out from the mediocre," she said.
She also praised the "strong selection of new housing developments" on the list.
"Too often we see projects which have cut corners in quality, which fails the people these new homes are meant to serve.
"I hope these achievements in housing inspire other developers."
Mae'r tri undeb yn dweud bod problemau yn deillio o'r cynnig ond mai dyma'r "unig ffordd gredadwy ac ymarferol i sicrhau dyfodol."
Mae'r cytundebau ar newid i'r pensiynau yn cael eu gweld yn hanfodol ar gyfer buddsoddiad gwerth biliwn o bunnau ym Mhort Talbot yn ystod y ddeg mlynedd nesaf.
Mae disgwyl pleidlais ar y cynnig presennol ddydd Llun.
Yn y gorffennol mae'r undebau wedi bod yn dweud mai penderfyniad personol i'r gweithwyr oedd y pensiwn.
Ddydd Iau nododd datganiad ar y cyd gan undebau Unite, GMB a Community nad penderfyniad ysgafn oedd yr argymhelliad newydd.
"Does neb yn dweud bod y cynnig heb ei broblemau. Rydym yn deall pryderon yr aelodau, yn enwedig ynghylch cynllun pensiwn Dur Prydain (BSPS).
"Ond dyma'r casgliad yr ydym wedi dod iddo ar y cyd - mae ein penderfyniad wedi cael cefnogaeth arbenigwyr ariannol - hyd y gwelwn ni dyma'r ffordd orau i sicrhau dyfodol."
Cafodd yr ymgynghoriad ar newidiadau i'r pensiwn eu cyhoeddi ym mis Rhagfyr gyda'r bwriad i osgoi diswyddo gorfodol am bum mlynedd. Hyderir hefyd y bydd y newid yn creu buddsoddiad am gyfnod o ddeg mlynedd.
Mae'r cynlluniau newydd yn golygu na fydd cyfanswm Tata at y pensiwn yn fwy na 10% ac ni fydd hawl gan y gweithwyr gyfrannu mwy na 6%.
Roedd y cynnig gwreiddiol yn cynnwys cynllun pensiwn newydd gyda chyfraniadau o 3% yn unig gan Tata a 3% gan y gweithwyr.
The cultural nights out for canines are organised by the five-star Park Hyatt Vienna, which allows people to check in with their dogs or cats, and aims to be as pet-friendly as possible.
If a guest wants a night out in the Austrian capital without his or her dog, but doesn't want the pooch to get lonely on its own in the hotel room, staff can step in.
In addition to the more usual requests for dogs to be walked, the hotel can arrange for an employee to take the animal to the theatre.
"If the pet wants to go to the opera by himself we will arrange their ticket if the opera allows it," says the hotel's general manager Monique Dekker.
"If he loves Madam Butterfly, then please go ahead."
Meanwhile, other guests with a dog once asked the hotel to arrange some exclusive transport just for their pet.
"We have had one dog that has been transferred by a limo because the guests were somewhere else, and they suddenly wanted their four-legged friend to come to where they were. For us the sky is the limit," says Ms Dekker.
While most pet-friendly hotels don't go to quite the levels of the Park Hyatt Vienna, it is in fact indicative of the big growth in recent years in the number of hotels that allow people to check in with their dogs, cats or other animals.
Bookings website Hotels.com says: "We have witnessed a huge increase in demand for pet-friendly hotels, and guests wanting to travel with their animals.
"Demand is growing year-on-year, with a large proportion of hotels across the globe now not only accommodating for pets, but also advertising this key feature."
Hotels.com says that a quarter of the 325,000 hotels it now lists around the world allow people to check in with their pets.
For most pet-friendly hotels, guests wishing to bring their pets with them have to pay an initial surcharge. For instance, the Park Hyatt Vienna's "Very Important Dog" programme costs €35 ($40; £27). Food and other services, such as dog walking or sitting, or a trip to the opera, are then charged on top.
The Milestone Hotel in central London has its own "pet concierge".
Georgia Wood, who holds the role, says the hotel does all it can to "make sure the pets have just as great a stay here as the guests".
She adds: "We send a pet preference form prior to someone's arrival, and I'll just ask for the breed of the dog, the size of the dog, if there are certain things the dog likes to eat.
"When we have this information, we can then, prior to your arrival, set up the room, set up the dog bed."
In addition to offering dog-sitting and walking, the Milestone has an extensive menu for dogs and cats, which can be ordered as room service 24 hours a day.
Dishes include "Woof Waffles" (two grilled potato waffles with a large Cumberland sausage, £5.50), and "Meaty Muncher" (chunks of steak in gravy, served with creamed mashed potatoes, £7.50).
Ms Wood says that the hotel hosts three or four pets in an average week. Mostly these are cats and dogs, but occasionally a guest will bring other animals, such as parrots and rabbits.
If a guest does arrive with a pet, they had better be sure that the animal is well behaved, because the Milestone - which is full of antique furniture - takes a £1,000 returnable deposit in case of any damages.
Christine Fulton, head housekeeper at the Chesterfield Mayfair Hotel in central London, says hotels that allow pets are generally much more welcoming. "It makes the hotel feel like a home," she says.
"Our team enjoy the novelty of having pets at the hotel, whether it is walking the dogs or babysitting animals while their owners enjoy time in London.
"Many of our staff are unable to keep a pet for various reasons, and this gives them a chance to have the companionship of an animal for a while."
Nadine Kayser, founder of dogs charity Wild at Heart Foundation, regularly travels throughout Europe with her husband and two rescue dogs Bally, a Romanian shepherd-mix, and Ivy, a Rottweiler-Labrador cross.
"The most important question we always ask is: do they allow dogs?" she says.
"Some allow them in certain parts of the hotel, which is fine for us, as long as they can sleep in the same room."
Back in Vienna, Simone Dulies, the general manager of the pet-friendly Hotel Bristol, takes her dog Brix, to work with her every day.
She says it isn't enough for hotels to tolerate pets, they have to make them feel genuinely welcome.
"[The welcome for pets] needs to be honest, otherwise you see it as just a bit of marketing," she says.
"My dog is like my baby, so if a hotel is nice to my dog, the same as it should be to a mum with her kids, then that's some major brownie points from me."
Paddy Mullan, from Londonderry, is in the French city on holiday with his girlfriend.
They were on the Promenade des Anglais when they saw the truck approaching.
"This lorry just mounted the kerb across the street from us, and the next thing all you could hear was banging and shouting and screaming," he said.
He said he had "never seen" such fear.
"There was a lot of panic at one stage because we were right in the mix when all this was happening," Mr Mullan told BBC Radio Foyle.
"There was a lot of confusion, misdirection, because we didn't know what exactly was happening, why it was happening."
The attack coincided with Bastille Day, a national holiday in France, and thousands of people had gathered on the streets to watch a fireworks display.
The couple had been in a nearby restaurant on the last night of their holiday, before going out onto the promenade to watch the fireworks.
As they walked back towards the restaurant, Mr Mullan said the truck "came out of nowhere" and started "ploughing" into the crowd.
"There were people running up, screaming and coming into the restaurant trying to get away, so we didn't know what it was.
"We didn't know if it was people on the ground shooting or if there was a bomb, or what was going on - we were just trying to get away."
Mr Mullan and his girlfriend then "bailed out" of the restaurant through a side exit and went through barriers into an apartment complex behind the building.
"We were pushing all the buzzers to try and get into the apartment blocks," he said. "Eventually we got in."
He said there were many others in the same building and lots of confusion but, after a while, a woman who spoke English explained to the couple what had happened.
"We were just desperately trying to get back to our apartment," he said.
"I've never seen fear like it in all my life and probably never will again."
Northern Ireland woman Laura McGarrity was at the beach when the attack happened.
"It was absolutely terrifying," she said.
"Hundreds of people were trying to scurry off the beach and run home not really knowing what had occurred."
But she said the attacks will not stop her from staying in the French city for the rest of her holiday.
Paul Sheridan, the principal of Model Primary School in Derry, watched the Bastille Day fireworks from further along the coast on Thursday night.
He visits Nice on holiday every summer and said the mood on Friday in the wake of the attack was one of "shock and sadness".
"Nice has always been synonymous with sunshine and sound, full of people and buskers on the promenade," he said.
"But today it was very noticeable how few people there were - it was silent.
"At one of the shopping centres there were security guards at the door checking bags - it felt like years ago in Belfast."
The revelation came during the trial of Hasan Bal, 25, who is charged with providing funding for a foreign terror group.
Mr Bal was refused bail when he made his second appearance before Waterford District Court on Tuesday.
Police objected to bail because of the seriousness of the offences.
They also said the accused was a flight risk.
Det Sgt Donal Donohoe told the court: "He no longer has a permanent address in this country."
He also said that, as part of the investigation, police made inquiries "through Interpol and other police forces, primarily the London Metropolitan Police and the FBI".
Mr Bal is charged with providing funding for a foreign terrorist group on 2 October 2015, and attempting to collect funding for a foreign terrorist group on 23 October 2015.
Mr Bal's solicitor Ken Cunningham said the accused's mother was willing to stand bail for him and allow him to live in her home.
Mr Bal's mother, Dr Caroline Ward-Fahy, said it was "very shocking" to be in this situation.
Insp Tony Lonergan asked her how she proposed to ensure, if her son was granted bail, that he would comply with his bail conditions.
"Since my son was born, when I tell him to do something, he will do it," she said. "He will do that as his duty to God because his mother is a very important part of his faith."
Judge Kevin Staunton said he had no doubt Dr Ward-Fahy was a genuine witness and a believable person, and said he accepted she was "shocked by the turn of events that has led her here".
He said he was "influenced greatly" by Det Sgt Donohoe's evidence about Mr Bal being a flight risk.
Judge Staunton refused bail and remanded Mr Bal in custody, to appear again in the district court on 9 May.
The blaze broke out in Queens Road in Somersham, Cambridgeshire, at about 20:00 BST on Monday.
The two people died at the scene, police said. Neighbouring houses were evacuated as the firefighters spent about three hours tackling the blaze.
Police said they were not treating the fire as suspicious. The cause is not yet known and the fire service is continuing its investigation.
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Italian midfielder Bianchi, 25, joins on a four-year deal from Serie A side Sassuolo and spent last season on loan with Modena in Serie B.
"He can play on the left, right or in the number 10 position and he can score goals," said Leeds boss Dave Hockaday.
Senegal striker Doukara, 22, has arrived from Italian club Catania.
He was on loan with Serie B's Juve Stabia last season, scoring six goals in 20 appearances.
"He is a big, powerful and fast player with a hunger to succeed," added Hockaday. "He is exactly what we need at the club."
The Championship club's tally of signings this summer is now four following the arrivals of goalkeepers Marco Silvestri and Stuart Taylor.
The latest transfers come after Scotland international striker Ross McCormack left Leeds to join Fulham for an undisclosed fee, believed to be £11m.
Mr Thomas Moley, 49, of Cullaville Road in Crossmaglen, pleaded guilty to the charges at Newry Magistrates' Court.
He was given two three-month sentences, suspended for 18 months.
Approximately four tonnes of fuel laundering waste was found alongside a laundering plant during an inspection at premises he owned with his wife.
The Northern Ireland Environment Agency and the PSNI carried out the inspection on 15 July 2014, along with HM Revenue and Customs, which removed the majority of the material.
But a quantity of mixed controlled waste had also been left there, despite the site having no licence or authorisation to store, keep or treat waste.
Mr Moley was ordered to remove the waste from the premises in accordance with legislation, but failed to do so.
The judge ordered him to pay costs of £393.60 and his suspended sentences will run concurrently.
A survey of motorists suggests they will be more likely to buy polluting cars following a Budget change.
Environment groups say in a letter to the prime minister this is one of many recent changes to taxes and incentives that will push up CO2 emissions.
The government said it aimed to keep its promises on cutting CO2.
However, it added that energy policy urgently needed revision.
The AA and the green groups are disturbed by a welter of announcements in past weeks on the environment and energy.
In his Budget, Chancellor George Osborne announced that the nil Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) band for clean petrol cars would be restricted in future to electric vehicles.
This removes a tax break for clean petrol cars and hybrids, which will from 2017 attract the same VED as gas guzzlers.
The AA president Edmund King told BBC News: “If the government is serious about trying to get motorists to drive cleaner greener cars, this is really counter-productive.
“Drivers will not be given the same incentive to go for cleaner (petrol or hybrid) cars so there won’t be the same pressure on manufacturers to produce those cleaner models. We seem to be getting rid of an incentive that worked very well.”
The AA’s poll suggested 59% of drivers thought the VED changes penalised low-CO2 cars. A Treasury spokesman said the VED change would incentivise the very cleanest zero emissions vehicles.
The environment groups, meanwhile, are reeling from a slew of about a dozen policy shifts which experts say are likely to drive up CO2 emissions.
The government will cut subsidies to onshore wind, commercial solar power, and industrial biomass burning. It has scrapped the ailing Green Deal insulation scheme without a replacement, delayed a mandate for Zero Carbon homes, and reduced a tax on pollution. It has also imposed a carbon tax – the Climate Change Levy – on the very renewable industry it was designed to promote.
Some green campaigners say these initiatives and others comprise the biggest reversal of environmental policies in memory.
Energy Secretary Amber Rudd recently said the government would keep its commitments on climate change, but more efficiently.
“My priorities are clear. We need to keep bills as low as possible for hardworking families and businesses while reducing our emissions in the most cost-effective way.
“Our support has driven down the cost of renewable energy significantly. As costs continue to fall it becomes easier for parts of the renewables industry to survive without subsidies.”
A government source subsequently told us ministers had not calculated the likely cumulative effect of policy changes on the UK’s ability to meet its climate change laws.
In a public letter to Prime Minister David Cameron, the UK’s leading environmental groups said: “We welcomed the Conservative manifesto commitment to ‘being the first generation to leave the natural environment of England in a better state than that in which we found it’.
“Unfortunately, 10 green policies which could have helped you to achieve these goals have been cancelled or weakened.
“These policies were developed over many years, often with cross-party backing and the support and involvement of many businesses. Only one of these decisions, to end subsidies for onshore wind, was a commitment from your manifesto.”
Conservative-supporting newspapers have been calling for the reductions in subsidies for technologies like solar. A recent Telegraph editorial said: “The critics often talk about an environmentally sustainable energy regime, but overlook the fact the system must be fiscally sustainable too. Efficiency schemes, like renewable generators, will never be sustainable if they depend on public money.”
But firms in the clean energy sector are furious at the suddenness and extent of the proposed changes in taxes and incentives.
Adrian Scholtz from the consultancy KPMG told BBC News: “The truth is that some of the subsidies have been too high in the past. The government should have started tapering out subsidies a few years ago.
“But a technology like solar has been a great success. It’s made 70% gains in efficiency in the past few years, helped by subsidies. It’s likely to make 35% or more improvements to 2020. Soon it will be able to compete without subsidy – but if the government stops the subsidy now it will just kill the industry.”
The subsidy reductions stretch across most renewable energies, and a government source suggest more cuts are on the way for domestic solar power and renewable heating.
The waste firm Veolia have been hit by a de facto subsidy cut for the electricity they generate from landfill gas. They say they have invested around £10 million in new equipment on the promise of a subsidy through to 2023. This month they were told that subsidy would end in August.
Veolia’s Richard Kirkman told BBC News: “We are very angry that the government has made a U-turn on subsidies agreed until 2023 with just one month’s notice. This isn’t a way to run a government and give business the confidence to invest.
“There’s tens of thousands of jobs at stake in this sector – business can’t continue to invest if it doesn’t know where the government is going on policy.” He said the impact on household bills of renewables policies had been exaggerated.
The government has promised a “reset” of energy policy in the autumn. Analysts say there’s so much confusion over details it is impossible yet to predict the exact effect of changes on CO2 emissions – but that at first sight all the changes are likely to be negative.
They are very concerned about the prospect of major cuts to the energy efficiency budget – which, they say, offers the cheapest route to tackling climate change and energy security.
Friends of the Earth say they suspect that the chancellor has been persuaded by the “luke-warmer” analysis suggesting that climate change may not require urgent action. The Treasury spokesman said the Chancellor supported the policy outlined by Amber Rudd.
When pressed on the question of his attitude to "lukewarmism", a spokesman said it wasn't something the Treasury could provide.
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There was almost a sense of disbelief around the Stade de France at the break as the host nation walked off with a 4-0 advantage, two of the goals coming in the closing minutes of the half.
Olivier Giroud's low strike and Paul Pogba's powerful header from a corner had settled early French nerves and put their side in control.
Dimitri Payet scored his third goal of an increasingly memorable tournament for the West Ham playmaker with a precise low strike from 20 yards that skidded across the greasy surface before Antoine Griezmann deftly lifted the ball over Iceland goalkeeper Hannes Halldorsson.
After the restart Kolbeinn Sigthorsson stabbed home at the near post from Gylfi Sigurdsson's cross as Iceland refused to give in before France restored their four-goal advantage when Giroud headed in a free-kick.
Still, there was more to cheer for the excellent Iceland fans when Birkir Bjarnason headed a second for his side in the final stages of what has been a remarkable tournament debut for their team.
Didier Deschamps' side had only conceded twice in the tournament before meeting Iceland - both penalties - but they had not scored in the opening half of a match and only really shown in flashes that they can reproduce on the pitch the ability they appear to have on paper.
That changed at a wet but atmospheric Stade de France on Sunday.
Griezmann had not scored in 648 minutes of football for France at this ground but he ended that with his composed, delicate finish.
In some ways the goal was everything that was best about France; a patient 14-pass move that ended with a moment of invention to open up the opposition. A raking ball forward was superbly dummied by Giroud, completely bamboozling the Iceland defence and giving Griezmann a clear run at goal.
The goal took Griezmann to four in the tournament and he is now the highest scorer at Euro 2016, with Payet and Giroud among several players one behind.
But even though France were very comfortable winners, it was far from a flawless performance.
Iceland created several decent chances - Jon Dadi Bodvarsson shot over from a good position in the first half and Hugo Lloris made a brilliant save to stop a Sverrir Ingason header after the restart - in addition to their two goals.
After defeating the Republic of Ireland and Iceland in the knockout stages, France will face a very different challenge against a German side with a lot more attacking capability.
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Portugal skipper Cristiano Ronaldo rather sourly remarked that Iceland would "not go on to do anything" after their 1-1 draw at the start of the group stage. How wrong he was.
Their exploits at Euro 2016 have not only done wonders for spreading the word about Iceland's modest population (329,000 in case you had not heard) but captivated a nation and been one of the feel-good stories of a tournament that has desperately needed them.
They not only defied the odds by qualifying from the group stage - including a dramatic late winner against Austria - but also deservedly eliminated England in a match that they will surely never forget before running into a red-hot France.
Under the calm and steady joint stewardship of part-time dentist Heimir Hallgrimsson and former Sweden boss Lars Lagerback they showed what can be achieved through determination and organisation.
Even after they were on the wrong end of a 4-0 half-time scoreline against Les Blues, they showed the character and passion to 'win' the second half 2-1, cheered all the way by their magnificent fans, who gave the tournament the incredible hand clap.
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Inventive, alert and always involved, the Atletico Madrid star buzzed along and just behind the front line and was at the heart of so many good things for the French.
Iceland striker Kolbeinn Sigthorsson: "Our defending didn't work out as we wanted, but it's not strange that we're tired after so many games with the same squad. We got back into it in the second half, we showed a lot of character to do that, and we're really happy that we won the second half."
Iceland captain Aron Gunnarsson: "We are disappointed but incredibly proud. It's been an amazing experience. A lot of hard work has gone into this and the fans have been fantastic.
"[Speaking after the final whistle] They are still singing, it's unbelievable. The French have all left. They are still here. It just shows what we put into this.
"The first half was terrible, we managed to play better after the break. We decided we could not leave like that. We will learn from this. We are just starting."
France midfielder Dimitri Payet: "We managed to score a lot of goals, we scored quickly compared to previous fixtures.
"We have a lot of quality going forward. This was our best performance. We worked all week on Iceland's strengths, we were aware of that."
France striker Olivier Giroud: "We're very pleased, we scored five goals. Although we did concede a couple, we had a lot of fun and are pleased with our performance. We're going to try to erase a few of these small defensive mistakes, because against Germany we'd pay a heavy price."
It was not the end they wanted but Iceland can nevertheless return home with a lifetime of memories and a whole heap of new friends. They can look forward to World Cup qualifying in a group that contains fellow Euro 2016 sides Ukraine, Turkey and Croatia.
France can look forward to that tasty semi-final against Germany in Marseille. The winner of that faces Wales or Portugal back at the Stade de France.
12: France are still unbeaten in games with Iceland (W9 D3 L0).
17: France have not lost in their last 17 major tournament games played on home soil, winning 15 and drawing two.
5: France have scored five headers at Euro 2016 - a record by a team in a single European Championship.
4: France are the first team to score four in the first half of a European Championship game.
10: Olivier Giroud has scored 10 goals in his last nine starts for France. He has netted seven goals in eight games for Les Blues in 2016.
5: Iceland attempted more shots on target in this game than all four of France's previous opponents at Euro 2016 combined (three).
5: Iceland became the first team in history to name an unchanged starting XI in their opening five games of a Euros.
1: Samuel Umtiti was the first outfield player to win his first cap for France in a major tournament since Gabriel de Michele at the 1966 World Cup. He ended with a 100% pass accuracy from 77 passes.
Match ends, France 5, Iceland 2.
Second Half ends, France 5, Iceland 2.
Corner, France. Conceded by Sverrir Ingi Ingason.
Attempt blocked. Antoine Griezmann (France) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by André-Pierre Gignac.
Paul Pogba (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Alfred Finnbogason (Iceland).
Attempt missed. Sverrir Ingi Ingason (Iceland) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Johann Berg Gudmundsson with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Iceland. Conceded by Bacary Sagna.
Corner, Iceland. Conceded by Eliaquim Mangala.
Attempt missed. Moussa Sissoko (France) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann.
Attempt saved. Kingsley Coman (France) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann.
Goal! France 5, Iceland 2. Birkir Bjarnason (Iceland) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ari Freyr Skúlason with a cross.
Substitution, Iceland. Eidur Gudjohnsen replaces Kolbeinn Sigthorsson.
Foul by Eliaquim Mangala (France).
Kolbeinn Sigthorsson (Iceland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, France. Kingsley Coman replaces Dimitri Payet.
André-Pierre Gignac (France) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Birkir Bjarnason (Iceland).
Attempt blocked. Gylfi Sigurdsson (Iceland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ari Freyr Skúlason.
Paul Pogba (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Alfred Finnbogason (Iceland).
Foul by Antoine Griezmann (France).
Aron Gunnarsson (Iceland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Samuel Umtiti (France) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Samuel Umtiti (France).
Johann Berg Gudmundsson (Iceland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Antoine Griezmann (France) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Aron Gunnarsson (Iceland).
Substitution, France. Eliaquim Mangala replaces Laurent Koscielny.
Corner, France. Conceded by Hannes Thór Halldórsson.
Foul by Paul Pogba (France).
Aron Gunnarsson (Iceland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Antoine Griezmann (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kolbeinn Sigthorsson (Iceland).
Bacary Sagna (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Johann Berg Gudmundsson (Iceland).
Attempt blocked. André-Pierre Gignac (France) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann.
Corner, Iceland. Conceded by Hugo Lloris.
Attempt saved. Sverrir Ingi Ingason (Iceland) header from very close range is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Johann Berg Gudmundsson with a cross.
Corner, Iceland. Conceded by Bacary Sagna.
Residents and correspondents in the second city, Bouake, described calm on the streets - a day after troops briefly seized the defence minister.
The rebellion had spread from there to other cities, including the commercial hub, Abidjan, but that city, too, is now quiet.
A deal was struck between the mutinous soldiers and the government on Saturday, though details are scant.
A correspondent for AFP news agency in Bouake said on Sunday that there had been no firing there since Saturday evening.
"Traffic has resumed this morning and the shops have reopened."
Ivory Coast profile
The mutiny began in Bouake early on Friday with soldiers firing rocket-launchers. On Saturday soldiers took over the army headquarters in Abidjan.
Protests also took place in the cities of Man, Daloa, Daoukro, Odienne and Korhogo.
President Alassane Ouattara went on national TV on Saturday night to announce a deal.
"I confirm that I have agreed to take into account the demands of the soldiers over bonuses and better working conditions," he said. At the same time he criticised the rebellion.
Aside from better pay, the agreement is reported to include an amnesty for the mutineers.
Defence Minister Alain-Richard Donwahi - who had gone to Bouake to negotiate with the protesters - was held for two hours there late on Saturday.
The mutiny raised fears of a resurgence of the violence seen during Ivory Coast's 10-year civil war, which ended in 2011.
Some of the mutineers were thought to be former rebels who joined the army after the conflict.
The rebels swept into Abidjan from Bouake in 2011, helping Mr Ouattara take power after his predecessor Laurent Gbagbo - now on trial at the International Criminal Court - refused to accept defeat in elections the previous year.
England goalkeeper Joe Hart's dreadful blunder allowed Gareth Bale's 30-yard free-kick to creep in and put Wales ahead just before the interval in Lens.
Manager Roy Hodgson's side were jeered off at the break and with England's campaign - and arguably his future - on the line, he gambled by introducing Jamie Vardy and Sturridge for the struggling Raheem Sterling and Harry Kane.
The roll of the dice worked as Vardy scrambled in an equaliser from close range after 56 minutes before constant England pressure saw Sturridge work his way into the area and poke past keeper Wayne Hennessey at the near post.
England move top of Group B and need a point against Slovakia on Monday to earn automatic qualification into the last 16, while Wales must beat Russia to guarantee a top-two finish.
When England left the pitch at half-time accompanied by abuse from their own fans, everything was on the line in this Euro 2016 campaign.
England were facing a humiliating first defeat by Wales since 1984 and the pressure was on Hodgson as his own future would have been in jeopardy if he and his team had made an ignominious exit from France.
He needed to be positive and inspirational, qualities his detractors have accused him of lacking in the past - but here it came off.
Out went Kane and Sterling and on came Sturridge and Vardy. It was all-out attack and the momentum shifted almost instantly as the second half was a tale of almost virtual England domination.
A different script might have been written had Sturridge not produced that late winner, but the bottom line is Hodgson's ploy worked.
It was not scientific - more a question of throwing everything at it and see what happens - but the desired result was achieved and England secured a win from a losing half-time position for the first time at a major tournament.
Hodgson gambled with England's Euro 2016 future and his own. Now he will hope the tournament is ignited for his team.
Wales had spent the week taunting England, light-heartedly at times, about a shortage of desire and passion, but Hodgson's side had the last word as Chris Coleman's players slumped to the turf in agony at the final whistle.
The fightback began instantly as Bale rallied around his desolate colleagues to form a huddle with captain Ashley Williams at the heart of it.
Williams addressed the team passionately and the main message will surely be that they are still right in Euro 2016 and this result, while damaging, is hardly fatal.
If Wales beat Russia in their final game, something they are eminently capable of doing, they will be in the knockout stages, a feat which can be regarded as a success in their first major tournament since 1958. Depending on England's final game, a draw might well suffice.
Wales were second best here, not offering enough attacking options around the world-class talent of Bale, but there is a resilience and unity about this team that serves it well.
They were outstanding defensively until that late twist. Their fate, however, remains in their own hands and this Wales team will not go quietly.
England escaped here - and they deserved the win - but this was not an entirely convincing performance and the first half was a wretched affair.
No wonder goalkeeper Hart ran the length of the field to join in the celebrations after Sturridge's winner because he was responsible for the anxiety that threatened to engulf England.
Is Bale now so deadly from free-kicks that he has a psychological edge even before he hits the ball?
Hart should have stopped Bale's powerful effort from distance, but the ball slipped through his hands as he dived full length to his left.
Hodgson must also decide what to do about Kane and Sterling, two players he defended from criticism after their performances in the draw against Russia.
Kane looks a jaded figure after a long season at Tottenham, while Sterling's confidence almost appears to be draining by the second. He missed an easy chance and felt the frustration of England's fans before he was taken off at half-time.
Hodgson must now surely find a system that incorporates Vardy and Sturridge from the start against Slovakia, presumably at the expense of Kane and Sterling.
For now, however, Hodgson can celebrate a victory that not only leaves England within sight of the last 16, but may well have saved his job.
England manager Roy Hodgson on his half-time team-talk: "We were doing OK but there were other aspects of our game which we could bring to the game.
"In the second half it was much more aggressive in terms of our attacking play. We were in a hair's breath so many times but it took until the 92nd minute.
"I have great empathy with Chris and the Welsh team because he must have been looking at a good draw. He will be today as I was on Saturday night."
Wales boss Chris Coleman: "A point for us would have been fantastic. Congrats to Roy - he made some good substitutions and we knew they would push us back.
"The guys showed great heart. They stuck into the game and, with 60 seconds remaining, to give up that point we worked so hard for, we are gutted.
"We are here to get through to the last 16. If you are from Wales, you always looked at this game because it is England, but for me it is the middle game of three. We have to show a reaction against Russia."
Match ends, England 2, Wales 1.
Second Half ends, England 2, Wales 1.
Attempt missed. Gareth Bale (Wales) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Neil Taylor.
Goal! England 2, Wales 1. Daniel Sturridge (England) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dele Alli.
Attempt missed. Gary Cahill (England) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Wayne Rooney with a cross following a corner.
Corner, England. Conceded by Ben Davies.
Attempt blocked. Kyle Walker (England) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Wayne Rooney.
Foul by Jamie Vardy (England).
Chris Gunter (Wales) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Dele Alli (England) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marcus Rashford.
Corner, England. Conceded by Neil Taylor.
Foul by Kyle Walker (England).
Joe Allen (Wales) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Jonathan Williams (Wales) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by David Edwards.
Attempt blocked. Wayne Rooney (England) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Daniel Sturridge.
Attempt missed. Gareth Bale (Wales) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Neil Taylor with a cross.
Foul by Marcus Rashford (England).
Aaron Ramsey (Wales) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, England. Marcus Rashford replaces Adam Lallana.
Substitution, Wales. Jonathan Williams replaces Hal Robson-Kanu.
Attempt blocked. Daniel Sturridge (England) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, Wales. David Edwards replaces Joe Ledley because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Daniel Sturridge (England) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Gary Cahill.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Joe Ledley (Wales) because of an injury.
Corner, Wales. Conceded by Jamie Vardy.
Corner, Wales. Conceded by Dele Alli.
Foul by Daniel Sturridge (England).
Joe Ledley (Wales) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Eric Dier (England) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Gary Cahill following a set piece situation.
Ben Davies (Wales) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Adam Lallana (England) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ben Davies (Wales).
Corner, England. Conceded by Ben Davies.
Attempt blocked. Adam Lallana (England) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Daniel Sturridge.
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Foul by Hal Robson-Kanu (Wales).
Corner, England. Conceded by Wayne Hennessey.
Attempt saved. Wayne Rooney (England) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dele Alli.
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The 25-year-old double Paralympic champion will be chasing her fourth consecutive world compound title.
This year, Brown won her first able-bodied British national title and competed at the World Championships.
"If I shoot to my ability I can come away with gold - but I can't be complacent," she told BBC Sport.
"It is a case of going there and making good shots and doing what I have been working on all year and hopefully everything will fall into place. It will be tough, but enjoyable as well.
"There is a lot of pressure on me as defending champion but not as much as there was in London. I wanted that gold so badly and I was so nervous when I was competing."
Brown's biggest challenge could come from team-mate Mel Clarke, who won silver in London, and the pair are part of a 10-strong GB team for the championships which also includes Beijing gold medallist John Stubbs, Richard Hennahane, Kenny Allen, Frank Maguire, John Cavanagh, Phillip Bottomley, Paul Browne and Sharon Vennard.
As well as the individual competition, Brown is hoping to team up with Stubbs in the mixed team competition which is now part of the Paralympic archery programme.
Brown, who has Complex Regional Pain Syndrome - which gives her chronic pain in her feet - admits that although the pain has an impact on her concentration, the sport helps her to focus on shooting her next arrow and not on her condition.
The Leicester University law graduate has already enjoyed a successful 2013. Her title at the ArcheryGB National Series finals in Nottingham was followed by a trip to Turkey as part of the GB team at the World Championships, where she missed out on a medal in the team compound event with Rikki Bingham and Andrea Gales after a play-off defeat by France.
However, Brown is hoping to use that experience in Thailand with qualifying starting on Saturday and the finals taking place on Thursday.
"Earlier this year we got a new head coach, Michael Peart, who changed my technique so it has been a frustrating year at times - but winning at the National Series gave me the confidence boost I needed for the Worlds," she said.
"To compete at my first able-bodied World Championships was amazing and I got to shoot on the finals field and I don't think I let myself down.
"I love competing and to have the chance to do that in able-bodied and Paralympic competition is great. But I never see myself as being disadvantaged by having a disability and I don't consider my disability when I am shooting.
"I'm focusing on what I can do rather than what I can't do. If I thought about what I can't do it would affect my life negatively."
Navinder Singh Sarao successfully argued he could not access bail of £5.05m because his assets had been frozen.
The US Justice Department (DoJ) wants him extradited on wire and commodities fraud and market manipulation charges.
He will return to his home for the first time since April.
The court forced him to disclose the whereabouts of his money and was told he had funds of more than £30m, £25.5m of it in Swiss accounts.
Mr Sarao told an earlier hearing at Westminster Magistrates' Court that he had not "done anything wrong, apart from being good at my job".
The other bail conditions are that he must stay at his parents' address in Hounslow, west London, each night, and must not travel internationally or use the internet.
The court was also told that Mr Sarao had been diagnosed with severe Asperger's syndrome.
A full extradition hearing is scheduled for 24-25 September.
The DoJ claims that Mr Sarao and his firm, Nav Sarao Futures, made £26m ($40m) illegally over five years.
He has been accused of using an "automated trading program" to manipulate markets, and of contributing to the flash crash of 6 May 2010. On that day, the Dow Jones index lost 700 points in a matter of minutes - wiping about $800bn off the value of US shares - before recovering just as quickly.
He was granted bail in April. But one condition of bail was that he put up £5m - money which he could not access because of a worldwide freezing order granted in the US.
The announcement was made by a spokesman for the Popular Mobilisation (al-Hashid al-Shaabi), a force comprising dozens of Shia militias.
He said the operation would see government troops and militiamen move southwards from Salahuddin province and seek to cut off IS militants in Ramadi.
The provincial capital fell to IS this month after Iraq's army withdrew.
Since then government forces have been massing for a counter-attack in the western province, and they say they have regained some ground east of Ramadi in the past few days.
On Tuesday, fighting was reported south and west of Ramadi, as the Iraqi forces tried to cut off supply routes to the city.
The offensive has been welcomed by the Americans, with Vice-President Joe Biden pledging full US support, the BBC's defence correspondent Jonathan Marcus says.
But he adds that Washington remains uneasy about the prominent role of Shia fighters, many of whom are backed by Iran.
Separately, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius criticised the Iraqi government, saying Paris had joined a US-led coalition last year in carrying out air strikes against IS on the basis that Baghdad represented the interests of all groups in the country.
"There is no military solution without a political solution. In September, we linked the coalition's support to political commitments by the new Iraqi government, what we call an inclusive policy," Mr Fabius was quoted as saying by Reuters.
"This contract is what justified our military engagement and I say clearly here that it must be better respected," he added.
The Popular Mobilisation's spokesman, Ahmed al-Assadi, told a televised news conference that the operation to regain control of Anbar would be called "Labayk ya Hussein" ("At your service, O Hussein") - a reference to a revered Shia imam.
He said the operation would "not last for a long time" and that new weapons would be used in the battle that would "surprise the enemy".
Mr Assadi separately told the AFP news agency that a mix of security forces and paramilitaries would move into desert areas north-east of Ramadi, before encircling the city and preparing to retake it.
Islamic State is extremely good at public relations. It generates admiration and fear with each of the videos it issues - 360 within the last year, just about one a day.
The terror it generates through its gruesome execution videos does a great deal of its work for it. And people around the world believe that it is indeed carrying all before it.
By contrast, the Iraqi government has not been particularly effective at public relations. It has often been slow at telling people of its achievements, and foreign journalists in Baghdad sometimes have problems trying to find out what the forces are doing and how they are succeeding.
The result is that there has been real scepticism internationally about the Iraqi government's claims to be pushing IS back on almost all fronts.
Islamic State PR gloss masks Iraqi forces' gains
In an interview with the BBC on Monday, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Ramadi might be recaptured "within days".
Mr Abadi also defended the decision of the 1,500 soldiers who had reportedly been stationed in the city to flee in the face of an assault by as few as 150 militants.
He explained that the soldiers had been fazed by Islamic State's shock tactics and did not lack the will to fight, as alleged by US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter.
"I am sure he [Mr Carter] was fed with the wrong information".
"They have the will to fight but when they are faced with an onslaught by [IS] from nowhere... with armoured trucks packed with explosives, the effect of them [being blown up] is like a small nuclear bomb - it gives a very, very bad effect on our forces," he added.
Fall of Ramadi a "defeat for American strategy"
IS seized parts of Ramadi, which is only 100km (60 miles) west of the capital Baghdad, along with the nearby city of Falluja and much of Anbar in January 2014.
The province - which is predominantly Sunni - covers a vast stretch of the country west from Baghdad to the Syrian border, and contains key roads that link Iraq to both Syria and Jordan.
The US had urged the government not to send Shia militias in Anbar in case they drove more of Anbar's Sunnis into supporting the jihadists.
But after IS took complete control of Ramadi, the Popular Mobilisation was deployed. On Saturday, it retook the town of Husayba, east of Ramadi.
Mr Abadi also told the BBC that the US-led coalition needed to help Iraq tighten control of its borders, as many IS fighters were slipping into the country from Syria.
In a separate development, Britain revealed on Tuesday that its Reaper drones had carried out successful air strikes on IS targets in Anbar between 22 May and 24 May.
The march is scheduled to take place on Sunday 7 August.
But the Parades Commission has banned it from passing the Lower Falls area.
The ruling follows trouble at last year's parade. The commission cited "deliberate breaches" of conditions for the 2015 parade and the "extremely high risks of public disorder" as reasons.
Three men and a woman were arrested after petrol bombs, stones and bottles were thrown at police after they stopped the parade entering Belfast city centre last year.
The Parades Commission said the group had not abided by parade conditions in the past and did not give enough assurances about this year's event.
However, the parade organisers said Irish republicans were being excluded from what should be a shared city centre space.
AIL spokesperson Gerard Fitzpatrick said: "We have absolutely no real explanation of why we cannot march into the city centre which is our city centre. We are told we live in a society of equals. Why can we not then march into our city centre?"
The parade's organisers expect to be in court for their challenge by the middle of next week.
Initial reports suggest the two-metre long object is very likely to be from a Boeing 777, Najib Razak said.
The Malaysia Airlines flight - a Boeing 777 - vanished while travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in March 2014.
The search has focused on part of the southern Indian Ocean east of Reunion.
Oceanographer David Griffin, of Australia's national science agency, told the BBC that the location of the find was "consistent with where we think debris might have turned up".
There were 239 passengers and crew on board the plane when it went missing.
Mr Najib said French authorities were taking the debris to the southern French city of Toulouse - the site of the nearest office of the French body responsible for air accident investigations (the BEA) - to verify it as quickly as possible.
He said the location was consistent with drift analysis provided to Malaysian investigators.
"As soon as we have more information or any verification we will make it public. I promise the families of those lost that whatever happens, we will not give up."
Malaysia has sent a team of investigators and other officials to Toulouse and another team of experts to Reunion - a French overseas department.
Will this solve aviation mystery?
Aviation experts who have studied photos of the debris found on Reunion on Wednesday say it does resemble a flaperon - a moving part of the wing surface - from a Boeing 777.
All aircraft parts carry a serial number which should aid identification.
On Thursday, a municipal employee found what appeared to be part of a very badly damaged suitcase on the Reunion coast, according to local media (in French).
The item was found at Saint-Andre, the same location as the earlier debris, and by the same man.
A French police helicopter is now scouring waters around Reunion for other debris.
Search efforts for MH370, led by Australia, are focused on an area west of the Australian city of Perth - about 4,000km east of Reunion.
The Australian government has described the discovery of the wreckage as "a very significant development".
The wife of the in-flight supervisor for the missing plane, Jacquita Gonzales, told the BBC that she was "torn" by the news.
"A part of me hopes that it is [MH370] so that I could have some closure and bury my husband properly but the other part of me says 'No, no, no' because there is still hope," she told the BBC by phone.
Missing Malaysia plane: What we know
After MH370 disappeared from radar screens, experts analysed data from faint "pings" the aircraft sent to satellites to narrow down its possible location.
More than half of those on board the plane were Chinese citizens.
A spokesperson for China's foreign ministry said: "We have noticed the reports and are wasting no time in obtaining and checking the information."
A group of relatives of many of the Chinese passengers said in a statement that they wanted "100%" certainty about where the part is from, and that the search for the airliner should continue.
I am told that Boeing's engineers will be able to tell from the shape of the wreckage if it's from a 777 aircraft.
Second, it may have a data tag with a serial number. That will be directly traceable to MH370. Even if there isn't a tag, it should have a traceable manufacturer's stamp.
A very experienced investigator has told me it could have come off in a controlled ditching, where the pilot would have the flaps down and it would be vulnerable if it hit the sea. Equally it could have disintegrated at altitude.
Finally, there is some confusion over the serial number. Originally it was reported as BB670. Now it's suggested the number was BB657. According to the 777 maintenance manual that is the "right wing flaperon".
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The tenacious deep-sea hunt for MH370
The 42-year-old former South Africa all-rounder had been in the role for two-and a half seasons, but has departed "with mutual agreement".
"Extended periods of separation from family in South Africa have become increasingly more difficult," he said.
Hampshire are currently bottom of Division One, fourth in the One Day Cup and eighth in the T20 Blast.
Director of cricket Giles White said 1st XI responsibilities would be taken up by the other members of the coaching team until further notice.
Benkenstein, who led the club to two NatWest T20 Blast Finals Days and Championship promotion during his tenure, told BBC Radio Solent: "It has been an issue, especially over the last two years after having my youngest child, and the separation from my family has taken its toll.
"I made a decision that I wouldn't be coming back next year, I was fully committed to this season and wanted to give them enough time to think about next year.
"It isn't possible for my family to come over for numerous reasons so I wanted to go back again for a week and we were trying to look for a gap.
"Giles thought about it and felt the best thing for me and the best thing for the club is for me to go home now. When he put that option on the table I knew it was definitely the right thing to do."
Joint leader after a first round 62 on Sunday, the Welshman slipped down the leader board with a second-round 71.
Fellow Welshman David Boote missed out on one of the 15 qualifying places in a seven-way play-off.
The amateur also fired a 62 in the first round, but two bogeys on the back nine on Monday saw him slip from the automatic qualifying places.
Writing on his own website, Dredge said: "Not only was one of two players who shot a club record 10 under par 62 around the [Walton Heath] new course but I also made sure I would complete the major grand slam, having previously only played The Masters, The Open and The USPGA."
The qualifying event was won by Wolverhampton's Aaron Rai, with Andrew "Beef" Johnston also among the qualifiers for the 117th US Open at Erin Hills, Wisconsin, from June 12-18.
Qualifiers: Aaron Rai (Eng) -14; Haotong Li (China) -13; Alexander Levy (Fra) -12; Richie Ramsey (Sco) -12; Oliver Bekker (S Africa) -11; Joel Stalter (Fra) -11; Bradley Dredge (Wal) -11; Eddie Pepperell (Eng) -11; Brandon Stone (S Africa) -10; George Coetzee (S Africa) -10; Andrew Johnston (Eng) -10; Paul Dunne (ROI) -9; Matt Wallace (Eng) -9; Thomas Aiken (S Africa) -9; Wade Ormsby (Aus) -9.
Mr Balls, who lost his seat in May, told the Daily Telegraph it was "no secret" he thought Mr Miliband had to position himself better with business.
In the interview, Mr Balls said he had not been in the "core campaign team" around Mr Miliband for the election.
He added that since the election he had turned down an offer to appear on ITV's I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!
"I'd already subjected myself to one high-profile public vote this year, and I wasn't really sure that I wanted a second one," he said.
On Labour's approach to business going into the election, Mr Balls said he had publicly supported the energy price freeze pledge, even though he thought it allowed the party to be seen as "anti-business".
"What I didn't like was the language giving the impression that energy companies are the bad guys," he said.
"If you allow yourself to be anti-business, or anti-bank or anti-energy company, people think, 'Hang on a second, you have to work with these people if you want to govern.'"
Mr Balls said he had to "take it on the chin" that he had not been able to persuade people he could run the economy.
He lost his Morley and Outwood seat in West Yorkshire to Conservative Andrea Jenkyns by 422 votes on 7 May.
He revealed that among the messages of consolation he received after his defeat was a "very nice" text from Chancellor George Osborne, but nothing from David Cameron.
Mr Balls said he was not now tempted to return to front-rank politics, having spent 20 years as Gordon Brown's adviser, then an MP and cabinet minister, before being shadow chancellor on Mr Miliband's front bench.
"I'm not going to the House of Lords, and I'm not planning to go back to the Commons," he said.
"It's a new chapter for me and there will be something for me outside politics."
Since the election he has turned down offers of work except for part-time academic posts at Harvard in the US and at the London School of Economics.
On the Labour leadership contest, Mr Balls said his wife Yvette Cooper was standing as a candidate because she is "there for a purpose".
The boy was found outside St Peter's Church in Hough Lane, Bramley, near Leeds, on Wednesday morning.
The Reverend Paul Crabb who found him led prayers for the boy and his mother at a brief outdoor ceremony.
West Yorkshire Police said they are still trying to identify the baby and find his mother.
Mr Crabb said: "We're here to be together, to share our sadness and to express our love for a little boy we never knew yet whose death has changed our lives."
He went on to pray the boy's mother would "find the help that she needs".
The white baby boy was found in a Tesco bag for life, said the force.
It is believed the infant had only recently been born before he was left by the doorstep.
He was taken to hospital by ambulance but was later pronounced dead.
The boy was wrapped in a towel and shirt.
More than 5,000 turkeys at the farm in Louth have been diagnosed with the H5N8 strain of avian flu.
Earlier this month, the Scottish government declared an Avian Influenza Prevention Zone and put restrictions in place.
It said the zone would remain in force until 6 January.
It was introduced in response to multiple reports of the disease causing deaths among wild birds in mainland Europe.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) in England said most of the birds found to have avian flu at the farm in Louth had died and the remaining were due to be culled.
The Scottish government has urged Scottish keepers to be aware of the need for "excellent biosecurity".
The restrictions in place mean that all bird keepers should keep their birds housed if possible or otherwise take steps to ensure they are separated from wild birds.
Fergus Ewing, Scottish Rural Affairs Secretary, for the Rural Economy and Connectivity, said: "I am aware of the case of Avian Influenza in Lincolnshire and we are working with Defra and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) to determine the cause and possible spread of the disease.
"The arrival of H5N8 in the UK highlights how essential it is that bird keepers comply with the Avian Influenza Prevention Zone, as well as maintaining excellent biosecurity on their premises.
"The Scottish government declared this zone as a precaution against disease, although we knew that there was always a risk of the virus arriving in the UK with migratory wild birds."
Scotland's Chief Veterinary Officer Sheila Voas added: "The fact that H5N8 has been detected in housed turkeys highlights the importance of biosecurity. We know that H5N8 is circulating in wild birds, and simply moving your birds indoors may not be enough to protect them if your biosecurity is not sufficient.
"Businesses should also review their contingency plans in case of an outbreak."
Dr Jim McMenamin of Health Protection Scotland said: "Health Protection Scotland (HPS) has advised that the threat to public health from this strain of avian influenza H5N8 is very low."
The YouGov/ITV Wales poll puts Labour on 33% of the constituency vote.
It is the same rating as a poll by the same pollsters published at the end of April.
The fight for second place remains very close between the Welsh Conservatives and Plaid Cymru, the survey suggests.
On constituency voting the Welsh Political Barometer Poll for 2-4 May puts the parties as follows:
Meanwhile, on regional voting the research indicates:
Prof Roger Scully of Cardiff University said, if the results were applied in an uniform way across Wales, Labour would win 27 seats, Plaid Cymru 12, the Conservative 11, UKIP 8 and the Lib Dems two.
He said: "Here we see Labour remaining well ahead of the field.
"Plaid Cymru will be disappointed to slip back into third [in voting intention] behind the Conservatives; the Tories, by contrast, appear to have checked any erosion in their support evident in the last couple of Barometer polls.
"Meanwhile UKIP's support remains impressively robust."
The poll for ITV and Cardiff University's Wales Governance Centre had a sample of 1,326 Welsh adults and was carried out by YouGov from 2-4 May 2016.
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Hamilton Accies manager Martin Canning conceded that the 1-0 win over Inverness CT was a "huge result" in their fight to stay in the Premiership.
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The Automobile Association (AA) has joined green groups in warning that recent changes in energy policy will harm the climate.
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France scored five to bring a brutal end to the Iceland fairytale and set up an intriguing Euro 2016 semi-final against world champions Germany in Marseille on Thursday.
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Daniel Sturridge scored an injury-time winner as England came from behind to beat Wales and secure their first victory at Euro 2016.
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Britain's Danielle Brown will be hoping to add to her list of honours at the World Para-archery Championships which start on Saturday in Thailand.
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Pro-government forces in Iraq have formally launched an operation to drive Islamic State out of Anbar province.
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The organisers of a republican anti-internment parade are to seek a judicial review of a ruling barring them from Belfast city centre.
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Debris found on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion is to be transported to France to find out whether it is from the missing flight MH370, Malaysia's prime minister has said.
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Hampshire head coach Dale Benkenstein has left the club with immediate effect because of family reasons.
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Bradley Dredge will play in his first US Open after finishing joint fifth in the qualifying event at Walton Heath.
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Tiny satellite tags have tracked months-old animals in the uncertain period when they leave US coastal waters and head out into the wider Atlantic Ocean.
The data suggests the loggerheads can spend quite some time in the Sargasso Sea, possibly living in amongst floating mats of sargassum seaweed.
The observations are reported in a journal of the Royal Society.
“This has been a fun study because the data suggest the turtles are doing something a little bit unexpected to what everyone had assumed over the past few decades, and it boils down to having the right technology to be able to follow the animals,” said lead author Dr Kate Mansfield from University of Central Florida, Orlando.
Scientists have long struggled to track the earliest years of Atlantic loggerheads (Caretta caretta).
After emerging from their nests on Florida’s beaches, the infant turtles, or neonates, make a dash for the water and head out on a great adventure.
Precisely where they go and what they do with their time before returning as large juveniles to the US seaboard has been something of a mystery.
Genetics studies, bycatch, strandings and opportunistic sightings offshore have given broad hints – that they travel in a huge circle within the currents associated with the North Atlantic subtropical gyre, reaching the Azores and Cape Verde before heading back to the Gulf of Mexico and Florida.
Tracking by satellite would give more definitive answers. However, attaching data tags to turtles that are just a few months old, and growing rapidly, is very tricky.
But by using flexible mounts and preparation techniques usually found in a manicurist’s salon, Dr Mansfield’s team got the tags to stay on the animals’ shells for up to 220 days.
And it is with this new data that the scientists can see the young turtles dropping out of the gyre’s predominant currents into the middle of the Atlantic – into what is often referred to as the Sargasso Sea.
The way the tags worked indicated also that the loggerheads mostly stayed at the sea surface. This could be seen in the temperature recordings as well, although these readings were quite a bit higher than expected.
This has led the team to hypothesise that the turtles are living in and around the great mats of sargassum found in the central Atlantic.
The activity is well known and assumed in young turtles to have something to do with the protection from predation and foraging opportunities that the seaweed offers.
But Dr Mansfield believes there may be thermal benefits for these cold-blooded creatures, too.
“Their survival, their metabolism, their feeding behaviour – everything is enhanced by optimal temperatures. And the sargassum is almost like a warm, floating micro-habitat. The mats trap water where you can get localised warming,” she told BBC News.
“We actually did a down-and-dirty experiment with sargassum in a bucket of water alongside a water bucket without sargassum, and, sure enough, you get a temperature difference that could explain what we saw from the tags.”
Atlantic loggerheads are classified as endangered, and that concern is heightened because they take so long to reach sexual maturity.
It can be 25 years or more before they get to reproduce and put back into the population.
Knowing what they get up to during their juvenile phases is therefore very useful conservation information.
The new study appears in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
Prof Brendan Godley is a co-ordinator of the Marine Turtle Research Group, which is based at Exeter University, UK. He commented: "This paper marks a major step forward in the development of satellite tracking.
"So far, tracking has focussed on adults, particularly females with few tags on juveniles and a handful on open oceanic life stages.
"This is the first that has tracked turtles so small. Tracking turtles this way is continually offering new insights into the life history patterns of these elusive species, greatly enhancing our ability to improve the conservation of this important animal group," he told BBC News.
Hear more from Kate Mansfield on BBC Radio 4's Inside Science programme with Lucie Green this Thursday at 1630 GMT.
All images by Jim Abernethy (NMFS permit 1551).
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The former Doctor Who star said the role had been "impossible to turn down" - despite previously saying she wanted time off from TV series.
"When I left Doctor Who the first thing I said was, 'I just don't want to do a series for a while,'" the 30-year-old said at a press event in London.
Rufus Sewell also appears in the show, which starts on ITV on 28 August.
The actor plays Lord Melbourne, the queen's first prime minister, in the commercial channel's latest flagship drama.
Comparisons are already being made to Downton Abbey, which came to a close last Christmas after six years on air.
Writer Daisy Goodwin said she "couldn't possibly hope to replicate" Downton's success but hoped Victoria would "give people pleasure".
One aspect of the role that Coleman had to grapple with was the blue contact lenses she was required to sport to emulate Victoria's natural eye colour.
"Any of the portraits you see, the first thing you see are her eyes," said the actress, adding she went through "in the region of about 70 pairs" during shooting.
The first series of Victoria charts the early years of the queen's reign and her courtship with Prince Albert, played by Tom Hughes.
Coleman made her first appearance in the BBC's Doctor Who in 2012, going on to play the Doctor's companion Clara Oswald in three series.
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The attack happened on a footpath off Whitchurch Drive near to Furrows Garage, Telford, on 3 April.
West Mercia Police said Witold Pudlo, 31, of Riven Road in Hadley, Telford, had been remanded in custody to appear at Telford Crown Court on 11 May.
Charges have been dropped against Michael Currens, from Telford, a spokesman said.
The Gunners overcame Hull to win the FA Cup last term and beat Manchester City 3-0 in the Community Shield on Sunday.
Wenger says the trophies have instilled a "confidence" that Arsenal can carry into the first game of the campaign at home to Crystal Palace on Saturday.
He said: "It has taken a little bit the weight off our shoulders."
The Gunners led the Premier League for much of the first half of last season, but eventually finished fourth.
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They last won the championship in 2004, but Wenger believes his team will be challenging again this year having added Alexis Sanchez,Calum Chambers,Mathieu Debuchy and David Ospina to the squad over the summer,
"We have to take more points from the top teams and that will be our real challenge this year," the Frenchman continued.
"We finished fourth last year with 79 points. Man City won it with 86. So it was very tight in the top four.
"That's one or two games. If you win against them they have three points less and you have three points more. That means then it's down to one game."
Wenger believes "six or seven teams" have a genuine chance of winning the league.
"It will be a tough competition again," he said.
A report in The Times claimed five positive tests by Chinese swimmers had been covered up.
Fina has confirmed it is deciding whether any of the allegations require further investigation.
A Wada spokesman said it is looking at information provided by the Times "to address this matter head on".
A Fina statement read: "There are a small number of cases of failed doping controls by Chinese swimmers currently being investigated under the jurisdiction of Chinada, the Wada-recognised Chinese Anti-Doping Agency.
"Fina and Wada are both fully aware of these cases, but we are bound by confidentiality until the moment an athlete is actually banned.
"If the information we receive does merit further investigation, then Fina will leave no stone unturned in ensuring justice is served for the overwhelming majority of aquatics athletes who are clean."
It comes after Wada said on Wednesday it would investigate allegations of systematic doping in Russian swimming.
The Times had said it had "evidence of an organised drugs culture" similar to the one in Russian athletics but Fina said they were "not aware" of any "concrete evidence of systemic doping".
Two stadiums - in Porto Alegre and Sao Paulo - are still not finished, with the tournament due to start on 12 June.
Valcke insisted there is "no way" that fixtures will be postponed.
"If you want me to summarise, we are not ready," said the Frenchman. "We have two stadiums where there is still work to do."
Preparations for the World Cup have been beset by problems.
A construction worker fell to his death last week at Sao Paulo's Arena Corinthians, which is due to host the opening match between Brazil and Croatia.
That took the number of fatalities at the site to three after two people died in November following a partial collapse of the stadium. A total of eight men have already died working on World Cup stadiums.
Porto Alegre's local mayor had said the city may drop out if additional funding was not found to build facilities for media, sponsors and fans. The city's Beira Rio stadium is due to host five matches during the tournament.
But Valcke, who visited Brazil last week, insisted finance was available.
"Maybe there will be things which will not be totally ready at the beginning of the World Cup, but the most important thing for the 32 teams is the training camp and fields," he added.
"All of this will be there to ensure you have football."
Police in Scotland have formally identified the body of the 22-year-old, who was found at a private property in the Forres area on Saturday.
Hobden had been celebrating the New Year with friends at the property on the Moray coast near Inverness. His cause of death remains unexplained.
Post-mortem tests have taken place and a file passed to the Procurator Fiscal.
In a brief statement, Hobden's family asked to "be left alone to deal with the tragic circumstances that have unfolded".
Enquiries into the right-arm bowler's death continue, but Police Scotland say there are not thought to be any suspicious circumstances.
Tributes to Hobden have been made since news of his death emerged. Sussex opened a book of condolence at the county ground in Hove on Monday.
Following on from England's cricketers wearing black armbands as a mark of respect on day two of the second Test against South Africa in Cape Town, players from Australian Big Bash franchises Melbourne Stars and Hobart Hurricanes paid a similar tribute earlier on Wednesday.
Luke Wright, Hobden's captain at Sussex and currently playing for Melbourne, was among them as he scored a half-century.
Hobden made his his first-class debut in 2014 and represented Sussex in all formats of the game.
Oxford University fellow Dr Paula Byrne said the 1870 image was a "makeover" of an earlier portrait composed by the novelist's sister Cassandra.
But the Jane Austen Society, which was consulted by the Bank of England, felt it was a good choice.
The Hampshire-born writer was chosen to replace Charles Darwin on the £10 note.
It is expected to come into circulation from 2017.
Dr Byrne, author of The Real Jane Austen, said the chosen image made Austen look like "a pretty doll with big doe eyes".
"It's a 19th Century airbrushed makeover," said the fellow.
"It makes me quite angry as it's been prettied up for the Victorian era when Jane Austen was very much a woman of Georgian character.
"The costume is wrong and the image creates a myth Austen was a demure spinster and not a deep-thinking author.
"She was edgy for her time and the portrait by her sister Cassandra depicts an intelligent, determined woman."
Elizabeth Proudman, chairman of the Jane Austen Society, said the Bank of England had done the best it could.
"There is only one authentic image available of Jane Austen and that is the pencil sketching by her sister that hangs in the National Portrait Gallery.
"It's an amateur portrait and, at the time, nobody particularly liked it.
"But, Jane Austen's fame and popularity grew after her death and an engraving of Cassandra's portrait was produced by [William Home] Lizars to go inside her memoirs.
"The family chose it, feeling it was a strong resemblance and that is more or less the image which has been chosen."
In a statement, the Bank of England said the banknote portrait was an 1870 engraving commissioned by Austen's nephew, James Edward Austen Leigh, adapted from the original Cassandra sketch.
Jane Austen was born on 16 December, 1775 in the village of Steventon in Hampshire. She died in Winchester on the 18 July, 1817.
The selection of the author for the £10 note removed the prospect of having no women, besides the Queen, on the UK's currency.
It said the ratios of property prices to incomes, and property prices to rents, have reached all-time highs.
And it warned that London house prices have become more "decoupled" from household earnings than anywhere else in the world.
More than any other big city, the capital now faces the risk of a "substantial" price correction.
However it was not able to predict when any such correction might occur.
In its Global Real Estate Bubble Index, UBS says any city scoring more than 1.5 is at risk of a bubble.
London had the highest score, at 1.88.
Hong Kong came second, with a score of 1.67.
Real house prices, after adjusting for inflation, have soared by almost 40% in London since the beginning of 2013, said UBS.
That makes London one of the most expensive cities in the world.
Amongst other findings in the report:
The demand for London properties was largely driven by foreign investors, but domestic buyers have also helped to boost prices.
UBS said the government's Help to Buy scheme had stoked demand too.
On past experience, UBS said that a price correction of 30% usually occurs within three years of the index exceeding a score of 1.0.
New York, Boston and Chicago were among the cities at least risk of a housing bubble.
The 28-year-old Cameroon international has not featured for the Canaries since Neil Adams became manager in April.
His last appearance was in last season's 1-0 loss to West Brom on 5 April, before Norwich suffered relegation to the Championship.
"It's important for Seb to get some first-team football and keep himself fit and involved," said Adams.
"This is a good short-term loan move for all parties involved."
The Hornets are currently one of Norwich's main rivals for promotion from the Championship, with the two sides level on points, but the Canaries are one place higher in second on goal difference.
Watford's recruitment department had already planned to sign Bassong before head coach Billy McKinlay was replaced by Slavisa Jokanovic on Tuesday.
Centre-half Gabriel Tamas is currently a long-term absentee with a knee injury.
The large rodents travel around bogs, lochs and moors in order to join, or establish, new colonies.
Although the findings were based on a species adapted to a "patchy" environment, the work could help biologists understand how habitat fragmentation may affect other animals.
The research was presented at the British Science Festival in Aberdeen.
Water voles living in the north-west of Scotland live in small family groups of five to 10 individuals separated from other small populations by kilometres.
By studying the behaviour of the mammals, Prof Xavier Lambin and his colleagues from the University of Aberdeen discovered that far from remaining isolated, young members of the family groups wandered huge distances away from their "home" territory.
"We were astounded," Prof Lambin told the BBC.
"Those animals typically have a home range of a few hundred square meters, and we found them moving two to three kilometres, a few even moving 15 kilometres between [the site of] their birth and their first reproduction."
The vast journeys are extremely hazardous for the voles, during which they are exposed to predation away from the safety of their burrows.
The dispersal strategy appears to be very effective in allowing the voles to thrive in such small numbers and at such great distances from each other.
Individuals arrive at a "patch", wait five or six days to see if a potential mate arrives, and then move on if no other voles appear.
"They will hit the road, and again face predators and take the chance, and hopefully find another patch. They can do this for seven weeks - if they're lucky," Prof Lambin said.
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He told the BBC how he and his team employed a citizen science team of interested members of the public as well as members of the university to help monitor individuals and whether they were present in appropriate habitats.
"For the last 13 years, we've had a team of volunteers that roam the hills for six weeks a year, students and researchers. We visit all the patches that has habitat that would be suitable... Then we use capture-marking-recapture techniques with a little e-tag, and we also take a small piece of tissue from which we can extract DNA, so we can reconstruct the dispersal behaviour," he said.
The results from the work indicate the ability to travel large distances, creating links in a network of colonies, enables the mammals to persist at very low densities in the hills of north-west Scotland.
The researchers also concluded that the movement of voles from one patch of habitat to another spread diseases or pathogens to the newly explored areas.
But it also led to populations in danger of "crashing" being rescued by colonising individuals.
"It's actually this movement of individuals moving and colonising patches that lets these populations persist for long periods of time," said doctoral student Chris Sutherland who co-presented the research.
"It's a balancing act of the colonisation process when they move huge distances compensating for the fact that, because these populations are naturally small, they're more likely to go extinct," he said.
Although the water voles have evolved this behaviour in a naturally fragmented habitat, the research team hope their work will allow them to understand how important movement across corridors and between patches is for the survival of other species that find themselves in an increasingly fragmented world.
"Humans keep chopping up big pieces of landscape into smaller and smaller patches. And the ability of species to persist in those fragmented landscapes really requires them to be able to disperse and find each other," Prof Lambin said.
Professor Lambin and Chris Sutherland appear on the special British Science Festival edition of Material World broadcast on Thursday 6 September and will be available on the iPlayer.
Mr Trump on Saturday accused Barack Obama of ordering surveillance at Trump Tower in New York during the election, but has offered no evidence.
FBI Director James Comey has reportedly rejected the allegation - one report said he was "incredulous".
But White House spokesman Sean Spicer said on Tuesday the president has yet to speak to him about it.
The "smartest way" to address this is for Congress to extend its current investigations to include this issue, he said.
Mr Comey has asked the US justice department (DOJ) to publicly refute the president's claim, according to the New York Times and NBC.
He is said to have asked for this because the allegation implies the FBI broke the law. The DOJ has not commented.
When pressed about wire-tapping at the daily news briefing, Mr Spicer said the president has "absolutely" no regrets about the explosive claims.
"The House and Senate intelligence committee have the staff and the capabilities and the processes in place to look at this in a way that's objective, and that's where it should be done".
He added that the media should let the Senate and House intelligence committees "do their job" and "then report back to the American people".
Mr Spicer argued that if Mr Trump spoke to Mr Comey it could be viewed as interfering with an investigation.
"It's a no-win situation," he said.
US Senator John McCain on Monday also called for Mr Trump to release any evidence he has to support his claim.
"I think the president of the United States, if he has any information that would indicate that his predecessor wiretapped Trump Tower, then he should come forward with that information. The American people deserve it," said Mr McCain, a Republican from Arizona.
The president has offered no evidence to back his claim that he was monitored.
James Clapper, the director of national intelligence at the time of the election, said there no wire-tap activity mounted against Mr Trump or his campaign.
Mr Trump's allegations are the latest twist in a controversy over whether his campaign had been in contact with Russia during the election.
Both the House and Senate intelligence committees are currently looking into the possibility of Russian interference during the 2016 election, inquiries launched in January.
But now the White House has asked both Congressional committee to also examine whether Mr Obama abused his powers.
Democrats have accused Mr Trump of using the claim to distract from his staff's ties to Russia.
Mr Obama's team have denied any involvement, saying Mr Trump's tweets are "simply false".
A US president cannot legally order the wiretapping of a US citizen.
A warrant, if it existed, would most likely have been ordered by the Department of Justice.
The musician, real name Rory Graham, beat two other newcomers, Anne-Marie and Dua Lipa, to the prize.
His victory comes a week after he entered the charts for the first time with his touching soul ballad Human.
"I thought they had made a mistake," said the singer. "I was up against two pop giants. I'm crazy happy. Proper massive grin."
One of the surest indicators of success in the music industry, the Critics' Choice award has previously been won by Adele, Sam Smith and Emeli Sande.
Since it was established in 2008, all but one winner has scored a platinum disc for their debut album.
The exception is last year's winner, Jack Garratt, whose first record Phase is currently certified silver, representing 60,000 albums sold.
Rag N Bone Man hails from Uckfield, near Brighton, and started his musical career as an jungle MC before his parents encouraged him to sing.
Inspired by bluesmen like John Lee Hooker, he combines rootsy, soulful melodies with hip-hop beats and the occasional nod to gospel.
In 2012, he supported one of his musical heroes, Joan Armatrading, after his girlfriend sent promoters some of his early recordings - including videos of him singing on the toilet.
"I didn't know anything about it," he told his local newspaper The Argus. "But I'm pretty glad she did send them in.
"I made some of my early recordings while sitting on the toilet... They seemed to like it though."
The musician chose his stage name after watching episodes of vintage sitcom Steptoe and Son, reckoning that Rag N Bone Man sounded like a classic blues singer in the mould of Muddy Waters or Howlin' Wolf.
His current single Human was a major hit in Europe before reaching the UK - it has spent 10 weeks at number one in Germany.
It was propelled into the UK's top 40 last week after being covered by X Factor contestant Emily Middlemas.
The singer's debut album is due to be released in February and he is also nominated for the BBC's Sound of 2017. He recently announced a headline tour for April, culminating in two shows at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire.
The recipient of the Critics' Choice award is chosen by a team of experts - including music journalists and music programmers at major TV and radio stations - and more than 100 artists were considered for this year's shortlist.
Rag N Bone Man will perform on the Brit Awards launch show live on ITV on 14 January. The main ceremony will be held on 24 February at the O2 Arena in London.
Singer Michael Buble is due to host - but it is unclear whether he will be able to fulfil the role after his son was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year.
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The striker's amazing improvisation saw him acrobatically volley Joe Hart's headed clearance in from 30 yards, as Sweden won 4-2.
England captain Steven Gerrard, winning his 100th cap, said it was "probably the best goal" he had seen live.
"I don't know if you will see another like it in your life," said Hamren.
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"Sometimes, when he's doing these things, in training or in matches, you don't think it's possible. Because it's not possible to do that - the fourth goal, for example."
Ibrahimovic's spellbinding final effort combined unfathomable imagination and expert technique to stun the Friends Arena crowd in stoppage time.
The 6ft 5ins forward has split opinion throughout his career, with many on mainland Europe hailing a genius who has been the driving force behind title successes for clubs Ajax, Juventus, Inter Milan, Barcelona and AC Milan, while British sources sometimes cite an enigmatic figure who rarely performs on the biggest stage.
Speaking after his four-goal exploits in Solna, Ibrahimovic commented on his reputation by saying: "That's the way it is with the English. If you score against them you're a good player, if you don't score against them you're not a good player.
"I remember Lionel Messi before the 2009 Champions League final for Barcelona. Then he scored against Manchester United and suddenly he was the best player in the world. Maybe now they'll say something like that about me.
"Hart was a long way out and I was just trying to get it into the goal. I was on the ground when it was on the way in.
"I saw a defender sliding in to try to get rid of it and I wanted to scream 'No' but the ball went in."
An example of Ibrahimovic's trademark confidence came in the build-up to the friendly. When asked to grade his international career while on the cusp of receiving his 100th cap, Gerrard responded: "Six or seven."
In contrast, when posed with the same question on Wednesday night, Ibrahimovic replied without hesitation: "Ten."
England manager Roy Hodgson was quick to praise Ibrahimovic's invention on BBC Radio 5 live: "The fourth goal was the crowning glory.
"It's a wonderful goal to see on a football field, though I would rather have seen it against someone else."
Gerrard believes the goal eclipses that of Wayne Rooney's for Manchester United against Manchester City last season.
The England striker's stunning overhead kick, which gave United a 2-1 win, was voted the best goal in the history of the Premier League.
"I think the best goal I have seen before that is Wayne Rooney's (against Manchester City)," said Gerrard.
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"Everyone knows how special that was but this one tonight - an overhead kick from 25 yards [sic] when the ball is six feet in the air - only certain players can do that."
Former England manager and BBC Radio 5 live pundit Graham Taylor insisted the Swede's superb volley was one that will live long in the memory.
He said: "That is one of the best goals I have ever seen. What a fantastic goal, it has made this game one we will never forget.
"Ibrahimovic scores exceptional goals. It was an exceptionally gifted, talented goal."
England debutant Leon Osman said: "Ibrahimovic just seemed to have five minutes of dominance and then the wonder goal at the end.
"It is certainly the best goal I have seen live, in its presence. To do what he did, the imagination of it alone and to get as high as he did for a big guy was unbelievable, and it found the back of the net. It was a terrific goal and the best I have seen."
Taylor's colleague Pat Nevin said: "His fourth goal was beyond perfection, it was magical. His technique was off the scale."
The 26-year-old said his knee was "normal" and the treatment was part of his usual routine.
"I often ice different parts of my body or jump in an ice bath. It's just normal recovery process," he said.
England meet Russia in Group B in Marseille on Saturday.
They face Wales on 16 June and Slovakia on 20 June.
Manchester United centre-back Smalling is expected to start in Roy Hodgson's side alongside Chelsea's Gary Cahill or Everton's John Stones.
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How things have changed, and are maybe about to change further.
While Tizzard, 60, is still able to bask in the memory of claiming the wicket of legendary cricketer Sir Ian Botham when they played together as Somerset schoolboys, he's now planning to bowl over the opposition at the Cheltenham Festival with two of Britain's biggest hopes against the raiding Irish masses.
The ever-popular Cue Card, already a two-time Festival winner, lines up as likely home favourite in the Gold Cup, while Thistlecrack is seen by some as the banker of the week as he looks to make it four successes on the trot this season, in the World Hurdle.
And, if Cue Card can add to his recent rejuvenation victories in Haydock's Betfair Chase in November and in jump racing's Christmas feature, the King George VI Chase at Kempton, he'll be completing the Jockey Club's new steeplechasing Triple Crown, and collecting a £1m cheque for his troubles.
These are high-pressure days for Tizzard, his wife Pauline, ex-jockey son Joe, daughter Kim and their 65-horse operation based at the family farm on the Dorset/Somerset border.
However, a broad smile spreads across his face as soon as the subject of Botham comes up in conversation.
"We played for Yeovil area, and Ian was captain and I was vice-captain," he recalls in his distinctive West Country burr. "In the trials for Somerset I bowled him out. He was already a Somerset schoolboy player but he came in at the end of the day.
"He thought he was going to hit me all round the ground, which he did the first three balls - all were fours - and then he missed one and I had him out. He was trying to hit me for six, he wasn't sort of blocking a good ball, but in my little moments I think that's one of my life's highlights."
Since then, Cue Card has provided the Tizzards with all kinds of quite different highlights, when taking the Champion Bumper in 2010 and then, three years later, the Ryanair Chase, followed not long after by a first Betfair Chase trophy.
But a generally barren period ensued before the 10-year-old, owned by the string's long-time supporters Jean and Bob Bishop, returned triumphantly to the top with his recent purple patch. Poignantly, Bob Bishop died only a few days after the King George, aged 83.
Various theories have been put forward to account for Cue Card's improvement in form, including a throat operation on a debilitating trapped epiglottis which badly affected his ability to breathe, though his trainer believes other factors may also be at play, not least new stabling.
"We're in a fresh build now," said Tizzard, who used to train the horses cheek by jowl with his 700 cattle.
"There are no old, historic buildings and bugs, and I think he's healthier. There's good ventilation, high roofs and sunlight.
"He ran twice after the epiglottis operation and didn't do anything much, but is like a five or six-year-old now, he looks beautiful, and we've got a few older horses running better.
"We did the building because before we weren't going anywhere, were we? We were having 35 winners a year, and winning £500,000, and I was chuffed with that.
"But with Joe coming home [retiring as a jockey] I just thought we ought to make a statement and move forward.
"We needed the farm back anyway, as the horses had been taking a lot of the buildings and the cattle were pushed out everywhere, and now we have them in one place and the horses in another.
"It's my dream. I've got a proper training establishment now; I'm not just a farmer playing about."
A proper training establishment that, with the particular assistance of Cue Card, now regular mount of jockey Paddy Brennan, and the Tom Scudamore-ridden Thistlecrack, has already surpassed previous prize-money levels, and is on course to beat its winners' tally (46) too.
Tasting further Festival glory with the strikingly-progressive Thistlecrack - who's seen as a Gold Cup contender of the future - in the World Hurdle would be one thing, but the trainer admits lifting the centrepiece Gold Cup, plus the seven-figure bonus, would be something else.
Tizzard, who reports both star runners are "right on their game", added: "I think if I could win a Gold Cup that would be me done for life.
"It's the biggest steeplechase in the world; the Grand National is a big, wide race, but in England and Ireland and Scotland and Wales, it's the race everyone sets out to do.
"The money would be nice - it would be nice for the staff - and my share would get lost on 10 acres of land somewhere I expect, but it would be fantastic.
"I get nervous just talking to you about them, there's masses of pressure so I am like a bear with a sore head half the time. Both have marvellous chances and I can't quite believe it's us that has them both."
The Cheltenham Festival takes place 15-18 March.
Police were called to the Muzik nightclub on Tuesday morning after shots were fired inside the bar and fighting spilled out into the street.
It was unclear whether, Drake who performed at OVO Fest on Monday, was at the club at the time of the shooting.
Last year, a man was shot near the same nightclub after the same festival.
"We are very lucky that this is not a larger body count, quite frankly," Toronto Deputy Police Chief Peter Sloly said at a new conference on Tuesday.
Police said the victims were a man and a woman in their 20s and 30s.
Officials believe there may be more injured victims who have not yet contacted the police.
It was not immediately clear what started the violence, or if police are seeking more than one suspect.
No arrests have yet been made.
The programme followed the former Olympic athlete after she made the transition to a woman after previously living as Bruce.
The show launched with 2.7 million US viewers last year, but the average audience has now sunk to about 700,000.
E! said that "Caitlyn and E! have mutually decided not to move forward" with another series.
Jenner will continue to appear on Keeping Up With the Kardashians, which also features her daughters Kendall and Kylie and step-daughters Kim, Kourtney and Khloe.
Earlier this year, it was revealed that Jenner will appear in the third series of Amazon's Transparent.
Enright, who has published novels and poetry, won the 2007 Man Booker Prize for The Gathering.
The new role has been created by the Arts Council of Ireland and will see Enright give an annual public lecture as well as teach at two universities.
Taoiseach Enda Kenney said "it was the highest honour that the Irish State can bestow on a writer in this genre".
Enright studied at Pearson College UWC (United World College) in British Columbia, Canada, before gaining her English and philosophy degree from Trinity College, Dublin.
She worked as a producer at Irish station RTE but gave up her TV career following a breakdown about which she has spoken publicly. She committed to full-time writing in 1993.
Following her appointment, Enright said: "The Laureateship is not about one writer, but about a series of writers stretching into the future who will each play a briefly emblematic role in Irish letters.
"It is a great honour to be chosen. I hope I can rise to the role, and maybe have some fun along the way.
"I take courage, as ever, from the readers I have met - especially in Ireland, but also abroad - who allow fiction to do its deeply personal work; who let Irish writers into their minds and hearts, and welcome them as their own."
Enright will receive a stipend of 50,000 euro (£37,500) a year during her three year tenure as fiction laureate.
By contrast, Britain's poet laureate, currently Carol Ann Duffy, traditionally receives a "butt of sack" (a barrel of sherry) and an annual stipend of £5,750.
A study from the London School of Economics and the Sutton Trust says only 6% of graduates moving to London are originally from poorer areas.
Those moving to London after graduating are likely to be wealthier or to have parents already living in the capital.
The report warns of a growing barrier to social mobility.
The study warns that the pathway for young job-hunting graduates to move to the capital is now often blocked by unaffordable housing.
It says there are only two boroughs in London - Bexley and Barking and Dagenham - where average house prices are less than eight times the average income.
The researchers say that this is distorting the intake of young graduates into the capital's jobs market and locking out those without financial support from their families.
The biggest proportion of recent graduates moving into the London are those who have studied outside the capital but are originally from London and have moved back in with their parents, according to the study.
It means that among young graduates in London - with "young" classified as being up to the age of 34 - more are living with their parents than on their own.
And among those non-Londoners who have moved after graduation, an increasingly high proportion are from wealthier backgrounds. Fewer than one in 15 are from from poorest neighbourhoods.
In regional terms, only 2% coming to London are from the north-east England and 4% from the West Midlands. Among 20- to 34-year-olds, almost 70% of those "moving" to London are from families already in London and the South East.
The study indicates the population flow into London is predominantly among young people in their 20s.
But these graduates are now facing intense competition for somewhere to live. The study suggests the population in the capital is increasing more quickly than the housing stock, adding to the pressure on prices.
Sir Peter Lampl, chairman of the Sutton Trust education charity, said: "So many of our leading jobs are based in London, yet the current housing situation is making it increasingly difficult for graduates from less advantaged homes to move here.
"Our brightest young people deserve the same chances to reach the top of their professions or to be able to turn their talents into businesses whatever their background."
As well as the high cost of property and rent, he said, young graduates could also have to take unpaid internships, adding to the barriers to those from disadvantaged backgrounds.
As possible ways of tackling this "housing trap", the report suggests building "student-type" shared affordable housing and "factory built pre-fabricated housing" that could be built quickly and cheaply.
The pressure on housing has seen graduate recruiters offering their own support for housing.
From this year's graduate intake at Deloitte, 40 new recruits will move into apartments in the former athletes' village beside the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
Deloitte says that surveys of its young graduates found the lack of affordable accommodation in London to be a major concern.
It found "prohibitive" costs meant one in 20 of last year's graduate intake had to share a bedroom, while others were squeezed into communal living spaces that had been converted into extra bedrooms.
Davit Kacharava scored an early try as the home side opened up a 10-0 lead.
Dean Hammond created an opening for Josh Adams to touch down in reply, with Jamie Shillcock adding the conversion.
Two Yury Kushnarev penalties extended the lead and although replacement Derrick Appiah crossed for Worcester, a Ramel Gaisin drop goal sealed Enisei's win.
Academy centre Will Butler, Adams, Charlie Hewitt and Matti Williams all made their first starts in a much-changed Warriors line-up.
And 22-year-old Appiah joined the youthful faces on the pitch as they rang the changes in the second half.
Worcester, who won only one of their six group games last season's competition, next play Brive at Sixways on 22 October.
Enisei-STM: Halse; Kuashov, Kacharava, Gerasimov, Simplikevich; Y Kushnarev, Shcherban; Volkov, Selskii, Zykov, Saulite, Gargalic, Gachechiladze, Orlov, Rudoi.
Replacements: Magomedov, Morozov, Pronenko, Temnov, Gaisin, Uzunov, Mikhaltsov, Krasylnyk.
Worcester: Adams; Short, Stelling, Butler, Hammond; Shillcock, Baldwin; Bower (c), Williams, Daniels, Hewitt, Scotland-Williamson, Taylor, Betty, Cox.
Replacements: Singleton, Appiah, Alo, Kitchener, Xiourouppa, De Cothi, Eden, Lamb.
Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)
Assistant referees: Matteo Liperini and Simone Boaretto (both Italy)
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Welsh rider Chaz Davies crashed out on lap six in California while leading, which left Rea's Kawasaki team-mate Sykes in front.
But Northern Irishman Rea, 29, passed Englishman Sykes with six laps left and was 0.81 seconds ahead at the finish.
American Nicky Hayden completed the podium positions in the US race.
Hayden's Honda team-mate Michael van der Mark was fourth with Britain's Alex Lowes and Italian Lorenzo Savadori completing the top six.
Rea was clinching his eighth win in this season's series and his third successive triumph following his double win in the previous round at Misano.
The Northern Irishman's victory brought his overhaul haul of World Superbike wins to 37.
Huddersfield's Sykes, 30, has won four times this season - including a double victory in the British round at Donington Park.
The riders will be back in action in race two at the Californian venue on Sunday evening.
That will be followed by an eight-week break, before the final run of rounds which takes in Germany, France and Spain, before concluding in Qatar on 29 and 30 October.
The two midwives on duty at Kawempe Health Centre IV, in the north of Uganda's capital, Kampala, are rushed off their feet.
There are two basic labour rooms, they look old and the once white walls are in need of a new lick of paint.
Both are packed with beds and medical equipment - these too look like they need some updating.
"Sometimes you're helping one mother and then two or three start collapsing, needing your attention," the head of the maternity ward, Sarah Kintu, told the BBC.
"At times there are just 10-minute intervals between the births.
"You finish moving one mother and cleaning the place then you have to bring in another."
For Naigaga Sainah, giving birth for the fifth time seemed a fairly matter-of-fact event.
She arrived at the health centre in the morning with contractions, gave birth in the afternoon, and went home in the evening.
There were no tears or screams, she just grimaced, held her stomach and would not speak.
It is a scene repeated across the country.
Uganda has one of the fastest growing populations in the world, at almost 3% each year.
On average women here have about six children.
It is estimated that by 2060, Uganda's population will soar from 35 million today to more than 112 million.
But Ugandans are wondering how they will be able to provide for such a large number of people.
For Mrs Sainah, her worry is how to take care of her family.
I visit her once she is back home - a few miles away from the health centre.
It is a one-room apartment separated by a curtain to create a small living room and a bedroom that she shares with her husband and children.
It is basic but tidy and well decorated.
Her face is glowing and she greets me with a warm smile though she is rushed off her feet.
She is busy bathing the children and making them some breakfast. You would never guess she has just given birth.
"Right now I am not working but my husband works. So the little that we get is what we use to take of our five children," she says.
"For now, I would like to stop having more kids and plan for these children. Once I feel like I'm in a better position I will have more children - maybe two or three.
"My husband and I both like having a big family and if I educate them properly when they grow up they can take care of me."
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni would also like to have more Ugandans as he believes a large population can be a boost for the economy.
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Uganda facts and figures
It will provide a bigger labour force and more consumers for the country's businesses.
The president, who has been in power for 26 years, is not worried about providing for future generations.
"The UK is the same size as Uganda. It has a population of 60-something million now. And they're all living comfortably," he said at a presidential lecture to mark 50 years of Uganda's independence.
"And they don't have the resources of Uganda. Uganda has got more resources than all those countries we're talking about."
But the government will need to provide more public services like health and education.
It will also need to make sure that its economy can supply future generations with the jobs.
Government critics argue that the healthcare system is struggling, the education system is not producing quality students and the infrastructure like power and roads are over stretched.
Opposition parties under the umbrella group 4GC have started protests to highlight the lack of development in Uganda. They have been staging "walk to freedom protests".
Several opposition leaders were recently arrested as they tried to walk to the centre of Kampala.
The riot police had to fire tear gas to disperse the crowds that had gathered around the leader of the biggest opposition leader Kizza Besigye.
Mr Besigye says the government has failed to cater for the existing 35 million Ugandans, so asks how it can hope to look after three times as many.
"What we are talking about now is the state of Uganda over the last 50 years - you know unemployment, broken infrastructure, the collapsed agriculture and so on. All those arise from political mismanagement."
On the whole, experts say a large population does not have to be detrimental for Uganda's economy as long as it is managed properly.
Florence Mpabulungi Tagoola from the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) in Uganda says the most important thing is to make sure the large population is skilled enough to contribute to the country's economy and future development.
"We are looking at the quality of the life of the people," she says.
"The majority of the people are less than 15 years of age, and all these are dependents.
"And they are depending on a very small working population, so this poses a big challenge in terms of development.
"There is need to invest a lot in the skills of young people, so that they are able to contribute to the economy of the country."
The government has plans to make Uganda a middle-income country by 2040.
President Museveni has even said he hopes Uganda will be a first world country within the next 50 years.
A lot of this is staked on the oil, which should start flowing within the next four years.
The mood in Uganda is one of celebration but also reflection on the fact that the country could have progressed a lot further.
Most Ugandans are young, increasingly educated and tech savvy.
They want more from their leaders and this generation will be judged by what economic progress they leave behind for their children.
Day three of competition at the Lee Valley White Water Centre saw head-to-head races in the K1 with Clarke taking the men's slot and Pennie the women's.
David Florence and Richard Hounslow secured their places over the weekend.
Team GB's official selections for Rio 2016 will be confirmed by the British Olympic Association on 4 November.
Clarke's final run of 86.84 seconds, the fastest time on Monday, saw him rise from third place. The 22-year-old, from Staffordshire, edged out Huw Swetnam and Bradley Forbes-Cryans on a countback.
Pennie lost out to Lizzie Neave for the sole K1 women's spot for London 2012 but the 32-year-old Scot turned the tables this time with a fastest run of 102.78 seconds to deny Neave, who missed a crucial gate in the closing stages.
Richard Percival, known locally as Dickie, suffered a "blunt force trauma to the back of the head", in Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside Police said.
A 17-year-old boy accused of murder and theft was remanded in custody to appear at Liverpool Crown Court on 18 September.
A 29-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.
Mr Percival was found in the house in Dixon Avenue, Newton-le-Willows, by police officers after concerns were expressed for his safety.
Drivers on the Piccadilly and Hammersmith & City lines were going to walk out over a breakdown in industrial relations.
But the Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers union (RMT) said the action had been called off after talks at conciliation service Acas.
RMT General Secretary Mick Cash said "significant progress" had been made.
The union said "all objectives" had been achieved in the dispute on the Piccadilly line, while further talks would take place "aimed at a long-term agreement on the Hammersmith & City line".
The strike would have caused major disruption on both lines, with no trains running on the Piccadilly line and a significantly reduced service on the Hammersmith & City line.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan welcomed the suspension saying that "negotiations can now continue without unnecessary disruption for commuters".
"Nobody wins from strikes on the Underground. Commuters, businesses, TfL [Transport for London] staff and Londoners all suffer. It's a lose-lose situation," he said.
There has been disruption on the Piccadilly Line during the past week because wet leaves on the track have damaged train wheels.
Alice Hooker-Stroud took the helm of the party in December 2015. She will be replaced by deputy leader Grenville Ham.
Ms Hooker-Stroud said that the lack of funding for smaller parties in the UK meant it was "untenable" for her to carry on in the voluntary role.
She said: "Parties that have a lot of money can do a lot, and those who have a smaller amount can do less."
Ms Hooker-Stroud, who will step down from the job at the end of March, said that because the party does not take funds from large businesses means members have the "biggest say".
"But it has contributed to my role being effectively a voluntary one, which for me has sadly become untenable," she said.
"The financing of political parties in general needs urgent reform so that politicians aren't just the mouthpieces for big business, and so that alternative voices are heard."
Mr Ham runs a not-for-profit engineering company and is a former Welsh Assembly election candidate.
He is standing in this May's council elections in Brecon.
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The 27-year-old won a gold medal and two silvers at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014.
Reflecting on a "long and successful career", Keatings says he plans to "kick back, drink some beers" and spend more time with his wife.
"At the moment I'm having a break but I will always stay involved in some way or another in gymnastics," he said.
The Kettering-born gymnast says his greatest achievement was winning silver in the all-around event at the 2009 World Championships in Milan.
He also claimed European pommel gold in 2010 and 2013, as well as five continental silvers and one bronze.
"After much consideration, I have decided to call time on my competitive gymnastics career," he tweeted.
"I've had a long and successful career but I have only achieved what I have achieved due to the support from my family, coaches, team-mates and the many friends I have made on my journey.
"Most of all, I would like to thank my fans for supporting me through not only good but also the many difficult periods in my career.
"I feel really lucky to have represented Great Britain and Scotland at the highest level and I take away with me so many great memories that will stay with me for the rest of my life. I'll certainly miss the many friends I have made from all over the world.
"Gymnastics will always be a part of me but for now I need to kick back."
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Lisicki, the 23rd seed, won the fourth-round encounter 6-2 1-6 6-4 on Centre Court.
Williams joins leading names Maria Sharapova, Victoria Azarenka, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in making an early exit at what has been a tournament of stunning upsets.
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It was only the third defeat in the last year for Williams, and ends her career-best winning run of 34 matches, but she insisted afterwards: "It's not a shock.
"She plays really good on grass. She has a massive, massive serve, so going in there you have to know that it's definitely not going to be an easy match playing her at Wimbledon, especially on Centre Court.
"It's definitely not a shock. I just need to do better."
Lisicki moves on to the quarter-finals for the fourth time and in each of those Wimbledon campaigns she has beaten the French Open champion.
The 2011 Wimbledon semi-finalist was overcome with emotion after a famous win and struggled to hold back the tears during a television interview.
"Lisicki played fearless tennis. She was so resilient. I was so impressed with the way she was able to elevate her game to a new level. It was an absolutely amazing performance."
"I'm still shaking, I am so happy," she told BBC Sport.
"Serena played fantastically all match. She is such a tough opponent. It's just an amazing feeling to win this match.
"The crowd were amazing, thanks to them for their support. They were amazing. I love this court so much, it's such a special place for me."
Lisicki's record on grass, based around the second-biggest serve in women's tennis, meant she had always looked among the most likely candidates to challenge Williams.
The 23-year-old from Troisdorf fought off four break points and took advantage of a rash of Williams unforced errors as she broke twice to win the opening set.
Williams, 31, was not about to go quietly and roared back in the second, winning 14 points in a row at one stage and not making a single unforced error as she levelled, winning it 6-1.
The American was on a roll and did not need any luck but from 40-0 down, two net cords helped her to an early break in the decider.
When Williams racked up her ninth straight game to move 3-0 clear, it was turning into a procession, but Lisicki stuck to her task.
The German got the better of three breaks in a row as she fought back from 4-2 down, thrilling the 15,000 spectators on Centre Court.
Williams had been in the ascendancy for well over an hour, but at 4-4 in the final set she found herself facing break points and, stretched to the limit, the champion could not control a smash, which flew over the baseline.
One more service game was required by Lisicki, and it was never likely to be straightforward.
After being pegged back to 30-30, she blasted long on her first match point and double-faulted to offer up a break point for Williams, but the German's serve came to her rescue.
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When a second chance to clinch the win of her life arrived, Lisicki played a fearless rally, pounding away from the baseline until Williams could no longer cover the gaps and had to watch as a forehand flew past her.
"I felt that I was on the verge of winning," Williams added. "I felt really good and really confident.
"At that point I just was physically unable to hold serve. My first serve percentage was going down.
"For me, I have to be able to serve well, especially on this court, and especially going up against such a really, really strong server like Sabine."
Women's quarter-finals:
Sabine Lisicki [23] v Kaia Kanepi
Li Na [6] v Agnieszka Radwanska [4]
Sloane Stephens [17] v Marion Bartoli [15]
Kirsten Flipkens [20] v Petra Kvitova [8]
Flood warnings have been declared as the storm heads northward, with forecasters expecting it to dump up to five inches (12.7 cm) of rain.
Much of the area in its immediate path is still recovering from devastating flooding one month ago that left 14 people dead and two still missing.
Oklahoma and Arkansas have also been issued with flood warnings.
The rising waters in Texas have put many properties at risk.
The Tandragee man was killed while providing medical cover at a Skerries 100 practice session in County Dublin.
His family asked motorcyclists to join the cortege as it travelled north on the Dublin-to-Belfast motorway.
The convoy did a lap of "John's favourite" Tandragee 100 circuit.
Bikers joined the family as the cortege passed a service station on the M1 near Castlebellingham in County Louth on Tuesday.
Dr Hinds, originally from Portaferry, County Down, was a consultant at Craigavon Area Hospital in County Armagh.
The 35-year-old and his colleague Dr Fred McSorley were dubbed "the flying doctors" of Irish motorcycle sport.
The pair would follow racers, travelling almost as fast as many of them on their own high-powered motorcycles.
The statement, issued on behalf of his partner, parents and brothers, said: "John lived for his family, his patients and the biking fraternity."
They said they were "only now beginning to understand just how many lives John touched during his 35 action-packed years".
"The widespread support and acknowledgement of John's work, both nationally and internationally, has been incredibly heartwarming and a great source of comfort to us all at this terribly sad time," they said.
His funeral is due to take place in Portaferry on Thursday.
The Savoy Theatre tweeted on Tuesday that "due to the indisposition of Sheridan Smith, the role of Fanny Brice will be played by Natasha J Barnes at tonight's performance of Funny Girl".
It is the same tweet that was posted on Monday night, hours before the show was due to start.
Smith wrote on Twitter on Monday that she was "not strong enough."
"I apologise profusely! Sorry!" she tweeted.
"Well done press!" she added. "U let me down, the cast and everyone who spent money to see me."
The theatre did not give a specific reason for her absence.
Smith responded to comments on Twitter about her missing the show, saying: "When will you stop bullying?" while retweeting the messages sent to her.
This is not the first time that Smith, 34, has pulled out of a performance.
On 28 April the show, which had been winning rave reviews, was stopped after 15 minutes.
The theatre said those affected should contact the box office and that the performance's cancellation was due to technical difficulties.
Graham Norton, the host of the Baftas, appeared to reference the incident in his opening monologue, joking: "Let's get things started because the sooner we get started, the sooner we can have a couple of drinks, or as they say in theatre circles, a couple of glasses of technical difficulties."
Smith, who has two Olivier awards for her stage roles in Legally Blonde and Flare Path, was made an OBE last year and has described the part of Fanny as her "dream role".
The production transferred to the Savoy Theatre in April after a successful run at London's Menier Chocolate Factory.
She had to pull out of two performances during that run after her father became unwell.
Her representatives declined to comment on Tuesday.
Funny Girl is playing at the Savoy Theatre until 8 October.
Malcolm Mayes, from Hartlepool, admitted breaching the Copyright, Designs & Patents Act by advertising and selling adapted IPTV boxes.
The 65-year-old must pay £170,000 costs and an £80,000 Proceeds of Crime Order was imposed by Teesside Crown Court.
Two 10-month prison sentences were suspended for a year.
Mayes sold the boxes - often referred to as "Android" or "Kodi" boxes - to pubs and clubs across the country for £1,000 each and advertised the devices as "100% legal".
While the boxes themselves are not illegal, they were modified with software allowing users to screen pay-to-view TV free of charge as well as stream pirated film and television programmes.
He was prosecuted by Hartlepool Borough Council's Trading Standards department, which tested one of the boxes and found it to be "fully loaded".
Ian Harrison, Trading Standards manager, said: "In pleading guilty, he has accepted it is illegal to sell a device that allows the free viewing of pay-to-view television.
"Mr Mayes should not be seen as a Robin Hood-type character.
"In selling these devices he wasn't stealing from the rich to help the poor. He was stealing to make himself richer."
The Federation Against Copyright Theft (Fact) recently described tackling the sale of so-called "fully loaded boxes" a "top priority".
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The anti-Putin activists will appear in conversation twice during the festival, on the Park Stage on Saturday 27 June and the Left Field on Friday 28 June.
Burt Bacharach, The Proclaimers, The Cribs and Wilko Johnson have also been added to the bill.
They join Pyramid Stage headliners Foo Fighters, Kanye West and The Who.
Pussy Riot's Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina were released from a Russian prison last year after 21 months, having been convicted of hooliganism over protests in Moscow.
They were among five members of the radical group to stage an obscenity-laced "punk prayer" in the city's biggest cathedral.
Singer-songwriter and activist Billy Bragg, who hosts Glastonbury's Left Field, tweeted: "Pleased to announce that Nadya and Masha from Pussy Riot will be speaking at Left Field @GlastoFest 1.30pm Friday."
The pair recently appeared as themselves in hit Netflix political series House of Cards, where they staged a protest against fictional Russian president, the Putin-esque Viktor Petrov, at a dinner party.
Glastonbury organisers revealed set times for all of the stages, including a mammoth slot for Friday night headliners Foo Fighters.
They will play the Pyramid Stage from 21:15-23:45 BST - an hour longer than rapper West is scheduled to perform for the following night and 30 minutes longer than Sunday night headliners The Who.
Surprise additions included a favourite of organiser Emily Eavis who tweeted: "And very excited about Burt Bacharach!"
He will play the Pyramid Stage, as will the Burtle Silver Band and ballet group the Michael Clark Company.
Last week BBC Music announced it would broadcast 30 hours of TV coverage from Worthy Farm in Somerset, as well as content for radio, the Red Button and online.
It will kick off with The One Show's Chris Evans and Alex Jones, with Lauren Laverne, Jo Whiley and Mark Radcliffe fronting BBC Two's coverage while Greg James presents on BBC Three.
The 22-year-old winger came through the Canaries' youth ranks and scored 10 goals in 41 appearances last season including two against Newcastle.
Murphy, a boyhood Newcastle fan, has joined up with the Magpies at their training camp in Ireland.
"It was my childhood dream to represent Newcastle and now the opportunity is here I can't wait to start," he said.
Murphy has made 122 senior career appearances, including those during his six loans away from Norwich.
Newcastle manager Rafa Benitez added: "He's a young and talented player and hopefully he can develop even more here.
"We hope he can show us the passion, commitment and ability that he showed in the Championship last season."
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She told a French-language newspaper she was struggling to balance her schedule only having one staff member.
"I'd love to be everywhere but I can't," she said. "I have three children and a husband who is prime minister."
Some are ridiculing her for what they perceived as pretentious comments.
She told Le Soleil newspaper that she is "flooded with requests" for appearances and projects and that she does not have the time to do it all.
"It's hard to choose because it is affecting the people who want your help," she said. "You say to yourself: I will try to convey a message that will reach as many people as possible."
"There is always a price to pay, but the price shouldn't be as high," she said of balancing work and family.
She made the comments while promoting an organisation for active and healthy lifestyles.
In her youth, she suffered with eating disorders, she told the newspaper, and she wants to help young women build self-confidence.
Canadians on Twitter started a hashtag, #PrayForSophie, to poke fun at her request, with some people even drawing comparisons between the Trudeaus and the Kardashians.
"I'm setting up a lemonade stand this weekend, all proceeds going to fund help for Sophie," one person tweeted.
Opposition politicians in Canada called Ms Gregoire Trudeau out of touch and pointed out that previous prime ministers' wives dealt with only having one personal aide.
Tory MP Candice Bergen said Canadian families are struggling financially and questioned how the government could afford to hire another assistant.
Another Tory MP, Jason Kenney, said former prime minister Stephen Harper's wife, Laureen, never complained.
"Harpers paid for babysitters, not taxpayers," he tweeted. "And they didn't inherit millions. Nor did Laureen whinge about it."
A Toronto Star editorial argues that she should have the help she needs to fulfil her role.
The conversation should shift to what is expected of the spouse of a prime minister in Canada, the newspaper writes.
"It should come as no surprise that the demands on her are greater than those on previous PMs' wives," the editorial reads, pointing out that previous PM's wives have had one or multiple assistants.
"Justin Trudeau is riding a wave of popularity that extends to his entire family, especially his wife."
"It should be noted that Gregoire Trudeau is not asking for another employee to lessen her workload, but to increase it. She lamented that because she doesn't have enough staff she is forced to make difficult choices about who she can help."
Mr Trudeau himself came to his wife's defence, sharing a letter on Facebook written by a woman supporting his wife.
"I don't know what it's like to be you, and because of this I support you," the letter reads. "I know there are others like me out there, but the loudest voices in any conversation are always the angry ones."
The prime minister's office is looking into hiring another aide, federal officials told the Globe and Mail.
Government House leader Dominic LeBlanc also defended her.
"It's no secret that Ms Gregoire Trudeau is asked to attend an enormous number of events," Mr LeBlanc said.
"She's participated in a whole series of very worthy causes. So we find that a perfectly appropriate conversation to have - Does she have the adequate support to undertake these official functions?"
In the US, First Lady is a formal role within the executive office, with its own headquarters in the White House and staff, including but not limited to a social secretary, a chief of staff, a press secretary and a chef.
In Canada, the wife of the prime minister has no formal status and no personal office, but as the Toronto Star editorial notes, Canadians expect the PM's spouse to play a "significant public role", with the opportunity to represent Canada and promote causes.
Men are rarely asked about their domestic life and how they balance it, Suzanne Moore writes in the Guardian.
"Gregoire Trudeau has indeed committed a crime - against this fairytale that so many women are burdened with by simply telling the truth: 'I need help'."
The living wage - currently calculated at £7.85 - is based on the amount an individual needs to earn to cover the basic costs of living.
Woking has the highest proportion of people paid below it, at 38%, following by Rother at 37% and Thanet at 36%.
The research was done on behalf of accountancy firm KPMG.
38% Woking
37% Rother
36% Thanet
33% Wealden
32% Arun
The minimum wage is £6.70 per hour, which will rise by 50p in April.
Speaking to BBC Inside Out, Sarah Vero, who is the director of the Living Wage Foundation, said the new rate was not a "living wage".
"The government's new national minimum wage is exciting because it means six million people are going to get a pay rise in April 2016," she said.
"However, our rate [at £7.85] is slightly higher and it's calculated according to the cost of living in the UK, so it takes into account a basket of goods, food, housing, transport, child care and it puts that into a calculation and says what's the basic but affordable standard of living you need."
£7.85
Living wage rate
£9.15
London living wage rate
£7.20 The Governments National Living Wage rate
Gemma Stacey, from Ramsgate, who works part-time in sales and has two children, said she was struggling on low wages.
She said: "I try to make sure the kids eat healthily but sometimes you just can't, sometimes you haven't got the money that week to buy proper food.
"I don't want [my children] to grow up seeing me at home trying to find a job and struggling... I want them just to look up to me and be proud."
The South East as a whole has the lowest proportion of people being paid below the living wage - currently 19% compared to a 23% national average.
However, there are concerns the government's planned tax credit cuts will hit low-paid families hard.
Craig Mackinlay, the Conservative MP for South Thanet, said: "I know it's tough, you know the easiest thing in the world is to do nothing and just say we will keep on paying because it's all too difficult.
"We've been elected on a promise of getting the benefits bill down, on a promise of getting the nation's finances back in order and that's what we're doing."
Inside Out is broadcast on BBC One on Monday, 2 November at 19:30 GMT and nationwide for 30 days thereafter on the iPlayer
At the Crown Court, William McWatters, 64, from Eglantine Avenue, Belfast, admitting breaching a Sexual Offences Prevention Order (SOPO).
Upon release, he will spend six further months on supervised licence.
A judge said what he did was a "clear flouting" of the SOPO order, imposed for a separate offence.
A prosecuting lawyer said that on 3 April 2012, McWatters' home was searched by police officers.
They found an internet router and two mobile phones in the premises, one of which contained an indecent image of a child. A DVD contained two images of extreme pornography.
McWatters admitted possessing the indecent image of a child, two counts of possessing an extreme pornographic image and breaching the terms of his SOPO.
The lawyer said McWatters had contacted a woman of his own age via the internet. She lived in England.
He then "befriended" her 11-year-old grand daughter and texted her, as well as sending money over to her on her birthday.
In one text, he told her: "I wish I was 50 years younger", while in other messages he referred to her as "sexy". He also used "x" and "o" symbols for kisses and hugs.
McWatters has a criminal record for sex offences, which he did disclose to the girl's grandmother but which he blamed on a "bitter ex".
A defence barrister said that while his client admitted all the offences, there had been no direct contact with the child.
He said McWatters has not come to police attention in nearly three years since the search and arrest. The barrister said his client "accepts now that he shouldn't have been sending texts" to the child.
The judge ordered that McWatters serve another SOPO, to apply for ten years.
Rosberg leads Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton by 12 points and needs to finish third or higher in Abu Dhabi on Sunday to secure his first world title.
"Nico can't afford to get tangled up with another battle," said Horner.
"It is Nico's to lose and we could be Lewis' best friend if we get both of our cars between him and Nico."
Rosberg's win at the Japanese Grand Prix on 9 October left him in a position where he could finish second to Hamilton at each of the remaining four grands prix and still win the title.
He has since done exactly that in the United States, Mexico and Brazil, and will no doubt settle for more of the same this weekend.
"Nico is driving with the championship in mind. He is a bright guy. He is playing the percentages and banking the points," added Horner, who believes his drivers Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo can pile pressure on the German this weekend.
"He is going to be watching his mirrors more than most going into Turn One, and we have seen with our guys, they're not in that position so they will simply be going for it.
"You can imagine him being a bit more tentative than he has been at other races."
Verstappen, so impressive in the wet in Brazil last time out, says he will not shy away from challenging the Mercedes cars if Red Bull are on the pace.
"You never try to crash, and we need to leave it fair, but if we are between them I will be fighting for my position," Verstappen said.
"Lewis has a big chance to win the race and there still needs to be someone between them. Nico will be in control and managing the situation.
"If it goes normally Nico will be champion, but with Lewis pushing hard, it is up to what Nico does and how he handles it."
Earlier this month Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff was forced to deny claims he asked Verstappen's father to tell the 19-year-old not to interfere in the title fight.
Wolff admitted to phoning Jos Verstappen, but added: "I didn't say to move out of the way, nor to race in any different way."
Unfortunately punctures are part and parcel of cycling and although they are easy to fix with some basic knowledge, there are a number of simple steps you can take to prevent them from ruining your ride.
Ultra lightweight tyres are great for racers looking to save seconds but, for most cyclists, more durable and puncture resistant tyres are a better choice. Look for tyres with puncture protection technology such as Kevlar reinforcement. Puncture prevention features will normally be well indicated on the sidewalls or packaging of tyres, but if in doubt, ask at your local bike shop. Check your tyres regularly for embedded thorns, glass or stones. They might not have worked their way through and can be removed before they cause a puncture.
If your tyres are under inflated, you are more likely to suffer snake-bite punctures, where the inner tube gets pinched against the rim. Over inflated tyres are more vulnerable to flints and glass. Tyres should be pumped up to the pressure recommended on the sidewall of the tyre. A track pump with a pressure gauge is useful to regularly check your tyres are correctly inflated.
Always look well down the road and try to anticipate puncture causing hazards to give your-self plenty of time to avoid them. Freshly cut hedges and damaged bus shelters are examples of potential puncture hot spots. Puncture causing debris tends to get washed into the gutter so don't ride there either. You have a right to be on the road so don't be intimidated and feel you have to ride right next to the kerb. For normal riding you should be roughly in line with the near side of cars.
Wet weather means more debris washed onto the roads and water can lubricate the passage of foreign bodies into your tyres. We are not saying don't ride in the wet, just pay extra attention to all of the above.
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The boy was delivered in a Lisbon hospital by Caesarean section after 32 weeks, and weighed 2.35kg (5lb, 3oz).
His mother was declared brain-dead on 20 February after a brain haemorrhage.
The decision to continue with the pregnancy was taken after tests revealed the foetus to be healthy, and after the father agreed it should be allowed to continue.
Doctors said the baby was in good health when he was born on Tuesday. They did not specify whether the boy's mother remained on life support.
It is the longest a child has survived in the womb in Portugal after his mother was declared brain-dead.
In January, a baby boy was born in Wroclaw, Poland, after surviving for 55 days in the womb of his mother, who was declared brain-dead after a tumour.
He weighed only 1kg (2.2lbs) at birth, and was allowed home in April.
The Tynecastle side were knocked out of the League Cup at the first-round stage after being unable to beat Dunfermline.
Scotland defender Berra, 32, is in his second spell at Hearts, where he started his career.
"The fans obviously showed their frustration," he said. "They aren't happy but, as footballers, we need to deal with that."
Hearts had opened their group campaign with two wins but lost in midweek at Peterhead.
Despite taking the lead against the second-tier Pars on Saturday, Hearts fell 2-1 behind before drawing level late on.
Without a winner in 90 minutes, Ian Cathro's were consigned to third place in Group B even before the bonus-point penalty shoot-out, which Dunfermline won 3-1.
"I've been at Tynecastle in the past when it hasn't been a happy place, and obviously that was the case on Saturday," Berra said.
"When you don't win your home games, regardless of where you play, fans will boo.
"Tynecastle can be a hard place to play but I've said to the boys they need to handle those atmospheres if they want to progress."
Cathro replaced Robbie Neilson in December when Hearts were third in the Scottish Premiership.
But they finished fifth in the table and missed out on a European place.
Berra was brought back to the club earlier this summer and appointed skipper.
Hearts open this season's Premiership away to defending champions Celtic on Saturday.
"There is still frustration from last season and it is up to the players to respond and prove them wrong.
"Hopefully this is the kick up the backside we need but we can't keep saying that.
"We need to do our talking on the pitch."
In a message on social media it said a suicide bomber carried out Tuesday's attack, which killed 13 people.
A backpack or belt containing 10kg (22lb) of military explosives was used, Tunisia's interior ministry said.
IS has already claimed two high-profile attacks on the country's tourism industry this year.
The White House has condemned the latest attack "in the strongest terms".
The explosion took place at a bus stop where the presidential guard picks up and drops off its staff, near the former headquarters of the party of deposed president Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali.
In response, the authorities imposed a nationwide state of emergency and a nightly curfew in the capital.
Tunisia has also closed its border with Libya for 15 days.
The IS claim was largely expected, says the BBC's Rana Jawad in Tunis, but the nature of the attack - a suicide bombing - raises questions that will be difficult for the Tunisian authorities to answer.
It is still not clear whether the bomber boarded the bus reserved for the presidential guard, or simply got close enough to cause the deadly impact, the correspondent says.
The North African state's secular government is battling a wave of Islamist violence.
IS says it was behind an attack by a gunman on the beach resort of Sousse in June, killing 38 people.
And in March, IS gunmen attacked the famous Bardo Museum in Tunis, killing more than 20 people.
However, the group has not yet declared an official branch in the country.
Tunisia is also believed to provide the biggest contingent of jihadists overseas, with the authorities saying at least 3,000 of its nationals are fighting in Iraq and Syria.
Tunisians are also fighting alongside extremists in neighbouring Libya.
The group claimed to have knocked the Xbox and PlayStation gaming networks offline over Christmas.
Soon after, it set up a website that let anyone who paid use its software to deluge other sites with data.
The attack that exposed the customer list is one of several aimed at the group and its tools.
Investigative journalist Brian Krebs broke the news that the database behind the Lizard Stresser tool had been compromised. The Stresser let those who paid use it to overwhelm websites or kick people offline by bombarding the sites they were using with data.
Mr Krebs did not name who got at the data but said he had acquired a dump of the entire roster of 14,241 people who signed up.
Anyone visiting the Stresser site was warned about the attack by text on the main page's login box which urged people to change the password they created when they registered.
In a blogpost, Mr Krebs said the Lizard Squad had not taken many precautions to protect the login and contact information surrendered by users.
"All registered usernames and passwords were stored in plain text," said Mr Krebs, adding that only a few hundred of those who signed up had paid to use it.
Tech news site Ars Technica also got hold of the database dump which was briefly posted on the Mega file-sharing system. It said most of those who used it were gamers keen to stop rivals playing a particular game. Minecraft servers were a favourite target of the Stresser users, it said.
Ars Technica said the dump of the database could spell problems for anyone who had used it because the IP addresses of many of them were poorly obscured and could, with a little work, be recovered.
The plundering of the database comes soon after other computer experts took apart the tools that Lizard Squad has been using. One exposed the source code of a program used to attack people on IRC chat networks,
In addition, soon after the Stresser site was created, computer science student Eric Zhang managed to enumerate the names of all the people who had signed up using a very simple script.
"That took just 10 minutes to do," he said.
He said he was not surprised that the entire database was plundered because when he looked at the site, public access to the server behind it had not been closed off.
"If you look at the site it's clearly run by someone who does not have much formal experience in software engineering," he said.
"Most of what they are doing is not really impressive," he said. "Anyone can do it. All it takes is time."
Mr Krebs said Lizard Squad was being targeted by security professionals irked by their sudden notoriety.
He said: "There seems to be a general sense in the security research community that these guys are in way over their heads, and that if we can't bring to justice a bunch of teenagers in Western nations who are rubbing it in everyone's faces, then that's a sad state of affairs."
However, he added, the time it took to carry out investigations and find members of the group had helped it survive. Recent arrests of Lizard Squad members seemed only to have scooped up some of its hangers-on but had let some of the core members remain at large.
Four men from the West Midlands are accused of plotting an attack on British soil before their arrests last summer.
They deny preparing terrorist acts.
The judge said he was informed the female juror asked a court usher more than once to find out if the officer was single.
Mr Justice Globe said he was given information that another juror had also said Det Sgt Ryan Chambers was attractive.
The judge said that woman had not asked the usher to find out his relationship status but the discharged juror "went ahead".
The four-month Old Bailey trial was halted as the judge was about to finish his summing up and send jurors out to begin deliberating verdicts.
He said the issue arose following an inquiry from a news reporter who "overheard" something.
Naweed Ali, 29, and Khobaib Hussain, 25 - both of Sparkhill in Birmingham - and Mohibur Rahman, 32, and Tahir Aziz, 38, of Stoke-on-Trent, have denied preparing terrorist acts.
They claim an undercover officer planted a partially-constructed pipe bomb and other incriminating evidence found by MI5 in a car.
The senior judge reminded the jury Det Sgt Chambers was among a number of officers to face criticism by the defence.
The judge suggested there was a "very strong possibility" one or more of the remaining jurors might have known about the discharged juror's inquiries about Det Sgt Chambers but failed to speak up.
He said: "To put it mildly, I'm disappointed that I was not given that information.
"I have had to ask myself if it is so important that I should not allow you as a group to continue considering this case.
"I have come to the conclusion I have to draw a distinction between the person I have had to discharge and the rest of you."
The Legend of Barney Thomson, directed by Robert Carlyle, who also stars in the film, won two awards - including best film.
And Glaswegian Bill Paterson won a special award for outstanding contribution to film and television.
The 70-year-old has appeared in dozens of hit films and TV shows including The Killing Fields and Auf Wiedersehen Pet.
Paterson, who stars in the soon-to-be-released Dad's Army remake, said he was "thrilled" to receive the award.
Speaking on the red carpet, he said: "It's great but the added burden is that you can't pretend you don't have something ready to say, so it's swings and roundabouts.
"But I'm absolutely thrilled, it's beyond a fantastic honour because it's from the people I've worked among for decades."
When asked for his highlights in Scottish TV and film this year, Paterson joked that he was eyeing up a role in BBC Scotland police comedy Scot Squad.
"I love Scot Squad, I think it's just fantastic," he said.
"I don't often burst out laughing watching contemporary comedy in the way that I used to but this makes me do it. It's great and if there's a part in Scot Squad then I'm ready."
Former Taggart and Pirates Of The Caribbean actor Alex Norton said: "I think it's the most wonderful thing and richly deserved. I'm obviously consumed by jealousy but I can't think of anyone who deserves it more."
The Legend Of Barney Thomson won the feature film award and best actress in a film for Emma Thompson.
Sharon Rooney won the best TV actress award for My Mad Fat Diary, while Ken Stott took the equivalent male award for his performance in The Missing. David Elliot was named best actor in a film for Kajaki.
Jude MacLaverty, director of Bafta Scotland, said: "It has been a wonderful evening and this year's winners highlight the diversity of international and national projects choosing Scotland as a filming destination and the rich seam of Scottish talent working throughout the UK.
"We offer our warmest congratulations to all our worthy winners."
Who won the awards?
Outstanding contribution to film and TV - Bill Paterson
Outstanding contribution to broadcasting - Dorothy Byrne
Outstanding contribution to craft award - David Balfour
Film actor - David Elliot, for "Kajaki: The True Story"
Television actor - Ken Stott for "The Missing"
Film actress - Emma Thompson for "The Legend of Barney Thomson"
Television actress - Sharon Rooney for "My Mad Fat Diary"
Animation - "Stems", Ainslie Henderson, Poppy Acroyd, Michael Hughes, Will Anderson
Children's programme - "The Dog Ate my Homework", production team, BBC Scotland/CBBC
Comedy/entertainment - "Mrs Brown's Boys", Brendan O'Carroll, Stephen McCrum, Ben Kellett, Martin Delany- BBC Scotland/BBC One
Current affairs - Low Pay Britain (Dispatches), Richard Cookson, Nicole Kleeman, Morland Sanders - Firecrest Films/Channel 4
Director film/television - Donald Coutts for "Katie Morag"
Factual series - "Being Sixteen in 2014", Natalie Moss, Jude Suggett, Andrew Lockyer, Matt Pinder- BBC Scotland/BBC Two Scotland
Feature film - "The Legend of Barney Thomson", John G. Lenic, Brian Coffey, Kaleena Kiff, Robert Carlyle - Sigma Films/Trinity Works Entertainment/Icon Film Distribution
Features/factual entertainment - "It was Alright in the 70s", production team Objective Scotland/Channel 4
Game - "Distant Star: Revenant Fleet", by Blazing Griffin
Short film - Mining Poems or Odes, Callum Rice, Jack Cocker of Scottish Documentary Institute
Single documentary - "The Bridge: Fifty Years Across the Forth", production team TVI Vision/BBC One Scotland
Television drama - "Glasgow Girls", Brian Welsh, Colin Barr, Kate Cook - Minnow Films/BBC Three
Writer film/television - Gregory Burke for '71
But the court also redrew the maritime border, extending the Nicaraguan area.
The decision potentially gives Nicaragua more access to fishing grounds, as well as reported underwater oil and gas deposits.
Colombia and Nicaragua have been at odds for years over the border, with tensions periodically flaring.
In its ruling on Monday, the ICJ, the UN's highest court, said the islets of Roncador, Quitasueno, Serrana, Serranilla, Bajo Nuevo, Cayo Bolivar and Alburquerque were Colombia's.
The court set new borders to give Colombia control of the water and seabed around its islands and islets.
By Arturo WallaceBBC Mundo
In a way, both countries will be able to claim victory over the ruling, but in practice it is Nicaragua that gained more from the decision at The Hague.
Colombia kept the islets and keys claimed by Nicaragua, but the ruling also gave Nicaragua rights over a significant portion of the Caribbean Sea that Colombia had always considered its own.
The most affected will be the inhabitants of San Andres and Providence islands, who used to fish in what now are Nicaraguan waters.
But now that the dispute has been settled, both countries will also be able to explore the seabed for oil.
The region is, however, of high environmental importance, situated close to a Unesco biosphere reserve.
And not everybody believes oil exploration in the region is such a good idea.
But the new demarcation line also gives Nicaragua more sea territory.
"Colombia strenuously rejects this aspect of the ruling," said President Juan Manuel Santos, referring to the court's decision.
He described the court's decision to move the maritime border westwards as "wrong and contradictory".
"We won't discard any legal recourse or mechanism available under international law to defend our rights," he said after a meeting of the Colombian cabinet.
But the ICJ ruling is binding.
Hours after the decision, Mr Santos flew to the island of San Andres, where he planned to spend the night and meet local authorities, the BBC's Arturo Wallace said.
In Nicaragua, President Daniel Ortega said the decision should be celebrated by his compatriots.
"The court has given to Nicaragua what belonged to us: thousands of kilometres of natural resources."
The long running case has been before the ICJ since December 2001, when Nicaragua first filed its claim.
But the dispute goes back much further.
The competing claims date from the early 19th Century, when the nations of Latin America were gaining their independence from Spain.
Nicaragua and Colombia signed a treaty in 1928 to settle the border and sovereignty of islands in the Caribbean.
But in 1980, Nicaragua's Sandinista government unilaterally annulled the agreement, arguing that it had been signed under US pressure.
In 2007, the ICJ ruled that the treaty was valid and that the sovereignty of three islands, San Andres, Providencia and Santa Catalina, remained with Colombia.
The archipelago lies some 775km (480 miles) from the Colombian coast and 230km from Nicaragua.
The current border is on the 82nd meridian.
The ICJ ruling does not not affect the maritime borders of Costa Rica and Honduras.
The Blues host San Marino side La Fiorita at Windsor Park on 27/28 June with the return leg on 4/5 July.
In the Europa League qualifiers Crusaders take on Latvians FK Liepaja and Ballymena meet Odd BK of Norway.
Coleraine's opponents FC Haugesund are also from Norway while Derry City go up against FC Midtjylland of Denmark.
The Europa League first qualifying round games will be played on 29 June and 6 July.
If the Blues progress they will play the 1967 European Cup winners in Belfast on 11/12 July with the second leg at Celtic Park on 18/19 July.
The 11/12 July date is problematic as it coincides with the 'Twelfth' marches in Northern Ireland and an alternative arrangement is likely to be sought.
It would be a first meeting between the Blues and Celtic.
Celtic defeated Irish League opposition in Belfast four years ago with a 3-0 win over Cliftonville in a Champions League qualifier.
The unmanned Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV) will launch atop a Vega rocket from South America, fly east around the globe, before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean.
The wedge-shaped craft is designed to gather information on how space objects fall back to Earth.
Engineers could use the data to inform a range of future technologies from re-usable rockets to Mars landers.
Lift-off for the Vega from French Guiana is timed for 10:00 local time (13:00 GMT) on Wednesday.
It will throw the IXV to an altitude of 450km, from where the European Space Agency (Esa) test article will then begin its rapid descent.
By the time it re-enters the atmosphere, the craft should be moving at 7.5km/s. As it pushes up against the air, the temperatures on its leading surfaces will soar to 1,700C.
Flaps and thrusters will be used to control the trajectory, ensuring the IXV comes down close to a recovery ship some 3,000km west of the Galapagos Islands.
A parachute system deployed in the very late stages of the flight will put the two-tonne vehicle gently in the water. Floatation balloons will come out to stop it from sinking.
Beginning to end, the complete mission is expected to last approximately one hour and 40 minutes.
Europe's expertise on re-entry technologies is more limited than, say, the US's or Russia's - something it wants to change with the help of the IXV.
Esa's project manager Giorgio Tumino told BBC News: "Europe is excellent at going to orbit; we have all the launchers, for example. We also have great knowhow in operating complex systems in orbit. But where we are a bit behind is in the knowledge of how to come back from orbit. So, if we are to close the circle - go to orbit, stay in orbit, come back from orbit - this third leg we need to master as well as other spacefaring nations."
Europe has produced one or two re-entry capsule systems in the past, but the IXV's complex "lifting body" is new territory.
The vehicle is packed with sensors. Their data will feed back into materials research and into the computer models used to describe the energetic physics that occurs when an object plunges through atmospheric gases at hypersonic speeds.
The IXV will start its data dump the moment it clears the descent's radio blackout phase, which occurs when the vehicle is enveloped by the hot plasma created during high-speed re-entry.
Getting all the information off the craft while it is still in the air means the mission can complete its objectives even if something goes wrong at splashdown and the IXV sinks.
Esa has already approved a follow-on project called Pride (Programme for Reusable In-orbit Demonstrator in Europe).
This would see the development of another re-entry vehicle but with a key difference - the ability to land on a runway.
In this respect, the Pride craft would look very similar to the X-37B mini shuttle, which is operated by the American military.
No-one is quite sure what missions are flown by this unmanned craft, but they are likely to include the early testing of new technologies for future satellites.
This could be a role also for Europe's Pride vehicle. In-orbit servicing of satellites is a capability often discussed in this context as well.
Esa nations will meet shortly to define these roles.
"We need still to agree with all the member states all the different types of operations in orbit. But whatever the payload, it will always be in the perimeter space of civilian applications," stresses Mr Tumino.
The UK is not involved in the Italian-led IXV programme, but it is signed up to Pride, albeit at a low contribution.
Britain's interests relate to reusable launcher technologies and to the safe return of planetary samples, such as rock specimens collected on Mars.
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The venues for the quadrennial event for outdoor bowls are just over 100 miles from the epicentre of the 7.8 magnitude quake which struck on Sunday.
The championships start on 29 November and run until 11 December.
"Everything's been checked out, we feel it is safe, but there is constant monitoring," World Bowls director Garry Collins told BBC Radio Guernsey.
"If we feel at some point that we expect more of these things then we'll push that button and the championships will be halted."
Two people were killed and warships from Australia, Canada and the United States have been brought in to help the New Zealand navy evacuate people form the town of Kaikoura, which was near the epicentre of the quake.
Christchurch is still rebuilding from a major earthquake in 2011 which killed 185 people and caused millions of dollars in damage.
Over 100 players from 35 countries are set to compete in the event, which alongside the Commonwealth Games is seen as one of the most important tournaments in outdoor bowls.
"There was no damage to the facilities we have in our control," added Guernsey-based Collins, who was elected onto the board of the sport's governing body, World Bowls, last month.
"We've had assurances from the people on the ground and from our officials that everything's okay."
Michael Bay said the World War Two prime minister is a "big hero" in the upcoming fifth entry of the series.
The Sun newspaper reported "fury" from veterans after huge Nazi flags were draped across the stately home in Oxfordshire this week.
But Mr Bay said: "I would do nothing to disrespect veterans."
Speaking exclusively to the BBC while filming scenes for Transformers: The Last Knight in Oxford, he added: "People have not been fortunate enough to read the script and they don't know that Churchill in this movie is a big hero.
"Churchill would be smiling.
"When you see the movie you'll understand."
Filming for the movie, which stars Mark Walberg and Anthony Hopkins, will also take place in Oxford's Radcliffe Square until 23:00 on Sunday.
It is not the first time Nazi flags have appeared in Woodstock - the town hall exterior was fitted with them during the filming of World War Two romance Hanover Street in 1979.
Al-Kuwait forward Hamza Al-Dardour scored a first-half hat-trick as Redknapp's side led 5-0 at the interval at the Amman International Stadium.
Jordan are second in five-team group, two points behind leaders Australia, who they meet in Sydney on 29 March.
They have to beat the Socceroos to reach Asian qualifying's third round for the 2018 finals in Russia.
Former Tottenham boss Redknapp accepted an offer to take charge of Jordan for the two final Group B qualifiers.
Earlier this week, Redknapp said he is open to the possibility of extending his spell in charge of beyond the initial two-game deal.
Championship club Derby County recently announced Redknapp, 69, had joined them as a football adviser.
Band-mates Tomas Lowe, Kris Leonard, River Reeves and Jack Dakin, died along with manager Craig Tarry on Saturday.
Mr Lowe's mother said the group were "living the dream" after playing their first gig outside the UK.
Viola Beach entered the official Top 40 for the first time on Monday, prompting a plea to get them to number one.
Relatives of the five men came together to pay tribute to them following the crash.
Ruth Lowe said her son Tomas was "a happy person" who was "always smiling".
The Warrington band were travelling in a car after their first gig outside the UK when the vehicle plunged more than 25m (80ft) into a canal near Stockholm.
Mrs Lowe said: "Tomas was an absolutely beautiful boy, mischievous, full of life - loved life - had lots and lots of friends, and a happy person - he was always smiling.
"They worked really hard, but they were all friends and lived for the music, lived life to the full."
She added that the four band members "had a great relationship" with their manager.
Diane Tarry said her 32-year-old son Craig wanted to make the band successful.
"He just loved the buzz. He was determined to get them to the top."
His father Colin Tarry said: "When Craig first asked me to listen to the band, [he] said 'look what do you think of these Dad?'"
"I said: 'get them signed up, get the music out there, because these lads are gonna be really big'."
"I just don't want them to die in vain. Let's get 'em to number one."
Viola Beach's single Swings & Waterslides has entered the Official Top 40 at number 39. It is expected to rise before the full chart is announced on Friday.
Ben Reeves, the father of 19-year-old guitarist River Reeves, said his son "was just focused on making music... and making people laugh."
An investigation is now under way into the accident in which police say the band's car fell through a gap in a bridge, which had opened to let a boat pass through.
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Steven Sandford, who says he is squeamish, had no option when it became clear they would not reach the hospital in time.
Daughter Chloe was safely delivered five minutes before paramedics arrived at Collector Road, with an operator giving instructions over the phone.
The couple's other daughter was also in the car during the birth.
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Mr Sandford, 45, and his partner Joanne Winters, 39, were driving from their Chelmsley Wood home on 27 June when they had to pull over.
He said: "It was six in the morning and my partner Joanne was having pains every 10 minutes so I thought I'd take my time.
"Next thing you know it's every four minutes then three minutes. The nurse on the phone said 'You need to get to Good Hope Hospital straight away'.
"Her waters broke in the car so I was panicking; I put my foot down a bit."
Mr Sandford added: "The nurse said you need to pull over, because Jo was screaming at this point in the car.
"I pulled over and then the woman said you need to check if you can see the baby's head. I could see some hair so I started to panic and sweat.
"I said 'give it one big push Jo' and she pushed and the baby came out in my hands.
"I had tears in my eyes, I couldn't speak."
The couple's other daughter, 16-month-old Charlotte, was in the back seat throughout the dramatic birth.
Mr Sandford said: "She sat in the back of the car- we were going to take her to my mom's but the plan went out the window. It all happened within minutes."
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, who is in Russia on a three-day visit, will meet President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday.
Both countries signed at least 40 agreements in energy, aviation, space, high-speed railways, tourism, and finance, reports say.
Several papers have criticised Western media outlets for "badmouthing" the Russia-China relationship.
Showing strong support for Moscow, the overseas edition of the People's Daily observes that the US has "doubts or even enmity" towards China and Russia because it feels the two countries are "seeking to change the world order".
"The US is the main architect and main beneficiary of the post-war world order. The world order that it is defending is different from what many countries, including China, are hoping to see. However, China is not suggesting tearing down the existing order, it just wants reforms," says the article.
The paper adds that the "US still sees China as the biggest potential challenger to the existing world order".
Commenting on Moscow's relations with Western countries, it says the West has never treated Russia properly "even after it became a democracy and adopted a pro-West approach".
"Moscow is facing sanctions and further isolation due to the crisis in Ukraine. Its strategic space has been further squeezed by Western countries led by the US. When Russia retaliated, it was seen as a threat and a challenger to the West," notes the paper.
Echoing similar views, the Global Times lashes out at the US for "suppressing Moscow's strategic space".
"The West has been trying to sting Moscow now and then… Western countries fail to learn from how China and Russia overcame a myriad of conundrums to enter into overall cooperation. Instead, they keep calculating how China and Russia benefit from them," notes the editorial.
Meanwhile, papers are cautiously optimistic about China's trade growth after figures show that exports and imports in September exceeded expectations.
According to official data, exports were 15.3% higher than last year, while imports rose 7%.
The data beat analysts' expectations, who had expected a 12% rise in exports and a fall of up to 3% in imports.
China's economy has struggled this year to maintain growth rates, with weak factory activity and slowing domestic demand from a cooling housing market.
A report in the People's Daily, however, highlights the problems that China is facing, including weakened competitiveness of Chinese exports as well as a "huge decrease in investment in our manufacturing sectors from developed countries".
The paper admits that China may miss the "very challenging" target of 7.5% trade growth for the year.
"Our trade development is now at a transitional stage, shifting from high speed growth to medium-to-high level growth. Besides focusing on the speed of growth, we should also place more emphasis on the quality and benefits of our trade development," says the paper.
Wang Jun, an economist at the China Centre for International Economic Exchanges, notes that "the impact of the slump in the property sector on the economy has been underestimated".
"But it does not mean China has lost its international competitive edge or steam in economic growth. The benefits of China's ongoing reforms to the economy will be seen in the coming periods," he tells the Global Times.
And finally, papers urge the government to take strict action against teachers who break "behaviour guidelines" in China's colleges and universities.
A university in Sichuan, southwest China, recently barred a retired associate professor from teaching after images showing him kissing two girls in a restaurant started circulating online.
The incident came a day after the education ministry released a stern warning against such "improper behaviour".
The ministry has banned teachers from having "improper relationships" with students.
A Xinhua News Agency commentary urges the government to step up law-enforcement to deal with the issue of corruption and misconduct of teachers.
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The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said the "incident of indiscipline" at HMP Swaleside on the Isle of Sheppey on Monday was quickly resolved.
All five officers were treated for minor injuries and six inmates have been moved out of the prison.
The category B prison houses around 1,100 prisoners, almost half of whom are serving life sentences.
"The prison is operating as normal and an investigation will now take place," the MoJ spokesman said.
In an interview with BBC Newsnight, he described Bill Thomas - who helped draw up the party's small business policies - as simply "Bill" and when pressed could not give his surname.
Labour sources called it "a human error" and a "perfectly human slip up".
Mr Balls tweeted on Tuesday: "It's an age thing!"
David Cameron seized on the gaffe at Prime Minister's Questions, saying it was evidence that Labour was "anti-business and anti-enterprise".
"The shadow chancellor was asked whether he could think of one business leader (who supported Labour) and do you know what he said?
"He said 'Bill somebody'. Bill somebody is not a person. Bill somebody is Labour's policy," he said - a joke greeted by cries of Bill from the Conservative benches.
Labour leader Ed Miliband hit back, saying the Conservative Party was the party "of Mayfair hedge funds and Monaco tax avoiders".
He suggested that David Cameron was unwilling to clamp down on City firms not paying stamp duty on share deals because many of his friends "would get caught in the net".
"Under him, there is one rule for those at the top and one rule for everyone else."
In the Newsnight interview, Mr Balls was being quizzed about whether Labour was anti-business, following criticism by Boots boss Stefano Pessina.
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The shadow chancellor said he had just been at a dinner with some of Labour's business supporters including "Bill, the former chief executive of EDS, whom I was talking to just a few moments ago ... he is a big supporter of ours."
When presenter Emily Maitlis asked what Bill's surname was, he said: "It has just gone from my head, which is a bit annoying at this time of night…"
The Shadow Chancellor later tweeted an explanation for his memory lapse: "I know, I know. Bill Thomas, our Small Business Taskforce Chair, will never forgive me. It's an age thing!"
Speaking later to the BBC, Mr Thomas said: "I absolutely back Labour and I absolutely believe in Ed Miliband.
"I've spent a significant amount of time with Ed Miliband going through the contents of my report talking through various policy areas and I believe that Ed Miliband has a compelling vision for what kind of country he wants to lead as prime minister."
Who is Bill Thomas?
William Gennydd Thomas is an IT expert and former senior vice president of Hewlett Packard Europe. He also sat on the board of HP subsidiary Electronic Data Systems, a business services company founded by one-time US presidential candidate Ross Perot.
The father-of-three rose from humble origins in Lancashire to head the multinational business, which employs about 50,000 people. He reportedly took early retirement at the age of 50, to concentrate on running his historic country mansion Hopton Hall, set in 30 acres of land in Derbyshire, where he lives with his wife Julie.
In 2013, he was drafted in by Ed Miliband to chair Labour's "small business taskforce", which was given the job of coming up with policy ideas for the party's general election manifesto. Mr Miliband hailed the "enormous commitment and imagination" Mr Thomas had brought to the job, when the report was published.
Mr Thomas is on the board of the Co-operative Bank, is chairman of the advisory board of Cranfield University School of Management and is on the management and Board of Leeds University Business School. He is also a non-executive director of tech firms XChanging plc and GFI SA, and of construction giant Balfour Beatty.
Lord Jones, the former CBI chief, who also served as a trade minister in Gordon Brown's government, said Mr Balls's slip was indicative of "a much bigger problem with business" for the Labour party.
"They haven't got the support that New Labour used to have years ago," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
The founder of upmarket fast food restaurant chain Yo Sushi! also joined in the criticism.
Simon Woodroffe, a former Labour supporter who has since donated money to the Conservatives, said he believes Ed Miliband is promoting a populist anti-business message: "He's saying 'look at these fat cats making lots of money, it should be for the workers'.
"What I want our leader to say is 'We want enormous profits, and yes we are going to share them out later, but first of all we've got to make them'," he told Newsnight.
But Labour's biggest individual donor, home shopping magnate John Mills, said claims that the party was not on the side of business, had been "blown up beyond all reasonable bounds".
"Some of the comments that have been made over the past few days have been really rather poorly judged because these companies are going to have to work with a Labour government if it gets elected in 2015," he told BBC Radio 5 Live.
He added: "No government can work successfully if it doesn't have the business community's interests at heart, and I'm sure Labour will do so when it gets elected."
Mr Balls insisted Labour is "the pro-business party today" following the row with Mr Pessina, who said he feared a 'catastrophe' for business if Labour wins May's general election.
Zoo officials said the mother, Mei Xiang, is refusing to let the smaller one get swapped in for feedings.
Pandas do not usually nurse twins on their own, but the zoo said it will continue to try to get Mei Xiang to nurse the smaller cub, too.
The zoo is feeding the smaller cub and eyeing its fluctuating weight.
The small cub weighed 86 grams when it was born, while the larger cub weighed 138 grams. The 17-year-old Mei Xiang weighs 238 lbs (108kg).
Additional veterinarian staff and zoo keepers have been brought in from out of state to help keep the panda cub twins stay alive.
Mei Xiang's first cub, Tai Shan, was born in 2005 and returned to China in 2010. Her second cub, Bao Bao, just celebrated her second birthday.
Giant pandas are one of the most endangered species in the world and are notoriously hard to breed in captivity.
The National Zoo is one of only four zoos in the US to have pandas, which are on loan from China.
By lunchtime, the FTSE 100 index was down 29.93 points or 0.45% at 6,600.54.
Mining stocks rose towards the close to leave only Anglo American still in negative ground down 1.3%.
Royal Bank of Scotland was also among the big fallers, dropping 1.5% on reports it could have to pay $13bn to settle US claims it misled investors in mortgage-backed securities.
On the currency markets, the pound was down 0.3% against the euro at €1.4035 and was down 0.22% against the dollar at $1.5575.
Andrew Birch, 46, from Skelmersdale, died when his Peugeot collided with a Toyota on Southport Road, Scarisbrick, Lancashire, on 6 January.
Police believe a grey BMW was involved in an overtaking manoeuvre, causing the other two vehicles to collide.
Detectives also want to trace a woman who was seen walking a husky-type dog.
Mr Birch's 80-year-old mother and a woman, aged 41, who was driving the Toyota were seriously injured in the crash.
Det Ch Insp Andy Hulme from Lancashire Police said: "If anybody uses the road on a regular basis and has seen a grey-coloured BMW being driven in an erratic manner, we would urge them to come forward.
"For one hour this evening, we will also be stopping vehicles travelling along the stretch of road near to where the collision took place to ask occupants if they saw anything at around the same time last week.
A 29-year-old man from Southport has been bailed until 4 March.
Two other men also arrested, aged 22 and 24, both from Liverpool, have been released with no further action.
In his Canterbury Cathedral sermon, he spoke of the 148 victims of a Kenyan university attack last week and Coptic Christians killed in Libya in February.
The Queen, Prince Philip, and members of the Royal Family attended an Easter service at Windsor Castle.
In his message, Pope Francis called for peace "above all" in Syria and Iraq.
In his Easter "Urbi et Orbi" message, the Pope prayed for the students killed in Garissa in Kenya and called for more action to halt what he said was a "humanitarian tragedy" in Syria and Iraq.
The Pope "implored" peace in Libya, calling for the "absurd bloodshed and all barbarous acts of violence" in the country to end.
"We ask for peace, above all, for Syria and Iraq, that the roar of arms may cease and that peaceful relations may be restored among the various groups which make up those beloved countries," he told crowds in St Peter's Square.
Three days of national mourning are being held in Kenya for nearly one hundred and fifty people, many of them Christian, who were killed by Islamist militants last week.
In February, 22 Egyptian Coptic Christians were beheaded by Islamic State (IS) militants in Libya.
It is an Easter of suffering for many Christians around the world, a fact highlighted by the Pope and the Archbishop of Canterbury, as well as the Archbishop of York, in their Easter homilies.
Much of the news in the months leading up to Easter 2015 has been dominated by the killing of Christians, most recently the students in Kenya - many explicitly because they were Christian - and earlier in Libya, Syria and Iraq by Islamic State (IS) militants, who appear determined to drive those of other faiths from the areas they control, including other Muslims who do not subscribe to their extreme interpretation of Islam.
There is growing concern among Christian leaders over the murder of Christians by Islamist militants in many parts of the world, as the ideology of IS, Boko Haram and al Shabab and others spreads its message of death and hatred.
While the Pope and the archbishop have called on Christians to listen to the Easter message of the risen Christ today and forgive their persecutors, Pope Francis has made it clear for some time that he believes military force is justified to halt the advance of IS militants.
The three main UK party leaders also highlighted the persecution of Christians abroad as they took a break from election campaigning to mark Easter.
Prime Minister David Cameron, who attended a church service in Oxfordshire, said it was "shocking" to know people abroad were still being "threatened, tortured - even killed" because of their faith.
Labour leader Ed Miliband said Christians were the victims of religious discrimination in the world, saying "our hearts go out to those who face difficult times both overseas and closer to home".
In a message on Twitter, Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg wrote of the "cruel and barbaric killings that took place in Kenya".
The Archbishop of Canterbury said Christians must support persecuted communities, with "love and goodness and generosity".
He spoke of the need for all Christians to bear witness to Jesus Christ and the resurrection and stated that age, gender, politics and sexuality were irrelevant.
"Witnesses are those people who know Christ - lay or ordained, old or young, gender, politics, sexuality or whatever irrelevant - all are equally witnesses. To witness is to be a martyr," he said.
The archbishop continued: "I am told by the Coptic Bishop in England that the Coptic Christians murdered in Libya last month died proclaiming that Jesus Christ is Lord.
"They are martyrs, a word that means both one that dies for their faith and one that witnesses to faith.
"There have been so many martyrs in the last year. On Maundy Thursday, three days ago, around 150 Kenyans were killed because of being Christian.
"They are witnesses, unwilling, unjustly, wickedly, and they are martyrs in both senses of the word."
This view was echoed by the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, who said that Christians were at greater risk in many parts of the world because "they follow Jesus Christ".
In an article in the Mail on Sunday he also urged Christians to be politically involved, calling on people to "engage and vote."
The animal appeared as people were preparing to leave Alconbury Sports and Social Club, Cambridgeshire.
Panic reigned, with a woman bitten, a man falling off his bicycle as he was chased and a pest controller pursued, the Hunts Post first reported.
Club chairman Bruce Staines, who was chased around the car park, said he had "never seen anything like it".
Mr Staines told the BBC he "tweaked his groin" trying to get away from the marauding animal and back to the safety of the club.
"None of us could get out. When we tried to use a side door, the fox heard and came haring round there."
A woman who tried to distract the fox with food sustained a bite to her hand.
A man who tried to outpace the creature on his bicycle was chased into a field and fell off, losing his glasses in the process.
"He had to fend the fox off with his bicycle," Mr Staines said.
Club members ended up barricaded inside the building, watching the fox on the CCTV system as it stalked outside, at about 22:00 BST on Saturday.
The local pest controller was called, but when he tried to approach the animal it "went for him" and chased him back to his car.
The fox was eventually caught and destroyed.
Graeme Brown, a pest controller for 18 years, was called in to help those trapped inside the club.
"The fox started circling my car as soon as I arrived," he said.
He tried to move it on by stamping his feet, shouting and waving his arms but when it refused to move he was "forced to beat a retreat".
He said he had "never come across such a forward and aggressive fox as this one".
"People who don't know about these animals should not approach them and never feed them. You're asking to be bitten.
"Leaving this fox was not an option. I have no doubt about that," he said.
"It was active in the area of a play park and I would not be prepared to put children at risk."
"Foxes can look very sweet, but as a family-orientated club we had real concerns about this rather vicious animal. We have hundreds of children playing in our leagues here," Mr Staines said.
He said the pest controller suggested the fox may have been an urban animal, which somehow found itself in the middle of the countryside.
"That might be why it wasn't at all afraid of humans."
Neither the Wildlife Trust nor RSPCA was prepared to comment on the behaviour of the fox as their staff had not seen the animal.
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) said systems were infected with a virus on Sunday, with it treated as a "major incident".
The trust, which runs hospitals in Goole, Grimsby and Scunthorpe, said the measures would remain into Tuesday.
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) also had to cancel operations.
Dr Karen Dunderdale, NLAG deputy chief executive, said: "A virus infected our electronic systems yesterday, and we have taken the decision, following expert advice, to shut down the majority of our systems so we can isolate and destroy it.
"Our main priority is patient safety. All adult patients should presume their appointment/procedure has been cancelled unless they are contacted. Those who turn up will be turned away."
The trust added that inpatients would be cared for and discharged as soon as they were medically fit, with major trauma cases and high risk women in labour being diverted to neighbouring hospitals.
It said: "We are reviewing the situation on an hourly basis. Our clinicians will continue to see, treat and operate on those patients who would be at significant clinical risk should their treatment be delayed."
Further updates will be posted on the trust website.
ULHT shares four of its clinical IT systems and said it had to cancel operations "unless there is a clinical reason not to".
Mark Brassington, chief operating officer at ULHT, said: "We have a plan in place to minimise risks to patients which includes reverting to manual systems.
"The biggest impact on the trust is in processing of blood tests, access to historical test results and availability of blood for blood transfusions.
"Our number one priority is keeping patients safe so we are cancelling all planned operations tomorrow unless there is a clinical reason not to."
The estimate is the first of its kind by a major economic body.
It is equivalent to 6% of the region's total GDP between 2011 and 2015, the UN's Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) says.
The uprisings, which started in Tunisia, saw leaders toppled in four countries, and led to war in Libya, Syria and Yemen.
The UN says Arab states have faced economic and social stagnation since the uprisings in 2011. The report describes social progress as "grim" and says the rights of citizens have regressed in some countries.
The data also says conflicts have worsened debt, unemployment, corruption and poverty, and exacerbated the refugee crisis.
Economic analysis was done using growth projects made before the uprisings.
It included countries not directly affected by political conflict but subject to spill-over effects from it, like refugee arrivals, lost remittances and falls in tourism.
The so-called Arab Spring started after a young, unemployed man, Mohamed Bouazizi, set fire to himself after officials stopped him from selling vegetables in central Tunisia in December 2010.
Mr Bouazizi's action ignited a string of protests across Tunisia which led to the then president's resignation and exile, and to the country's first democratic elections in 2011.
Protests in Tunisia acted as a catalyst for revolts and protests in several other Arab states, including Egypt, Yemen, Syria, Bahrain, Libya, Oman, Jordan and Morocco.
Much of the protests centred on calls for more democratic freedoms and an end to corruption. But many Arab protesters were met by violence and strong government crackdowns.
Libya, Yemen and Syria, remain locked in civil wars, which have cost tens of thousands of lives, and have left these countries without a functioning central government.
In Syria, where anti-government protests spiralled into a conflict that has drawn in foreign powers, GDP and capital losses are equal to $259bn since 2011, according to ESCWA's National Agenda for the Future of Syria.
In countries where political transitions have occurred, new governments have not made economic reforms required to address "the issues that led to unrest in the first place", the report says.
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Plans for the project, near Gloucester, were given approval in 2015.
The Urbaser Balfour Beatty contract was released under Freedom of Information rules but parts were redacted.
However, a version released by Gloucestershire County Council contained an easy way to reveal the full unredacted details.
Campaigners are currently appealing to the Information Commissioner to have the full, unredacted contract released by the authority.
Details were removed by the council as they were deemed commercially sensitive.
In the meantime, the faulty version that was mistakenly released on the council's website has been replaced.
The incinerator project, at Javelin Park, met with fierce opposition and was only approved following a public inquiry.
It was originally refused planning permission by the county council and a bid to stop it being built, from Stroud District Council, was taken to the High Court, where it eventually failed.
The BBC is not able, for legal reasons, to say how to circumvent the redactions or reveal details of what they say.
"An earlier version of the waste contract published on the council website could be manipulated to expose the redactions," a spokesman said.
"This was replaced as soon as we were aware. There is an ongoing investigation into how this happened and we have informed the information tribunal.
"The council has already released over 95% of the contract, however some commercial information needs to remain confidential so we can get the best prices for taxpayers in the future."
Gerald Hartley, chair of the campaign group GlosVAIN, said the mistake was "gross incompetence" and "pretty astonishing".
The facility is expected to open in 2019.
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Currently, the UK government takes 50% of any surplus earned by the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme (MPS) from its investments as part of a guarantee.
The UK government said pensions were approximately 30% larger than they would have been otherwise.
But Plaid Cymru AM Steffan Lewis said the fund was used as a "cash cow".
About 25,000 miners are thought to be in receipt of the MPS in Wales, according to NUM south Wales area general secretary Wayne Thomas.
When the coal industry was privatised in 1994, the UK government agreed to guarantee the total pension would not fall in cash terms, and that if there was a surplus it would be shared 50/50 with the scheme's members.
A pension surplus is when the value of cash, investments and other assets in the scheme exceed the amount it needs to pay the pensions of its members.
Since the deal was struck, the UK government said it had received £3.35bn from the scheme.
Mr Lewis, Plaid AM for South Wales East, said: "In recent weeks the UK government has disgracefully decided not to properly address a past injustice against the miners - the Battle of Orgreave.
"In addition to addressing past injustices, it must now confront an ongoing injustice, the use of the Mineworkers' Pension Fund as a cash cow for the state.
"It is time for a review so that the surplus from the fund is more fairly split between government and miners."
Ex-miner Ken Sullivan, 64, of Tredegar, Blaenau Gwent, has collected a petition with 8,000 names calling for a review of the deal.
Mr Sullivan, who worked in Oakdale colliery, near Blackwood, for 24 years, said miners were told to "think of the future - think of when you retire".
"Well, we all thought of that when we paid in 5.5% of our salary into the pension pot, and then when we come to retire, what do we get? I get 50% less than what I should be getting," Mr Sullivan said.
He claimed some miners are on less than £10 a week.
The NUM's Mr Thomas said his union wanted to retain the government guarantee but wanted to see a review of the 50/50 surplus split.
"The people who we are dealing with in the mining communities don't want handouts. They don't want to rely on the state," he said.
"But I am dealing with a lot who are on the state because their pensions are low.
"If we had some of the surplus back to trustees we would be able to boost their pensions."
Paul Davies, of the Welsh Conservatives, said in a Senedd debate that it was "crucial that a pension scheme of this nature is guaranteed by the UK government".
He added: "It's quite clear that the UK government has received substantial amounts of money and that's why we believe it is appropriate that a review takes place."
UKIP group leader Neil Hamilton said: "It is right that any surplus should be shared with the government.
"But the 50/50 split now looks very far from a definition of fairness."
A Plaid Cymru motion calling for a review was passed unopposed.
A Welsh Government spokesman said First Minister Carwyn Jones had written to the UK government supporting the NUM's call for a review.
He added: "The first minister has also called on the UK government to clarify its position on the reserve fund that has been created out of the surpluses, developed in part to support the remaining deep mining industry.
"The Welsh Government supports the NUM's call for this to be put back into the scheme for the benefit of the retired miners and coal industry workers."
A spokeswoman for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy said: "The government continues to guarantee that pensions will be paid.
"Members have received pensions approximately 30% larger than would have been the case without the guarantee and these will continue to rise in line with inflation."
Khan, 29, a former light-welterweight world champion, has not fought since outpointing Chris Algieri in New York in May.
Alvarez, 25, beat Miguel Cotto by a unanimous points decision to claim the title in Las Vegas in November.
Alvarez has lost once and won 46 of his 48 fights.
The fight has been set at a catchweight of 155lb, eight more than Khan weighed in victory against Algieri and a jump of two weight divisions.
The usual weight limit for middleweight is 160lb, but Alvarez's last few fights have had the same weight stipulation.
Khan's announcement also rules him out of a fight against IBF welterweight champion and domestic rival Kell Brook at Wembley on June 4.
"I know Canelo fights the best and wouldn't pass up the opportunity to face me like others have," said Khan. "My goal is to always fight the biggest names and the best fighters. That is why I'm excited for this fight.
"I know I have the speed and ability to beat him and will give my fans what they deserve."
"As the middleweight champion of the world, I will take on the best fighters in the sport and on Cinco De Mayo weekend, I look forward to making the first defence of my titles," said Alvarez.
"Amir was a decorated amateur, a two-time world champion and is in the prime of his career. Fans are in for a great fight."
Khan has won 31 and lost three of his 34 professional fights.
Impeachment.
It was discussed by his opponents as a possibility even before his inauguration, but has yet to be tabled by anyone.
This is despite a string of controversies. Just this week, US media reported allegations he had asked FBI chief James Comey to drop an inquiry into links between his ex-national security adviser and Russia, while 24 hours before it was claimed he had let slip details of top secret intelligence to the Russian ambassador.
But how easy is it to impeach a president? And exactly who has been impeached in the past? The answer may surprise you....
The aim for those bringing charges when someone is impeached is the accused's eventual removal from office - whether they be president of the US, or an official.
The US constitution states a president "shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes or misdemeanours".
Exactly what "high crimes and misdemeanours" covers is up for debate.
The process of impeachment has to be started by the House of Representatives, and only needs a simple majority to pass. A trial will be set in the Senate.
But here, a two-thirds vote is necessary for removal - and this milestone has never been reached in America's history.
Despite it being threatened on numerous occasions, only two presidents have ever actually been impeached.
Most recently, Bill Clinton - the 42nd president of the United States - found himself impeached on the grounds of perjury in front of a grand jury and obstruction of justice, after he lied about the nature of his affair with Monica Lewinsky and then allegedly asked her to lie about it as well.
The House voted 228 to 206 in favour of impeaching President Clinton for the first charge, and 221 to 212 on the second.
It should be noted that, at the time in December 1998, Mr Clinton's approval rating as president was at 72%.
However, when it reached the Senate in 1999, it failed to get close to the two-thirds backing it needed in order to pass. As an analysis piece the BBC ran at the time noted, "in their eagerness to bring down the president, they never stopped to think whether the charges could be proved beyond reasonable doubt".
The second? Clue: It wasn't Richard Nixon. (More on this lower down).
In fact, the only other president impeached was Andrew Johnson, who served for four years from 1865 - the 17th person to hold the role.
He was impeached by the House in 1868. The vote came just 11 days after he got rid of Edwin Stanton, his secretary of war - a man who didn't agree with his policies.
The parallels between Mr Stanton's firing and that of Mr Comey - a man who also reportedly disagreed with Mr Trump - have not gone unnoticed in the American press.
Unlike Mr Clinton, however, Mr Johnson's survival was a close call: the two-thirds majority was missed by just one vote, thanks to a number of Republicans.
Later, Iowa senator James Grimes explained: "I cannot agree to destroy the harmonious working of the Constitution for the sake of getting rid of an unacceptable president."
In theory yes. He could technically be accused of violations of his oath of office to "preserve, protect, and defend" the US constitution, according to the writers of Lawfare Blog.
In practice, however, it is far more unlikely.
As the BBC's North America reporter Anthony Zurcher points out, "if this were a Democratic-controlled House of Representatives, articles of impeachment would likely be in the drafting process".
The fact is, they are not. The Republicans control the House by 238 to 193. They control the Senate by 52 to 46, plus two independents.
The vast majority of Republicans have remained loyal to President Trump despite his approval ratings dropping to ever increasing lows. Monitoring website FiveThirtyEight puts the average at just 39.9% - and that is based on polls taken before this week.
Of course, there are the notable exceptions. Senator John McCain told a dinner this week that the scandals surrounding the President are reaching "Watergate size and scale".
Others are playing down each and every bump in the road. But there are beginning to be signs of exasperation within the party.
"Can we have a crisis-free day?" Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine reportedly told CNN. "That's all I'm asking."
Even Senate majority leader, Senator Mitch McConnell, said the White House could do with "a little less drama".
But thoughts will soon be turning to the forthcoming elections in 2018, and every candidate will surely have to ask: is this president hurting my chances?
He did what every sensible person does when they know the tide has turned against them. He quit.
Ships have so far picked 109 survivors from the sea, but officials believe about 200 people were on the boat.
Three bodies have been recovered and an Australian minister said more bodies had been seen in the water.
The ship, believed to be carrying asylum-seekers, capsized on Thursday.
Christmas Island is closer to Indonesia than Australia, and is targeted by asylum-seekers hoping to get to Australia, often on boats that are over-loaded and poorly maintained.
Australian patrol vessels, merchant ships and aircraft have been helping with the rescue.
The Australian government earlier put the number of survivors at 110 but then revised this down to 109. One of those rescued was a 13-year-old boy and everyone on board the boat was said to be male.
A navy boat has brought the survivors to Christmas Island, where Australia has a large immigration detention centre. They are said to be undergoing medical checks there, with three taken to hospital.
Australia's Home Affairs Minister Jason Clare has told local media that most of the men were from Afghanistan.
He also said that a surveillance plane has spotted more bodies in the water, but no more survivors so far.
"Unfortunately, I can't report that any more survivors were seen alive in the water at this time," he told local media.
"We need to brace ourselves for more bad news. Potentially, many more people have lost their lives."
Officials said the boat issued an emergency call and was later found to be in distress by an Australian surveillance plane.
About 40 people were found clinging to the hull of the boat and more were found holding on to debris, Mr Clare said.
A spokeswoman from Australia's Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said water temperatures were fair, which made finding survivors more likely.
In recent years a flow of asylum-seekers, mainly from Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Iraq, have been making their way to Australian territory by boat via Indonesia.
There have been a number of capsizes blamed on unseaworthy vessels carrying too many passengers.
About 50 asylum-seekers died when their boat broke up on rocks off Christmas Island in December 2010.
"This accident again underscores the dangerous nature of these hazardous journeys, and the desperate and dangerous measures people will resort to when they are fleeing persecution in their home countries," the UN refugee agency said in a statement.
Channel owner Prince Alwaleed bin Talal said there was no place for Muslim Brotherhood members in his business.
Mr Suwaidan has been a fierce critic of Egypt's military-backed government.
Saudi King Abdullah has, however, given strong backing to the new Egyptian administration.
Prince Alwaleed wrote on his Twitter account that he had dismissed Mr Suwaidan "for admitting he belongs to the Brotherhood terrorist movement".
The preacher had reportedly identified himself as "one of the leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood" during a lecture in Yemen, according to Reuters news agency.
The king's nephew, Prince Alwaleed, wrote in Mr Suwaidan's dismissal letter - which he tweeted a copy of - that the preacher had been warned several times against publicly declaring his political affiliations.
Mr Suwaidan, who is known across the Arab world for his lectures on self-improvement from an Islamic perspective, was the director-general of the Al Risala (The Message) religious channel.
It belongs to Prince Alwaleed's Rotana Group, which is a large pan-Arab media conglomerate based in Riyadh and serves the Middle East, North Africa and Europe.
Mr Suwaidan is one of the Muslim world's richest preachers with more than 1.9 million Twitter followers, says the BBC's Farhana Dawood.
Following the news of his dismissal, the preacher thanked Prince Alwaleed for the opportunity to manage the channel and "for leading it to success" on his Twitter account.
On Friday, Saudi King Abdullah called on all Arabs to stand together against "attempts to destabilise" Egypt, in a message of support for the military leadership.
The country pledged $5bn in aid to Egypt's interim leaders after former Islamist leader Mohammed Morsi was ousted as president at the beginning of July.
Mr Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood has been staging daily demonstrations since the security forces cleared two of the group's protest camps in Cairo last week. More than 600 people were killed during the operations, including dozens of security forces personnel.
Mr Suwaidan has written a stream of tweets supportive of Mr Morsi and his followers, and condemning what he calls a "military coup" in Egypt.
An Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development analysis examined the long-term impact of parental support on literacy.
Discounting social differences, the study found children with early support remained ahead in reading.
It found a strong link between teenage reading skills and early parental help.
The OECD analysis, based on teenagers in 14 developed countries, found that active parental involvement at the beginning of school was a significant trigger for developing children's reading skills that would carry through until they were teenagers.
On average, teenagers whose parents had helped with reading at the beginning of school were six months ahead in reading levels at the age of 15.
The report says that parents did not have to be particularly well-educated themselves for this impact to be achieved.
What was important was that parents read books regularly with their children - such as several times a week - and that they talked about what they were reading together.
This parental involvement overrode other social disadvantages and in some countries could represent more than a year's advantage in reading levels at the age of 15 compared with children whose parents rarely read books with them.
The study, which draws on data from the international Programme for International Student Assessment tests, also found a link between teenagers' reading skills and continued engagement with their parents.
Everyday family get-togethers, where parents and children talk, could influence school performance, says the research.
"Eating main meals together around the table and spending time just talking with one's children are also associated with significantly better student reading performance in school," says the OECD report.
The supermarket has given Sindy a new look and made her seven inches taller.
Sindy was created as a British girl-next-door alternative to the more glamorous US Barbie doll and at the peak of her popularity in 1985 had an 80% share of the fashion doll market.
"We've restored her beautiful and unique look," said Tesco's head toy buyer Dawn Lavalette.
"We worked with our own top fashion designers to come up with a dazzling new range of clothes.
"We also think that many mums out there, who were fans of the original doll themselves, will secretly want one too."
Sindy, now 18 inches tall, will have 11 outfits, eight pairs of shoes and accessories while she will also have the company of three friends - Zoe, Kate and Laura.
Ms Lavalette added: "This is just the start of the Sindy revival and next year we will have a whole range of exciting additions for customers to add to their collection, including more playsets and stylish outfits."
Sindy's popularity declined in the second half of the 1980s as more Barbie dolls began to be sold.
After a makeover made Sindy look more like her American rival, there were legal battles with Mattel, the makers of Barbie, who felt their product was being copied.
Sindy was changed again but the sales slump continued and the end of Woolworths was also the death knell for Sindy - until now.
Mignolet, 26, has been dropped "indefinitely" by manager Brendan Rodgers following a poor run of form.
Howard is concerned that taking the Belgium international out of the team could cause him longer-term problems.
"I think it's a hard road back when you get taken out of the team. Sometimes there is no way back," said Howard.
United States international Howard, 35, experienced a drop in form and time out of contention for the first-choice goalkeeper role when he played for Manchester United.
"It's not easy. It's a confidence position," he added.
"When you take him [Mignolet] out of the team and then bring him back, do the team and fans have confidence in him?
"With goalkeepers the next mistake is only just around the corner. If you worry about that you will crumble.
"I think a good goalkeeper always has to have a manager who believes in him."
Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios was booed by the crowd when he appeared to stop trying to play during the second set, and world number one Novak Djokovic has been criticised for shouting at a ball girl.
Here's a closer look at what happened, and some of the other biggest tennis tantrums...
In his match against French player Richard Gasquet, Nick Kyrgios repeatedly kept missing or hitting the ball into the net, after being given a code violation for using bad language on the court.
He also got into an argument with the umpire over taking too long to change his socks in between play.
Kyrgios also hugged a ball boy and threw his racquet into the crowd during the third set - although he escaped another code violation for that offence.
As a result of his behaviour, Kyrgios will be fined £6,000 and will have the money taken out of his prize money for competing.
In his match against South African player Kevin Anderson, Novak Djokovic yelled really loudly near to a ball girl, which caused her to become upset.
The player insists he didn't shout at her on purpose and said: "I'm sorry. There was nothing towards her. Maybe she was just afraid of my screaming there,"
"I was pretty close to her. I'm definitely going to try to apologise to her if I did something wrong."
One of the most famous Wimbledon court tantrums came from former American player John McEnroe in 1981.
In a first round match against Tom Gullikson, McEnroe was so furious at the umpire for not allowing his serve, he screamed: "You cannot be serious!"
After his tantrum McEnroe went on to win the tournament, but his famous words in that match have been remembered forever, and even made it into pop songs and films.
In the 2005 Miami Masters, Belgium player Xavier Malisse went on a bit of a rampage.
Unhappy with a line call he began to roll around on the floor refusing to get up and then began shouting at the umpire.
Xavier then kicked the umpire's chair and broke his racket before storming off court.
Tim Henman, alongside Jeremy Bates, become the first players to be disqualified from a tournament in the Open era when Henman accidentally hit a ball girl on the ear at Wimbledon in 1995.
In his rage the former British number one lashed out and hit a tennis ball at one of the ball girls, ending the match.
Henman later apologised to the ball girl and gave her a large bunch of flowers.
Parker, Joshua's mandatory challenger, knocked Dimitrenko down four times and won by TKO in the third round.
Joshua, 26, is scheduled to defend his title in Manchester on 26 November.
His promoter, Eddie Hearn, has said that Parker, 24, is Joshua's most likely opponent.
Saturday's fight finished in controversial fashion as Parker, who has won all 21 of his professional bouts, appeared to deliver a blow to the ribs while Dimitrenko (38-3) was on one knee.
"It was not correct. I was down on one knee and he hit me," said 34-year-old Dimitrenko. "But this is the boxing business - heavyweight boxing."
Corinne Hutton posed nude with her body painted with organs that are deemed transplantable to help raise awareness.
The images were beamed onto London landmarks on Tuesday night including the Royal Opera House.
The 46-year-old single mother from Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire, has been on the waiting list for a double hand transplant for two years.
Ms Hutton, a former businesswoman, had both her hands and her legs below the knee amputated three years ago after suffering acute pneumonia and septicaemia.
Experts are trying to find suitable hands that match Ms Hutton's own blood group, skin tone and hand size.
The striking pictures of Ms Hutton have been released to coincide with Organ Donation Week.
They were projected onto a series of landmarks across London, including the National Portrait Gallery, Waterloo Station and the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden.
She told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme: "It took quite a few hours and there were different stages of exposure, so thankfully I feel quite well covered.
"I've managed to conveniently forget the fact I'm nude in the picture - it doesn't look like it."
Before she became ill, Ms Hutton ran her own graphics company based in Glasgow, but she now devotes her life to her charity Finding Your Feet.
Within four months of losing her limbs, she walked a mile through Glasgow city centre on prosthetic legs, in a bid to raise awareness of the charity which was set up to help other amputees.
Ms Hutton has since climbed Ben Nevis, abseiled, cycled 90km around the Isle of Arran, cycled in the Sir Chris Hoy velodrome, taken up skiing and had ballroom dancing lessons - raising more than £250,000 for her charity.
She said: "When you look at the organ donation system, you realise the depth of it and the complications of it and also the lack of donors.
"That was the whole point of doing it, to increase awareness of how few people are signed up to the organ donation register and how many people are dying every single day.
"I won't die because I don't have hands, but people are dying because they don't have organs."
One of the images shows the outline of a hand, highlighting Ms Hutton's own appeal for a donor.
The option to donate limbs is not recorded when someone registers to become an organ donor so medics have to seek permission from the families of potential donors after their death.
Ms Hutton added: "When you're talking about organ donation you've got to consider that there is a family here grieving and it's a horrendous situation, so I'm mindful of that as well - but you can't take them with you."
In July, Chris King became the first person in the UK to have a double hand transplant at Leeds General Infirmary.
The same surgeon, Professor Simon Kay, will lead on Ms Hutton's operation once a suitable donor has been found.
The hands now used by Mr King were initially identified as a potential match for Ms Hutton, but after they were ruled out for her, they were then used in the surgery for Mr King.
Finding a suitable match for Ms Hutton could prove difficult as she received 25 blood transfusions when she was ill.
Prof Kay said: "As one life is extinguished and grieving begins, great comfort can be felt by those who restore other lives with the courageous gifts of vital organs.
"Unfortunately, we rarely have choice over the end of our life, but we can make the choice to rescue other lives at that time by donating vital organs."
Referring to Ms Hutton's appeal, he added: "Our hands make us human, and gifting them at the end of life is one of the most human things we can do."
Sally Johnson, director of organ donation and transplantation at NHS Blood and Transplant, said: "The images of Corinne are very striking and draw important attention to some of the organs, tissue and limbs that can be donated; saving or transforming lives.
"Transplants can only take place if people are willing to donate and sadly around three people a day die across the UK in need of an organ transplant due to a shortage of people being willing to donate.
"I really hope that the images of Corinne will grab people's attention and encourage them to talk to their families about whether they want to be a donor. I hope that it won't be long before we can find a suitable hand donor."
The party's shadow Brexit secretary, Sir Keir Starmer, said powers transferred back from Brussels should go straight to the relevant devolved body.
This would include Holyrood, he said.
The UK government has already said the Scottish Parliament will have "significant new powers" after Brexit.
The Great Repeal Bill will see thousands of EU laws on everything from workers' rights to the environment scrapped or replaced with UK equivalents.
But the UK government has not yet said which of these new powers will be kept at Westminster, and which will devolved to other parts of the UK - including Scotland - after the UK leaves the EU.
The Scottish government has repeatedly accused the prime minister of planning a "power grab" because she has not confirmed that all of the powers associated with devolved areas, such as fishing and agriculture, will be handed to Holyrood once they return from Brussels.
In a speech setting out Labour's vision for a post-Brexit Britain, Sir Keir said the party's manifesto would commit to "a presumption that any new powers that are transferred back from Brussels should go straight to the relevant devolved body".
He added: "This will apply to regional government across England, as well as to the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
"This was a proposal included by the Mayor of London in his Brexit White Paper and it is one a Labour government will take forward.
"A Labour approach to Brexit will be part of a radical extension of devolution, and will help bring the country together."
Sir Keir also said Labour would scrap the prime minister's Brexit plans and unilaterally guarantee the rights of EU residents before talks start.
And he said Labour wanted a deal which prioritises jobs and workers' rights, that migration rules had to change and that the EU single market should be kept "on the table".
When the UK leaves the EU, significant powers will come back from Brussels.
There's been a row for months about where they go.
The Scottish government believes those covering devolved areas - like agriculture and fisheries - must come to Edinburgh. Nicola Sturgeon has suggested anything else would be an attack on devolution.
Labour has suggested it will do that today. Presuming powers come back doesn't mean they automatically will - but Keir Starmer says his party will oversee a "radical extension of devolution" if it's in government.
This pledge goes further than the Conservatives have so far. The current government says more powers will come to Holyrood - but hasn't specified what they'll be.
That's because they think there may be a need for UK-wide frameworks in some areas.
Speaking in the House of Commons in March, Scottish Secretary David Mundell gave an "absolute guarantee" that the Scottish Parliament would get more powers as a result of Brexit.
And Prime Minister Theresa May said the UK government was discussing with the devolved administrations "the whole question of the UK framework and devolution of issues as they come back from Brussels".
She added: "The overriding aim for everything that we do when we make those decisions is making sure that we don't damage the very important single market of the UK - a market that is more important to Scotland than the EU is."
But Ms Sturgeon told Holyrood on 30 March that the Scotland Act meant the powers should "automatically come to this chamber".
She said nobody in the UK government, including during her talks with the prime minister, had given her that guarantee.
The first minister said this "leads me to suspect that what the Tories are actually planning is a power grab on this parliament, and that will be absolutely unacceptable".
Responding to Sir Keir's speech, SNP MP Stephen Gethins said Labour had handed the Conservatives a "blank cheque" on Brexit.
He added: "'Labour are weak and divided, and the mixed messages from them on Europe is clearly one of the reasons the Tories have been allowed to get away with their disastrous Hard Brexit."
The UK government's Brexit secretary, David Davis, said that Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was "too weak and floundering to get a good deal in the Brexit negotiations".
He added: "A divided Labour Party, propped up by a Liberal Democrat/SNP coalition of chaos, can't even agree amongst themselves on Brexit. Putting this chaotic team in charge of negotiating with the EU would be a dangerous risk to Britain's future."
The Liberal Democrats said Labour was "failing the people" by not supporting another EU referendum, saying its Brexit plan had "more holes than a colander".
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Both residents and activists described the clashes as "unprecedented", and said rebel fighters were attacking government positions on several fronts.
The fighting had spread to previously peaceful districts, they added.
On Thursday, the UN said the number of Syrians fleeing to other states could exceed 700,000 by the end of the year.
More than half a million are believed to have already crossed into Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq, but only 294,000 have registered with the UN.
UN agencies and other humanitarian groups have issued a funding appeal for $488m (£300m) to help them meet the needs of the refugees.
Activists said the start of the rebel offensive in Aleppo was announced in calls from mosques at about 16:00 (13:00 GMT) on Thursday.
In interviews with foreign media and videos posted online, members of the Tawhid Brigade said a "decisive" battle for control of the city had begun. The offensive involved hundreds of rebel fighters attacking government positions on several fronts, they added.
"We wanted to surprise the Syrian army which had started to creep forward towards the southern neighbourhoods," Bashir al-Haji, the Tawhid Brigade's commander, told the Guardian newspaper.
"There are 6,000 fighters of the Tawhid Brigade taking part in the battle now, in addition to a few other brigades like al-Fatah and Ahfad al-Fatihin for the Turkmen."
He denied the FSA had declared "decisive" battles for Aleppo before.
"We are not aiming to liberate the whole of Aleppo with this battle but to regain control of most of the city and get back as many neighbourhoods as we can."
The rebel claims could not be immediately verified, but activists and residents reported heavy clashes and shelling in the districts of Izaa, Saif al-Dawla, Salah al-Din, Amariya and Sukkari on Thursday night and Friday morning.
"The fighting is unprecedented and has not stopped since Thursday," said Rami Abdul Rahman of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based activist group, told AFP news agency.
"The clashes used to be limited to one or two blocks of a district, but now the fighting is on several fronts."
But the BBC's Jim Muir in Beirut says there is little sign so far that the rebels have made much progress.
Syrian state media reported some unusual mortar fire onto south-eastern districts of the city which have so far been relatively untouched.
Attacks by rebels had been repulsed in several places, and heavy losses had been inflicted by government forces, they said.
For more than a month, the struggle for control of Aleppo has been at a stalemate, with government forces unable to dislodge the rebels, and the latter unable to take complete control, our correspondent adds.
Meanwhile, several north-eastern and southern districts of Damascus which were supposedly recaptured by the army weeks ago saw further violence on Friday, with troops and militia moving back in.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 60 people, including 30 civilians, had been killed across the country on Friday.
The National Forces Alliance (NFA), led by ex-interim Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril, gained more than double the seats of its Islamist rivals.
So should its MPs be described as secularist liberals or moderate modernists?
The reality is that those in the alliance are largely unknown, expect for Mr Jibril - whose face was one everyone recognised when they went to the polls.
When it comes to their politics, Libyans certainly believe that the NFA is "liberal", but the word "secular" is not used.
Mr Jibril himself has already declared that his party shall refer to Sharia for guidance in legislation.
So do these final preliminary results, pending a two-week window for any legal appeal, mean the conservative North African country is less religious than neighbouring Tunisia and Egypt, where Islamists did well in recent post-revolutionary elections?
Not really.
Libyans do not need politicians to tell them how to be good Muslims, says 18-year-old Heba, a tall, model-thin girl who presents an Arabic music programme on radio.
They want the parliament to deal with more pressing concerns, she explains.
"It's not like we expect nightclubs and things like that to suddenly open their doors here," she says.
"We have things to take care of like education and health."
The number of people who found the mere existence of religious parties an offensive concept was astonishing.
"We're all Muslims here! Who do they think they are preaching to us? They're not more religious than us" were common reactions heard in cities.
Libyans are ultimately tired of ideological preachers - they endured it for more than 40 years with Col Gaddafi's eccentric and confusing semi-Islamic, socialist ramblings.
And parties like the Muslim Brotherhood are seen as having hijacked Tunisia and Egypt's revolutions.
But it is not clear whether the centrist NFA will dominate the 200-member National Assembly because 120 seats are reserved for independents whose allegiances are not yet known.
In the end a grand coalition could be formed, which may or may not include the biggest loser in this recent election - The Nation Party led by former al-Qaeda-linked Abdelhakim Belhaj - which gained no seats at all on the party-list.
And for the first time women are now about to take up an active, public role in Libyan politics, with 33 gaining seats in the assembly.
But finding consensus on the conflicting regional needs will be hard.
"We'll probably need a lot of aspirin," one independent candidate, who did not make it to the assembly, jested some weeks ago.
Top of the issues that the country's MPs need to address is security.
They will need to ensure the disarmament of various gang-like militias who played no role in the conflict as well as the unification of brigades who did under a single official security umbrella.
The key to solving many of the issue lies in the economy.
The country certainly has enough oil revenues to help kick-start the private sector, which is desperately needed.
Libyans are already eagerly awaiting the next step of their new-found freedom - the drafting of a constitution, a process to be overseen by the national assembly, which they hope will seal their new democratic path.
The treasure trove was found by the auctioneer during a routine house clearance in Northamptonshire on 25 January.
More than 100 22-carat gold sovereigns and 16 solid silver bars - each no bigger than a mobile phone - were packed into a zipped-up suitcase.
Auctioneer Jonathan Humbert described the find as "incredible".
The collection went under the hammer at J P Humbert Auctions in Whittlebury on Tuesday.
Every piece of the entire collection was sold separately with individual bids ranging from £190 to £480.
All the Elizabeth II sovereigns, dating from 1958 to 1967, depict St George slaying a dragon on the reverse side.
Each 0.3oz (8g) coin was valued at more than £200.
The 16 solid silver bars, weighing 2.2lb (1kg) each, are engraved by the Swiss bullion makers Metalor.
Mr Humbert said the house owner, who wants to remain anonymous, had made a casual reference to a suitcase behind the sofa containing gold.
He said: "I went to pick it up and I almost pulled my shoulder out of its socket, it was so heavy - so I had to drag it out unceremoniously.
"It was incredible. My eyes lit up - it was quite a find."
He said it was unusual for one person to have that many gold sovereigns in one place.
This year is the 200th anniversary of the "modern gold sovereign" which saw the traditional heraldic Tudor rose emblem on the reverse replaced with St George and the dragon for the first time.
Officials said no-one would be able to ride motorbikes at any time in the city, Boko Haram's stronghold.
The group's trademark has been to use gunmen on motorbikes to assassinate security officers and politicians.
Boko Haram is fighting for Islamic rule and has rejected talks with the government.
At least 40 people have been killed in Maiduguri, the main city in Borno state, in the past two weeks in attacks blamed on the group.
Last month, the group said it had carried out an attack on the headquarters of the Nigerian police in the capital, Abuja, which killed at least six people.
The Borno state government said it was now imposing a 24-hour ban on motorbikes in the city.
"The ban includes private as well as commercial motorcycles of all categories that operate within Maiduguri metropolis," Usman Ciroma, spokesman for the Borno state governor, said in a statement.
Correspondents say motorbikes are one of the most common forms of transport in Maiduguri, as most people cannot afford cars.
The AFP news agency reports that the governor, Kashim Shettima, warned that the ban could be extended.
"If the security situation does not improve following this ban, the government will extend the ban to cover the whole state," he was quoted as saying.
On Wednesday, Boko Haram fighters threw an explosive device at a military patrol in Maiduguri, wounding three officers.
A BBC investigation has found that during the past five years more than 7,000 dogs have been kennelled in England, costing £5m.
During the same period, police spent £1m on kennelling 55,000 police dogs.
The Dogs Trust charity said it was "wasteful public spending". Police described the costs as a "burden".
The dogs kennelled by police forces across England include those dangerously out of control, animals suspected of being on the dangerous dogs list and those whose carer is in custody.
Deputy Chief Constable Gareth Pritchard, the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) lead for dangerous dogs, said he was "very aware of the burden being placed on already stretched police finances" by kennelling such dogs.
He said: "National guidance will be released shortly which will offer advice to all forces to assist, where appropriate, in the returning of dogs pending the case being finalised at court.
"This decision would follow a stringent risk assessment by the individual force.
"I encourage the use of any procedures that reduce kennelling times to improve animal welfare and minimise cost. However, this should only be done where there is no increased risk to public safety or obstruction of the court process."
The NPCC said police had a responsibility under the Animal Welfare Act, and on humanitarian grounds, to look after a dog if its carer was taken in to custody.
The BBC sent Freedom of Information requests to all police forces in England asking how many dogs were seized, the cost of kennelling, and the length of each dog's stay in the past five years.
The longest period of time a dog was kept was 985 days, in Hertfordshire, with the average amount spent per seized and dangerous dog being £650.
Nottinghamshire Police said a dog's stay was dependent on the type of offence, the owners and the courts, with the average cost of keeping a dog being £10-£12 per day.
A spokesman said: "The force recognises this is a problem although timescales are largely dictated by the courts.
"Where a dog is being held in kennels, the court will be advised that unnecessary delays will place heavy costs on police budgets and can have an adverse impact on the animal's welfare."
The costs of police dogs are lower as they are kept with their handlers, unless they are on annual leave. Most forces have their own kennels to house police dogs, although some smaller forces use private kennels.
A spokeswoman from the Crown Prosecution Service said it "does not have a policy relating specifically to dogs being kept in kennels during criminal proceedings against their owners".
She said: "We endeavour to conclude cases as soon as possible to allow a properly informed decision to be made about a dog's future, however, where a decision cannot be made until the conclusion of the case there is no alternative other than to keep the animal in kennels for that period of time."
Claire Robinson, government relations manager for the RSPCA, said one of the "biggest challenges" was ensuring the CPS and courts service understood that such cases should be expedited and unnecessary delays should be avoided.
"This is an area of work we have identified as needing to do but we are at very early stages on this," she said.
Carlie Horsley, from the Dogs Trust charity, said the organisation believed "such wasteful public spending would have been unnecessary" and "there is a need for a fundamental overhaul of dog legislation and these figures further support this view".
"The current NPCC guidance suggests that there should be a 'stay at home policy' for suspected prohibited dogs until the case comes to court - akin to a bail period. However, Dogs Trust understands that this is not applied by every police force."
But she said the charity welcomed the government's recent amendments to the Dangerous Dogs Act, which would introduce a bail period.
"We believe that the introduction of this bail period, which will give every police force the discretion to allow a suspected prohibited dog to remain with its owner (providing the dog does not pose a threat to public safety), would not only provide significant welfare benefits for dogs that would otherwise be kennelled, but also save the police and public purse money in kennelling fees."
Caroline Kisko, Kennel Club secretary, said: "The Kennel Club is concerned with the welfare implications associated with dogs being kennelled for unlimited lengths of time after being seized under the Dangerous Dogs Act.
"We recognise that when dogs are being kennelled due to court cases the length of time may vary, so it should be a priority at all times that the dog is provided with regular exercise and mental stimulation, and given the opportunity to socialise with humans and other dogs so long as it is safe for it to do so."
The 41-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs on Thursday.
North Wales Police was carrying out an operation involving school buses and taxis in and around Caernarfon, Gwynedd, when the driver was stopped.
He was about to collect children in Llanrug to take them to school in Bangor, but had not moved his vehicle.
Police said the man had been released on bail and Gwynedd council had been informed.
Willie Mullins has a strong team as he bids to beat Paul Nicholls and become the first Irishman to win the British trainers' title since the 1960s.
Mullins saddles Champion Hurdle winner Annie Power in Thursday's Aintree Hurdle and Cheltenham Gold Cup runner-up Djakadam in the Betfred Bowl.
The field for Saturday's Grand National will be finalised at about 10:00 BST.
Last year's winner Many Clouds is the current 8-1 favourite as he attempts to become the first horse since Red Rum in the 1970s to win back-to-back runnings of the Aintree marathon.
Other leading hopefuls include Silviniaco Conti for Nicholls, with victory likely to thwart the Mullins attempt to emulate legendary trainer Vincent O'Brien by winning the British jumps championship.
Several leading National contenders require withdrawals before Thursday's deadline if they are to be guaranteed a place in the race, which has a maximum of 40 runners.
Lower-rated horses are balloted out and 2014 winner Pineau De Re - now a veteran aged 13 - is listed at 46 and needs six defections to make the cut.
Others in danger of missing out are Becher Chase winner Highland Lodge (47), Alvarado (48), who has twice finished fourth in the National, and Cheltenham Festival winner Cause Of Causes (49), who is rated about 20-1 to win the race.
Bishops Road, winner of the Grand National Trial at Haydock in February, is at number 41 for in-form rookie trainer Kerry Lee.
Annie Power faces Cheltenham runner-up My Tent Or Yours, trained by Nicky Henderson, as the first four home in the Champion Hurdle renew their rivalry.
Mullins also has Nichols Canyon, while The New One represents Nigel Twiston-Davies.
Leading steeplechasers will fight out the Betfred Bowl, with Mullins stablemates Djakadam and Don Poli - third at Cheltenham - taking on Cue Card, a late Gold Cup faller when in contention for the race eventually won by Don Cossack.
The Fox Hunters' Chase will see runners go over the National fences for the first time at the 2016 meeting.
Officials believe modifications to the fences introduced three years ago have helped improve safety.
Since the changes, there have been no fatal injuries in the National, although there were two equine fatalities in other races at the three-day meeting last year.
On The Fringe seeks a double double, having won the Cheltenham and Aintree Fox Hunters last year and followed up at Cheltenham in March.
Opposition includes Pacha Du Polder, runner-up in 2015 and fifth at Cheltenham under former cyclist Victoria Pendleton. Will Biddick rides this time for Nicholls.
Full race schedule: (Time, race, status, distance)
13:40: Merseyrail Manifesto Novices' Steeple Chase (Grade 1) 2m 4f
14:15: anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle (Grade 1) 2m 1f
14:50: Betfred Bowl Steeple Chase (Grade 1) 3m 1f
15:25: Doom Bar Aintree Hurdle (Grade 1) 2m 4f
16:05: Crabbie's Fox Hunters' Steeple Chase (Class 2) 2m 5f
16:40: Red Rum Handicap Steeple Chase (Grade 3)2m
17:15: Goffs Nickel Coin Mares' Standard Open NH Flat (Grade 2) 2m 1f
The seven-piece, back together after 12 years, performed a medley of their biggest hits including S Club Party.
It was during that modern masterpiece there was one momentous moment, carried off by Paul Cattermole.
During his four seconds of 'Paul's getting down on the floor', he managed to throw some shapes that David Brent would have been proud of.
Inevitably, his dancing was soon being compared to the genius of Ricky Gervais' character.
During Newsbeat's chat with the band, we brought up the comparison and Paul gave a wide, cheeky smile.
"Fair play," he said. "I saw another Vine which had me and him side-by-side. There is a massive similarity between the two things. There is!"
To date, a Vine of the clip has had more than 300-thousand loops.
Tina chipped in: "Can I say that is my favourite bit from Friday. Paul's little 'Paul's getting down on the floor' dance."
Bradley too: "My mate called me up saying that Paul's bit was wicked too."
When we asked Paul whether he could actually carry out the action from S Club Party, he told us that in his "old, geriatric age" he "can't really get down anymore."
Following their TV reunion, the band announced a 2015 arena tour.
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The People's Liberation Army Daily, the Chinese military's official newspaper, said security concerns had been raised after one recruit had received a smartwatch as a birthday gift.
News site NBC said its sources had confirmed a ban was now in place.
One expert said the move was a natural extension of restrictions already placed by most armies on mobile phones.
The PLA Daily said army leaders had sought the advice of experts last month after being alerted to an incident in which a soldier had tried to use a smartwatch to take a photo of his comrades stationed at the eastern city of Nanjing.
It said the country's agency responsible for protecting state secrets subsequently issued the following decree: "The use of wearables with internet access, location information, and voice-calling functions should be considered a violation of confidential regulations when used by military personnel."
The newspaper reported that teaching materials and warning signs had subsequently been created to ensure that the message was spread among military personnel.
"The moment a soldier puts on a device that can record high-definition audio and video, take photos, and process and transmit data, it's very possible for him or her to be tracked or to reveal military secrets," it added.
A spokeswoman from the UK's Ministry of Defence was unable to provide a statement about its own rules.
But the BBC understands that it does not currently prevent the use of devices that receive or transmit information unless personnel are operating in a security sensitive environment or on operations.
One expert suggested, however, that the rise of wearable tech posed a challenge to military forces across the globe.
"Any self-aware organisation will have measures for operational security," said Peter Quentin, a research fellow at the British defence think tank Rusi.
"Anything that is networked - whether it is in your pocket or on your wrist - can be remotely accessed and exploited by others to provide an advantage to adversaries.
"That can happen inadvertently or be done deliberately, so it needs to be controlled wherever possible.
"It's why you already see leaving of phones outside of areas where sensitive discussions take place."
He added, however, that there could sometimes be benefits from letting soldiers use wearable tech beyond battlefield duties.
Mr Quentin highlighted the case of Our War, a BBC Three documentary series that made use of footage filmed by British troops who had fitted small video cameras to their helmets.
Officials had initially tried to clamp down on the troops' personal use of the kit before it became apparent that the resulting video was useful.
"It helped the Army communicate the realities of the operations in Afghanistan through the soldiers' own eyes, which was very powerful," Mr Quentin said.
BBC Radio Shropshire has been navigating a boat through landlocked Shropshire to find out what's on the minds of voters and what issues they are most concerned about.
I visited Newport, a small market town in The Wrekin Constituency, which sits on the Shropshire-Staffordshire border to speak to people here.
Today there are more than 10,000 people living in the town, making it the second largest in the Telford and Wrekin council area.
Historically, this has been a Conservative stronghold.
Mark Pritchard has been the MP since 2005 and is looking to be re-elected. However, he could face opposition from UKIP's candidate and current MEP Jill Seymour.
Phil Gittus runs a bicycle shop in the town centre. He said in the past he had voted Conservative, but concerns over immigration could see him switch his vote.
"I've got four kids, so university fees are always worrying, I think they're way too high. Locally living in Newport I want to know why houses are being built left, right and centre," he said.
Katrina Gillman, meanwhile, will hope to pick up votes for the Labour party.
Local resident Lindsay Rushworth, 35, said the party's family friendly policies could sway her vote, but she was undecided.
I asked the mature student what she thought were the biggest issues that would influence her decision on 7 May.
"It's quite hard to get appointments in the NHS and the waiting lists are quite long for some things," she said.
"I worry about Newport and all the extra houses being built, there are only two doctors surgeries and we haven't really got a health clinic here either."
Another resident I caught up with in the town was Natalie Hicks, a 24-year-old Biomedical scientist, and mother-to-be. She said cheap childcare was one of the most important issues for her.
At the other end of the age spectrum, 80-year-old Mrs Rushworth said she had traditionally voted for the Conservative party, but this year can't make up her mind.
She said she worried about the younger generation and had concerns about the NHS.
"It would be nice to have better teachers and definitely better hospitals which we all need. I've just had a new hip so I know how hard the doctors and nurses work," she said.
Peter Vale, 24, a student at the nearby Harper Adams University, described himself as a "floating voter". He said "immigration, the NHS and taxation" were the main issues that would guide his ultimate decision next month.
Not everyone I stopped was engaged with the election.
Katrina Wilkinson is unemployed and said she would not be voting for any party,
"To be honest I choose not to vote because their decisions have already been made in my opinion," she said.
Candidates standing in The Wrekin constituency:
Mr Assange, who has been living in the building for a year was "in good spirits" despite the "limitations of his accommodations", Mr Patino said.
The Wikileaks founder has been granted political asylum by Ecuador, but will be arrested if he leaves the building.
He is wanted for questioning over two sexual assault allegations in Sweden.
But Mr Assange denies the claims and fears he will be handed over to the US authorities, who are investigating Wikileaks for publishing confidential US diplomatic documents.
Mr Patiño will discuss Julian Assange's case with UK Foreign Secretary, William Hague on Monday.
"I was able to say face to face to him, for the first time, that the government of Ecuador remains firmly committed to protecting his human rights and that we continue to seek cast iron assurances to avoid any onward extradition to a third state," Ecuador's Foreign minister said.
Mr Assange said he was "immensely grateful" for the support shown by the Ecuadorian president and the people of Ecuador.
The Wikileaks founder arrived at the Ecuadorean embassy in the Knightsbridge area of London a year ago on Wednesday, after the UK Supreme Court refused to reopen his appeal against extradition.
The British government has spent about £3m on police officers to guard the embassy around the clock.
A UK Foreign Office spokesman said: "We remain committed to seeking a diplomatic solution to this situation and must also ensure that our laws are followed.
"The UK has a legal obligation to extradite Mr Assange to Sweden to face questioning over allegations of sexual offences, and the British police must fulfil this."
The Pole, 32, has only partial movement in his right arm after a crash in a rally car in February 2011, since when he has not raced on a circuit.
However, he and Renault have maintained contact after an impressive first test back in an F1 car in Valencia in June.
The second test will be at Circuit Paul Ricard on a date to be confirmed.
Renault managing director Cyril Abiteboul said: "While the first day of testing at Valencia was no more than to let Robert get reacquainted with the feel of driving again, this second test will be to assess his capabilities to return to the highest level of competition.
"This is a new phase in his personal and professional journey and we are proud to support him.
"There are still many hurdles for him to overcome, and he knows better than anyone else that only his performance will determine if he can one day return to being a professional driver."
Kubica was faster than Renault's reserve driver Sergey Sirotkin when he drove at Valencia in a 2012 car.
Insiders say he has since driven the team's simulator and been as quick in it as lead driver Nico Hulkenberg, although this is not necessarily an accurate measurement of his on-track potential.
Senior figures are excited about the potential for a return, a source said, but still sceptical of Kubica's ability to make a full comeback to F1 because of the restrictions imposed upon him by his arm injury.
His F1 career appeared to be over when he suffered multiple fractures and a partially severed right arm in the February 2011 crash, which happened a few weeks before he was scheduled to start his second season with Renault.
Kubica had previously driven for BMW Sauber, winning the 2008 Canadian Grand Prix, and was considered one of the sport's brightest talents - rated by some in a similar bracket to multiple world champions Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel.
Kubica drove a Renault 2012 F1 car in a demonstration run at the Goodwood Festival of Speed on 2 July and told Sky Sports: "I know I can do pretty well behind the wheel of an F1 car already after one day of testing. So more can come from me.
"It is a good feeling. It is something I was not expecting, to deliver so well straight away.
"This gives me, not confidence, because I knew as a driver that the skills are there, but a relief that can do it physically, that I can make the job.
"I still know there is a long way to go and I need to do it step by step. If I have an opportunity, I will try to do my best. If not, I will search for something else. It has been a long time away from the circuit.
"When you get to an F1 car and after one lap you see the pace is there, it is special emotions and I miss it so much. I am enjoying the moment because I have been through difficult days - but I could never believe I could be in this position four or five months ago."
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Because of Kubica's physical restrictions, Renault needed to change the cockpit controls so that all the control buttons are on the left-hand side of the steering wheel. They also needed to adapt the gearshift so that up and down shifts are both handled by the left-hand steering wheel paddle.
However, Kubica has yet to drive a 2017-spec car, which is faster and more physical than the one he has tested so far, and there are still questions over his ability to operate an F1 car in all corners - with tight left-handers the main concern because of the restricted movement in his right arm.
Renault's links with Kubica come with the future of Briton Jolyon Palmer, their second driver, in doubt.
Palmer has had a difficult first eight races of the season and the team have been considering replacing him for the second half of the year.
However, no decision has yet been taken and the team insist their focus is on helping Palmer deliver the results they expect.
Abiteboul said at the last race in Azerbaijan: "He has a contract with us. We are completely committed to helping him get through the period, which is a tough period, that's obvious.
"He has no ultimatum, but having said that he has to deliver, like every single member of the team."
Hamilton secured the title in Austin on 25 October but Rosberg accused him of being "very aggressive" in that race.
Rosberg won in Mexico on Sunday with Hamilton a frustrated second after a dispute over team strategy.
Asked if the team had orchestrated the result, Hamilton said: "I never think those kind of things."
He added: "But I know the team has felt the need to be extra warm [to Rosberg]."
Pushed to elaborate, the 30-year-old said: "I do know what I mean but I'm not going to say what I mean. You should ask Toto Wolff [Mercedes team boss] and Niki Lauda [Mercedes non-executive chairman].
"You should put those questions to them about how they feel about it, and what they have to do behind the scenes to keep him happy."
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Hamilton questioned a request to pit after Rosberg had stopped for a second time during Sunday's race at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. Hamilton was reluctant to pit because staying out would have meant he retained the lead he inherited after Rosberg's stop.
Hamilton's race engineer, Peter Bonnington, insisted the stop was needed on safety grounds and the Briton eventually came in, albeit one lap later than planned.
The relationship between Hamilton and Rosberg - already cool - has become increasingly frosty in recent weeks with the German throwing a hat back at his team-mate post-race in Austin.
Hamilton has since claimed Rosberg has not congratulated him on winning his third world title, while there was a frosty handshake between the pair after Sunday's race in Mexico.
Even when discussing Rosberg's Mexico win Hamilton managed to get in a barbed reference to the German's mistake in Austin that cost him victory in that race, saying: "Nico drove well. No mistakes. No gust of wind."
Led by Gary Barlow and former England captain Gary Lineker, the 20-strong group includes pop stars Katy B, former Spice Girl Emma Bunton and Pixie Lott.
Footballers Peter Shilton, Michael Owen and Glenn Hoddle have also taken part.
The video will make its debut on Sport Relief night on 21 March.
Proceeds from the sale of the record will also go to Sport Relief.
England did not have an official song at the last World Cup in 2010 after the then-manager Fabio Capello banned one, saying he wanted to be "fully focused on the football".
However an unofficial release featuring James Corden and Dizzee Rascal - titled Shout - still topped the UK charts.
The promo for Greatest Day was filmed at Sarm Studios in west London, where the 1984 Band Aid single was also recorded.
The single will not be released until nearer the tournament in June.
Other pop stars featured on the track include another former Spice Girl, "Sporty Spice" Mel C, Eliza Doolittle, Conor Maynard and Girls Aloud singer Kimberley Walsh also participate.
Dion Dublin, Sir Geoff Hurst, Martin Keown, Gary Mabbutt, Gary Pallister, Carlton Palmer, Kenny Sansom and David Seaman make up the rest of the football contingent. Between them they have played in eight World Cups.
It is not the first taste of the music business for some of the sportsmen. Hoddle reached number 12 in the charts in 1987 with the track Diamond Lights, which he released with fellow footballer Chris Waddle.
Sir Geoff featured on the 1970 England song Back Home, while Shilton was involved with both that song and the 1990 number one song World In Motion by New Order.
Other England World Cup songs include Embrace's World at Your Feet in 2006 and Ant and Dec's 2002 release We're On The Ball, which both reached number three in the chart.
Yet (How Does It Feel to Be) On Top of the World, released by Echo and the Bunnymen and the Spice Girls, only made it to number nine in 1998.
Official songs in recent years have been overshadowed by unofficial anthems, among the Three Lions '98 - a version of a song Frank Skinner and David Baddiel recorded with the Lightning Seeds for the European Championship in 1996.
The 1998 tournament also spawned Vindaloo by Fat Les, a raucous pop collective comprising actor Keith Allen, Blur's Alex James and artist Damien Hirst.
Omar al-Bashir was allowed to attend an African Union summit in South Africa despite being wanted by the ICC on charges of genocide and war crimes.
After a cabinet meeting, the government said it would review membership "for a number of reasons".
But it stressed it took its international obligations "seriously".
A South African court had ordered Mr Bashir to stay in the country while it ruled whether he could be arrested. The government said he enjoyed diplomatic immunity.
Mr Bashir denies allegations committed atrocities in Sudan's troubled western Darfur region.
A senior South African minister, Jeff Radebe, said his government had done nothing wrong, and always obeyed the law.
He was speaking a day after a judge had angrily accused the government of ignoring the constitution and pushing South African democracy towards collapse.
At issue: a government decision to allow Sudan's President, Omar al-Bashir, to leave South Africa last week, in direct defiance of a court order.
Mr Radebe said the International Criminal Court's rules about arresting a head of state were contradictory, and he accused ICC officials of failing to consult, and of not acting in good faith.
This issue is unlikely to fade away, with a number of senior South African officials facing possible criminal charges, for their role in allowing Sudan's president to fly home.
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South Africa had "to balance its obligations to the ICC with its obligations to the AU and individual states", the South African government tweeted.
The country may consider withdrawing from the ICC as a "last resort", it added.
Previously, the AU has urged member states not to cooperate with the ICC, accusing it of bias against Africa.
The South African government is due to explain its decision later on Thursday, although its statement may not be made public.
Keep Wales Tidy gave an extra 22 sites the award - the national benchmark for publicly accessible parks - up from last year's total of 161.
The new additions include Aberfan Cemetery, Swansea University and The Kymin, in Penarth.
Environment Secretary Lesley Griffiths said green spaces were "fundamental to the wellbeing and quality of life".
Winners of the Green Flag Community Award, for sites that rely on volunteers for their maintenance, include The Dye Garden, at the National Wool Museum in Carmarthen, Cae Bryn Coed in Llan Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, and Llanfyllin Wetland in Powys.
The Green Flag scheme, which is run by environmental charity, Keep Wales Tidy, with support from the Welsh Government, is judged by green space experts.
They assess sites using eight criteria, including horticultural standards, cleanliness, environmental management and community involvement.
Ms Griffiths said: "I am delighted to see so many green spaces achieving the standards of the Green Flag Award.
"The award helps to ensure that communities have top quality green space to enjoy and experience the outdoors, which are fundamental to the wellbeing and quality of life of our communities in Wales."
Lucy Prisk, Green Flag coordinator, said it was about "connecting people with the very best parks and green spaces".
An author from Gwynedd is among those on the shortlist for the prize for young writers from across the world.
Alys Conran, from Bangor, is joined by Anuk Arudpragasam, Luke Kennard, Fiona McFarlane, Sarah Perry and Callan Wink.
The winner is announced at Swansea University's Great Hall on 10 May ahead of International Dylan Thomas Day on 14 May.
The Dylan Thomas Prize is open to writers in the English language aged 39 and under.
Chairman of the judging panel, Prof Dai Smith of Swansea University, said: "From a deeply impressive long list of 12 works of literature from across the globe, the judges, after a lengthy discussion, decided on six works whose sheer quality, originality and dazzle factor stood out."
Last year, it was won by Max Porter for his work Grief is the Thing with Feathers.
The Newport-based South Wales Argus saw the biggest drop, down 32.2% to an average of daily sale of 13,952 in the second half of 2013.
The figures came from the ABC, the organisation which measures newspaper circulation.
But some Welsh newspapers saw traffic to their websites rise by up to 35% as more people seek their news online.
The ABC figures showed that daily papers produced in Wales all saw sales fall in 2013:
However, some weekly papers saw their sales rise:
Other weekly papers did not fare so well:
The ABC has also published circulation details for smaller Welsh newspapers that only have their circulations audited every 12 months.
They include titles like the Glamorgan Gazette and the other "Celtic" weekly papers, and most of the other local weeklies around Wales.
The only one of these titles to record an increase in circulation was the Caerphilly, Ystrad Mynach & Bargoed Campaign with a 0.6% rise.
However, news websites have seen their users increase during 2013
Alongside its Wales Online and Daily Post websites, Trinity Mirror last year launched digital editions of its Western Mail, Daily Post and Wales on Sunday newspapers aimed at users of tablets and other mobile devices.
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The Asean summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, also involves counterparts from the US and China.
US officials said China had lobbied members for the issue to be left out of the traditional closing statement.
But China said "certain other countries" had interfered.
China has been aggressively staking its claims in the resource-rich South China Sea by reclaiming land and building airstrips and facilities on disputed reefs, angering neighbours who have overlapping claims.
The US and others have accused China of militarisation, but China says the construction is legal and for civilian purposes.
The clash of words comes days after the US angered Beijing by sailing a warship in an area of the sea claimed by China.
Contested South China Sea
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) makes decisions on a consensus basis, and has a principle of not getting involved in member's affairs.
Its defence meetings have in the past failed to produce joint declarations over disagreements over the South China Sea issue.
On Wednesday, Malaysia cancelled a planned signing ceremony for the joint statement, without giving a reason.
But a US official told reporters the talks broke down because China was insistent that the final statement omit any mention of the South China Sea, which several countries felt that was "inappropriate".
"This was an Asean decision but in our view no statement is better than one that avoids the important issue of China's reclamation and militarisation in the South China Sea," Reuters quoted the official as saying.
China's defence ministry issued a statement on its official microblogging Weibo account saying China had established a "common understanding" with Asean on the contents of the statement.
"But certain other countries disregarded this existing common understanding, attempting to force and insert content unrelated to this summit's discussion into the joint declaration, completely straying from the Asean defence meeting mechanism's aims and principles," it said.
"The blame lies completely with these other countries," it added.
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It keeps 33-year-old striker Bent and full-back Baird, 35, at Pride Park until the end of the 2017-18 season.
Bent first joined the Rams on loan from Aston Villa towards the end of the 2014-15 campaign and later made the move permanent.
Former Northern Ireland defender Baird has played 51 times for Derby after a move from West Bromwich Albion in 2015.
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Derby County have exercised one-year options on the contracts of Darren Bent and Chris Baird.
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The 28-year-old was offered a new deal at Argyle but will now join Rovers on 1 July once his current contract expires.
The former Sunderland trainee, who has previously spent four years with Hartlepool, made 80 league starts for Plymouth after arriving in June 2014.
Hartley becomes Darrell Clarke's first new signing of the summer since winning promotion to League One on the final day of last season.
On Wednesday, Rovers' central defender Tom Parkes signed for League Two Leyton Orient on a two-year deal.
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King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo had failed to provide any new evidence to justify a retrial, Michael Masutha said.
The monarch is due to report to prison on Wednesday after being convicted of kidnapping, assault and arson.
He comes from the Thembu clan, to which South Africa's first black president, Nelson Mandela, belonged.
King Dalindyebo is the first monarch to be convicted of a crime in South Africa since minority rule ended in 1994.
He ascended to the throne in 1989, and has about 700,000 subjects.
The late Mr Mandela grew up in the Thembu royal household, and was the 51-year-old King Dalindyebo's uncle.
South Africa has 10 officially recognised monarchs representing different ethnic groups and clans.
They play a largely ceremonial role, and attend to minor disputes within their communities.
The case against King Dalindyebo was related to a dispute he had with some of his subjects more than two decades ago.
He was accused of kidnapping a woman and her six children, setting their home on fire and beating up four youths, one of whom died, because one of their relatives had failed to present himself before the king's traditional court.
King Dalindyebo appealed to Mr Masutha to reopen his trial after failing in the courts to have his conviction and sentence set aside.
His legal team said he would not report to prison on Wednesday, as they intended to apply for his bail to be extended yet again, the national broadcaster, SABC, reports on its website.
Last week, a court extended King Dalindyebo's bail while Mr Masutha considered his request for a retrial, making it possible for him to spend Christmas at home.
Many people feel King Dalindyebo has disgraced the royal family, and that he will be hard-pressed to find any sympathy, correspondents say.
There is already talk of his son, Prince Azenethi Dalindyebo, being crowned as the next monarch.
King Dalindyebo was a member of the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) party, but it revoked his membership following his conviction.
Sentencing him in October, the Supreme Court of Appeal said: "His behaviour was all the more deplorable because the victims of his reign of terror were the vulnerable rural poor, who were dependent upon him. Our constitution does not countenance such behaviour.
"We are a constitutional democracy in which everyone is accountable and where the most vulnerable are entitled to protection."
Derek Telford, 33, killed James Kerr, 34, over a drugs dispute, at the victim's flat in Glasgow in April 2012.
He was convicted at the High Court in Edinburgh in March 2013 and jailed for life with a minimum term of 25 years.
Telford's appeal against his conviction was rejected but appeal judges ruled his minimum jail term was "excessive".
A written judgement was issued at the Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh on Monday.
Lord Carloway, who heard the appeal with Lady Paton and Lord Bracadale, said in the judgement that Telford was guilty of a "particularly brutal murder in the deceased's own house, using weapons".
He said: "It was also aggravated by the steps taken to conceal the crime thereafter. Accordingly, a very significant punishment part, well in excess of the 16 years...was merited in order to meet the statutory requirements for retribution and deterrence.
"Nevertheless, this was a murder involving a single victim, who did not fit into any special category of vulnerability.
"In all the circumstances, the court does consider that the punishment part selected was excessive. It will quash the period of 25 years and substitute one of 20 years."
Following the trial in 2013, Telford's co-accused Lorraine Callaghan, 41, was cleared of murder.
Both were convicted of attempting to defeat the ends of justice by cleaning up blood and setting fire to Mr Kerr's body.
The murder charge against Callaghan was found not proven.
The court heard how Telford went to Mr Kerr's house in Glasgow's Knightswood area on 11 April 2012 apparently to buy drugs.
He is said to have attacked his victim after being told no drugs were in the house.
The court was told that Telford used a samurai sword, knives and a hammer to inflict 30 wounds on Mr Kerr during the attack.
Pathologists told the trial that Telford had continued to slash at Mr Kerr's face even after he was dead.
He and Callaghan then attempted to defeat the ends of justice by cleaning up blood before setting fire to a pile of the dead man's clothes and burning his body.
Telford also threw Mr Kerr's birth certificate into the flames before fleeing the scene.
The expansion proposal could see the plant at Dalcross on the A96 double its annual production from 350,000 cubic metres to 750,000.
Highlands and Islands Enterprise has also offered a grant of about £11.5m towards the proposed expansion.
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey MP Drew Hendry has welcomed the announcement.
Norbord said the project would secure the future of 130 people employed at the factory. The site also supports about 300 indirect jobs in the area.
Two years ago, Highland Council approved plans to expand the site.
Centre-back Giorgio Chiellini and midfielder Claudio Marchisio are both doubtful for the Italian champions.
Porto are looking to become the first team to progress in a Champions League tie after a 2-0 first-leg home defeat.
Left-back Alex Telles is suspended after being sent off in Portugal.
Juventus are heavy favourites to reach only their second quarter-final in four years after goals from Marko Pjaca and Dani Alves in Porto.
The Serie A leaders are on course to win a sixth successive Scudetto but have struggled to replicate that domination on the European stage.
The 1996 winners last reached the last eight in 2015 on their way to a 3-1 defeat by Barcelona in the final.
"I'm aware of the importance the Champions League has for the Bianconeri family and for the history of the club," Brazil right-back Alves said.
"I too, like all Juventus fans, want to dream and I'm convinced that if we continue down our path calmly, with personality, and without fear of making a mistake then we can get right to the end."
Porto face a Juve side that has not lost at home since August 2015, a run spanning 46 matches.
The Portuguese leaders, who have won their past nine league matches, have won only one of their previous nine Champions League second-leg matches away from home.
"We know it's going to be difficult for us after the result in the first leg. But a lot of things happen in football - we've seen it all," said Spain goalkeeper Iker Casillas, who appeared to be referring to Barcelona's comeback against Paris St-Germain last week.
The technology required was nothing new - he does not have the money - but the performance was done with panache. Walking on stage in Lyon, Mr Melenchon materialised at exactly the same moment in hologram form before supporters in Paris. He then made a speech to both audiences for 90 minutes. He likes to talk.
Afterwards Mr Melenchon claimed 60,000 live followers of the event on Facebook and YouTube. Millions more in France and around the world read about the exploit afterwards and clicked online for a taster. In publicity terms it was magisterial.
The Melenchon doppelganger shows how - like so much else in these elections -- the communications pace is being set not by the mainstream parties, but by the outsiders. Of course these days no political outfit is complete without its e-guru advising on digital outreach.
But in France 2017, the acknowledged masters of the reseaux sociaux (social networks) are Mr Melenchon for the far-left and Marine Le Pen for the far-right.
Meanwhile, on the independent centre, Emmanuel Macron has charted new ground by creating a whole political movement - his En Marche! (Let's go!) - through clever use of the web.
According to Benoit Thieulin, head of innovation at the digital communications agency Open, "what Melenchon and Le Pen share is a congenital mistrust of the mainstream media. They are both saying 'cut out the distorting filter and connect to us directly'".
Ms Le Pen leads the field on Twitter with 1.28 million followers to Mr Melenchon's 970,000, but he is way ahead on YouTube, with 215,000 to her 12,000. The rest of the field is some way behind.
YouTube videos have become Mr Melenchon's speciality, with a weekly review of the news as well as the occasional special, such as the five-hour spectacular he put on with guests and pie charts to explain his economic programme. He does indeed like to talk.
Ms Le Pen's team push harder in tweets and instant messaging, trying to influence the "meta-debate" with frequent interjections and clever hashtags, like their recent #levraiFillon (the real Fillon) on the corruption allegations, which he has dismissed, concerning the centre-right Republican candidate Francois Fillon.
With more than 60% of 15 to 25-year-olds in France saying they use social media as one of their access points to news, tapping into that flow of information has become a critical part of campaigning.
But - as the political world is waking up to discover - the greater the flows of information, the greater the dangers of manipulation, distortion and fraud. In France, as in the US, "fake news" is taken increasingly seriously as a threat to the democratic process.
"As more people go to social networks for their news, they are influenced by factors that are beyond the control of the traditional media. Credibility comes from the recommendations of friends or groups.
"The old architecture of hierarchy, which used to give context to news, is being displaced," says Jean-Marie Charon, media specialist at the Higher School for Social Studies.
Purveyors of "fake news" range from the merely flippant to the ideologically obsessive. In between are websites whose damage comes from mixing - often unintentionally - reliable news with the unreliable, thus contaminating the lot.
In France the website gorafi.fr is satirical in intent, but that did not stop an Algerian news organisation picking up its story about Ms Le Pen's plans to build a wall around France with Algerian money.
"There are days when gorafi.fr is one of the most referenced websites on Twitter and Facebook. But we have no idea if visitors take the stories seriously or not," says Mr Charon.
Though there are fallacious websites that cater for the far-left (such as lesriches.info), it is the far-right that is most adept at internet manipulation, he says. The example set by so-called alt-right groups in the US is no doubt an influence on French websites like info24.fr.
And though hard evidence is lacking, many fear that Russia is joining the fray - either by parlaying "fake news" into the internet machine or, more worryingly, by hacking into party websites. Russia has history in France, having been held responsible for taking the TV station TV5 off air in 2015.
Recently the team behind the centrist candidate, Emmanuel Macron, claimed to be the victim of sustained cyber-attacks, which they feared were from Russian sources.
The theoretical motivation of such attacks would be that Mr Macron's main rivals, Ms Le Pen and Mr Fillon, are markedly more pro-Moscow than he is.
"But the real fear is not that the Russians get into the websites. It's that they hack into the personal mail of political leaders. Then we should be really worried," says Mr Thieulin.
To fight back against the scourge of "fake news", parts of the French media have signed up to internet alarm systems, which let readers check on the reliability of their sources. Le Monde newspaper's system, Decodex, has a desktop icon that changes colour when a website is deemed suspicious.
Everyone agrees that the influence of social media on French politics is growing stronger all the time. But no-one really has any clue how to measure it, or what it all means.
In the absence of guidance, the best bet is to be as eye-catching as possible: perhaps by making your own hologrammatic double.
Its report found those under the age of 34 were hit by the steepest fall in income and employment.
This age group also had less access to decent housing and better paid jobs, and faced deepening poverty, it found.
EHRC commissioner Laura Carstensen said the young had the "worst economic prospects for generations".
The report also says those aged 16 to 24 were more likely than all other adult age groups to be living in poverty.
Ms Carstensen said: "It's great to see the barriers being lowered over the last five years for some people, but during the same period they've been raised higher for younger people in particular.
"Theirs are the shoulders on which the country will rely to provide for a rapidly ageing population, yet they have the worst economic prospects for several generations."
The report, entitled Is Britain Fairer?, also found:
Ms Carstensen said the review showed that British people wanted a society where everyone had an equal opportunity to make the best of their lives, but "our achievements still lag behind our aspirations in some areas".
TUC general secretary Frances O'Grady said the report should be a "wake-up call" to ministers about the "plight of young people, who are struggling to cope with poverty pay, deteriorating job prospects and the increased cost of housing."
"Hiking up university and college fees and excluding young people from the new higher minimum wage rate is not the way to build a fair and prosperous Britain," she said.
"It is the blueprint for a lost generation.
"Without better employment and training opportunities many young people will continue to be shut of the recovery."
Tony McCluskie, 36, of Shoreditch, east London, had admitted manslaughter at the Old Bailey but denied her murder.
Miss McCluskie's torso was found in Regent's Canal, Hackney, last March. Other body parts were found later.
The 29-year-old actress played Kerry Skinner, Ethel Skinner's great-niece, in the BBC soap in 2000 and 2001.
McCluskie was found guilty by an 11-1 majority and given a life sentence.
Miss McCluskie's mutilated body was found floating in the canal in east London on 6 March last year.
She was killed by being hit over the head at least twice and her body was hacked into six pieces using a cleaver and a knife.
McCluskie, a window cleaner and skunk cannabis smoker, claimed to have lost control after a tirade of abuse from his sister.
He said the last thing he remembered was her coming at him with a knife.
But the prosecution said he killed his sister after she lost patience with him and asked him to leave the flat in Pelter Street, Shoreditch, where they lived.
The final straw came when McCluskie left taps running and a sink overflowed in March last year, the jury heard.
The Old Bailey heard that on 2 March McCluskie lugged a heavy suitcase to a local cab firm and was seen taking it towards the canal.
When the cab driver asked what was in his bag the defendant said it was a sound system.
Miss McCluskie's torso was found a week later when the case snapped open, and her limbs were found in plastic bags a week later.
But her head was not found until six months later when it too was discovered in the water.
Her former co-stars Natalie Cassidy and Brooke Kinsella, had appealed for help on Twitter to find her.
Ms Kinsella tweeted: "Thinking of you Gemma. I am so so sorry. Despair of the world we live in sometimes. RIP darling xxx".
Mr Justice Fulford told McCluskie: "I have no doubt that you killed your sister because she was furious with you for letting a sink overflow in the bathroom.
"I unhesitatingly reject your account that she had used bad language towards you or that she had belittled you in the past.
"She was a warm-hearted woman who was loved by a great many people."
He said McCluskie had set about "in a cold-blooded way" to conceal what he had done.
"Your hope must have been that she would never be found," the judge added.
Speaking outside the court, Anthony McCluskie, the siblings' father, said it had been an "extremely traumatic" time for the family and his daughter's friends.
He said his daughter was known as Gem Star or Little Gem to some of her friends.
"Small in stature, she was huge in personality with a zest for life," he said.
He said his daughter was "very much loved" and "greatly missed".
"Good night and God bless Gemma," he said.
"We all miss you and love you."
Gemma McCluskie appeared in more than 30 episodes of EastEnders as Kerry Skinner, the great-niece of long-term character Ethel Skinner.
Kerry was a close friend of Zoe Slater and dated Robbie Jackson, who proposed to her. The character left Albert Square when her holiday fling with another boy was revealed.
Most recently Miss McCluskie had worked in two pubs in Shoreditch.
Only one in 10 hospitals enforces a smoking ban outside health service buildings, and Public Health England (PHE) wants all hospitals to offer help to quit as part of patients' treatment.
More than a million smokers are admitted to NHS hospitals every year.
PHE chief executive Duncan Selbie said it was not about "forcing people" to quit, but was about "helping people".
A recent report by the British Thoracic Society said 25% of hospital patients were recorded as being "current smokers" - which is higher than rates in the general adult population (19%).
Its other results included:
The survey saw 14,750 patient records submitted from 146 institutions across the UK.
The report said the execution of national standards in smoking cessation were "woefully lacking" within the NHS and that there was "much to do to improve smoking cessation treatment for patients in hospitals across the UK".
Its authors called for support for smokers in hospital by referring them to specialised help to quit, improving the prescription of nicotine replacement therapy, and investing in staff across all hospitals dedicated to helping people stop smoking.
Mr Selbie said the plan was to give smokers who want to quit the right kind of support.
"This isn't about forcing people. This is about helping people. And seven out of 10 say they want to quit.
"So it's the chance when they're in the hospital to get them in touch with people who can help. And we know if you get that help, you're four times more likely to quit forever."
According to PHE, smoking causes 96,000 deaths a year in the UK, and for each of those deaths, about 20 smokers are suffering from a smoking-related disease.
About 475,000 hospital admissions in England were attributable to smoking in 2014-15, and the annual cost is estimated at £2bn, with a further £1.1bn in social care costs.
Smoking in hospitals grounds is already banned by law in Northern Ireland and Scotland. Legislation is earmarked for potential introduction in Wales later this year.
The Department of Health in England says it has no plans to make it illegal at the moment.
Dr Frank Ryan, a consultant psychologist at the Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, said more people had to be encouraged not to smoke.
"It's really about refocusing our efforts and motivating our service users and staff to quit.
"And of course, whatever investment we make in smoking cessation programmes, there's a payback many times more in terms of the health benefits and even factors such as attendance at work, because it's workers who smoke [who] tend to have more absent spells from work."
But Simon Clark, director of the smokers' group Forest, said banning smoking on hospital grounds would be a "gross over-reaction".
"It won't stop people smoking. It will simply force people to smoke further away, which will discriminate against those who are physically infirm or in a wheelchair
"The impact on public health will be minimal because smoking in the open air is no threat to anyone else's health.
"The reality is that hospitals can be stressful places for patients, visitors and staff. Instead of campaigning for a tobacco-free environment Public Health England should show some compassion for the many people for whom smoking is a comfort at a difficult time."
Michael McAlpine, 25, from Bethnal Green, London, posted the comment about the Conservative MP for Broxtowe, Anna Soubry, last December.
He was sentenced at Westminster Magistrates' Court to 10 weeks in prison, suspended for 12 months, for sending offensive messages.
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The Nottinghamshire MP took screenshots of the tweets and reported the messages to police.
The court heard McAlpine tried to cover his tracks by deleting his Twitter account and tweets.
He was arrested on 3 December 2016 and charged on 23 May.
McAlpine pleaded guilty to two counts of sending a message that was grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing nature.
He was also sentenced to 200 hours of unpaid work and ordered to pay £500 to Ms Soubry in compensation and costs of £150.
After the sentencing, Ms Soubry tweeted she would donate the money to the Jo Cox Foundation.
She thanked the Metropolitan Police and Far Right Watch for their "support & excellent work in bringing Michael McAlpine to justice".
In April, John Wombell, 58, from West Drayton, London, who called Ms Soubry's office and said she should be "Jo Cox'd" was jailed for eight weeks.
Former P&O ship steward Edward Tron, 51, told police he had made £100,000 from gambling, but this was rejected by his wife Susan Tron when interviewed.
Mr Tron, of Carr Hill Road, Gateshead, denies conspiracy to import cocaine.
At Hull Crown Court, Mrs Tron, 54, also of Carr Hill Road, denies a charge of money laundering.
Mr and Mrs Tron are on trial with chef Mark Quilliam, 55, of Gladica Close, Liverpool, who denies conspiracy to import cocaine.
The court previously heard Mr Quilliam and Mr Tron used their positions as P&O ferry crew to smuggle cocaine into Hull from Rotterdam on board the Pride of Hull vessel.
It is claimed they made up to £60,000 per trip.
Over four years, Mr and Mrs Tron deposited more than £138,000 in their own bank accounts, the jury heard.
The prosecution alleges statements by the couple given separately to National Crime Agency (NCA) officers differed with regard to where the money came from.
On the topic of gambling, Mrs Tron said her husband "hasn't won anything for a couple of years", the jury heard.
In her husband's defence, the court heard she told police he "wouldn't bring cigarettes off [the ferry], let alone drugs".
During an NCA undercover operation in collaboration with Dutch police, an officer was placed on the ferry and recorded conversations in which the prosecution allege Mr Tron admitted importing drugs.
In a police interview, Mr Tron claimed he had made up a fantasy and everything he had told the undercover officer was not true.
The trial continues.
Initially due to open in August 2016, the 8,000 capacity stadium will be home to the football club and the York City Knights rugby league club.
In July, York City had said it did not believe the stadium would be ready until December 2016.
The Conservative-Liberal Democrat run council has blamed the previous Labour administration for the delay.
Councillor Nigel Ayre, Liberal Democrat executive member for leisure, said: "It remains immensely frustrating that so little progress was achieved under Labour. They failed to lay a brick in the ground and left behind a project with a number of flaws.
"These included a fractured relationship with the York City Knights and an overly complex procurement process which has meant the project couldn't be delivered in time for the 2016-17 season."
Mr Ayre said the scheme remained on budget and construction on the site, at Jockey Lane, Huntington, would begin in early 2016.
The Labour group said given the size of the scheme it was bound to be complex and the ruling group on the council was trying to deflect attention from the latest delay by blaming Labour.
Deputy leader, Councillor Stuart Barnes, said: "Let's be crystal clear about the facts behind today's announcement from the Tories and Lib Dems. What's been announced is a major delay.
"Labour left the community stadium project having secured planning approval and with an accurate business plan including the budget."
York FC will continue to play at Bootham Crescent until the new stadium is finished.
Goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel will play despite a minor ankle problem, so the only absentee is defender Molla Wague.
Sam Clucas and Lazar Markovic are available for Hull after suspension and injury respectively, while Harry Maguire could overcome a knee injury.
Dieumerci Mbokani is out for six weeks with a hamstring injury.
Evandro, Curtis Davies, Michael Dawson, Ryan Mason and Markus Henriksen are still out.
John Motson: "I'm calling this the recovery match - Hull have turned a corner and Leicester may well have done. It is a question on Saturday of which side continues that improvement.
"If Leicester win again, there's a good chance caretaker manager Craig Shakespeare will be asked to continue in the role. He knows the players and got the best out of them against Liverpool by returning to the default settings that won the title: 4-4-2, with Jamie Vardy thriving on balls played in behind.
"Marco Silva has got Hull playing decent football and he now has a bit of choice in terms of team selection.
"Their lamentable away record is a monkey on their back though. Defeat would add to the pressure ahead of next week's home game against Swansea."
Leicester City caretaker manager Craig Shakespeare: "I've been asked just to take the next game and we will sit down again after that. I'm being kept informed and I'm quite comfortable with what I've been asked to do.
"I've enjoyed working with the players but results are the be-all and end-all and the focus is on Hull. We must put back-to-back wins together.
"I think it's for other people to decide what qualities I've got and whether they are the right qualities [to take permanent charge]."
Hull City head coach Marco Silva: "Leicester are a good team. It's impossible for us to forget what they did last season and if we pay attention during this season as well, against very good teams at home they play very well.
"Not only against Liverpool. I remember against (Manchester) City they did the same and for me it was no surprise.
"I saw a team with a big motivation during the last match and I expect the same against us."
I know I have not predicted a victory for Hull all season and I have been wrong about them a few times, obviously - so it is probably good news for Marco Silva's side that I don't think they are going to win on Saturday either.
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John Paul Branniff, 34, of Carnreagh Road in Ballynahinch, was found to have 2,000 tonnes of mixed waste on his land.
It included building materials, plastics, timber, carpet and textiles.
Branniff pleaded guilty to four charges. It is believed a substantial amount of waste had also been burned on the site.
He will spend half of his 18-month sentence on licence and half in prison.
Mr Branniff had previously been made the subject of a £108,350 confiscation order for keeping illegal waste on his land.
He was told to pay that order within three months or face a further two years in jail.
The case was taken by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency.
A spokesperson said the case underlined the "seriousness of waste offending".
"We hope that it also represents both a suitable deterrent to anyone who may be contemplating such activity and a demonstration to the public of our intention to actively pursue anyone who seeks to profit from the destruction of our environment," the spokesperson said.
Growth was 3.7% in the April to June period, from a year earlier. That is down from 4.3% annual growth in the same period last year.
Compared with the previous quarter, the economy expanded by 0.6%.
There are fears that Australia's growth may slow further as demand for its resources slows.
"We are moving into a fairly risky phase of the Australian economy with the mining sector looking a bit ragged," said Shane Oliver, chief economist at AMP Capital Investors.
Australia's mining sector has been one of the biggest drivers of its growth in recent years.
However, slowing growth in key markets such as China and India has hurt demand for Australia's resources and impacted the sector's growth.
To make matters worse, prices of commodities such as iron ore have also fallen in recent months, hurting mine companies' profits.
That has forced some companies to put their expansion plans on hold, hurting investment in the economy.
In the past few days, BHP Billiton and Fotescue Metal Group, two of Australia's biggest miners, have announced a delay in expanding their facilities in Australia.
Analysts said the combination of all these factors was having a negative impact on Australia's growth and that if commodity prices do not improve it may hurt long-term growth.
"If the iron ore price stays where it is, then there is a real threat to growth in 2013," said Mr Oliver of AMP Capital.
Iron ore prices have fallen almost 30% in just the last two months.
Australia's economy has also been hurt by a variety of other reasons, not least a subdued domestic consumption.
Data released earlier this week showed the retail sales in Australia fell 0.8% in July from the previous month, the biggest drop in two years.
Company profits also dropped 0.7% in the April to June period, from the previous three months, the third straight quarter of decline in incomes.
At the same time, a strong Australian currency has also hurt the exports sector.
The Australian dollar has risen more than 8% against the US dollar since June making Australian goods more expensive to foreign buyers.
Analysts said that these issues and a slowdown in the country's mining sector may hurt growth in coming months.
"The second half is going to be much more challenging," said Stephen Walters, chief economist at JP Morgan.
"You're not going to get the same sort of growth rate we have had."
The Raute are the last nomadic people of Nepal. Now numbering fewer than 150, they live in the forests of Accham's middle hills, where photographer Andrew Newey caught up with them.
The Raute people live in temporary camps, hidden away from the villages, in remote parts of the forest. Their dwellings are basic tents made from wooden branches covered with leaves and cloth.
These hunter-gatherers move camp every few weeks through the steeply wooded hills and mountains
A Raute elder returns to camp with a monkey after a successful day's hunting. They are accomplished in the art of hunting monkeys, which they trap using a special net. Hunting is carried out only by males in the community
Division of labour is based on gender. Women mostly carry out daily tasks such as cooking, washing, collecting water and firewood and beating the grains.
A very typical scene in the Raute camp, with the whole family gathered around a fire. Despite immense pressure from the Nepalese government to conform, the Raute remain a secretive community deeply suspicious of outsiders.
A pot of leaves from the forest boils on the fire. The Raute have a strong attachment to the forest and shun agriculture because they believe it is a sin to sow seeds. Once their forest home allowed them to be self-sufficient, but now they rely on government handouts.
Young Raute girls grind corn using heavy wooden poles, while the infants help to tidy up.
The Raute live in an area known as the middle hills, between the flat land of Nepal's southern Terai region and the Himalayas, and cut only common species of trees.
Following two bear attacks in as many days, where one tribe member was killed and another seriously injured, the children are warned not to venture too deep into the forest.
The area has lost much of its forest. And, although the remaining areas are protected by government legislation, the loss of this habitat along with many of the animals and plants on which the Raute depended for survival has pushed them into direct contact with their settled counterparts.
They were 0.23 seconds behind Lativa's Oskars Kibermanis and Daumants Dreiskens who finished in a time of one minute 51.18secs.
Meanwhile in the second round of the World Cup at Lake Placid, GB's Lamin Deen led his four-man team to sixth.
GB's Mica McNeill and Mica Moore were last in heat two of the women's event.
McNeill eventually righted the sled after it had tipped over to claim the points for finishing and move up to joint 10th in the standings.
Deen and his crew of Mark Lewis-Francis, Andrew Matthews and Tremayne Gilling now lie sixth in the standings.
On Friday, the two-man bobsleigh team of Deen and Judah Simpson finished 15th, 1.43secs behind gold medal winners Steven Holcomb and Sam McGuffie of the United States.
Deen and Simpson lie 17th in the World Cup rankings on 184 points, 118 points behind leader Justin Kripps and and Jesse Lumsden of Canada.
The third round of the World Cup takes place on the weekend of 6-7 January 2017 in Altenberg.
The former Liverpool and Manchester City striker equalised from the penalty spot after Gaetan Laborde had given Bordeaux the lead.
The penalty was awarded after Arnaud Souquet was fouled by Jeremy Toulalan.
Balotelli then set up Valentin Eysseric to hit the winner for third-placed Nice.
They are one point behind second-placed Paris St-Germain, who won the French League Cup by beating Ligue 1 leaders Monaco 4-1 on Saturday.
Both Monaco and PSG have a game in hand over Nice.
Lyon are fourth after being held to a 1-1 draw at Rennes.
Match ends, Nice 2, Bordeaux 1.
Second Half ends, Nice 2, Bordeaux 1.
Mickael Le Bihan (Nice) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Vukasin Jovanovic (Bordeaux).
Foul by Jean Michael Seri (Nice).
Adam Ounas (Bordeaux) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Ricardo Pereira (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Diego Contento (Bordeaux).
Substitution, Nice. Malang Sarr replaces Valentin Eysseric.
Maxime Le Marchand (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Diego Rolan (Bordeaux).
Attempt missed. Valentin Eysseric (Nice) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Mario Balotelli (Nice) is shown the yellow card.
Corner, Bordeaux. Conceded by Dalbert.
Attempt blocked. Adam Ounas (Bordeaux) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Adam Ounas (Bordeaux) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Youssouf Sabaly.
Mario Balotelli (Nice) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Igor Lewczuk (Bordeaux).
Yoan Cardinale (Nice) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Mario Balotelli (Nice).
Igor Lewczuk (Bordeaux) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Adam Ounas (Bordeaux) left footed shot from the left side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Younousse Sankhare.
Substitution, Nice. Mickael Le Bihan replaces Younès Belhanda.
Substitution, Bordeaux. Adam Ounas replaces Francois Kamano.
Hand ball by Francois Kamano (Bordeaux).
Corner, Nice. Conceded by Youssouf Sabaly.
Jean Michael Seri (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Diego Rolan (Bordeaux).
Attempt missed. Diego Rolan (Bordeaux) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Malcom.
Valentin Eysseric (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Diego Rolan (Bordeaux).
Substitution, Bordeaux. Jérémy Menez replaces Valentin Vada.
Substitution, Bordeaux. Diego Rolan replaces Gaetan Laborde.
Foul by Mario Balotelli (Nice).
Valentin Vada (Bordeaux) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Francois Kamano (Bordeaux) left footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Offside, Nice. Mario Balotelli tries a through ball, but Arnaud Souquet is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Ricardo Pereira (Nice) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Attempt saved. Mario Balotelli (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Valentin Eysseric.
Attempt saved. Francois Kamano (Bordeaux) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Younousse Sankhare.
Batsman Reece, 25, and bowler Griffiths, 22, have both progressed through the age grades, with the latter currently on loan at Hampshire.
Fast bowler Edwards, 24, moved to Lancashire from Surrey last year but has only played T20 this season.
"We wish them every success with their future endeavours," said cricket director and head coach Ashley Giles.
Jermaine Baker, 28, from Tottenham was sitting in a car when he was killed by a single shot on 11 December 2015.
He was allegedly part of a gang trying to spring Izzet Eren from a custody van as he was being driven to an appearance at Wood Green Crown Court.
Ozcan Eren, 31, and Eren Hayser, 25, deny trying to help free Mr Eren.
Two other men, Nathan Mason and Gokay Sogucakli, have admitted being part of the escape plot.
The jury at Woolwich Crown Court was told a police surveillance bug placed in a stolen car, in which Mr Baker was waiting with Mason and Sogucakli, had picked up conversations between the men.
The court heard the recording of Mason taking a phone call at 09:00 GMT, which appeared to tell him where in the prison vehicle they should expect to find Izzet Eren.
The man is heard telling the others: "See, as you go in, yeah, it's the first door on your right."
Jermaine Baker is then heard saying: "So the door's here, boom boom."
Sogucakli can then be heard asking what they mean, to which Mason replies: "In the van, the first door on the right, that's where he is."
Just after 09:03 the audio picked up shouts of "armed police".
The jury was not played any audio beyond this point, however a single shot was fired by an armed officer, hitting Jermaine Baker, who died shortly afterwards.
Izzet Eren, who had been convicted of a firearms offence, had secreted a mobile phone in the van and was using it to organise his escape.
He has admitted arranging for the men in the car to free him by holding up the van using an imitation Uzi machine gun.
Ozcan Eren, of Wood Green, and Eren Hasyer, of Enfield, both deny conspiring in the escape plot and conspiracy to carry an imitation firearm with criminal intent.
Izzet Eren, Nathan Mason and Gokay Sogucakli, all of Tottenham, previously pleaded guilty to the same offences.
The case continues.
The government wants the country's modern name to be used instead. The decision comes 39 years after the country was renamed Sri Lanka.
The change will be made as early as possible in 2011.
Reaction has been mixed to the new year's resolution that gets rid of what some see as a vestige of colonialism.
The minister of energy submitted a cabinet memo this week to change the name of the Ceylon Electricity Board, whereupon the president suggested the name Ceylon be removed entirely.
The island's British colonial name, derived from an earlier Portuguese one, was dropped in 1972 when the country became a republic and Queen Elizabeth II ceased to be head of state.
The adopted name, Lanka, to which an honorific "Sri" was added, is much older and is close to both the Sinhalese and Tamil names for the island.
But the name Ceylon has persisted in many institutions, including the Bank of Ceylon and the Ceylon Fisheries Corporation.
One ministry now has the job of ensuring that names and signboards are altered.
The Ceylon Tea label, however, is unlikely to change, as the industry believes it's a brand of quality for the country's most famous export.
Some will be sad at the name change.
One young Sri Lankan told the BBC that the word Ceylon had historic meaning and added value to some institutions.
A blogger wrote that the post-colonial name was associated with "terrorism, war and [the late Tamil Tiger leader Velupillai] Prabhakaran".
But other Sri Lankans see the change as long overdue.
One young man told the BBC it was high time that names across the country showed some uniformity.
Rainwater poured into the venue ahead of Saturday's performance of The Crucible.
Aberdeen Performing Arts (APA) said heavy rain combined with ongoing roof repairs led to the issue.
Customers received a refund and APA said no lasting damage had been caused to the venue.
A spokeswoman said: "Due to persistent heavy rain and ongoing roof repairs, we experienced an issue with water entering the auditorium.
"There was a lack of time to resolve this without causing a major delay to the beginning of the performance.
"The show was cancelled and refunds have been issued. There is no lasting damage and future shows will go ahead as planned."
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US researchers treated Pemphigus vulgaris in mice by instigating civil war within the immune system, and say the approach could work in people.
Experts said the treatment, published in the journal Science, was creative and successful and they "loved it".
Autoimmune diseases result from the body's defences turning rogue and attacking healthy tissue.
In Pemphigus vulgaris, some B-cells start producing antibodies that attack the glue holding skin cells together.
The result is severe blistering of the skin as well as the lining of the mouth, throat and genitals. It can be fatal.
The disease can be treated by using drugs to calm down the whole immune system, but that can leave the patient more vulnerable to infection.
Using the immune system as a weapon to fight disease is already delivering remarkable results in cancer.
One approach is to re-engineer T-cells, which normally specialise in destroying infected cells, to instead attack cancerous cells.
In one study using these modified T-cells, 90% of terminally ill leukaemia patients went into remission.
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania refined the technique to change the targeting mechanism on T-cells so they attacked only the part of the immune system causing Pemphigus vulgaris.
The experiments on mice showed the characteristic blistering could be prevented, without any impact on the rest of the immune system.
One of the researchers, assistant professor Michael Milone, told the BBC News website: "I think it's an incredibly exciting time; we have the tools to manipulate immunity that we've never had before.
"Immunotherapy is changing the treatment of cancer, and we're just at the beginning for autoimmunity."
He believes the approach could also work in similar diseases where there is an obvious antibody causing the problem, such as Myasthenia gravis.
However, other autoimmune diseases such as lupus, type-1 diabetes and multiple sclerosis have very complicated causes that will not be easily treated.
Associate professor Aimee Payne said the therapy could work in patients, but wanted to do more animal research first.
She said: "At this point, we've shown the same data as cancer colleagues did," but added there was concern about doing harm when the disease was not terminal.
"Our goal is to cure it in dogs," she said. "If we can do that, then it overcomes the barriers to patients enrolling in trials."
All T-cells have a targeting mechanism that allows them to identify enemies in the body.
Scientists modify the T-cells by fusing a new targeting mechanism on to them to create "chimaeric antigen receptor T-cells" or CAR-T cells.
In Pemphigus vulgaris, the body wrongly produces antibodies to attack a protein called desmoglein, which is normally the glue that holds skin cells together.
The US research team used desmoglein to guide their CAR-T cells to only the white blood cells making the troublesome antibodies.
Prof Danny Altmann, from the British Society of Immunology, told the BBC News website: "I love it, I'm not easily pleased, but CAR-T cell technology has been a wonderful innovation.
"They've done it in a very creative and rather successful way. And this is more than just a mouse paper in Science; it's quite a short hop to being transplantable to a clinical trial."
However, he warned any treatment that resulted was likely to be very expensive.
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Colum Marks was shot dead on 10 April 1991 during an attempted mortar bomb attack on Downpatrick police station.
Officers were waiting when an IRA unit arrived to carry out the attack in St Patrick's Avenue.
It is claimed Colum Marks was not armed when RUC officers opened fire.
Gavin Booth, a legal representative for the Marks family, said: "We believe this is one of the shoot-to-kill operations by the state.
"There was no chance ever taken to arrest Colum which could have happened.
"They had the pre-planned intelligence, the knew the location, they knew Colum was going to be there."
The Attorney General, John Larkin, has now written to the Director of Public Prosecutions, Barra McGrory, asking for a review of a previous decision not to prosecute any police officers arising out of his death.
The PPS is now awaiting for the files to be sent to them.
Why have they moved in a sheep-like way in collectively making these disclosures?
Well they all had to consider making this announcement last weekend when opinion polls showed the possibility of Scottish independence was no longer remote.
As I have mentioned many times, they had been considering for months how to ensure their main transactions would continue to be in sterling and how to be confident they would still be regulated by the Bank of England and would have access to the Bank's emergency lending facilities (which is a matter of corporate life and death, literally, in a crisis).
Without being able to demonstrate such continuity of currency and regulation, there was a risk they would lose access to vital credit and that depositors would take flight.
It was not rocket science that the simplest way to secure this continuity was to become properly English, rather than Scottish - especially after the Westminster government and Labour said they would never agree to monetary union with Scotland.
Now the probable migration south was implied by Royal Bank of Scotland, for example, in its last annual report (and I was writing and broadcasting about RBS's and Lloyds' plans to become English for weeks before RBS's annual report was published).
So why firm up these plans now, rather than the day after the referendum?
Well I am told the chain reaction of announcements was started by the leak of Lloyds' plans to the Sun Newspaper - in the sense that RBS got wind of this leak yesterday and then convened an emergency board meeting last night to sign off its own migration plans.
And once these two banks had decided that it was right and proper to tell investors about plans to become English if Scotland became independent, every other bank with important Scottish interests had to show its hand - or risk creating damaging market uncertainty.
For what its worth, some bankers have seen the invisible hand of 10 Downing Street corralling these bankers to make announcements that have been embarrassing for Alex Salmond and those campaigning for independence.
"There was someone in Number 10 trying to get the banks to co-ordinate on this" a senior banker told me.
But Downing Street says this isn't true.
So I cannot tell you if there is sinister Sassenach conspiracy here.
What I can tell you is that there are some economic consequences from the relocation, but quantifying them is hard.
Vast numbers of jobs would not leave Scotland, although a few high quality ones would.
And, along with the relocation of some fund management operations to England, Scotland could lose valuable export earnings.
The implications for tax are murkier.
Before the crash, the likes of Lloyds and RBS were huge payers of corporation tax.
That said, it will be years before they fund any exchequer in this way again, because they are still rebuilding their operations and have accumulated vast losses to shelter any future corporation tax liability.
So corporation tax would not have been seen as a big source of income from RBS or Lloyds by either Edinburgh or Westminster for a few years yet.
However corporation tax as a potential future revenue stream from the top companies of these banks will eventually flow to England, Northern Ireland and Wales, not Scotland, if Scots break away from the rest of the United Kingdom (and by the way, any corporation tax payable on RBS's or Lloyds' relatively small Scottish operations would of course flow to Edinburgh, if Scotland becomes an autonomous nation),
By contrast both Lloyds and RBS are big payers of the banking levy introduced by the current government.
If the Scottish government had hopes of channelling this to their own coffers, that will no longer happen.
Finally there is the biggest source of tax payable by RBS and Lloyds, which is the unrecovered VAT they pay on their costs but cannot recover from VAT charged on their income (because most of their income is interest, on which VAT isn't payable). By the way, because of this unrecovered VAT, RBS is the fourth or fifth biggest taxpayer in the UK.
Again the bulk of this VAT will continue to flow to HMRC in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. But, to be honest, I am not sure if Scotland could ever have hoped to secure the lion's share of this.
However, in a globalised world of multinationals, working out where tax is paid - if it is paid - is ferociously complicated.
That said, in summary the proposed relocation of these banks might reduce the flow of taxes to Edinburgh a bit - but I cannot tell you whether the reduction in tax flows, relative to what Alex Salmond and his colleagues were expecting, would be big.
Blind from birth, he began his career in London before moving to the US in 1947 and becoming one of the best known jazz pianists of the post-war era.
Made an OBE in 1996 and knighted in 2007, he was renowned for his unusual "locked hands" style of playing.
Pianist Dave Brubeck said he had lost "a dear friend".
"I consider him one of the greatest musical minds I've ever been around," he added.
Sir George played for three US presidents as well as the Queen and led his own quintet for decades.
The original George Shearing Quintet formed in 1949 and had its first big hit that year with September in the Rain.
In 1952 he wrote Lullaby of Birdland, an ode to the famous New York jazz club named after legendary saxophonist Charlie "Bird" Parker.
Sir George would later admit he composed it in 10 minutes. "But I always tell people, it took me 10 minutes and 35 years in the business," he said in 1980.
Nat King Cole, Sarah Vaughan, Mel Torme and Peggy Lee were among the many music stars with whom he worked.
He was still performing into his 80s but suffered a serious fall in 2004 that led to months in hospital and nursing home care.
The previous year he had received a lifetime achievement honour at the BBC Jazz awards.
At the time of his knighthood, Sir George spoke fondly of his early years "playing in a pub for the equivalent of $5 a week".
"Receiving such an honour as a knighthood might also show young people what can be achieved in life if one learns his craft and follows his dreams," he added.
Vocalist Michael Feinstein, who worked with Shearing in 2005, paid tribute to his "delicious sense of humour" and "endless curiosity".
Sir George is survived by his second wife, singer Ellie Geffert.
Data from 41 of the 55 mental health trusts collected by BBC Breakfast also found that 1,576 people have waited 18 weeks to see a specialist since 2012, 742 waited 26 weeks and 99 a year.
Eating disorder charity Beat said early intervention was critical.
The Department of Health said it was working to cut waiting times.
According to the data released following BBC Breakfast Freedom of Information requests, waiting times for outpatient treatment have risen by 120% in some areas over the past four years, with patients routinely waiting more than 100 days for a specialist.
The average wait was 182 days in Manchester but about 20 days in Dorset, Dudley and north-east London.
Humber NHS Trust saw an 165% increase in waiting times since 2012. The average wait in 2015 was 82 days. The average wait in Kent and Medway was 116 days.
Five mental health trusts responded by saying they did not provide an eating disorder service at all.
Manchester Mental Health and Social Care NHS Trust said: "Where urgent, patients are seen within approximately two weeks. Waiting times for therapy are longer than we would wish.
"If more services were commissioned, more services could be provided. The trust continues to work within tight funding levels and with increasing demand."
Humber NHS Foundation Trust said funding was provided last year for three specialist nurses to provide day treatment, usually over a period of many months, for children and young people.
Beat called for more investment in mental health treatment for eating disorders.
The government introduced new targets for mental health last week but waiting times for adult eating disorder services were not included.
The Department of Health said it was developing a pathway for treating adults with eating disorders and that its goal was that by 2020, 95% of patients would be seen within four weeks, or one week, for urgent cases.
"People with eating disorders must get high quality care as early as possible - and while this is happening in some places, there is far too much variation," a spokesman said.
"That is why we're investing £150 million to develop community services in every area of the country for children and young people, and have set a target for routine care to be available within four weeks and urgent care within one week by 2020."
It said there had been an 8% decrease in eating disorders in the 12 months to January compared with the previous year.
In my early twenties, I was diagnosed as anorexic, going from approximately eight stone (50kg) to five-and-a-half stone (35kg) over a matter of months.
When I was first referred to hospital for counselling by my GP, I was probably just over seven stone (44kg), eating virtually nothing and running upwards of 10 miles every day. I was unable to work or hold a really social life because of my illness.
I was told in the one-off assessment that there were long waiting lists and those with the most severe problems were at the top of the list.
The words of the therapist still stick with me: "Obviously if you lose weight you will move higher up the list and be seen more quickly."
Over the next few months I lost another two stone and became virtually a skeleton.
My periods stopped and my family came very close to having me hospitalised. This may have been in part because appropriate therapy was not available to me at the time when I still might have been able to prevent the decline continuing.
It has taken me nearly ten years to get back to the weight I was before anorexia and it is not the sort of illness that ever truly leaves you.
I can't stress enough how vital it is that more consideration and investment is given to the understanding and treatment of eating disorders.
The launch of the initiative will take place in east Belfast on Tuesday.
Tony Blair's former chief of staff Jonathan Powell is expected to attend.
In an interview with the BBC, Mr McNarry explained that Mr Powell had been persuaded to get involved because he felt loyalists had been left behind.
Encouraging them to demobilise was "unfinished work".
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Mr McNarry said the joint declaration to be launched on Tuesday would spell out the loyalist position on criminality, education and the political process.
The UKIP MLA challenged the Provisional IRA to make a similar declaration of intent.
Questioned about whether this was an attempt by the loyalists to seek funding in order to behave lawfully, Mr McNarry pointed out that the initiative had been launched without any funding being on the table.
"The strength that I have found in working with them in this initiative is that this is going ahead without funding," he said.
"There is no money on the table, yet the initiative is being launched. They are putting themselves out there in the cockpit of public opinion and they are driving this forward without any money."
The UKIP MLA said the initiative had taken so long to develop because the three paramilitary organisations had needed to consult their members. He said he was surprised to learn that their membership stood at "thousands of people".
Meanwhile, Mr Powell is expected to attend Tuesday's event which has been timed to coincide with the 21st anniversary of the loyalist ceasefire in October 1994.
On 13 October 1994, the UDA, UVF and Red Hand Commando announced they would "cease all operational hostilities".
The initiative has also been coordinated by former Ulster Unionist chair, David Campbell.
Laura Thomson and Sam Sciortino, from Woking, planned a Sunday ceremony in Santorini but will now marry on Monday.
The bride-to-be's brother and family - including three bridesmaids - waited at Heathrow for 13 hours on Saturday before leaving without their luggage.
They have now booked flights with a different airline.
Ms Thomson said: "We have had to contact suppliers, and change all the arrangements we had planned."
"We've been planning our big day for two years only to be forced to rush around and change everything to take place a day later."
The couple flew to Santorini earlier in the week, ahead of their guests. They said an aunt and uncle were also caught up in the BA disruption.
Ms Thomson said: "My brother is one of the groomsmen, and my nieces and sister-in-law are my bridesmaids, so naturally I wanted them to share the day with us.
"They booked with British Airways because they thought it was a reliable company.
"We feel so let down."
Ms Thomson's sister-in-law Marcia Thomson said: "We are devastated that this has happened.
"Our luggage had already been checked in and after waiting for 13 hours at the airport we were forced to leave without it.
"Luckily we have managed to get flights to Crete this evening with a different airline.
"We will have to get a ferry from there to Santorini on Monday morning just in time for the wedding, but without our bridesmaids dresses."
Posting on Facebook Ms Thomson shared her disappointment with family and friends.
"I am just a shell of myself right now. We are absolutely shattered," she said.
"I have been in tears with our dream of how it should of been slowly fading away, knowing I can't share the day with my family the way I imagined."
She added: "The hotel have been very accommodating but we've incurred extra costs as all the food has had to be paid for again."
"We had a family cruise booked which also had to be cancelled and we have lost money on that as well."
Mr Sciortino said: "It's one of those things you don't think will happen to you but we've been so lucky that we have managed to rearrange it even though there are certain things that we will be missing."
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Two men suffered serious injuries when their BMW hit railings after fleeing police in Wigston, Leicestershire, in January 2016.
An Independent Police Complaints Commission investigation found officers acted appropriately throughout the chase.
The driver who crashed has since been jailed for dangerous driving.
The collision happened about five minutes after the BMW had failed to stop for police in countryside near Wigston.
Two people inside the car were given first aid by officers at the scene.
The IPCC said: "The police constable driving a marked Vauxhall Astra was pursuit trained and the pursuit was suitably authorised.
"Body worn camera footage records the officer updating the control room and assessing the level of risk consistently throughout."
The 21-year-old driver of the car, Lewis Folwell, from Oadby, Leicester, was jailed for 33 months after admitting causing serious injury by dangerous driving and driving without insurance.
He also received a five-year driving ban.
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The Vermont senator received a three-minute standing ovation when he took the stage in Philadelphia.
"Hillary Clinton must become the next president of the United States," he said as the crowd erupted in cheers.
First Lady Michelle Obama also received a rapturous reception for a powerful speech in which she took on Republican nominee Donald Trump.
"Don't let anyone ever tell you that this country isn't great, that somehow we need to make it great again," she said, referring to Mr Trump's signature slogan "Make America Great Again".
"Because this, right now, is the greatest country on earth," she added.
Earlier in the evening, Mr Sanders' fans had booed any mention of Mrs Clinton, who will accept the party's presidential nomination on Thursday.
And as he implored them to back his Democratic rival in the final major speech of the night, they held aloft their blue "Bernie" signs and chanted his name.
Some supporters broke into tears while others wore duct tape emblazoned with the words "silenced" over their mouths.
"While Donald Trump is busy insulting one group after another, Hillary Clinton understands that our diversity is one of our greatest strengths," Mr Sanders continued.
"If you don't believe this election is important, if you think you can sit it out, take a moment to think about the Supreme Court justices that Donald Trump would nominate and what that would mean to civil liberties, equal rights and the future of our country," he said.
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Members of the audience had earlier disrupted the event's opening prayer, chanting "Bernie!" while also jeering as Democratic National Committee chair Marcia Fudge delivered remarks.
The commotion prompted Mr Sanders to send an email saying the credibility of the progressive movement would be damaged by "booing, turning of backs, walking out or other similar displays" of protests.
Revelations from an email leak which showed DNC officials allegedly plotted against Mr Sanders' primary campaign threatened to overshadow the event as it fuelled the anger of his voters.
Wikileaks released emails that revealed the DNC was biased against Mr Sanders when he ran against Mrs Clinton in the hard-fought primary contest.
The FBI has confirmed that it is investigating the leak.
Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz resigned on Sunday as pressure built on the party to address the scandal.
Democratic party bosses later issued an apology to Mr Sanders for "inexcusable" emails which tried to undermine his White House campaign.
But Mr Sanders refused to let the email scandal eclipse his message to his supporters.
"Hillary Clinton will make an outstanding president and I am proud to stand with her here tonight," he said before he left the stage.
About 5,000 party delegates are among the 50,000 people expected to attend the four-day convention, which will end on Thursday with Mrs Clinton formally accepting the nomination for president.
1. What is the point? At a convention, each party formally nominates its candidates for president and vice-president, and the party unveils its party platform, or manifesto.
2. Who is going? There are about 5,000 delegates attending, selected at state and congressional district conventions, and representing each US state and territory. Plus about 15,000 journalists and tens of thousands of other party grandees, lawmakers and guests.
3. What is the schedule?
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The previous night in Bangalore, Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli had piled on 211 for Royal Challengers in exactly the same number of deliveries.
Because this is cricket, the contrast served only to underline Cook's particular charms as a batsman. In a fast-forward world he is a player from another time, a writer of epic novels in an age of the tweet, probably the last of the pure Test specialists his country will produce.
Were Cook to be judged in the same way as England's international cricket this summer - a 'Super Series' amalgam where success in each of the divergent formats directly affects the other - he would look one-dimensional and dated. Only 60 of those 10,000 runs have come from shots that have cleared the ropes.
But one-dimensional and dated is a rather wonderful recipe for an opener in Test cricket.
Cook may have just four main scoring shots - the straight push-drive, a cut, the clip off his legs, a rolling wristy pull. He may occasionally still look at the crease as he did to Nasser Hussain when the then Essex captain first saw him in the nets at Chelmsford: stiff-legged, heavy headed.
Of the 12 men to get past the 10,000 mark, only the cussedly idiosyncratic Shivnarine Chanderpaul has perhaps as restrained a repertoire. Cook also has the lowest average of that elite set.
He is also the only one who has spent his entire career at the top of the order (Sunil Gavaskar slowly migrated there), and has scored his runs at such a clip that he has reached the milestone faster and at a younger age than every one of them.
The comparison with Chanderpaul, who took 18 years and 37 days to get there, is an unfair one. Cook has more in common stylistically with Rahul Dravid, the next quickest to 10,000 runs in terms of time - and much more in temperament with Steve Waugh, who took 15 more innings.
Just like Waugh, who could score a critical half-century just when Australia needed it most, or score a ton on one leg when the occasion demanded it, Cook is a batsman defined as much by his mental toughness as his strokeplay.
Do not be fooled by the choirboy past or his reported terror of snakes. Cook's 10,000 are about attrition where others have fallen, about treating the 100th ball of an innings just the same as the first, about being imperturbable when panic has gripped and turned elsewhere.
That toughness was there on his very first scoring shot in Test cricket, when he pulled a Zaheer Khan bouncer for four, and in the second innings century he compiled in that match in Nagpur despite being just 21 years old and fresh off a plane from an England A tour of the Caribbean.
It has been there in his captaincy, in the way his batting average as skipper (46.69) almost exactly matches his mark as a player (46.36), in the way he carried on as skipper through the Ashes horrors of 2013-14 and the unholy civil war that followed and emerged to bat on, and on, and on again.
Paul Collingwood also made his maiden Test ton in that same innings in Nagpur. His recollection of the occasion is of the intense nerves he felt as his own century approached, and of meeting Cook halfway down the pitch to discover that the kid eight years his younger felt nothing of the sort.
As it began so it has carried on. Cook has scored runs on the familiar pitches of home, as one would expect, but he has been more successful in the more challenging conditions overseas.
Sixteen of his 28 Test centuries have come away from home; his 766 runs to lay the foundations for England's first Ashes win in Australia for 24 years not only broke records but came after only one ton against that opposition in 19 innings. He adapted, he learned, he pushed on.
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Cook does not carry the charisma of the man he will one day overtake as his country's leading run-scorer across all formats, Kevin Pietersen. He is admired rather than adored, functional rather than flamboyant.
He is all the better for it. As his mentor Graham Gooch once observed, Cook's demeanour at the crease and his shot selection are exactly the same if he is on 20 or 200.
Despite those sporadic sixes he is a physically strong man. He has the same outsized forearms of all elite batsmen and the athlete's physique that modern conditioning methods have created.
He may not use those to improvise wildly as so many elite batsmen of this era do, but Cook is a player for whom less is more.
Even that 10,000-run target will soon slip away in his slipstream, even as the achievement is lauded, because he has so many years and innings ahead of him.
Arguably too, it is no longer quite the magic mark it was, at least outside England where it had never been seen before.
While it took a century of Test cricket for Gavaskar to become the first there, 11 batsmen have done it in the last 11 years. When Sachin Tendulkar is almost 6,000 Test runs on, Cook's accumulator instincts will have already adjusted his sights.
Only injury is likely to hold him back. But there can never be the suggestion that Cook, unlike more naturally gifted players, has failed to fulfil the limits of his potential.
It might sound like a curiously mealy-mouthed compliment. It isn't. Cook has been the best he can be, across a decade of exhausting Test battles. And there is more, much more, to come.
The party hopes that this will help the 4.4m households (19%) renting privately. According to the English Housing Survey (EHS) the sector that has doubled in size since 2002. This is particularly among the young, labelled "Generation Rent".
In 2013-14, 48% of all households aged 25-34 rented privately. That's more than double the proportion in 2003-4 (21%). This is matched by a decreasing number of younger homeowners. In 1991, 67% of that age group were homeowners. By 2011/12, this had declined to 43%, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
We also know that private renters move more frequently. In 2013-14, 35% of private renters had been in their home for less than a year, and 67% for less than three years. We don't know how often this is out of choice, for example due to the nature of their work, or in search of cheaper rents.
The English Housing Survey also indicated that the longer private renters had been in their home, the less rent they paid. As demand outstrips supply in the rental market, new tenants are being charged higher rents than people who have been in the same property for years.
Labour hopes landlords will also see a benefit to three-year tenancies - that, for example, tenants might be more likely to care for a property if they know they'll be living there longer. Critics say rent controls will lead to substandard housing. They also say it might raise rents in the short term, with landlords putting up prices at the start of a lease.
It wouldn't be the first time that there have been rent controls in England. In 1915 the UK government imposed limits on the initial rent landlords could charge as well as any subsequent rises. According to the House of Commons library, at that time private rented housing made up about 90% of the housing stock.
While this was supposed to be a temporary measure, it was repeatedly extended because of the continued housing shortage. Rental control for new lets only ended in 1989. By 1991 the private rented sector declined to 7% of the market.
In 2013-14, average weekly private rents were £281 in London and £145 outside of London, according to the EHS. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes an Index of Private Housing Rental Prices (IPHRP), which measures the change in price of renting from private landlords. It's important to note that the ONS says the IPHRP is a new "experimental statistic". Since January 2012, annual English rental price increases have ranged from 1.4% to 3% year-on-year, with March 2015 prices 2.1% higher than a year earlier. Excluding London, English rental prices increased 1.5% for the same period.
The ONS publishes information on rent increases going back to 2006. Annual rent increases were at their highest in 2008, but rents actually fell during 2010, before rising again from 2011. If you exclude London, rents have increased less than inflation for almost all the period since 2008 until very recently, when inflation has been very low. Private renters spend proportionally more of their income on housing costs than mortgagors, although private renters tend to earn less.
On average, owner occupiers buying with a mortgage spent 20% of their income on their mortgage whilst private renters spent 40%, according to the 2012/13 English Housing Survey.
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The 30-year-old has played 33 times for Orient this season but has only made four substitute appearances since Kevin Nolan's appointment as boss in January.
He joined Orient in 2014 after his departure from Charlton, a club he helped win promotion from League One.
Pritchard leaves a side in the play-off places for a team one place and seven points above the relegation zone.
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One person remains in a critical condition.
Heavy rains and winds last Monday triggered thousands of pollen allergy asthma attacks in the state of Victoria.
Paramedics and hospitals were stretched to their limits as thousands phoned to report breathing problems.
Thunderstorm asthma occurs in the spring when rye grass pollen gets wet, breaks into smaller pieces and enters people's lungs, causing them breathing problems.
More than 8,000 people were treated in hospital.
About one in 10 people has asthma in Australia, with about 80% of those sufferers experiencing allergies, particularly to rye pollen.
Melbourne's current spring season has been particularly wet, creating havoc for asthma and hay fever sufferers.
The council said over 11,000 people had visited the zone in the city's Cooper's Field during the three group matches, which saw Wales end on top after beating Slovakia and Russia.
It will open from 15:00-20:00 BST on Saturday when Wales compete in Paris.
A spokesman said: "We hope as many as possible will join us on Saturday to cheer on our national team."
As yet, Wales do not know who they will be playing, but it will be one of either Northern Ireland, Albania or Turkey.
A number of patients at the facility in Kelso are said to have symptoms consistent with viral gastroenteritis.
Visitors are being "strongly discouraged" from coming to the hospital.
NHS Borders joint director of public health Dr Tim Patterson said anyone coming to the site should comply with any instruction from staff or on signs.
"Viral gastroenteritis is very infectious and spreads quickly between people," he said.
"This is why outbreaks happen in hospitals where a number of people are sharing facilities.
"However, it doesn't just occur in hospitals, and can start abruptly and spread quickly through communities."
He said patients, visitors and staff could all help minimise the impact of the outbreak by observing all hygiene instructions.
"This is vital to protect yourselves and your loved ones from catching this unpleasant virus, particularly as your friends or family members currently in hospital may be more vulnerable to the virus than usual," he said.
The home side raced into an early 10-0 lead after Nili Latu's converted score and Craig Willis' penalty.
Three Harlequins tries in eight minutes either side of half-time, two from Charlie Walker and the other from Dave Ward, then put the visitors 19-10 up.
But three Andy Goode penalties levelled it before Vickers' last-gasp touchdown.
Having recorded only their second win in 10 Premiership outings, Newcastle have now moved above London Irish and up to 11th place, just a single point behind Worcester, while Quins remain in fourth.
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It was the introduction of veteran fly-half Goode, who came out of retirement to join the Falcons in December, that altered the direction of a match that had looked to be heading the way of Harlequins, who themselves had overcome a 10-point deficit to lead.
Winger Walker's brace and Ward's try behind a rolling maul put Conor O'Shea's side in a commanding position with 20 minutes remaining, knowing victory would lift them up to third in the table after overcoming leaders Saracens in their last Premiership match.
But Goode, on as a second-half replacement, landed three kicks from the tee and set the platform for Vickers to cross with two minutes left.
Newcastle Falcons fly-half Andy Goode:
"I may not have the pace any more but what I have got is bags of experience. When the rain came down we were 19-10 down and it wasn't about panicking, it was about playing in the right areas and, besides, the more I kick the less I have to run.
"Our forwards were magnificent in that closing period. We spoke at half-time about playing in the right areas after we did well to contain them pretty well in the first half, but they came at us really well and finished off some tries, but we didn't make it too hard for them did we?
"We said just 'stick to our system and play in the right areas' and that's what we did. Our forwards were exceptional and they did what I asked them to do and you can't ask for more than that."
Harlequins director of rugby Conor O'Shea:
"Credit to the Falcons for showing the fighting spirit they did. It's a tough place to come and it's just incredibly frustrating to have come back into the game and then lose it.
"We didn't start as well as we wanted to. We have to look at what we control but if I give the answer I should give and it will be the right answer then I will be in trouble and the report I get back won't allow me to talk about it.
"Andy Goode is a class act and he can pull players around the pitch. He's a quality player and I'm sure London Irish will be disappointed to see his performance today."
Newcastle Falcons: Hammersley; Tait, Harris, Socino, Venditti; Willis, Young; Vickers, Lawson, Vea, Wilson, Robinson, Welch, Latu, Hogg
Replacements: McGuigan, Fry, Ryan, Botha, Mayhew, Takulua, Goode, Powell
Harlequins: R. Chisholm; Yarde, Lowe, Sloan, Walker; Evans (capt), Tebaldi; Lambert, Buchanan, Collier, Horwill, Matthews, Wallace, Ward, Luamanu.
Replacements: Gray, Evans, Sinckler, Merrick, J. Chisholm, Waters, Botica, Swiel.
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Police were called to Bakewell Road, near Morrisons, at about 02:30 BST following reports a man had been struck by the van.
The man, who suffered serious injuries, was taken to hospital and later died. He is yet to be formally identified.
The road was closed for several hours while officers investigated. Anyone with information about the crash should contact Derbyshire Police.
When Ibrox managing director Stewart Robertson mentioned the issue in the wake of boss Mark Warburton's departure, he spoke of a desire to ensure the same philosophy remains at the club even if a manager does not.
Former Rangers director of football Gordon Smith believes it is the right way for the club to go and the model has proved popular abroad, leading many clubs in the UK to follow suit with varying degrees of success.
BBC Scotland counselled the opinions of managers and coaches on the pros and cons of the role.
Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers (on Saturday): "My feeling on it is, up here in Scotland, I'm not sure you need it [a director of football].
"It really just depends on the experience and the level of the manager that you bring in. Some circumstances will show that it may work well.
"It's certainly something that we don't need here. For us here at Celtic, it's pretty straightforward, it's simple. I always think that less is more. Sometimes you can have more people involved and it dilutes the product.
(earlier this week) "What is important is that there is that alignment between the manager and the director of football. It depends what the job description is, what the role is, and if you're clear on it, then it's no problem.
"In Europe it happens a lot, where the director of football, along with his scouting team, will pick the players and the manager will manage and coach them.
"It's always been a wee bit more difficult to implement in Britain, purely because the notion here is that the manager is the one who has the eye for the players and can manage the players, and if you bring in a manager, you put the trust in him to develop them and choose players that fit the way you want to play. That's not to say it doesn't work, it just depends on the structures at the club.
"I could work with it, but there are always conditions. I prefer to be in the situation I'm in now. I work very closely with [chief executive] Peter Lawwell. I look after the football side and Peter looks after the business brilliantly, and between us, we have a common interest, which is Celtic.
"When you have that from the top through to the manager it gives you a greater chance to succeed. When the point comes for me to move on, someone comes in and it's quite a fluid transition."
Hearts head coach Ian Cathro (who works under director of football Craig Levein): "If there's debate about it, it's probably because you don't really understand it. There's a model like this and a model like that - pick one and get on with it. The debate is a lack of understanding, but they're just different models of how you want to operate a football club.
"Some clubs will operate slightly differently in what the director of football does, some just operate with maybe a head of recruitment which focuses on those things, some are more in the business, some are more in the football - it'll always be slightly different.
"Like many things, when something is new here, we all freak out and throw our toys all over the place and get scared as if it's a witch hunt and some crazy thing's coming to town that we don't understand and it's not, it's football; 2017 - football's big business, it's completely normal.
"I'm here because of the way this club operates and that's the way I consider things."
Hibernian head coach Neil Lennon: "It depends on how each club wants to run their club, if it's conducive to what they want to do. It's more to do with bringing in coaches and having the structure in place, and then they go bang, coaches in, here's your structure, here's how it works. People know about it when they go into jobs so they shouldn't really complain about it once it's there.
"At Celtic I had John Park - he wasn't a director of football per se, but he was as good in the role he did for me and my staff and the players as well. Yes, it does work but equally, if you've got a management system in place with a good scouting network that can easily work as well.
"The manager and director of football have to be on the same wavelength as to how the team wants to play, and the recruitment of players. It's an idea that's not new; it's been around for 10-12 years now.
"What it does is take a lot of the workload away from the manager, so he can concentrate on the day-to-day running of the first-team squad, which is the most important thing. The wages, that's down to the director of football and the board, and the manager can stay well away from that."
Former St Mirren boss and Genk assistant coach Alex Rae: "Some will touch on the finances, some might have control over the players coming in.
"Having worked under a director of football [at Genk], he picked every single player that came into the football club. The philosophy and the thinking, from him in particular, was that 'you are the head coach so you prepare them and get the results. If it goes wrong then you are not too good because I've picked proper players'. That was his outlook.
"Me and [former Genk manager] Alex [McLeish] went to this guy's house one night and we had dropped a player. He was posted missing for a month, never came back, so big Alex said we need to punish him to show in the dressing room that this was not being tolerated. We were going to send him to the reserves for a week and within two days he stopped turning up.
"The director of football was saying you need to bring him back in but Alex said he wasn't doing it. He was basically saying that because we weren't picking him, we were costing the team. This was the kind of friction you can have with a director of football if you don't have the dynamic."
Lancashire-based start-up Anywhere Sim aims to launch its notspot-tackling service within five weeks.
A small number of other mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) already offer national roaming in the UK, but target their products at business customers.
One expert said demand for the new service might be limited by its cost.
The main operators - Vodafone, EE, O2 and Three - have resisted pressure from the government to offer national roaming themselves.
Business Secretary Sajid Javid had proposed that the firms automatically switch users to different 2G signals when their own networks dropped out.
But the operators instead favour extending their own coverage and creating bilateral network-sharing agreements to tackle the problem.
Anywhere Sim has managed to set up its service by pairing with a business based outside the UK, which already has roaming agreements with the country's networks.
"[It will appeal to] people who have experienced coverage issues," explained the firm's founder Matthew Wright.
"So, people who live in rural locations.
"And those who travel a lot and experience notspots - for example people that spend a lot of time in caravans and those who pursue outdoor pursuits - cyclers, runners, walkers, anglers, there's a long list that could benefit outside the big conurbations."
The firm will sell its pay-as-you-go Sims via its own website, eBay and Amazon. It also plans to team up with camping, farming and other organisations whose members might benefit from the facility.
The basic "home" service will charge 5p a minute for calls, 5p per SMS text and 5p per megabyte of data.
There are some caveats:
Even the basic service is significantly more expensive than many alternative MVNOs.
For example GiffGaff, which is limited to the O2 network, offers 500 minutes of calls, one gigabyte of data and unlimited texts for £10 a month.
To use up the same amount of talk and data time on Anywhere Sim's home deal would cost £75.
"You are paying slightly more, there is a small premium, but then you would expect that to be the case," said Mr Wright, adding that his service remained competitive since many users do not exhaust their monthly allowance.
He added that a pay monthly option was also being planned.
But one industry watcher remains sceptical about Anywhere Sim's appeal.
"There are always going to be some customers that will pay a premium for the best coverage but it's a niche market," commented Ben Wood from the telecoms consultancy CCS Insight.
"And the value will decrease over time as well because the network operators will keep extending their coverage.
"Consumers also have the alternative of buying a second phone or a dual-Sim handset for emergencies - obviously you lose the benefits of a single number but it might be a more cost-effective option."
Another challenge facing Anywhere Sim is that it may not have the national roaming consumer market to itself for long.
The telecoms firm 24 Seven has run a similar service targeted at business customers called Jump since late last year.
Its chief executive told the BBC it had already attracted a "four-figure" number of subscribers - including staff at an NHS Trust - but he now had his eyes on a wider market.
"[Jump's users are] from coverage-critical industries, including healthcare, utilities, vehicle tracking and recovery, asset tracking - that type of thing," he explained
"As it stands we are targeting businesses.
"But we will launch a consumer product after the summer - it won't be focused on the roaming Jump element, but that will be a premium add-on."
The male pointer crossbreed was discovered in Dundonald Street by a member of the public putting out rubbish.
The Scottish SPCA, who called the act "unthinkably cruel" said the animal was also dehydrated and unable to stand.
The dog, which had a black bag wrapped around it, was taken to a vet, who made the decision to put it to sleep.
Chief inspector John Carle, of the animal welfare charity said: "The dog was estimated to be between 10 and 12 years old so we have to consider that he may have been abandoned due to his age, which is unthinkably cruel.
"This poor dog would have been absolutely terrified and was suffering a great deal when he was found."
The dog was discovered on the morning of 15 April at the bottom of a large metal bin.
Mr Carle said: "We think it's possible he was put into the bin late on Thursday night or in the early hours of Friday morning when it was dark.
"He was wearing a black nylon collar and had a black bag wrapped around his body from his waist down, but we don't know if he was fully inside the bag when he was dumped."
Abandoning an animal and causing unnecessary suffering are offences under the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006.
Mr Carle said: "We are currently checking whether there is any CCTV nearby and we are appealing to anyone with information about this despicable act to help us with our investigation.
"If anyone knows of a person in the local area who recently owned a dog matching this description we would urge them to contact us."
The need was even greater following the economic uncertainty caused by the UK's vote to leave the EU, the Local Government Association (LGA) said.
It estimated that at least four million people of working age in England would need affordable housing by 2024.
First-time buyer numbers in England have fallen by a third in a decade.
The fall in home ownership among the young and rising rental costs has led to some calls for councils to step in to increase the supply of homes with a new building programme.
A spokesman for the Department for Communities and Local Government said: "Local authorities have £2.5bn in housing reserves and borrowing headroom of £3.4bn, so they should be able to build the homes their communities need.
"Furthermore, we have set out the most ambitious vision for housing in a generation, including investing £8bn to build 400,000 more affordable homes."
Between the late 1940s and late 1950s councils built more homes than the private sector. Local authorities were building 100,000 homes a year up to the late 1970s, but the election of Margaret Thatcher's Conservatives in 1979 led to a fall in housebuilding by local authorities.
In the year to the end of June, local authorities built 1,500 homes in England out of a total of 131,370 - that is just over 1%.
"Bold new action is needed to solve our housing crisis following the vote to leave the European Union. A renaissance in house building by councils must be at the heart of this," said Peter Box, LGA housing spokesman.
"The private sector clearly has an important role to play but the reality is that it cannot build the homes we need on its own, and will likely be further restricted by uncertainties in the months and years ahead."
The LGA is calling for the government to allow councils to:
"If we are to stand any chance of solving our housing crisis, councils must be able to replace sold homes and reinvest in building more of the genuine affordable homes our communities desperately need now more than ever," Mr Box said.
A separate report from the Centre for Economics and Business Research suggests that "tremors" from the vote to leave the EU will not prevent the average UK home costing about £40,000 more in five years' time. This would push up the average UK house price from £194,000 in 2016 to £234,000 in 2021, it predicted.
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The data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggests people in Northern Ireland are happier and more satisfied with life compared to any other UK region.
That has been a consistent pattern since the ONS began life satisfaction surveys in 2011.
But why is Northern Ireland happier?
At first glance it seems counter-intuitive - Northern Ireland tends to be at the wrong end of most UK data tables.
Wages and productivity are low, economic inactivity and rates of long-term illness are high.
The ONS have been grappling with this seeming contradiction.
Its analysis shows that health, employment status and relationship status are key factors related to well-being.
But, these can't explain the Northern Ireland result - something else is going on.
The ONS have identified three potential answers.
Firstly, it could be down to the way in which people in Northern Ireland respond to the surveys that produce the well-being data.
There is evidence that people in different countries respond differently to well-being surveys.
It is, after all, a subjective measurement, so different populations will bring their own cultural experiences to the surveys.
Secondly, it could be a reflection of ongoing positive expectations that have flowed from the peace process.
The substantive ending of violence in the late 1990s was a break with a grim and bloody past.
So maybe people in Northern Ireland, unlike other parts of the UK, have seen that life can improve and so have an expectation it will continue to improve.
The third potential answer is the most interesting.
The ONS has identified Northern Ireland as having high levels of social capital - that is the links, shared values and understandings that enable individuals and groups to trust each other and work together.
So higher social capital tends to be related to higher well-being.
About 73% of people in Northern Ireland reported that most people in their neighbourhood can be trusted, compared with just 56% in London.
A whopping 80% of people surveyed in Northern Ireland said that others in their local area were willing to help their neighbours, which is again the highest level in the UK.
How do those numbers square with the divided nature of Northern Ireland society?
Well, there are two types of social capital - bonding and bridging.
Bonding capital describes the links between homogenous groups - in Northern Ireland what could be described as intra-community.
Bridging capital is about the links between heterogeneous groups or in Northern Ireland what is called cross-community.
So it raises the question - do high levels of bonding social capital explain the high level of well-being?
Or to put it another way - does living in a divided society make us happy?
Why is she wearing a veil? Why is she kneeling? Why so many flowers?
Armchair art critics have been keen to offer up their own explanations.
"So perhaps Beyonce's having a girl & a boy, hence the pink bra & blue panties?" suggested @nicbamford on Twitter.
"She's SURROUNDED by beautiful flowers. This is her connection with life and earth. She's energised by nature" said @TheHelenOfTrill
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In 1666, fires in London were quite common. Homes didn't have electricity, so real flames were used for lighting, cooking, and heating homes.
Also buildings were made out of using wooden timbers and were built closely together, so once they'd started it was pretty easy for fires to spread.
No fire had ever grown as big as the Great Fire of London before.
The summer of 1666 had been particularly dry, with drought making it more likely that fires would spread.
It's thought that the fire started in a baker's shop early in the morning.
The shop belonged to the king's baker, Thomas Farynor, in Pudding Lane.
With strong winds, the fire spread quickly down Pudding Lane, towards the River Thames and London Bridge.
As the fire reached the River Thames, it passed over warehouses full of flammable materials like oil, which quickly set on fire. After just a few hours, London Bridge was on fire too.
The fire was stopped from reaching the south side of the river because a section of the bridge was missing.
Famous buildings including St Paul's Cathedral, The Royal Exchange, and the Guildhall were completely destroyed, as well as 13,200 houses, and 87 parish churches.
Firefighting was much more basic in 1666, and people didn't know nearly as much about stopping fires as we do today.
Fire brigades used leather buckets, axes and water to try and stop the fire but, unsurprisingly, they didn't work very well.
Instead, a plan was suggested to blow up houses in the path of the fire, so that there would be an area with no houses to act as fuel for the fire to keep growing.
The Navy used gunpowder to destroy the buildings and by the next morning, the fire had been stopped.
Up to a third of the city was destroyed and more than 70 thousand people were made homeless.
Six people were recorded to have lost their lives as a result of the fire but it's thought many more could have died.
The BBC One nature documentary has received nine nominations ahead of its annual Craft Awards, which celebrate behind the scenes talent in television.
Netflix drama The Crown follows with seven nominations, while the BBC's The Night Manager gets six.
The winners will be announced on 23 April, three weeks ahead of the Bafta Television Awards on 14 May.
Here's a rundown of which programmes are up for what.
The landmark natural history series receives two nominations apiece in the editing: factual and sound: factual categories and is also up for the original music prize.
Its remaining four nominations are all in the photography: factual category, which means the show is guaranteed to take home at least one award.
Netflix's epic chronicle of the early years in The Queen's reign sees Stephen Daldry and Peter Morgan recognised for their direction and writing respectively.
It's also got nominations for its costume design, production design and its photography and lighting, with additional nods going to its visual effects and titles.
The BBC's gripping adaptation of John le Carre's novel gets a best director nod for Susanne Bier and is also recognised for its sound and editing.
Like The Crown, it has also landed nominations for its production design, visual effects and titles.
With mutton chops like the ones Paul Dano sported in the series, it is hardly surprising the BBC's lavish adaptation of Tolstoy's novel is up for best make up and hair design.
Its other nominations come for its music, sound, production design and visual effects.
Charlie Brooker's nightmarish satire moved from Channel 4 to Netflix last year, a move that's clearly gone down well with the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
Seamus McGarvey gets a nomination for his photography on the Nosedive episode that starred Bryce Dallas Howard (above), while other instalments get shout-outs for their costume design, their visual effects and their make up and hair design.
Channel 4's topical drama about a TV personality accused of historical sex crimes gets recognised for its direction, editing, music and photography.
Check out the full list of nominations here.
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A spokesman for BBC Store said demand had not been as strong as had been hoped and that it did not "make sense" to invest in the service further.
BBC Store was intended as an extension of the BBC iPlayer, where content expires 30 days after broadcast.
A message on its website said the BBC would "continue to find new ways of making BBC archive content available".
"We do hope you enjoyed discovering some wonderful programmes, old and new," the message added.
More than 7,000 hours of TV was initially made available through the BBC Store, with shows typically costing £1.89 an episode.
Offerings included Early to Bed, a rarely seen Alan Bleasdale work from 1975, and The Power of the Daleks, a "lost" Doctor Who adventure from 1966 that was reconstructed in animated form.
With hit programmes such as Sherlock and Doctor Who available on subscription sites Netflix and Amazon Prime, though, the BBC Store found there was less demand to download programmes to keep.
Viewers will be able to watch their purchases via the BBC Store website or through the BBC Store app until 1 November, after which they will no longer be available.
Customers will be refunded for the shows they have purchased, either in cash or with Amazon Video vouchers.
Those who opt for the latter will receive 10% more than they are owed, as a goodwill gesture.
A BBC representative would not reveal how many people would be affected but said the service had been part of the corporation's attempts to generate income outside the licence fee.
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Hailing a "breakthrough" in Scotland and a strong showing in Wales, he said UKIP would target its first Westminster seat in next week's Newark by-election.
Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg has said he will not resign after his party lost all but one of its 12 MEPs.
He said he was not going to "walk away" from the job despite the poor results.
Mr Farage has been celebrating his party's triumph in the European polls, the first time a party other than the Conservatives or Labour has won a national election for 100 years.
UKIP won 27.5% of the vote and had 24 MEPs elected. Labour, on 25.4%, has narrowly beaten the Tories into third place while the Lib Dems lost all but one of their seats and came sixth behind the Greens.
With Northern Ireland yet to declare its results, the election highlights so far have been:
Mr Farage has said his party intends to build on what he has described as "the most extraordinary result" in British politics in the past century.
Speaking in London at an election rally, he said his party now appealed to all social classes and had made significant inroads in Wales and Scotland as well as winning the most votes in England.
By Nick RobinsonPolitical editor
He said the party was aiming to win the Newark by-election next week, to try and "turn the heat" up on David Cameron. They would target a dozen or more seats in next year's general election, he added.
"Our game is to get this right, to find the right candidates, and focus our resources on getting a good number of seats in Westminster next year.
"If UKIP do hold the balance of power, then indeed there will be a (EU) referendum."
Mr Farage said Labour would come under "enormous pressure" to offer the voters a referendum on Europe, and he said he did not believe Nick Clegg would still be Lib Dem leader at the general election.
"The three party leaders are like goldfish that have been tipped out of their bowl onto the floor and are gasping for air," he said.
Mr Clegg is facing calls to stand down after Sunday night's results, with MP John Pugh saying the "abysmal" performance meant the Lib Dem leader should make way for Vince Cable.
But Mr Clegg said he had no intention of stepping down despite the "gut-wrenching" loss of most of the party's representatives in Brussels.
"Of course it's right to have searching questions after such a bad set of results," he said.
"But the easiest thing in politics when the going gets really really tough is to wash your hands of it and walk away, but I'm not going to do that and neither is my party."
Lib Dem Business Secretary Vince Cable added: "These were exceptionally disappointing results for the party. Many hard-working Liberal Democrats, who gave this fight everything they had and then lost their seats, are feeling frustrated and disheartened and we all understand that."
Mr Clegg "deserves tremendous credit" for having been bold enough to stand up to "the Eurosceptic wave which has engulfed much of continental Europe", he said.
The party had taken a "kicking for being in government with the Conservatives", but must now "hold its nerve", he said.
"Now is not the time for infighting and introspection," he said. "There is no leadership issue."
Reacting to his third place, David Cameron said the public was "disillusioned" with the EU and their message had been "received and understood", but he rejected calls to bring forward his proposed in/out EU referendum to 2016.
After UKIP's success, the Tory leadership is facing renewed calls for an electoral pact with their rivals to avoid a split in the right of British politics at next year's general election.
Daniel Hannan, who was returned as a Tory MEP in the South East region, said it would be "sad" if the two parties "were not able to find some way, at least in marginal seats, of reaching an accommodation so that anti-referendum candidates don't get in with a minority of votes".
But Mr Cameron said it was a "myth" that the two parties had a shared agenda.
Labour was looking at one stage as if it might be beaten into third place by the Tories - a potentially disastrous result for Ed Miliband as he seeks to show he can win next year's general election.
But the party was rescued by another strong showing in London - and it took heart from local election results in battleground seats, which party spokesmen suggested were a better guide to general election performance.
Mr Miliband said the party was "making progress" but had "further to go" if it was to prevail in next year's general election.
He said the outcome of the elections was about more than Europe and his party must respond to a "desire for change" over a wide range of issues.
BNP leader Nick Griffin lost his seat and saw his party's vote collapse by 6% in the North West of England.
Anti-EU parties from the left and right have gained significant numbers of MEPs across all 28 member states in the wake of the eurozone crisis and severe financial squeeze.
However, pro-EU parties will still hold the majority in parliament.
Turnout across the EU is up slightly at 43.1%, according to estimates. Turnout in the UK was 33.8%, down slightly on last time.
In the European elections five years ago, the Conservatives got 27.7% of the total vote, ahead of UKIP on 16.5%, Labour on 15.7%, the Lib Dems on 13.7%, the Green Party on 8.6% and the BNP on 6.2%.
Defences in 48 areas will no longer be maintained putting 1,300 homes at risk of being lost.
Homeowners say the plan will have a "disastrous impact" and will leave them unable to sell their homes.
Natural Resources Minister Carl Sargeant said some residents could be relocated.
BBC Wales' Week In Week Out programme has found that shoreline management plans for affected areas shows homeowners might be unaware of the risks and the impact the plan will have on the value of their property.
Fairbourne in Gwynedd has already seen a significant drop in house values since the programme revealed in February that 420 homes could be lost in the village by 2055.
The council said it can maintain defences for 40 years, but Week in Week Out has been told that people wanting to buy in the village cannot get mortgages as companies want security for 60 years.
Huw Gosling, who lives in one of 30 seafront homes at risk in Newton, Porthcawl, said he knew nothing of the plans to stop defending homes before he was contacted by BBC Wales.
"That's worrying because the effect that would have on our houses would obviously be quite disastrous as far as we're concerned," he said.
"I would imagine the next stage would be the houses would be unsalable and eventually fall over."
Bridgend council said it had followed communication guidelines and would work with those affected.
Senior coastal engineer Greg Guthrie, who wrote the shoreline plan for Cardigan Bay, Anglesey and Gwynedd, said it would be "daft" to continue to defend some areas and to do so could cause future problems.
Chartered surveyor Philip Wilbourn, who has advised the UK government on the issue, said any plan which states seaside properties will not be defended was bound to have an impact on house prices.
Natural Resources Minister Carl Sargeant said it would be difficult to justify the spending needed to defend some areas in future.
Asked if those affected would be compensated, he said each case would have to be examined individually.
"It might be a cheaper option to support a community to move on," he said.
Week in Week Out is on BBC One Wales, Tuesday, 28 October at 22:35 GMT.
The new portraits have been added to one of the city's existing Bogside murals, which have been fully restored.
Speaking at the event, the former SDLP leader John Hume said he was delighted to be honoured.
"The terrible injustices of the 1960s and the decades before underlined the inescapable need for political change."
"The civil rights movement in Derry in 1968 had people from all walks of life and all traditions and was totally non-sectarian and non-violent.
"I am delighted to be here today to see the refreshed mural which the Bogside artists have completed which honours all those who were active during these marches."
John Hume won the Nobel peace prize in 1998 for his contribution to the peace process.
Ivan Cooper was a founder member of the SDLP. Both men came to prominence through the civil rights movement in the late 1960s.
The mural is located at Rossville Street, beside Pilot's Row.
Deirdre Crawford from the housing executive said it had contributed £5,000 to the project in partnership with Derry and Strabane district council.
"We feel it's a very valuable contribution and a very valuable investment.
"It's about civil rights, iconic people who developed the project and it's the tenacity and courage of this community to stand here today and say this is anti-sectarian.
"We've done projects right across Northern Ireland and this is in line with that. It's cross community."
Vinnie Coyle, whose father was a leading civil rights campaigner, is also included in the mural. Mr Coyle said it was important to remember the contribution of Mr Hume and Mr Cooper to Derry.
"They were hugely important because of the leadership that they gave.
"They were two young men vibrant in the civil rights movement. Ivan was from the Protestant community and John from the Catholic community, both standing against sectarian violence.
"They gave leadership to people in a non-violent voice to come out and protest for their rights."
Barrow had not suffered a defeat since August and made a confident start as captain Danny Livesey tapped in Akil Wright's cross from close range after seven minutes.
But the hosts - without a win in seven games - equalised on 26 minutes through Luke Hannant's classy finish and were ahead in the 39th minute after Nyal Bell found the bottom corner for his first Gateshead goal.
It got worse for Barrow four minutes after the break when Jordan Burrow slid the ball home at the back post and Wes York put the seal on their first defeat in 20 league games with a dinked finish on 70 minutes.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Gateshead 4, Barrow 1.
Second Half ends, Gateshead 4, Barrow 1.
Substitution, Gateshead. Danny Johnson replaces Nyal Bell.
Substitution, Barrow. Liam Hughes replaces Richard Bennett.
Substitution, Gateshead. Toby Ajala replaces Luke Hannant.
Danny Livesey (Barrow) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Goal! Gateshead 4, Barrow 1. Wes York (Gateshead).
Substitution, Barrow. Andy Haworth replaces Lindon Meikle.
Substitution, Barrow. Ross Hannah replaces Byron Harrison.
Akil Wright (Barrow) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Patrick McLaughlin (Gateshead) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Goal! Gateshead 3, Barrow 1. Jordan Burrow (Gateshead).
Second Half begins Gateshead 2, Barrow 1.
First Half ends, Gateshead 2, Barrow 1.
Goal! Gateshead 2, Barrow 1. Nyal Bell (Gateshead).
Richard Bennett (Barrow) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Manny Smith (Gateshead) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Luke Hannant (Gateshead) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Goal! Gateshead 1, Barrow 1. Luke Hannant (Gateshead).
Jordan Williams (Barrow) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Goal! Gateshead 0, Barrow 1. Danny Livesey (Barrow).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
4 October 2016 Last updated at 15:42 BST
A 7-mile exclusion zone has been set up to protect residents from the spewing lava and ash that is created when Colima erupts.
It has caused huge disruption to those who have had to evacuate, as officials continue to monitor the volcanic activity.
In a statement the Mexican government said: "At the risk of falling ash, we maintain the recommendation to cover eyes and mouths, cover water tanks (and we advise) that people with respiratory problems avoid outdoor activities, and sweep the ash to be deposited in plastic bags.
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The American, 29, tested positive for two banned substances in June and was pulled from UFC 200, where he was due to face Daniel Cormier in Las Vegas.
The suspension - imposed by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) - is backdated to July.
In a statement to ESPN, Jones said he had hoped "for a better outcome".
But he added he was "pleased" Usada's investigation had determined he was "not a cheater of the sport".
At the time of his positive out-of-competition urine test - which showed the presence of hormones and metabolic modulators - a tearful Jones apologised and said he had not taken any performance-enhancing substances.
His explanation - that he had taken a contaminated Tadalafil pill bought online - "crossed the threshold of probability", the panel ruled.
According to the panel's findings, the pill "is not a prohibited substance but a legitimate erectile dysfunction medication", adding that its purpose is "to enhance sexual not sporting performance".
A UFC statement said the case highlights "the care and diligence that is required by athletes competing in the UFC to ensure no prohibited substances enter their system".
A statement from the independent panel added "on the evidence" Jones is "not a drug cheat" and has "not only lost a year of his career but an estimated $9m".
It added: "This outcome, which he admits to be a wake-up call for him, should serve as a warning to all others who participate in the same sport."
Offaly held an early lead but Cavan finished the first half strongly to go in 0-11 to 0-9 ahead at the break.
Cavan won the game early in the second half with a Gearoid McKiernan goal and five unanswered points putting the Ulster visitors in control.
Offaly tagged on late points with the outcome already settled while Cavan had James McEnroe sent off in added time.
There was little to choose between the teams in a tight opening 35 minutes at O'Connor Park on Sunday evening.
Nigel Dunne's double gave the Leinster men a 0-4 to 0-2 advantage but both sides would enjoy a first-half lead with midfielder McKiernan firing over four Breffni points.
Cavan's burst of 1-5 without reply started with Niall McDermott and Ciaran Brady scores before the break.
Gerard Smith, McDermott and Liam Buchanan slotted over the opening three points of the second half before McKiernan's goal on 43 minutes.
Buchanan burst through and passed to Dara McVeety, who set up McKiernan to blast into the net from eight yards.
That left it 1-14 to 0-9 and a close encounter suddenly became a one-sided affair.
Cavan substitute Thomas Corr was shown a black card minutes after entering the fray while Offaly cut the gap by registering the final four points of the game.
Breffni defender McEnroe was dismissed for two yellow cards but it mattered little as Cavan remained in the championship.
The incident is the deadliest single attack on foreign troops in a month. Nato initially confirmed the deaths but declined to disclose the nationalities.
Earlier, a Nato helicopter crashed in eastern Afghanistan, killing one soldier, officials said.
Almost 200 foreign troops have been killed by militants in Afghanistan so far this year.
Tafsir Khogyani, commander of the border police for southern Afghanistan, told the BBC's Bilal Sarwary in Kabul: "According to our initial information, Coalition and Afghan police went to destroy a Taliban container which had some explosives and weapons. As soon as the helicopter landed and other Isaf forces were patrolling, the explosion took place.
"It took place in Shorabak district 19km (12 miles) from the Pakistani border."
Shorabak district lies between the districts of Registan and Spin Boldak.
Spin Boldak police chief Gen Abdul Raziq told the BBC that insurgents had been cleared from the area only two months ago.
Meanwhile, Nato-led forces say they have pushed back Taliban fighters in a district in the eastern province of Nuristan.
Local officials said up to 500 insurgents seized the district of Doab on Wednesday.
The international security mission disputes the account given by local leaders. "At no point was the district centre overrun, the Taliban were never in control," said Isaf spokesman Maj Tim James.
Afghan and Nato troops arrived in the district on Wednesday afternoon and carried out a number of air strikes, he said.
"The area remains calm with Afghan and Nato troops very much in control," added Maj James.
It is very hard to confirm Nato's claims or how far their control extends in the district. The provincial governor says nearly 30 insurgents were killed on Wednesday - but questions remain over the whereabouts of hundreds of others.
Our correspondent says the mountainous area has many hiding places.
Officials in Nuristan have been warning for more than a year that the government and Nato should do more to counter the militant threat in the area, he adds.
Mr McMullan, from Hackney, London, was last seen outside the Barrowboy and Banker pub in London Bridge on Saturday.
A bank card belonging to the 32-year-old was found on a body at the scene.
His family said they were "deeply upset" to hear about his death following the terror attack.
"It is with the deepest regret and sadness that we have today been informed that our son and brother has been declared a victim of the terrorist attack on Saturday night," they added.
"While our pain will never diminish it is important for all of us to carry on with our lives in direct opposition to those who would try to destroy us and remember that hatred is the refuge of small minded individuals and will only breed more.
"We would like to thank all the members of the services who did their utmost to "serve and protect" the population of London from these deranged and deluded individuals."
Mr McMullan's sister said she believed her brother to be among those who died, after his bank card was found on a body at the scene.
Reading out a statement on Monday, Melissa McMullan said: "From his friends who were with him on the night - they want everyone to know what a generous and caring friend he was.
"Words will never be able to match his essence. There will only ever be one James."
Specially trained family liaison officers are supporting his family now official confirmation has taken place, police said.
Seven other people were killed in the attack.
They have been named as 30-year-old Canadian national Chrissy Archibald, Australian Kirsty Boden, 28, Australian Sara Zelenak, 21, French nationals 26-year-old Alexandre Pigeard, Xavier Thomas, 45, and chef Sebastien Belanger, 36, and Spanish national Ignacio Echeverria, 39.
NHS England said 29 patients remain in London hospitals, with 10 in a critical condition.
The Herald leads with the result of a new poll which, it says, shows that Scots are "overwhelmingly opposed" to the idea of holding another independence referendum this year.
A murder inquiry has been launched after a man died in a house fire in Milngavie, according to The Scotsman.
The Scottish Sun reports that the home at the centre of the New Year's Day blaze was "targeted". It says the semi-detached property belonged to a lawyer and his wife who suffered from the effects of smoke inhalation during the incident.
A man who has been convicted of sexually assaulting a young girl and stalking two women is obsessed with the anti-hero of the film Taxi Driver, according to The Daily Record.
The Scottish edition of The Times leads with the latest on the massacre of 39 people at an Istanbul nightclub. It says that there are fears that so-called Islamic State has embarked on a fresh wave of attacks.
The number of prisoners absconding from Castle Huntly in 2016 equals that of the previous six years combined, according to the front page story in The Courier.
Under the headline "Get better soon, Ma'am", the Scottish Daily Mail leads with a story about The Queen missing a New Year's Day church service due to illness.
The Scottish Daily Express reports that almost 10,000 teachers were attacked in Scotland's schools over the last three years.
A woman was airlifted to hospital after a crash on a north-east road which left five people injured, according to the Aberdeenshire edition of The Press and Journal.
And the Scottish edition of The Daily Star leads with claims that singer George Michael "took his own life".
The 18-year-old midfielder was born in France and played for Les Bleus at under-18 and under-19 levels.
Bennacer qualified for Algeria through his father, and was also eligible for Morocco, where his mother is from.
He is part of Arsenal's academy squad at the moment and made his senior debut in a 3-0 loss to Sheffield Wednesday in the League Cup last October.
It is understood the electricity failed just before 09:00.
The airport said power had been restored and operations were returning to normal, but warned passengers there could be further delays.
Long queues which had formed outside the building have now gone, but the main terminal building is still very busy.
The power cut affected the terminal and the main hall was plunged into darkness with only emergency lighting available for almost an hour.
It was not possible to provide the usual ground services such as check-in or security during the outage.
Airport authorities were dealing with a backlog of passengers who were unable to check-in for about 90 minutes.
The airport said that back-up power systems also failed inside the terminal, but not on the airfields, which is why runway lights remained on.
It is not known what caused the power failure.
Some passengers who landed during the power cut were unable to leave planes because immigration facilities were down, and had to be let off gradually.
An airport spokesman said: "We can confirm that power is now returning to the terminal and that flights have resumed.
"We're working to allow passengers to continue their journeys in a safe and ordered manner and we thank passengers for their patience whilst we do this.
"As always, the safety of passengers and staff is our priority. We expect there to be further delays whilst we clear the backlog."
Hundreds of passengers inside the terminal were advised to be patient while engineers worked to restore power.
Those planning to fly later are being advised to come to the terminal building as usual.
Miranda Hurst, from Edinburgh, who is due to fly to London, told the BBC Scotland news website, said: "I was on the airport bus when we were told the bus couldn't go any further as there had been a power cut so the barrier could not be lifted.
"So we had to walk. When I arrived at the terminal the lights were off and nobody knew what was happening.
"I'm in a queue at the arrivals exit as we cant go upstairs as there is no security as they can't scan anything.
"The Tannoy has been affected too so they can't communicate anything to us. They have started handing out water to us."
Sandy Sneddon, from the Church of Scotland, said he had come to the airport to pick up a group from Korea.
"The power's back on but I'm still waiting for 23 delegates from the National Council of Churches in Korea.
"They were due arrive at 09:25, but there's still nothing on the screens and no updates as to where they are.
He added: "Everyone is calm, only just a bit annoyed."
The 34-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday after the bank noticed multiple suspect transactions and contacted the police.
The bank has not been named.
Police uncovered 80 transactions totalling $492,000 ($376,000; £266,000) being paid into two separate accounts.
Det Supt Arthur Katsogiannis, commander of the Fraud and Cybercrime Squad, said arrest was part of a broader crackdown on financial wrongdoing.
"The good work of these investigators should reassure businesses in New South Wales that police are doing all they can to ensure they can operate in a corruption-free environment," he said.
The bank employee has been granted bail and is due to appear in court in May.
Revealing his Desert Island Discs on BBC Radio 4, the actor, who also starred in BBC comedy W1A, said she never talked about her three decades of work for the security service.
When he asked her outright, she denied being a spy, he told the programme.
He also confesses to having felt intimidated acting with his on-screen mother in Downton, Dame Maggie Smith.
He told Kirsty Young his parents met when his father was training as a doctor and his mother as a nurse. She followed him to Singapore and worked for the Foreign Office there
When he was about 10 years old and the family were living in London, his mother took a job for three days a week.
But he did not ask her about it until much later on.
He said: "We used to drop her off at her office sometimes at Lambeth North.
"I opened the newspaper one day and it said 'Century House MI6 building to be sold' and I looked at the photograph and said, 'Mum, that's your office.'
"And she said 'Mmm, yes dear.' I said, 'You're a spy?'.
"She said 'No, I'm not a spy dear.'"
Bonneville said his mother died just over a year ago. When he asked his father if she ever said anything about her work: "He said, 'Never, she just went to the office.'"
"All I know is she didn't have special umbrellas or knives coming out of her toe caps or anything like that, she did just work in the office.
"But I am extremely proud, not only that she found fulfilment in that work, as well as bringing up us kids, but that she never spoke about it."
Her nickname in the valley where his parents retired, he said, was "the Colonel", as she was "a do-er".
Speaking about the Dowager Countess, his character Lord Grantham's mother, played by Maggie Smith, in ITV's Downton Abbey, he said he was "terrified" by her high-calibre acting.
He said: "I can remember the very first scene I did with her and I was absolutely terrified, and I think I can remember the last scene with her and I was absolutely terrified.
"She is the most astonishing actress. Her wit is legendary, as you say, and she doesn't suffer fools. And you raise your game, you have to.
"It's great acting opposite her because she's got extremely high standards for herself and expects them of others."
Downton Abbey ran for six series, with the last episode screened in the UK on Christmas Day 2015.
South Yorkshire Police made an appeal for information in July to coincide with the Battle of the Somme anniversary.
The medal was awarded posthumously to Sgt Francis Bark of Calver, Derbyshire, who died of gas poisoning in France in May 1918.
Sgt Bark worked for Sheffield's police service from 1913 until World War One.
The forced thanked the public for their help in solving the mystery.
A spokesman said: "With a huge thank you to all of you who helped piece together the story of Sgt Francis Bark, we are pleased to tell the story of an officer/soldier who gave his life for others nearly 100 years ago."
The soldier died of gas poisoning aged 26 on the day his battalion was due to leave the frontline for a well-earned rest.
A diary entry from 27 April 1918 stated: "The enemy burst 9 of our gas cylinders by shell fire amongst a post and working party of 'A' company 2 Lt Harding and fifty other rank casualties."
He was awarded the medal "for bravery in rescuing a comrade during a gas attack, at the cost of his own life".
The medal, with 14 shillings, was given to his father who passed it to the police force as Francis' employers.
Francis was buried in Pernes British Cemetery in Pas de Calais, and has a headstone in St Peter's in Endensor, Derbyshire.
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Andrew Davies, 36, was in a Krakow bar when he was attacked with the liquid, thought to be a cleaning product.
He was treated for third degree burns to his face, upper body and ankle and will require months of treatment after flying home on 7 May.
A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We have provided assistance to a British man who was hospitalised in Krakow."
Mr Davies' brother Steve claimed the group was attacked after a row over faeces left on the wall of a toilet.
The group had gone into the bar to use the toilet, but Steve Davies, 39, said they left after seeing the mess.
But he said they were blamed for it and had the chemical thrown over them they sat in a beer garden 10 minutes later.
"It was an industrial alkaline - some kind of cleaning product," said Steve Davies.
"One of the boys was burned on his ankle, another on his leg and another on his arm."
Since returning to Manselton, Swansea, father-of-two Mr Davies has received further treatment at the city's Morriston Hospital.
Steve Davies said he believed someone had been charged in connection with the incident and his brother would speak to a solicitor about any other action.
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The only ferry linking Hayling Island to Portsmouth closed down in 2015 when the company went into administration.
The firm's collapse left about 70 schoolchildren and commuters facing a 16-mile road journey instead of a three-minute ride to Eastney.
Sir Richard was approached for support after taking part in an annual Hayling Island kitesurfing festival.
The entrepreneur's Virgin group sponsors the event, which runs this year from 17-19 June.
The 200-year-old ferry service collapsed in March 2015.
The company was then sold to Baker Trayte Marine Ltd but the new owner's plan to restore the service stalled when Hampshire County Council said it could no longer justify an annual subsidy. The service cost the authority £71,000 in 2014.
The newly-launched Hayling Ferry Trust, led by local councillor Clare Satchwell, said it aimed to raise a total of £40,000 to support the new private operator.
Ms Satchwell said: "It's like a phoenix from the flames. We want to harness public positivity... and Sir Richard's donation is a real boost."
Harry Chivers, from Bangor, received the £80,000 miniaturized ventricular assist device (MVAD) at Newcastle upon Tyne's Freeman Hospital two weeks ago.
His health was failing after he suffered a heart attack in last August.
Experts have said the new pump is a "huge step forward" for heart patients.
Mr Chivers, 63, was waiting for a heart transplant when the possibility of pioneering the pump arose.
The retired father-of-three travelled to the Freeman Hospital for the treatment by Prof Stephan Schueler.
Since then he has made good progress and could be allowed home next week.
His consultant cardiac surgeon said the device, that is smaller than predecessors and with settings that allow it to adapt to the patient's lifestyle, sits on the tip of the heart and helps it to pump blood.
Prof Schueler said there were hundreds of thousands of people with advanced heart disease, but in the past treatment was limited to an "elite" few who could receive a transplant.
"They have now the choice to get these revolutionary devices. It is the fourth generation and they are tiny," he said.
The MVAD weighs 78g and is about the size of a golf ball, and is said to be about half as large as previous devices.
It is powered by a battery pack from a wire that passes out of the patient's abdomen.
The pack can be carried in a bag or around the waist.
Mr Chivers said he was "getting a lot better" after having the MVAD fitted.
"I feel great, it has really improved my breathing and the operation has gone really well," he said.
"I was quite happy to volunteer here because I have 100% confidence in the fantastic hospital.
"I'm eating a lot better, I'm getting around and working on my physio.
"There's a long way to go but I'm going to do it."
The Freeman's ventricular assist device co-ordinator Neil Wrightson said the new pump's size made it a huge step forward.
He said Mr Chivers was slumped in his chair and looked "appalling" when they first met in a Belfast hospital.
The pump's availability had come "in the nick of time" for him.
"He is not a dying man anymore," Mr Wrightson said.
Patients would need to be ill enough to require a heart transplant but well enough to recover from the treatment, he added.
He said because of its small size it could be suitable for children with heart disease, and it will now go through a lengthy trial process.
Worst hit was Moore, south of the city, where neighbourhoods were flattened and schools destroyed by winds of up to 200mph (320km/h).
About 120 people are being treated in hospitals. Earlier reports said more than 90 people had died.
President Barack Obama has declared a major disaster in Oklahoma.
He also ordered federal authorities to join in the search efforts which have continued throughout the night.
By Jonny DymondBBC News, Moore
There is lightning in the sky above Moore, flickering on and off every 10 or 20 seconds; at ground level the only light is from the blue and red flashing lights of emergency vehicles and the bright portable lights with generators at their bases.
It is deceptively calm; insects chirrup in the background. Everywhere is covered in a light spray of soggy debris and a film of mud.
At the deserted Moore police station, cars are spattered with mud. Larger concrete structures are still standing - a cinema, a supermarket, reminders of what there was before the tornado struck.
But houses, offices and shops have been torn apart by the force of the winds that ripped through here, sturdy telephone poles snapped at their bases, street signs sent flying.
And most disconcerting - though unsurprising - is the complete absence of any residents.
In pictures: Tornado before and after
Monday's twister hit Moore, a suburb of about 55,000 people, at 15:01 (20:01 GMT) and remained on the ground for about 45 minutes.
On Tuesday morning, the chief administrative officer of the Oklahoma City Medical Examiner's Office told reporters that the death toll had been revised down.
"Fifty-one deaths were reported to the OCME during the early phases of the recovery efforts yesterday," Amy Elliott said.
"To date, 24 deceased victims of the tornado have been transported to our Oklahoma City Office, and positive identification have been made in the vast majority of those, and these are ready for return to their loved ones."
Earlier, local authorities said a further 40 bodies had been found but not identified.
Several children are believed to have been killed when Plaza Towers Elementary school took a direct hit. The storm tore off the building's roof and knocked down walls.
"The school was flattened. The walls were pancaked in," Oklahoma's Lieutenant Governor Todd Lamb told the BBC.
"There's still roughly two dozen children that are missing. There have been some bodies recovered from that school and it's absolutely horrific and devastating."
Another school - Briarwood Elementary - was also damaged, and teachers were later seen leading pupils out to safety.
Lt Gov Lamb said Moore had been prepared for a tornado, but not of this strength: "There was a warning in place, but when it veers and is as extensive as this one is - two miles wide - on the ground for 45 minutes, that is just wreaking havoc that it's hard to get out of the way of."
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin said it was a "tragic" day.
More than 200 Oklahoma National Guardsmen as well as out-of-state personnel have been called in to assist the search-and-rescue effort.
The storm destroyed several areas, leaving a tangle of ruined buildings, piles of broken wood, overturned and crushed cars, and fires in some places.
The BBC's Alastair Leithead in Oklahoma says many tornadoes in the region hit the open plain, but this one struck a residential area.
Many houses are built on hard ground without basements, so residents did not have recourse to shelter, our correspondent adds.
"We locked the cellar door once we saw it coming, it got louder and next thing you know is you see the latch coming undone," survivor Ricky Stover said.
"We couldn't reach for it and it ripped open the door and just glass and debris started slamming on us and we thought we were dead, to be honest."
Melissa Newton, another survivor, said: "There's shingles and pieces of sheet rock and wood in our yard and all across our neighbourhood. Some homes are completely gone. It's devastating."
James Rushing said he had hurried to Plaza Towers Elementary School, where his foster son Aiden was a pupil, to see it destroyed by the storm.
"About two minutes after I got there, the school started coming apart," he told the Associated Press news agency.
Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The National Weather Service (NWS) said Monday's tornado had generated winds of up to 200mph.
"It's certainly the most powerful tornado that I've ever dealt with in my 20 years with the weather service," NWS meteorologist Rick Smith in Norman, Oklahoma, told the BBC.
The NWS said the tornado measured EF-4 on the five-point Fujita scale - the second most powerful type.
The town of Moore was hit by a severe tornado in May 1999, which had the highest winds ever recorded on Earth.
But Betsy Randolph of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol told local news station Skynews 9 that the damage on Monday appeared to exceed that of the 1999 tornado.
Tornadoes, hail and high winds also hit Iowa and Kansas, part of a storm system stretching from Texas to Minnesota.
On Sunday, a tornado smashed a trailer park on Highway 102 near Shawnee, Oklahoma.
Oklahoma's state medical examiner confirmed earlier on Monday that two people had been killed in the area.
The star played 18 songs over two hours, in what was her first UK concert in four-and-a-half years.
Dedicated fans had travelled from Japan and South Africa to see her perform, but Adele also had a message for anyone attending under duress.
"I know some of you have been dragged along," she joked, "but I'm going to win you over."
"Although some of my songs get a bit depressing."
By the end of the night, however, even the steeliest of hearts would have been forced to concede she had brought the goods.
Adele: The full story
Even if they weren't moved by the songs - Set Fire To The Rain, Make You Feel My Love, Rolling In The Deep - there was always Adele's disarming and bawdy humour.
She first addressed the audience 15 minutes into the show, explaining: "They told me not to talk for three songs so my nerves could calm a little."
After that the floodgates opened. She discussed perspiration ("I need to wipe the puddle off me face"); Bob Dylan ("I couldn't understand what he was saying"); and being a working mum ("you should have seen me in the dressing room - I had to do an emergency shave on my legs").
The 27-year-old, who openly admits to suffering stage fright, also talked about her toilet habits for the day.
But for many fans, this no-frills honesty is what makes Adele so endearing - and sets her apart from contemporaries like Taylor Swift, Coldplay and Rihanna.
"She's just so down to earth. She's not a superstar, she's normal," said Rosemary Shield, who attended the show from Belfast.
"She talked about her wee boy and she talked about going to the zoo. Just normal things that we all do."
"I love how she acts on and off stage," agreed Melissa Gordan, who had travelled from Johannesburg for the opening night.
"She's just human. I think she's a phenomenal person."
Hiroki Takahashi, who had flown 18 hours from Saitama, near Tokyo, to attend the concert, added: "She has a powerful energy and an amazing voice.
"My dream has come true."
The concert began simply enough, with a moody black and white projection of Adele's eyes on two gigantic silk screens, as the refrain from Hello echoed around the arena.
Then, to the audience's surprise, the star rose out of a satellite stage in the middle of the auditorium (she had been smuggled underneath it, inside a black box, 10 minutes earlier).
It was one of a small handful of production flourishes in what turned out to be a simple, stripped-back stage show.
For the most part, Adele stood, or sat, at the front of Belfast's SSE Arena, belting out the hits with a large grin plastered across her face.
There were no pyrotechnics, no video interludes and no costume changes. She wore a black sequinned custom Burberry dress all night, exuding an old school glamour.
"It's not a Beyonce show," she noted, drily at one point.
Despite a few jitters at the Grammy Awards two weeks ago, her voice was flawless throughout.
It's no secret that Adele possesses a powerful set of lungs (a high note on When We Were Young made some people around me gasp) but she refrains from the showboating that ruins many divas' performances, instead aiming directly for the emotional core of her songs.
The show also highlighted the subtlety of her phrasing, particularly when she dipped into her low register on Million Years Ago - although that may have been helped by the fact she "woke up sounding like Arnold Schwarzenegger" after leaving the air conditioning on in her hotel room.
Further highlights included her Oscar-winning Bond theme, Skyfall, during which searchlights dramatically swept over the arena; and a warm-hearted audience singalong to Someone Like You.
Musically, the songs stayed true to the recordings - except for a playful acoustic take on Send My Love (To Your New Lover) - aided by a 21-piece backing band that included an eight-strong string section.
In the tour programme, Adele said the production was guided by two big questions: "How do I make an arena show feel intimate?" and "how do I put my stamp on a big industrial room?"
The answer turned out to be deceptively simple: Play the hits and have a chinwag.
No doubt the show will develop over the coming months - there are more than 100 dates pencilled into Adele's diary before November - but the pacing, flow and sound design have already been meticulously and thoughtfully honed.
"This was the best way to kick off our world tour," Adele declared as she left the stage.
"I could get used to this."
Needing a point to end a wait stretching back to the 1958 World Cup, Chris Coleman's side were beaten by Milan Djuric and Vedad Ibisevic's second-half goals.
But they went through anyway thanks to Cyprus' 2-1 victory in Israel, which sparked wild celebrations from the away fans in Zenica.
Wales' first defeat of the campaign saw them overtaken at the top of Group B by Belgium, who qualified with a 4-1 win in Andorra.
Relive the Euro 2016 qualifiers.
Those success-starved supporters can now look forward to next summer's tournament in France, and consign half a century of heartache to history.
Littered with false dawns and squandered opportunities, Welsh football has come to be defined by agonising failure - but not any more.
The current generation of Wales players grew up watching agonising near-misses. Paul Bodin struck the bar with a penalty in a defining World Cup qualifying defeat against Romania in 1993, while Mark Hughes' side lost a European Championship play-off against Russia 10 years later. It is the anguish of the past which has inspired this generation.
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A year ago, Wales and Bosnia were inseparable in an absorbing goalless draw in Cardiff, and Coleman's men knew a repeat would clinch Euro 2016 qualification.
Top seeds at the start of the campaign, Bosnia needed a win to keep alive their play-off hopes but were without their captain and all-time leading scorer Edin Dzeko.
The Manchester City striker, on loan at Roma, failed to recover from a knee injury but, despite his absence, Bosnia began confidently with another Roma player, Miralem Pjanic, orchestrating matters in midfield.
Coleman had said beforehand Wales would "take the game to Bosnia" and, although there was attacking intent from the visitors, they were deprived possession for long periods.
Their best chance came moments before half-time as Aaron Ramsey jinked his way to within a yard of goal - but his and Neil Taylor's scrambled close-range efforts were thwarted by Bosnia goalkeeper Asmir Begovic.
The hosts improved in the second half and, roared on by their hostile crowd, took the lead as Djuric's header looped over Hennessey.
Bosnia sealed victory as Ibisevic tapped in from close range, and Welsh attention turned to the match between Israel and Cyprus.
While a point in Zenica would guarantee their place in France, Wales also knew they would qualify if Israel failed to win their final two fixtures against Cyprus and Belgium.
Israel were expected to beat Cyprus but, after 58 minutes, fell behind to a goal from Dossa Junior.
When news of that strike reached the 750 Wales fans in Zenica, their little pocket of the vociferous Bilino Polje Stadium erupted.
Delirium soon turned to anxiety when Israel equalised and Djuric headed Bosnia in front, much to the deafening delight of the home crowd in Zenica.
But there was a sense of mutual joy moments later, as Walsall defender Jason Demetriou put Cyprus back in front against Israel and put Wales back on the brink of history.
Regardless of the result against Bosnia, Wales knew they had the insurance of Tuesday's home game against an Andorran side without an away win in their competitive history.
The final fixture of a momentous campaign, the match at the Cardiff City Stadium has long been earmarked as the opportunity for Wales fans to welcome home their heroes with an almighty party.
The result will be academic now that qualification has been secured but, having suffered a first defeat of the campaign in Bosnia, Wales can end it on a high and toast their historic achievement in front of a delirious home crowd.
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Wales manager Chris Coleman: "I've wanted this not only as a player and manager but as a fan, as a child growing up.
"We didn't know what the other result was but now we do and wow, I can't explain how it feels. We got a bit flustered in the second half but in the circumstances, you can understand that.
"It is a dream come true. All the players from my generation, and generations before, nearly got there, and it was really tough. But this group have gone that extra yard."
Wales forward Gareth Bale: "This is right up there in my career. It was a dream from when I was a small child to play in a major tournament. It doesn't stop here. We have business to do in France.
"We can breathe a sigh of relief and enjoy the occasion. We can now test ourselves against the best."
Wales midfielder Aaron Ramsey: "What a great moment for Welsh football. What an achievement to have made history, we are finally going to a major tournament.
"This group of players is quite special. It didn't quite happen tonight, but the togetherness, we've been really hard to beat.
"We're only a small nation, but we've done it. We're over the moon. Thanks to all the supporters. See you in France!"
Wayne Hennessey (6), Chris Gunter (6), Ashley Williams (7), Ben Davies (6), Jazz Richards (6), Joe Allen (8), Joe Ledley (7), Neil Taylor (8), Aaron Ramsey (6), Gareth Bale (7), Hal Robson-Kanu (7).
Match ends, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2, Wales 0.
Second Half ends, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2, Wales 0.
Goal! Bosnia and Herzegovina 2, Wales 0. Vedad Ibisevic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Milan Djuric following a corner.
Attempt missed. Milan Djuric (Bosnia and Herzegovina) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left misses to the right. Assisted by Vedad Ibisevic following a corner.
Substitution, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Ermin Bicakcic replaces Anel Hadzic.
Corner, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Conceded by Dave Edwards.
Attempt blocked. Miralem Pjanic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sejad Salihovic.
Attempt saved. Sam Vokes (Wales) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Aaron Ramsey with a cross.
Corner, Wales. Conceded by Miralem Pjanic.
Attempt blocked. Gareth Bale (Wales) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Neil Taylor with a headed pass.
Attempt missed. Dave Edwards (Wales) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Simon Church.
Asmir Begovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) is shown the yellow card.
Toni Sunjic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Wales. Dave Edwards replaces Joe Allen.
Substitution, Wales. Simon Church replaces Hal Robson-Kanu.
Aaron Ramsey (Wales) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Sejad Salihovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Aaron Ramsey (Wales).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Sejad Salihovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Gareth Bale (Wales) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Sam Vokes with a headed pass.
Attempt missed. Sejad Salihovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Senad Lulic.
Attempt missed. Aaron Ramsey (Wales) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Neil Taylor with a cross.
Corner, Wales. Conceded by Toni Sunjic.
Substitution, Wales. Sam Vokes replaces Joe Ledley.
Foul by Vedad Ibisevic (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
Joe Ledley (Wales) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Senad Lulic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Joe Ledley (Wales).
Goal! Bosnia and Herzegovina 1, Wales 0. Milan Djuric (Bosnia and Herzegovina) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Miralem Pjanic following a set piece situation.
Vedad Ibisevic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Ben Davies (Wales).
Mensur Mujdza (Bosnia and Herzegovina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Hal Robson-Kanu (Wales).
Mensur Mujdza (Bosnia and Herzegovina) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Neil Taylor (Wales).
Miralem Pjanic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Hal Robson-Kanu (Wales).
Foul by Vedad Ibisevic (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
Joe Ledley (Wales) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Australian couple Sean and Shelley Thomas found it in a sand dune at Rattray Head on the north-east coast.
The note inside is dated 15 January 1971 and was written by then 14-year-old Raymond Davidson from Carlisle at the start of the 1970s.
Mr and Mrs Thomas tracked down Mr Davidson and his wife Denise after a social media campaign to find him.
Mrs Thomas said Mr Davidson has given it to the couple to take back to Brisbane as a souvenir.
He said he was "overwhelmed" by the social media campaign and he has had more friend requests since it started than when he opened his account.
A treaty signed by Australia and East Timor in 2006 outlined the allotment of billions of dollar in revenue from oil and gas fields in the sea between the neighbours.
Dili says Canberra was spying during these negotiations giving Australia an unfair commercial advantage.
It wants the treaty torn up and a new maritime border negotiated.
Claims were made before a tribunal in The Hague that the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (Asis) used listening devices, planted in East Timor's cabinet office under the guise of refurbishment, to obtain information about a Timor Sea gas treaty in 2004.
More than 10,000 activists gathered in Dili on Tuesday with schools across the capital closed for the day, organisers say.
"This is possibly the biggest demonstration we've seen since we declared independence," protest coordinator Juvinal Dias told the AFP news agency.
Timorese supporters in Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines are expected to stage protests in solidarity.
Inside the sad, expensive failure of Google+ (Mashable)
After last week's uncoupling of Google+ and YouTube, many have been saying that's essentially it for the search giant's lonely social network. Here, Mashable has the inside line on how the site came to be. "Facebook is going to kill us," warned the maker of Google+, according to a Google exec quoted in the piece.
Smartphone survives 9,300ft fall (Times Record News)
Man drops smartphone out of a plane door, and incredibly, the device survives. Even more incredibly, it's an iPhone - a phone that doesn't exactly have a stellar reputation for handling falls. Not only was the phone intact, but it was working well enough to tell Wilson where to find it. Pretty remarkable.
Hitchhiking robot viciously attacked (AP)
A friendly robot named hitchBOT has been hitchhiking, on its own, across many parts of the world. First it was Canada, then Europe. Its latest journey was supposed to be from Marblehead in Massachusetts to right here to San Francisco. But it only got as far as Philadelphia before some mean-spirited hoodlum (they don't know who… yet…) attacked it, putting it out of action and leaving it untraceable. Bye hitchBOT, we hardly knew you.
Woman at centre of Reddit storm speaks (Adweek)
Victoria Taylor was the Reddit employee who was laid off recently, kicking off a chain of events that eventually ended up with the resignation of interim chief executive Ellen Pao. Taylor hadn't spoken about the whole ordeal until this weekend, where she gave a talk at a bloggers' conference in New York City.
And finally, check out this deliciously nerdy home plane simulator a user posted to Reddit.
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Twenty-nine-year-old Harry Thornton, who was a father of six, was shot dead by another soldier as he drove past Springfield Road police station.
The witness was a teenage soldier in the Parachute Regiment at the time.
He has been giving evidence from behind a screen during the inquest in Belfast and is referred to only as "Soldier C".
He told the court on Tuesday that he believed a passenger in the van that Mr Thornton was driving had pointed a weapon out of the window of the vehicle and that two shots had been fired.
Soldier C also told Tuesday's hearing that he did not believe the two bangs he heard were the van backfiring.
On Wednesday morning, counsel for the Thornton family questioned the former paratrooper's version of events.
The lawyer produced Ministry of Defence (MoD) personnel files showing that before the shooting, Soldier C had pleaded guilty to Army charges of being asleep while on sentry duty, and of being inattentive while on patrol.
He also produced evidence of a traffic incident in 1975 where Soldier C had made false statements.
The family's lawyer told the witness: "You cannot tell the truth, you manipulate the truth."
Soldier C replied: "That is incorrect"
Looking at the comments of commanding officers about Soldier C, the Thornton family's lawyer quoted an Army captain and a major from redacted documents.
One of them said of Soldier C: "He must learn to tell the unvarnished truth."
The commanding officer added: "He always has a plausible injured innocence."
Soldier C told the court that he was still in the Army 26 years later and had been awarded the British Empire Medal.
"If I was that bad a soldier... why was I still in the regiment?" he asked.
Counsel for the MoD and the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) pointed out that Soldier C had travelled to Belfast and co-operated with the inquest voluntarily, despite ill health.
After completing his evidence to the inquest, Soldier C made a brief statement saying he felt that it was important that someone who was there at the time of the shooting said "sorry".
The man who fired the fatal shot, known at the inquest as Soldier A, has since died.
Mr Thornton was an unarmed civilian who had no connection to any paramilitary group.
Following his death in 1971 there was sustained rioting in west Belfast.
The killings of 10 people who were shot dead by the Army, in a period later known by the victims' families as the Ballymurphy Massacre, began two days later.
In 2012, the government wrote a letter of apology to Mr Thornton widow, Mary, confirming that her husband had been an "innocent man".
The actor and comedian took his own life at his Californian home at the age of 63.
Ms Williams told NBC's Today Show there was "no point" in asking why her father killed himself.
"We don't have an explanation," she told reporter Kate Snow. "There's no point questioning it... blaming yourself or the world. It happened."
The 25-year-old said it was "going to take a lot of work to allow myself to have the sort of fun, happy life that I had, but that's important".
"Anybody who has ever lost anyone works very hard to continue that memory in a positive way."
Williams, who was famous for films such as Good Morning Vietnam, Dead Poets Society and Mrs Doubtfire, was understood to have been battling depression at the time of his death.
Hummingbird
"A lot of people feel his absence," said his daughter. "The side of him that people know and love... is the characters that he had so much fun being."
"I do think that's what a lot of people will hold on to. That's not going anywhere. They knew a dad that he was proud of them knowing. Laughter was incredibly important to him."
But she added he was also very private, calm and subdued.
Reflecting on her own memories she said: "They are mine and I love that. They are private and lovely and perhaps very different. Who knows?"
She revealed she had acquired a hummingbird tattoo on her right hand shortly after his death.
"I like hummingbirds. They're fun and flighty and strange. It's hard to keep them in one place and Dad was a bit like that," she said.
"Sometimes there are going to be days where things are really difficult and having a reminder that is permanently there is nice."
The NFL imposed the punishment following the "Deflategate" scandal.
NFL officials found that Mr Brady had colluded with New England Patriots team members to deflate footballs below the allowable limit during a playoff game.
Mr Brady can now play on 10 September against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman found that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell's penalty suffered from "several significant legal deficiencies" including failing to notify Mr Brady about the possibility of a punishment against him.
"The court finds that Brady had no notice that he could receive a four-game suspension for general awareness of ball deflation," Judge Berman wrote.
Commissioner Goodell's inquiry concluded that Mr Brady "knew about, approved of, consented to, and provided inducements and rewards" to ensure that game balls were deflated.
Deflated footballs are considered easier to throw and catch.
In an appeal hearing last June Mr Brady admitted to NFL investigators that he had destroying his mobile phone, but claimed it was to preserve his family's privacy.
Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement that the league will appeal the judge's ruling.
"The commissioner's responsibility to secure the competitive fairness of our game is a paramount principle.... While the legal phase of this process continues, we look forward to focusing on football and the opening of the regular season."
Experts say Thursday's ruling is unlikely to put an end to the controversy, which has dominated sports headlines in recent months.
On Twitter, football fans are using the term "Teflon Tom," referring to a non-stick coating used on cooking pans, to either support or disparage Mr Brady.
"No one likes a cheater. Terrible message it sends to the youth and adults when obstruction of justice goes unpunished," one message on Twitter read.
ESPN sports reporter Steve Levy tweeted that while in a Boston hospital, he heard an announcement over the loudspeaker saying that "Tom Brady is free".
In the South West, home to plenty of the many voters who chose Brexit and voted for UKIP last time round (3.8 million UKIP voters at the last election), a message that says unashamedly she is ready to do battle over the After Eights is hardly likely to be a problem.
Around the country too, there are 71 currently Labour constituencies where the number of UKIP voters in 2015 was bigger than the size of the Labour majority.
We have, of course, to be wise to what is going on. In the Brexit negotiations there will be dozens and dozens of episodes of spin wars. And our election will be full of it too.
But Theresa May's comment is revealing about her strength, and also her weakness. No political leader wants to be seen to be pushed around. When the UK talked tough as a member of the EU the others had no choice but to listen.
But now the UK is on the way out, the incentives for the others to pay attention - let alone do our bidding - is very different.
Refusing to be pushed around is one thing, refusing to show any sign of compromise or listen quite another.
PS Remember of course that there is a strong argument we've discussed here, that pushing for a bigger majority will ultimately allow Theresa May to compromise over Brexit much more than she has so far signalled. But it's perfectly possible, if deeply ironic, that her language to get her to the majority she hopes for becomes tougher towards the EU.
Open data published by Nasa was used to make the map, which has been posted on the OS Flickr account.
This is the first time that OS has produced a map of territory from another planet.
It has also been printed in a one-off edition for a British scientist helping to plan the landing of a rover on Mars in 2019.
"It was a little hard at first to actually understand the data itself in terms of things like the elevation and the scale and so on," said the OS cartographer behind the map, Chris Wesson.
"But actually the physical process was almost identical to what was used to make an Earth map, or any OS map."
The map itself covers roughly 10 million sq km (3.8 million sq miles) - or about 7% of the total Martian surface.
Mr Wesson said he could imagine a future astronaut using a copy of the map - perhaps in digital form - when exploring Mars.
"You have these large areas that looked flat but they're actually really rocky and uneven surfaces - that was the most difficult bit of the map, to try to show that but put it in proportion to these huge craters," he told the BBC.
OS was asked to make the map by Dr Peter Grindrod, a British scientist at Birkbeck, University of London.
Dr Grindrod is helping to plan the landing of the European ExoMars rover in early 2019.
"He's given extremely good responses so far," said Mr Wesson.
Dr Grindrod said he had always admired OS maps and pointed out that they are good at including lots of information in an easily read format.
"It's wonderful to see the same style applied to Mars, and especially such a fascinating region," he said.
Profits at Bank of America were $4.35bn (£3.44bn), up 44% from the same period in 2016, with gains across its major divisions.
Goldman Sachs profits rose 80% from a year earlier to $2.2bn.
But the firm disappointed analysts with a decline in revenues from institutional investors.
Shares in Goldman Sachs fell more than 3% after the market opened.
Goldman chief executive Lloyd Blankfein said: "The operating environment was mixed, with client activity challenged in certain market-making businesses and a more attractive backdrop for underwriting in our investment banking franchise."
Goldman said revenue in the January to March period was about $8bn. Investment banking revenue rose 16%, but its institutional client services unit - the largest division by revenue - declined 2% from the 2016 first quarter.
Total costs at the bank increased by 15%, driven by higher pay.
At Bank of America, gains in the global banking unit helped to boost profits in the January-to-March period. The division's net income was $1.7bn, rising 58% year-on-year due to record investment banking fees.
Total revenue increased 7% to $22.2bn.
"The US economy continues to show consumer and business optimism, and our results reflect that," chief executive Brian Moynihan said.
Bank of America, which serves some 46 million households, last year was hurt by losses related to property and the energy industry in the first quarter. Those have declined, but the firm said it saw an uptick in credit card losses from the end of 2016.
Gwent Police said the incident happened at about 00:10 BST on Saturday on the A472 between Tredomen and Nelson.
It involved a Volkswagen Polo and a Mini and the force said one of the drivers had been taken to Cardiff's University Hospital of Wales.
Anyone with information is asked to call 101.
Jen Offord, by her own admission, is not naturally sporty or athletic. Like many Londoners, she says, she was worried about the prospect of the world turning up on her doorstep last summer.
"As the Olympics were approaching," Jen told Get Inspired, "I was feeling pretty cynical about them. I live in London - I thought it would be a nightmare.
"I thought the transport system would grind to a halt, nothing would work and there would be too many people here, it would all be a bit annoying.
"But as the Olympics got closer and the torch relay was getting under way, I was getting more excited - and London became a really fun place to be. I got quite into it all."
Plenty of people shared Jen's experience of Olympic and Paralympic London last summer, but few have since indulged in a turnaround quite so extreme. Shedding her Olympic cynicism, the 30-year-old embarked on a mission to try all 38 Olympic sports in one year.
"I was watching the triathlon with some friends in St James's Park, and was really getting excited by it all. I was thinking: 'Why don't I take up a sport?'
"I was thinking about all the different sports I had seen over the course of the Olympics that I could try. My friend said, why don't I have a go at all of them and then write a blog about it.
"I set myself a challenge of trying all the different Olympic disciplines within the space of a year, starting at the end of August last year. I'm determined to get them all done. I can't remember everything I've tried because there are so many of them, but I know I've tried lots of sports."
Jen's only previous sporting endeavour of this nature was the 2009 London Marathon, but she insists she was not "naturally athletic" as she embarked on her post-Olympic adventure.
"I didn't like sport at school, there weren't any sports that I played regularly. I ran the marathon in 2009 because it was an ambition I had always had, and after that I did a bit more exercise and went to a few more classes here and there, but the primary motivation for that was to enable me to eat more cake."
After setting up her blog, Jen managed to receive help from Team GB athletes who offered tips.
"Twitter has been responsible for a lot of it, I managed to get Team GB to retweet a link to my blog and Twitter feed, and off the back of that Sebastian Prieto retweeted it and I contacted him.
"He put me in touch with some of his team-mates and some other Olympians, so Chloe Rogers from the Team GB hockey team contacted me, and I got a tweet from Dame Kelly Holmes which was a big moment."
Jen now believes perspective plays a large role in people's attitudes to sport.
"A lot of people out there were like me. They maybe didn't like sport that much at school, they have a vague aspiration to get involved now, but they don't really know what they would try and how they would go about doing it.
"I've had people getting in touch who told me they enjoyed reading about the different sports I've tried, and thinking maybe they would have a go. It's been really nice to see other people either have an interest in it or be inspired by the project itself.
"I've tried so many things I wouldn't have tried otherwise. I'm definitely fitter, I'm definitely stronger and I'm happier as well. There are so many positive things about sport that have completely changed my view."
At the time we spoke to Jen, she had tried 28 of the 38 sports. Diving, mountain-biking, triathlon, sailing and more are yet to be conquered.
"The one thing I want people to take away from this is that there is a sport for everyone, but you may not know it yet," she concludes. "Go out and try the different sports and you will find the right sport for you."
Can Jen see herself continuing with any sports when the challenge has finished?
"I definitely want to keep up something, that may be the next challenge - to see how good I can get at one sport in a year."
Find out more about Jen Offord and her challenge at jeninspired.wordpress.com
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The Northern Irishman joined Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus as the only players to win three of golf's modern majors by the age of 25.
McIlroy, 25, now just has the Masters left to complete a career Grand Slam.
Starting six clear, McIlroy fired a final-round 71 to finish 17 under as Garcia, who three times got to within two strokes, shot 66 and US Open runner-up Fowler 67.
American Jim Furyk, 44, matched his fourth place in 2006 with a 65 to end 13 under.
McIlroy added the Claret Jug - and a cheque for £975,000 - to the 2011 US Open and 2012 US PGA titles and became the second Northern Irishman to win the Open in four years after Darren Clarke's victory at Royal St George's in 2011.
Only five players have won all four majors in their career - Nicklaus, Woods, Gary Player, Ben Hogan and Gene Sarazen.
"It feels incredible," McIlroy said. "It wasn't easy - there were a few guys making runs at me and I just needed to stay focused. To win three legs of the Grand Slam at 25 is a pretty big achievement."
Going into Sunday's final round, many observers suggested the tournament was McIlroy's to lose after three days of majestic golf over the links of Royal Liverpool.
Two stunning rounds of 66 gave him a four-shot lead at halfway and banished talk of "freaky Fridays" after his recent trend of spoiling a low opening round with a bad second one. A spectacular finish to his third round, with two eagles in his last three holes, took McIlroy six clear of Fowler, with Garcia seven back, going into the final day.
Urged on by a vocal crowd, McIlroy made a birdie at the first to reach 17 under and extend his lead to seven - an ominous sign for his rivals.
But if there was a feeling that the final day would become a procession, Garcia, bidding for a first major title at the 61st attempt, had other ideas. The 34-year-old, who played in the final group with Woods when the Open was last played at Hoylake in 2006, picked up two shots in his first three holes to join Fowler at 11 under after the American had birdied the second.
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A wayward approach to the right of the long fifth cost McIlroy his first shot of the day, and Garcia's third birdie of the day minutes earlier at the same hole meant the lead was down to four.
The first stirrings of trouble for McIlroy came at the short sixth when his tee shot dribbled off the green and he missed a seven-footer for par to drop a second consecutive shot - cutting his lead to three.
He birdied the ninth to edge back four ahead of Garcia and five clear of Fowler at the turn but the drama ramped up again when Garcia, enjoying plenty of on-course support, eagled the par-five 10th to get within two.
McIlroy nudged three clear with a birdie of his own - only to find thick rough to the left of the short 13th and let another shot slip.
However, Garcia, who lost in a play-off to Padraig Harrington at Carnoustie in 2007, made arguably his biggest mistake of the day on the short 15th when he left his ball in the bunker with his second shot and made a bogey four.
The crowd were becoming increasingly raucous, and McIlroy had to single out one offender on the 16th tee, but he held his nerve to reach the 18th with a three-shot lead over Garcia and the resurgent Fowler.
After an iron off the tee for safety, McIlroy's second shot then found the right greenside bunker but a par five was enough to keep his rivals at bay. He pumped his first and threw his ball into the crowd before inviting his mum Rosie on to the green to celebrate with him.
"The lead never got less than two," McIlroy added. "I always felt I had that little bit of a cushion. I knew I had some holes where I could make birdie and 16 was the real hole for me which I think settled the championship.
"This is the first major my mum has been to that I've won, so mum, this one's for you. I just can't wait to get back and defend this thing at St Andrews next year."
For Garcia, it was a third runner-up finish in a major and a 19th top 10, while Fowler recorded his third top-five in this year's majors after finishing fifth at the Masters.
World number one Adam Scott ended 12 under, while defending champion Phil Mickelson was five under.
Woods, still chasing a 15th major title, carded 75 to finish six over in only his second tournament since March after returning from back surgery.
The 64-year-old Tom Watson, playing in what is likely to be his penultimate Open Championship before retiring at St Andrews next year, carded 68 to end one over.
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Coleman, 46, has a contract until after the 2018 World Cup but has been linked with the vacancy at Crystal Palace as well as hinting he could walk away if Wales lose ground in qualification.
"I said if it comes to a point and we cannot affect our future, I need to sit down with the powers that be," he said.
Wales are third in qualifying group D, four points behind leaders Serbia.
Wales will travel to Serbia for their next qualifier on 11 June after naming a youthful pre-match training camp that included Exeter's 16-year old Ethan Ampadu.
However, Coleman has distanced himself from speculation linking him with his former club Crystal Palace, who are seeking a successor to Sam Allardyce.
Allardyce has resigned as the Selhurst Park club's manager, five months after he joined the Premier League club.
"I would love to go back to the Palace - I am not sure Prince Charles is just ready for me yet," joked Coleman, who recently received an OBE at Buckingham Palace.
"All I care about now is Wales. I don't think about after Serbia. I cannot afford to think past one game.
"Lots of things have been said on the back of comments I said at the start of the campaign [about leaving if Wales were not competitive] when I signed a new contract. That hasn't happened yet.
"But honestly I cannot go into a game of football thinking 'if we lose' because then I will have lost, we will have lost and I have never thought like that.
"When it comes that we cannot [qualify] - if it comes that we cannot - then there is a conversation to be had.
"But I think we will [qualify]. I am confident we will. I know it's a huge task for us. I still have the same excitement to do the job. I still have the same belief in the players and the team."
Coleman has named a 26-man squad for a training camp at the Vale do Lobo resort in Portugal before the qualifier in Belgrade which follows four successive draws in Group D.
The squad, which is without the suspended Gareth Bale and Neil Taylor, will be reduced to 23 for the trip to Belgrade.
"We are four points behind going to Serbia and we haven't got our best player, what can happen here?" Coleman added.
"I will tell you what can happen. We can go there and get a result that is what can happen.
"And then in the four games remaining we need to be looking at maximum points. We did that in the last campaign so why can't we do it again?
"This is one of the toughest groups but I think we are one of the best teams.
"I don't believe we are far off at all. And I will not start to think if this happens and it's a negative and my future.
"My future is Serbia, Belgrade that is what my future is. Can we produce and can we perform?"
When Wales travel to Serbia, they will be returning to the country where Coleman suffered the lowest point of his managerial career - a 6-1 thrashing in 2012.
That is another reason why the former Wales centre-back does not want to leave his role now.
"It wouldn't look very good now if I did jump ship before we go back to Serbia," he added.
"It would look cowardly as well, going back to Serbia where I got my backside spanked.
"It is a game I am really looking forward to. I don't know what is going to happen but I am used to the speculation.
"I am not ready to say to the FAW and Wales and to my players and to ring them up and say thanks for that. I don't think my journey is finished yet. I am not ready to hand this over to someone else, not yet I am not.
"So I am not thinking about anything else other than Serbia that is for sure."
But in our modern age, the digital moving trucks must also roar into action, as prime presidential online real estate gets a makeover, and eight years of President Obama's social media chat is confined to the national archives.
Let’s start with WhiteHouse.gov, the official website for the President, which as of noon Friday, has a brand new look - and has already provoked mild panic.
Many noted that pages about climate change were swiftly deleted. So too were pages about LGBT rights and various science policies.
But, let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Pages about everything were deleted as what was essentially Obama’s homepage was replaced with Trump’s.
That means posts about any former policy positions no longer exist on the White House website if you follow the original links.
So while the web address pointing to the White House’s position on climate change no longer works, the same can be said about Obama’s pages relating to the economy. Unpredictable as he is, no-one is suggesting Donald Trump is about to describe “money” as a hoax.
That said, on the new whitehouse.gov, a search for “military” will yield 154 results. “Climate change”? None.
Nervous internet sleuths have found one reference to climate change, a promise to lift the "harmful and unnecessary policies such as the Climate Action Plan and the Waters of the US rules".
Make of that what you will. People on Twitter certainly are.
Also wiped clean was the White House's petition website. On Friday, by 4pm in DC, only two petitions were posted on the site. The first demanded the release of the President's tax returns. The other demanded he put his businesses in a blind trust. If either petition gets 100,000 signatures, the White House has to provide a response - at least, that was the rule the previous administration set itself.
From @POTUS to @POTUS44
Speaking of which, it’s all change on Twitter too.
From today @POTUS - President of the United States - has been taken over by the Trump team. All previous tweets from Obama’s team - and Obama himself - have been deleted from that account, but archived under @POTUS44. The 44 relating of course to the fact Obama was the 44th US President.
The tweets were not, as a smattering of people blurted out, “deleted by Trump” once he had control of the account.
Twitter removed them - and that's because scrubbing the account of Obama’s tweets is a smart move for everyone involved. Had Twitter left the old tweets in place you’ll find yourself seeing people retweeting Obama’s words but with Trump’s identity attached, a recipe for misinformation disaster.
Trump’s first tweet on @POTUS posted a picture and a link to his inaugural address - the full text of which was posted on Facebook. Is Trump having a change of heart over his social network of choice?
Maybe. Facebook certainly offers the chance to speak more clearly at length, and, as the leader of the free world, it would be more useful to post to an audience of almost two billion rather than Twitter’s rather limited 300m.
We won’t know for sure until about 3am, DC time, tomorrow morning. Everyone will be surely waiting for those twilight hours to see if the President springs back into life posting his thoughts on his own personal account, @realDonaldTrump.
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He previously declined an invitation to appear before the Business, Innovation and Skills select committee.
In a letter he accused MPs of "abusing Parliamentary procedure in order to create a media circus".
The committee has warned him that he could be in contempt of Parliament if he ignores the summons.
It will require Mr Ashley to give evidence at Westminster on 7 June.
A spokesman for the committee said it "reserved the right to take the matter further, including seeking the support of the House of Commons in respect of any complaint of contempt" should Mr Ashley not appear.
The invitation followed a BBC investigation into the work practices at the company's warehouse in Shirebrook.
In a letter to Mr Ashley, committee chairman Iain Wright MP said: "The committee would like to hear about the action that you have taken in response to reports in the media about the treatment of workers at Sports Direct and about the scope, progress and timetable of your own review of working practices that you announced in December.
"The treatment of low paid workers and enforcement of the national minimum wage are issues that the committee will be keeping under review over the coming months."
The Newcastle United FC owner was given a deadline of 21 March to respond to the letter.
In his response, on 10 March, Mr Ashley asked the committee to come to the Sports Direct premises in Shirebrook, Derbyshire, instead.
He wrote: "By refusing to visit Sports Direct to see things with your own eyes, you are missing out on a genuine opportunity to gain a detailed and balanced understanding of the matters you wish to discuss.
"I believe you are abusing parliamentary procedure in an attempt to create a media circus in Westminster, which is not in the best interests of any of the people who work at Sports Direct."
As president Mr Rajapaksa was credited by many Sinhalese people with winning the war against Tamil Tiger rebels who fought for more than 20 years for self-rule.
But his time in office - especially during the final defeat of the rebels in 2009 - was dogged by allegations of serious human rights abuses.
It may be that for the rest of his career he will gave to defend himself against these allegations, and also claims - which he strenuously denies - that he was corrupt while in power.
While he and his supporters argue that he had to act firmly and decisively to defeat one of the world's most dangerous terror groups, critics say that he presided over the indiscriminate shelling of civilians at the end of the war and has done little or nothing to stop the alleged rape and torture of Tamil civilians by the Sri Lankan security forces since it concluded.
Furthermore it is alleged that he made no real effort to seriously engage with Tamils - who comprise about 15% of the population - but instead opted to order a wave of repression directed at those who questioned his authority.
Mr Rajapaksa is a former lawyer who has described himself on his website as "a rebel with a cause". His core support is rural, conservative, Buddhist and dominated by the Sinhalese majority.
Renowned as a cunning political manoeuvrerer, his career throughout 2015 underwent a significant nosedive. He underestimated the level of support for his rival to the presidency, Maithripala Sirisena, in January and failed the following August to secure full political rehabilitation by winning the premiership.
Mr Rajapaksa won power in 2005 and went on to become South Asia's longest-serving leader. He sought an unprecedented third stint in office in January 2015, having defeated his last challenger - former army chief Sarath Fonseka - to win re-election to a second term in January 2010.
Gen Fonseka was later jailed for implicating the government in war crimes.
In both triumphs, Mr Rajapaksa's critics say he displayed a ruthless streak and a capacity to condone or overlook the use of violence if it served his political purposes.
The former president has consistently denied this, arguing that at the end of the war it was the rebels who failed to separate combatants from civilians, thereby exposing innocent people to incoming fire.
Whatever the truth, his hold on power was not seriously challenged for almost a decade, either from within his own party or from the ranks of the opposition. Reports abounded that he was grooming his eldest son, Namal, to succeed him.
However, Mr Sirisena - a former cabinet minister and ally - stood against him in the most recent election and won the backing of many voters and main opposition parties. Mr Rajapaksa accepted defeat and left the presidential palace hours before official results were announced.
Mr Rajapaksa used his time in power to consolidate his position. The constitution was changed to allow him to serve a third term, and three brothers were awarded influential positions, leading to accusations that he was running the country like a family firm.
The dynasty effectively controlled much of the national budget.
He was also accused of condoning a crackdown on dissent, and his supporters are alleged to have been involved in the murder of journalists who were critical of the government, claims rejected by the authorities.
The most high-profile example of this was the murder of newspaper editor Lasantha Wickrematunge in January 2009.
His case was all the more remarkable because he wrote an editorial - published posthumously - which accused President Rajapaksa's government of being responsible for his death.
"In the name of patriotism you have trampled on human rights, nurtured unbridled corruption and squandered public money like no other president before you," Mr Wickrematunge's editorial said in words addressed directly to the president.
The president and his supporters insisted that they had nothing to do with the murder.
His tenure was also characterised by impressive economic growth and ambitious infrastructure projects, including the construction of a new section of motorway connecting Colombo's international airport with its political and commercial centre.
His supporters say that continued economic growth also brought other benefits, ensuring for example that food supplies remained constant after the devastating 2004 tsunami.
When money from the West dried up because of concerns over human rights abuses towards the end of the civil war, Mr Rajapaksa tried to offset this by making overtures to China.
Some $360m (£226m) of borrowed Chinese money helped build a huge deep-water port at Hambantota - near the former president's birthplace - on the southern coast. It has been a project mired by corruption allegations.
Other major projects include a 35,000-seat cricket stadium, a convention centre, a new international airport and a broad-gauge railway.
Mr Rajapaksa, 69, became the country's youngest ever parliamentarian in 1970 at the age of 24.
He went on to become leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, prime minister in 2004, and then president in 2005.
He comes from a political family - his father, DA Rajapaksa, represented the same region of Hambantota from 1947 to 1965.
His cause was helped by his image as a folksy, back-slapping man of the masses. The former president is renowned for remembering peoples' names, and stripping to the waist when he visited temples.
Spiralling costs had forced the scrapping of renowned architect Zaha Hadid's futuristic original design.
The new design, by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, will cost 149bn yen ($1.2bn; £825m) to build.
Ms Hadid's plan would have cost 252bn yen, making it the world's most expensive sports venue.
Mr Kuma's design will cost an additional 4bn yen to design and maintain.
The scrapping of the design caused a row that eventually led to the resignation of Japan's Education and Sports Minister Hakubun Shimomura in October.
Mr Kuma's design echoes Japanese temple styles, with a low-lying steel and wood structure, surrounded by trees. It will sit more than 20 metres lower than the previous design and supporters say it fits better with its immediate environment, which includes the greenery around the nearby Meiji Shrine.
"I think this is a wonderful plan that meets criteria such as basic principles, construction period and cost," Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said when he announced the choice.
Japan's Taisei Corp will lead construction of the new design.
It beat a rival proposal by architect Toyo Ito. That too was simpler than Ms Hadid's proposal, which was compared with a gigantic bicycle helmet or an oyster, and which would have taken up a much larger area - 78,100 sq m (840,660 sq ft) against 72,400 sq m for Kengo Kuma's concept.
Construction or the new design will also be quicker. Necessarily so when the International Olympic Committee deadline for completion is January 2020, ahead of the Games' start in July that year.
The new winning design has also attracted colourful comparisons, with some saying it looks like a stack of pancakes, or a hamburger.
Sixty-eight thousand spectators will pack the stadium, though that can be expanded to 80,000 after the Olympics, if needed. The old design had a capacity of 80,000 from the start and was expected to host the final of the Rugby World Cup in 2019.
The new stadium will not be built in time to host that event.
While there was Scottish 10,000m gold for Liz Lynch, now Liz McColgan, the Games came at a heavy financial cost due to the boycott by 32 out of the 59 competing nations.
Teams withdrew after being angered by the British government's attitude to apartheid-era South Africa.
One of the nations that pulled out was Bermuda.
As Scotland prepares to host the Games once more, memories of the Edinburgh Games were brought back this week when the Queen's Baton Relay - the main curtain raiser for the Games - passed through the North Atlantic island.
For Bermudian swimmer Victor Ruberry and 100m runner Bill Trott, 1986 was a farce.
It is an episode of their lives which still causes frustration.
Before the Games, Ruberry and Trott were gravely concerned like thousands of others about apartheid in South Africa. They remember discussions on the island about boycotting, but no decision was made and the athletes made their way to Scotland.
They just wanted to compete. However, the Bermuda Olympic Association (BOA) - the governing body of the team - was still considering what to do.
When the athletes arrived in Edinburgh, there were reports of safety concerns for the Bermudians. According to team manager John Morbey, this was one of the reasons given behind the team's eventual withdrawal.
"The night before the opening ceremony, a teammate and I caught a taxi and we went to a disco," recalls Trott, who was looking forward to his first Commonwealth Games having competed in the 1984 Olympics.
"There was no-one supervising us, and that is how safe we felt. As we came back late at night, we bumped into John Morbey and he had just found out that the Bermuda Olympic Association had pulled us out.
"That is when all the drama started. I was deflated."
Trott and Ruberry woke up on 24 July, the day of the opening ceremony, with no idea what was going on.
After a day of discussions, Trott remembers a call was eventually made to Bermuda's leader John Swan while the opening ceremony was taking place on television screens behind them.
Swan offered his support, and Trott and his teammates frantically got dressed into their Panama hats, blue blazers and beige shorts and rushed to Meadowbank Stadium to take part.
Having missed their slot, they marched on just before the host nation and received one of the biggest cheers of the night, with Scottish fans - facing a Commonwealth Games without half the Commonwealth - showing their delight.
Ruberry, meanwhile, missed the ceremony as he prepared to take part in his 100m breaststroke the following day.
He remembers Morbey coming into his room around midnight to confirm he would be swimming in the morning. By the time he had reached the pool, Ruberry knew it was all in vain.
The BOA had finally decided to remove the team from the Games.
Ruberry was disqualified for keeping his head under water at the end of his race.
He said: "Your mental state was not one where you were focused on competition.
"It was an abysmal swim. It was nowhere near what I was prepped to do prior to that. I am not making excuses, I just did not feel ready. At one point we were packing our bags, the next moment we were unpacking our bags."
After the team's withdrawal, Morbey went on television in disgust over the BOA's decision while the athletes hung their bed sheets out the window with 'Bermuda wants to stay, don't penalise our athletes' written on one.
When the Bermudians returned home, Trott remembered an island sympathetic towards the athletes but behind the decision to boycott.
Twenty-eight years later, the athletes still reflect on what the 1986 boycott meant for them.
Trott said: "It was unfortunate that we were put in a situation like that. What I learnt from all of that was politics can play a role in some cases that it shouldn't."
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For Ruberry, the Edinburgh Games were the second time his dreams had been shattered by a political boycott after missing out on the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
He gave up swimming, believing the countless hours of training were not worth it when it could all be scuppered by a boycott.
He returned to the pool for the 1988 Olympics, and now works as a swimming coach on the island.
He said: "Any sporting event brings people together. Boycotts serve to divide.
"They are a huge disappointment for the athletes who have been training so hard for something like that, and all of a sudden you take away the goalposts.
"I still to this day don't believe there is a place for boycotts in sport. There is so much more that can be accomplished by the positives - the healthy competition, people coming together.
"If you are going to do something political, then don't use the athletes as pawns."
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Rory McIlroy clinched his first Open Championship and third major title with a two-shot victory over Sergio Garcia and Rickie Fowler on a thrilling final day at Hoylake.
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Manager Chris Coleman says he is focused purely on rejuvenating Wales' hopes and not his long-term future.
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Much is written about the Herculean effort to move one family out of the White House and a new family in within the space of just a few hours.
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MPs have decided to issue a formal summons ordering Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley to give evidence to them about the treatment of his workers.
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Long-time Sri Lankan leader Mahinda Rajapaksa was defeated in the presidential elections of January 2015, while his efforts seven months later - as a newly elected MP - to return to the higher echelons of power by becoming prime minister were also thwarted.
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A report by technology news site Gizmodo said staff responsible for what was shown to Facebook's 1.6bn users frequently chose to bury articles they did not agree with.
Responding to the allegations, the network's head of search Tom Stocky wrote that the site "found no evidence that the anonymous allegations are true".
The claims come weeks after Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg publicly denounced the policies of likely US presidential nominee, Donald Trump.
"I hear fearful voices calling for building walls and distancing people they label as 'others.'," the 31-year-old said at his firm's recent developers conference.
However, Facebook insisted Mr Zuckerberg's view did not influence what stories are given added visibility on the network.
The Trending Topics column appears in the top right corner of a typical Facebook page. It is designed to highlight what subjects are being discussed heavily by Facebook users around the world.
Facebook explained in a statement that this list was edited by humans so as to avoid regularly recurring popular topics - such as "lunch".
Facebook's Mr Stocky explained: "Popular topics are first surfaced by an algorithm, then audited by review team members to confirm that the topics are in fact trending news in the real world and not, for example, similar-sounding topics or misnomers."
The Gizmodo story, which quoted a person it said they had been one of the editors, alleged Facebook staff were routinely tampering with Trending Topic stories.
Gizmodo's source added that staff were told to seek out stories published on the BBC, CNN and other mainstream sites ahead of publications with a clearly stated political bias - even if the stories originated on those smaller outlets.
Also, if several mainstream media sites were covering the same story, Facebook would - according to the source - artificially place it in the Trending Topic column, even if it was not being discussed heavily by users.
Breitbart, one of the leading conservative news sources in the US, said the reports confirmed what they had "long suspected", that "Facebook's trending news artificially mutes conservatives and amplifies progressives".
The anonymous source also claimed that stories staff favoured - such as the Black Lives Matter movement - were given artificially greater prominence. Facebook said that this was "untrue".
After a day of growing reports across social media and in conservative-leaning publications, Facebook's Mr Stocky posted a response on his profile.
"We have in place strict guidelines for our trending topic reviewers as they audit topics surfaced algorithmically," he wrote.
"Reviewers are required to accept topics that reflect real world events, and are instructed to disregard junk or duplicate topics, hoaxes, or subjects with insufficient sources.
"Facebook does not allow or advise our reviewers to systematically discriminate against sources of any ideological origin and we've designed our tools to make that technically not feasible.
"At the same time, our reviewers' actions are logged and reviewed, and violating our guidelines is a fireable offense."
On Monday, Gizmodo's story about Facebook's Trending Topics section being biased was featured prominently in Facebook's Trending Topics section.
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More than 24 portraits by America's 43rd president will feature in the exhibit, called The Art of Leadership: A President's Personal Diplomacy.
His works will be displayed at the George W Bush Presidential Library and Museum in Dallas.
The subjects of the portraits, signed with the number 43, are not known.
However, President Bush did famously present a portrait of Jay Leno to the US chat show host on an edition of his show last November.
Artefacts, photographs and personal reflections will also be part of the exhibition, which aims to "provide an insider's view into President Bush's unique relationships with other world leaders".
President Bush took painting lessons after leaving the White House in January 2009 and has cited British Prime Minister Winston Churchill's book Painting as a Pastime as an inspiration.
The 67-year-old's known works include a picture of Barney, his black Scottish terrier who died in 2013, and paintings of his ranch near Waco, Texas.
"People are surprised," he told the Dallas Morning News last year. "Of course, some people are surprised I can even read."
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There are no words to describe how heartbroken I am to be told the saddest news, that my dear friend Sir Bruce Forsyth has passed away.
From the moment we met, Bruce and I did nothing but laugh our way through a decade of working together on Strictly Come Dancing and I will never forget his generosity, his brilliant sense of humour and his drive to entertain the audiences he so loved.
He has been there for me as a co-host, a mentor, but most importantly as a friend, and I'm extremely fortunate to have worked alongside the man who defined Saturday night entertainment for so many decades.
He was a gentleman and a true legend and I will miss him deeply. My heart goes out to Winnie, his wife, and his beautiful family at this sad time.
He loved being a star. He loved making people laugh. He loved entertaining people. All those cliches of that kind of era and that kind of life were true in his case. There wasn't a phoney part of him. He was through and through vaudeville like a stick of rock.
The training he went through - that's all gone now. He's the last remaining survivor of it all. There was no-one quite like him. Never was, never will be.
What made him great was his impeccable workrate and his determination not to ease into anything, to approach every show as if it were his first. I remember watching him thinking, you crafty old sod, you make it look so easy.
And yet of course he was working away to get it right. You can't be as good as that and take it for granted. He took it seriously, and that's why he lasted so long and became so good at it.
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To me, he was an indestructible titan tap dancing his way through life.
I've known Bruce since the 70s when we judged a disco dance competition together and the rest is history.
Working with him on Strictly was personally a joy. His endless teasing of my judging style, particularly with strong sportsmen, was an ongoing joke. His enormous support after I was let go from the Strictly panel meant so much.
Bruce was a true legend, to watch him warming up the audience before filming was a masterclass in entertainment. His quick use of comedy to avoid disaster on a live show was beyond compare.
Above all, his phenomenal tap dancing skills will always remain with me. Bruce was the best of the best. He was a true national treasure and there will never be another like him. He will be missed by many generations.
As long as I can remember there has always been Bruce on our TV. He was a part of my telly viewing from my teens.
So you can imagine my excitement on being asked to be on Strictly and have Bruce one of my heroes on the same show. He was so kind and encouraging to me, the other judges and all those involved in the show.
I used to pop round to his dressing room and chat about stars he met. The truth is there was no one I mentioned he hadn't met. His work ethic, professionalism and charm will be with me forever.
One of his catchphrases was you're my favourite. Well, you were one of mine and the nation's favourites. Bruce, it was nice to see you, to see you, NICE.
I was devoted to him. He was a lovely man. He had great charm, great humour - he was an all-round performer.
He was one of the country's most talented players - a great dancer, great singer and a comedian and also very good actor.
The way he ran a game show was exceptional - a unique talent. He was a lovely man.
He was one of the most talented men this country of ours has ever produced. He could do it all.
He was the best push and shove quiz master - that's an old line. He was magnificent and he was a great entertainer.
He could dance, he was a very nice pianist, he was good at sketches, he was the greatest moaner in the world on the golf course, and he was a unique friend to me.
He was an all round good guy to be with… except when he was playing bad on the golf course, and then he would moan like you can't believe.
Showbusiness will be sad tonight. The public and the showbusiness fraternity have lost one of the real greats of our business. He was great, and he was a national hero.
Today we've lost one of the greatest entertainers our country has ever known.
Bruce was a friend to many of our teams. He's been part of our lives for years - and we'll miss him dearly.
He invented, and then re-invented, Saturday night entertainment across the decades with shows from The Generation Game to Strictly. And, of course, his catchphrases were part of the national conversation.
I saw him perform and marvelled at the chemistry between him and his audience right from the moment he took to the stage - and, by the way, that was always well before any cameras were rolling.
Bruce was such a special part of the BBC. There'll be time to celebrate his amazing contribution later, but for now I just wanted to mark his extraordinary life.
Bruce was so very special, he had such warmth and humour and he was such a superb talent. He will be irreplaceable in peoples' hearts.
I have known him a lifetime. I toured with him in the early days. He was brilliant right from the start. This is such a sad time - the nation will be heartbroken.
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The 'Parklife' project will build 30 new all-purpose facilities by 2020 in a partnership between the FA, the Department for Culture Media and Sport, the Premier League and Sport England.
One project, the SGP Sheffield Graves centre, opened on Wednesday.
"We will benefit for decades," said interim England manager Gareth Southgate.
"When talking about player development, you're always thinking about short, medium and long-term strategies. It can't always be about what's right for the next 12 months.
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"But the investment isn't always about producing that elite player. It's for kids and communities too.
"I know grassroots clubs give kids somewhere to go where they feel safe, where they get a strong positive influence around them and there's a huge amount of social responsibility."
On Monday, the FA announced a new overseas broadcast rights deal for the FA Cup - reportedly worth £820m - for six seasons from 2018-19.
The value of the overseas deal was undisclosed but chief executive Martin Glenn has said it will allow more investment in pitches, facilities and participation programmes.
"We want people have the opportunity to play on great-quality pitches with top-class dressing rooms and classrooms where coaches can learn," he told BBC Radio 5 live.
"If you compare our country to others on the same latitude, they have a lot more artificial pitches.
"Muddy pitches favour the strong children not necessarily the skilful child and we want to improve that situation.
"Too many kids go to matches getting changed in their car because the changing rooms are not of standard. That factor has restricted the take-up of the women's game."
Asked if this investment was coming too late for English football to catch up with its rivals, Glenn said: "We start where we start from, don't we?
"Football is felt about so strongly in England with millions of people playing.
"We've got money in the game to invest in these things so it's never too late.
"This is an acceleration of a good start but I think there's still a long way to go."
Former England full-back Danny Mills, who was part of the FA Commission that reported on how to strengthen the national game in 2014, said the new facilities are just one of the changes that need to be made.
"You have to start somewhere," he said. "Back in 2014, we had just under 700 full-size 3G pitches. In contrast, Germany had nearly 4,000.
"These hubs will be the focal point. It is not perfect, we are far behind. But it is a start.
"I am a massive advocate of switching to a summer league for kids when the weather is warmer and the pitches are in better condition.
"In the commission report, we talked about capping wages for players to keep them from earning too much too soon, and clubs are starting to take that on themselves.
"We talked about clubs playing younger players in lower league and cup competitions and that is starting to happen."
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The Cheltenham Gold Cup winner beat rivals Seventh Sky and Southfield Theatre on Sunday to claim his first win since taking steeplechasing's blue riband prize in March.
Jockey Nico de Boinville guided the eight-year-old to a 25-length triumph.
Coneygree, who is unbeaten over fences, will ride in the Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury on Saturday, 28 November.
"He felt great. We were in tight a couple of times and he shortened up well. He's just the same old Coneygree," said De Boinville.
Gas supplies are expected to be "comfortable", while electricity margins, at 5.1%, are "manageable", the grid said in its Winter Outlook.
This means supply is expected to exceed peak demand by 5.1%.
The Grid may have to secure extra supplies to keep this margin, such as paying plants to remain on standby.
Without these measures, the margin would be 1.2%. With the additional measures, margins are at their lowest for seven years, and have deteriorated year on year. Over last winter, they were 6.1%.
"Our analysis suggests that electricity margins will continue to be tight but manageable throughout the winter period," said Cordi O'Hara, director of UK Market Operations.
"We have taken appropriate steps to support security of supply through the procurement of additional balancing services."
The Grid made similar provisions last winter.
Gas supplies are far more abundant. The Grid forecasts peak demand of 465 million cubic metres a day, with a potential supply of up to 613 million cubic metres.
"Keeping the lights on is non-negotiable," said Energy and Climate Change Secretary Amber Rudd. "National Grid has the right tools in place to manage the system this winter and we will ensure that they continue to do so in future."
Keeping the lights on: John Moylan, BBC industry correspondent
The government has announced new measures to ensure the lights stay on in the future.
It's making changes to the Capacity Market, a mechanism which pays owners of power plants a subsidy to guarantee having the plants available from 2018 onwards.
The changes will increase the "incentives and penalties" on firms which agree to build new power plants, but then fail to do so.
It follows reports this week that the only company to win a subsidy to build a new gas power plant as part of the Capacity Market is struggling to find investors.
Carlton Power, which is proposing to build a power station at Trafford in Manchester, has confirmed that the project will be delayed by at least a year.
A number of power stations have closed down in recent years as they come to the end of their natural life. This has led to fears of blackouts in some quarters, with concerns that margins are getting too tight for comfort.
The GMB union accused the Grid of "complacency" and criticised as "bonkers" its policy of paying power stations to be on standby.
"That and bringing unused inefficient power production back into operation are the special measures National Grid is being forced to rely on to keep the lights on and the cost is added to consumers' bills," said national officer Brian Strutton.
But many experts believe fears of the lights going out have been exaggerated.
"The fact is that generation-related electricity outages are vanishingly rare - just one in the last 10 years," said Richard Black, director of the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit.
"Almost all power cuts are down to problems with local distribution of electricity, caused by bad weather and other issues.
"Ten years of crying wolf on power cuts has probably served only to confuse the public, who will be entirely aware that their lights have stayed on."
Education charity Ark will take over Oldknow Academy from September.
The school, in Small Heath, was rated "inadequate" by the education watchdog, which accused governors of promoting a "narrow, faith-based" ideology.
Ark said Oldknow will "remain a local, non-selective, non-denominational, mixed school".
The charity, which runs 31 schools nationwide, including four in Birmingham, said it will consult with parents, staff and pupils over its plans.
It said Rebecca Garratt, head of Ark Tindal Primary in Balsall Heath, would lead Oldknow's transition.
Ms Garratt acknowledged Oldknow, which was previously rated "outstanding", had been through a "difficult period".
"Our energy will be focussed on the future and ensuring the best possible education for students," she said.
Chair of governors, Councillor Barry Henley, said the school would "work closely" with Ark "to ensure standards of education are what they should be, and there is effective oversight of what is happening in school".
Headteacher Bhupinder Kondal, who was reinstated in August will stay in charge at Oldknow.
National Association of Head Teachers general secretary Russell Hobby said the union was pleased Oldknow had found "proper help from a strong sponsor".
"The school has been through a difficult time but has a talented principal who will be able to build it back up given patience and support," he said.
The academy was one of 21 schools in Birmingham investigated and it was subsequently found that a small group of governors had tried to "make significant changes to the ethos and culture of the academy without full consultation".
Last month, chief inspector of schools Sir Michael Wilshaw said Oldknow and four other "inadequate" schools had not improved.
He criticised Oldknow's process for recruiting parent governors, despite concerns highlighted in the earlier inspection.
The bird, which occupied a site at Riggindale Valley, near Haweswater in the Lake District, has not been seen since before the turn of the year.
It is believed to be about 20 years old but has been without a mate for around a decade.
An RSPB spokesman said it was "incredibly sad" and added there was "a real sense of loss" among colleagues.
Haweswater site manager Lee Schofield, said: "By this time of year you would have expected to have seen him on display to attract a mate.
"As the last golden eagle in England, it's an element of wildness that has gone.
"There's no real way of knowing for sure. It's a single bird in a huge landscape and he was of an age we couldn't rule out death by natural causes."
"We've not given up hope," Mr Schofield added. "It may be that he has found an alternative food source."
Golden eagle facts
Source: RSPB
In previous years the bird had been seen "sky dancing" - a series of dives and rises intended to attract a female partner.
The male is believed to have been the third to take possession of the Haweswater territory.
The previous one disappeared in late 2001 when it was at least 30 years old - and then, the oldest known British eagle.
Perhaps so, but David Swift's journey to the 2016 Skeleton World Championships in Innsbruck is hardly a conventional story.
He was brought up in the Devon town of Newton Abbot, which is better known for its race course and mainline train station than for being a centre of alpine sport.
But, after getting a leaflet thrust in his hand while studying at the University of Bath, he gave the sport a go and has never looked back.
"It was right place, right time really," the 31-year-old British number two told BBC Sport.
"I was studying Sport and Exercise Science 10 years ago and the British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association is based up there."
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Having been part of the university's athletics team as a sprinter, the 5'8" Swift had the physical gifts to excel in the sport of skeleton with his fast start and compact frame, and showed his talents on the dedicated push track on campus.
At first it all went well, winning the British title and a silver medal at the World Junior Championships in 2008.
But his progression since then has been slightly slower, missing out on selection for the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics and only being selected for the World Championships for the first time in 2015.
"There's been a lot of disappointment along the way," he said. "I narrowly missed out on Sochi last time around, and that sort of thing enables you to learn a lot about yourself and how to move forward.
"I went back to the drawing board and figured out what I needed to do to move forward.
"Last year I got my first call for the World Championships, this is the second one, and now we're two years out from the PyeongChang Olympics it feels like momentum's building, which is a good place to be."
Swift revels in the pun of calling this season a "rollercoaster", but it has seen him win his first-ever international race in the lower-tier Europa Cup, having raced on the World Cup and Intercontinental Cup circuits.
"I moved down to the Europa Cup just to fill the time, entered a race and won it," he said.
"That was the first race internationally that I'd won in eight or nine years, so in terms of momentum and confidence I'm buzzing and raring to go with the World Championships."
Great Britain's women have enjoyed much of the limelight when it comes to skeleton, with Lizzy Yarnold and Amy Williams winning gold at the last two Olympics and Shelly Rudman and Alex Coomber also making the podium.
British skeleton was dominated for many years by Kristan Bromley, who won the World Cup in 2008, but the men have never won an Olympic medal.
GB's number one racer Dominic Parsons was fifth in this year's World Cup, while Swift was down in 29th place, two spots ahead of team-mate Ed Smith and 10 spots in front of fellow Briton Kenny Howard.
It all means that there is a fight on for the country's second berth at the 2018 Olympics, with Swift getting his chance to shine first in Austria this week.
"Historically we've won a lot of medals female-wise, so it'd be nice for the males to start evening the score up a little bit," he said.
"In terms of the competition we have internally, there's a lot of good guys coming through.
"The internal competition is what we need to drive forward, because it's not enough just to turn up at the Games - we want to be competitive.
"Having that internal competition means we're going to be in a place where hopefully in two years' time we'll all be champing for that medal place."
Fr Patrick Conway found Michael Clune hiding in a room in his home in Ennis on 7 December.
The burglar initially denied breaking into Fr Conway's house and stealing 20 euros.
It was only after he gave the money back that the priest drove him into Ennis.
Fr Conway, an assistant priest in Ennis parish, had just returned from a doctor's appointment when he noticed a downstairs window had been broken.
When he went into his study to call the police, he found Clune hiding in a wardrobe.
He said it came as a shock when he realised it was someone he had known for a number of years.
"I had known Michael since he was a young lad and knew his family well," he said.
The priest confronted Clune about the concrete block that had been thrown through the window but he denied any involvement in the break-in.
Fr Conway then realised 20 euros that he had left out was missing. Again, Clune continued to deny taking the money.
"I had left 20 euros on the floor to remind myself to give it back to someone who had given it to me," he said.
"I said, 'why did you take my money? Give it back' and he said 'I didn't take your money'.
"I was absolutely certain the money was there, so I said 'either you give back my money or we go to the Garda (Irish police)'."
When that failed to work, Fr Conway offered to give him a lift into town.
"I said 'you give me back my money and I'll take you down town'. 'I won't take you to the gardai'. 'I'll bring you over to the cathedral' where another priest had been helping him.
"So he found the money somewhere then and gave it back to me."
On the drive into town, the burglar asked the priest to buy him methadone, which he refused.
When he brought Clune into town, the priest was not at the cathedral so Clune got out of the car.
After consulting with a fellow priest, Fr Conway reported what had happened to police.
Clune pleaded guilty to the burglary and was given an eight-month suspended jail term consecutive to the eight months in jail he is currently serving.
Fr Conway said he had had no contact with the man since the incident, but hoped he was receiving treatment for his addiction in jail.
Robson ended the day on 175 out of 317-4, a large share of it coming in a 180-run opening stand with Nick Gubbins.
Chris Wright then came on to claim the wickets of Gubbins (68) and Nick Compton in successive balls.
But John Simpson and Robson helped restore Middlesex's domination.
After Keith Barker had whittled out two more wickets, including home captain Adam Voges, to leave the hosts on 263-4, wicketkeeper Simpson (31) has so far helped put on 54 with the redoubtable Robson.
Middlesex have not beaten Warwickshire in 19 meetings since June 2001 - and the Bears' away record against them is even better, having not lost in 16 trips to the north side of the capital since losing at Uxbridge in 1988. But the hosts can now a feel bit more hopeful of their chances of ending that miserable record.
It was the second Sunday running that Bears captain Bell had invited the home team to bat without a toss taking place - but Warwickshire's attack did not match the success they had a week ago against Hampshire at Southampton.
Missing the injured Chris Woakes (knee) and Boyd Rankin (side), they went wicketless in the first session - in contrast to a week earlier when Hampshire were seven down by lunch.
Instead, Australia-born Robson cut and drove beautifully to look far more the player England had in mind when they gave him the first of his seven Test caps two summers ago.
On the first day of the Lord's cricketing summer, he punished too many loose balls on a sluggish surface to reach his first hundred since May 2015.
Middlesex centurion Sam Robson told BBC London 94.9:
"We were going to bowl too. It was still tough work but, once you were in and playing the ball on merit, you just put the bad ball away.
"It was a very pleasing day. I felt good. The sun was out and, when you get sent in, you want to try to get off to a good start and get to lunch.
"To kick on was very satisfying and we are in a great position. I'm in a good place and it's great to start well.
"I've been expecting to bat first for four months. I've worked on a few little things with my game."
Warwickshire captain Ian Bell told BBC WM 95.6:
"We didn't bowl well this morning. To go for 130 in the session wasn't us at our best. But for the next two sessions we've gone for about 80-90.
"It was a tough decision. I probably would have tossed in hindsight but that's a wonderful thing. You get here and there's been ice and rain over the last two days.
"We just didn't know. And, when your gut doesn't know, the best option is probably to bowl. But Robbo played fantastically well, to score 170 out of 300.
"It was disappointing to lose Boyd this morning. He would have played. That was frustrating, but it's a test of our squad. Fingers crossed Woakesie will be fit to face Yorkshire.
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But now he has announced a farewell tour.
Wilko has been diagnosed with terminal cancer and has refused chemotherapy.
In an interview to be broadcast on Friday's Front Row, Wilko Johnson talked to the programme's presenter John Wilson.
The full interview will be broadcast on 25 February at 19:15 on BBC Radio 4's Front Row.
A communique at the end of the summit reiterated a joint call to secure "vulnerable nuclear material".
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said nuclear terrorism remained a "grave threat", while US President Barack Obama said action was key.
The meeting was dominated by North Korea's plan to launch a rocket.
North Korea says the long-range rocket will carry a satellite when it goes up in April. The US says any launch would violate UN resolutions and constitute a missile test.
Iran's nuclear programme was also on the minds of the summit participants, with Mr Obama pledging to meet the leaders of Russia and China on the sidelines to work towards a resolution.
At the meeting, world leaders discussed measures to fight the threat of nuclear terrorism, including the protection of nuclear materials and facilities, as well as the prevention of trafficking of nuclear materials.
By Jonathan MarcusBBC Diplomatic Correspondent
The communique describes nuclear terrorism as one of the most challenging threats to international security. But the responsibility to maintain security over nuclear materials lies firmly with states rather than international bodies. And any effort to try to establish or impose common international standards inevitably raises concerns in some quarters that the world's major powers are seeking to intrude into the nuclear affairs of other countries.
That's why this communique reaffirms that measures to strengthen nuclear security will not hamper the rights of states to develop nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. The summit urges states to minimise the use of highly enriched uranium - one of the building blocks for a nuclear bomb.
The summit highlights the threat from radioactive materials more generally. But again all the summit can do is urge states to take measures to secure these materials and work towards ratifying international conventions on nuclear security. It is hardly a resounding outcome from a gathering over-shadowed by the more immediate wrangling over North Korea's and Iran's nuclear activities.
A joint communique reaffirmed their commitment to nuclear disarmament, non-proliferation and peaceful uses of nuclear energy.
"Nuclear terrorism continues to be one of the most challenging threats to international security," it said.
"Defeating this threat requires strong national measures and international co-operation given its potential global, political, economic, social and psychological consequences."
But it omitted a reference made in a draft communique last Thursday on the need for "concrete steps" towards a world without nuclear weapons, AFP news agency reports.
There are currently no binding international agreements on how to protect nuclear material stored peacefully inside its home country, says the BBC's Lucy Williamson in Seoul. An amendment seeking to do that is still unratified after seven years.
Addressing the summit, Mr Obama warned there were still "too many bad actors'' who were threatening to stockpile and use ''dangerous'' nuclear material.
"It would not take much, just a handful or so of these materials, to kill hundreds of thousands of innocent people and that's not an exaggeration, that's the reality that we face," he said.
"The security of the world depends on the actions that we take."
Mr Hu called for "an international environment conducive to boosting nuclear security" to be created and Mr Lee called for concrete action to tackle a threat that posed "a grave challenge" to peace.
The summit was attended by almost 60 leaders from around the world.
Meetings on Monday were overshadowed by North Korea's planned launch, scheduled to take place between 12 and 16 April.
Pyongyang says it is intended to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of North Korea's founding leader Kim Il-sung.
Source: Federation of American Scientists
Nuclear weapons: Who has what?
On Tuesday, a North Korean foreign ministry spokesman said that the launch would go ahead as planned and criticised Mr Obama's stance as ''confrontational''.
North Korea "will never give up the launch of a satellite for peaceful purposes", the spokesman said in a statement in the official KCNA news agency.
A KCNA report also described the ''weather satellite'' Pyongyang planned to launch as useful for ''the study of weather forecast needed for agriculture and other economic fields''.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, speaking at the summit, called on Pyongyang to cancel the rocket launch, saying that it would violate UN Security Council resolutions.
"As such, the international community strongly urges North Korea to exercise restraint and cancel the launch," he said.
The resolutions were passed after a similar launch in April 2009. Japan is particularly concerned as that rocket was launched over the country three years ago.
The US and Chinese presidents met on Monday on the sidelines of the summit and agreed to co-ordinate their response to any "potential provocation" if Pyongyang went ahead with the launch.
South Korea and the US say North Korea risks further sanctions and isolation if it does not cancel its plans. Seoul has also warned it will shoot down the rocket if it strays over South Korean territory.
Now they think they've figured out why it is - it could be down to fish giving out gas. A US team from the University of California, San Diego, listened to the buzz through microphones dropped down as far as 3,300 feet underwater.
They found out that the noise was particularly strong at sunset and dawn.
Scientists think the buzz comes from large groups of small fish and crustaceans that hide in the deep water during the day, and rise up nearer the surface to feed at night.
Simone Baumann-Pickering , a marine expert who worked on the study, says "it's known that some fish are considered to be farting, that they emit gas as they change depths in the water column.
"We're just scratching the surface in terms of understanding how important sound is."
The fish could be making the noise when they let off gas from their bladders to keep them bouncy. Or it could be that they are communicating with each other using the buzzing.
Indian troops returned fire from the camp in the garrison town of Baramulla, 50km (30 miles) north-west of Srinagar, the main city in Kashmir.
The camp is the local headquarters of a counter-insurgency military unit.
Sunday night's attack came three days after India's army said it had carried out a "surgical strike" in the region.
The army said it had destroyed "terrorist launching pads" used by militants with support from Pakistan, but the Pakistani military disputed this.
The Indian assault followed the deadliest attack on one of its bases in Kashmir in years. On 18 September, militants entered an army base in the town of Uri and killed 18 soldiers.
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India accuses Pakistan of arming and training insurgents fighting for Kashmir's independence from India or its merger with Pakistan, a claim Pakistan denies.
Disputed Muslim-majority Kashmir has been a flashpoint for decades and has sparked two wars between India and Pakistan, which both control parts of the disputed territory but claim it in full.
Relations between India and Pakistan have sharply deteriorated since the attack in Uri earlier this month.
Pakistan says India's stance is a "blatant attempt" to deflect attention from human rights abuses in the region.
More than 80 people, nearly all anti-government protesters, have died in more than two months of violence against Indian rule.
The noted arranger died at his home in Malibu, California on Friday following a long period of ill-health.
Lindsey was musical director for Garland's performances at New York's Carnegie Hall that led to the Grammy-winning album Judy At Carnegie Hall.
An Emmy followed for Streisand's TV concert A Happening In Central Park.
Judy At Carnegie Hall, a live recording of the Wizard of Oz star's concert on 23 April 1961, spent 12 weeks at the top of the Billboard chart and went on to win four Grammy awards.
Lindsey went on to work with Liza Minnelli, Garland's daughter, on her televised Liza With A Z concert.
The New Jersey native spent 25 years as musical director for The Merv Griffin Show, earning two Emmy nominations in the process.
As a composer, his credits include Garland's 1963 film I Could Go on Singing and Albert Brooks' 1979 comedy Real Life.
Details of what caused the service to be unusable for millions of users prior to Christmas have been posted on the firm's blog.
The two events combined to create a cascade of problems that managed to knock out much of the network underpinning the phone service.
Skype is assessing how its network is built to stop the problem recurring.
Writing on the Skype blog, Lars Rabbe, chief information officer at the company, said the problems started on 22 December, when some of its servers that handle instant messaging started getting overloaded.
This meant that the responses they sent to Windows machines running Skype were slightly delayed. Unfortunately, a bug in one version of Skype for Windows meant this delay caused the program to crash.
About 50% of all Skype users ran the buggy 5.0.0.152 version of the software, said Mr Rabbe.
This caused problems for Skype because of the way the network supporting it is organised. Some of the data travelling round Skype's network are passed through all those machines logged on to the service.
Skye video calls on test
Those participating machines act as what Skype calls "supernodes" and carry out some of the administrative tasks of the global network and help to ensure calls get through.
With a huge number of these machines offline because of the crash, the rest of the network quickly became overloaded.
Mr Rabbe wrote that the disappearance of the supernodes meant the remaining ones were swamped by traffic.
"The initial crashes happened just before our usual daily peak-hour and very shortly after the initial crash," wrote Mr Rabbe, "which resulted in traffic to the supernodes that was about 100 times what would normally be expected at that time of day."
Traffic levels were so high that they blew through the safe operating specifications supernodes usually use. As a result, more supernodes shut down.
The "confluence of events", said Mr Rabbe, led to Skype being offline for about 24 hours as engineers put in place hundreds of dedicated supernodes and gradually brought the service back to life.
To ensure the outage does not happen again, Mr Rabbe said Skype would look at its update policy, to see if it should automatically move users to newer versions of its software.
A version of Skype for Windows that is free of the bug already exists, but is not automatically given to users.
It said it would also look at its network to improve capacity and get on with an investment programme that would boost this resilience.
Mr Rabbe apologised again on behalf of the company and added: "We know that we fell short in both fulfilling your expectations and communicating with you during this incident."
Skype has offered compensation to customers in the form of vouchers for pre-pay users and a free week of service for subscribers.
Wing Josaia Raisuqe was sent-off after receiving a second yellow card with 28 minutes remaining.
But quick tries by Raphael Lakafia and Julien Aria saw the French team open an 11-point lead.
Tyler Ardron's touchdown four-minutes from time gave Ospreys hope, but Stade survived a tense finish in Cardiff.
The French side had led at half-time after prop Zurabi Zhvania's try had come during Raisuge's time in the sin-bin.
Josh Matavesi's try early in the second half and a second Dan Biggar penalty after the Fijian wing's second yellow card offence saw Ospreys briefly in the lead by 14-11.
But a lack of composure and abject failure to exploit the extra man was the Welsh region's undoing.
Raisuqe was fortunate to be on the pitch long enough to receive a second yellow card, after being sent to the sin-bin for a stamp on his opposite number Keelan Giles in the first half.
But within two minutes of his eventual dismissal for the lesser crime of being offside at a ruck, Stade were ahead.
Jules Plisson's cross-field kick found Lakafia unmarked wide on the left wing to gather and touch down.
And when second row Hugh Pyle intercepted Sam Davies' pass he found Arias on his shoulder to score at the posts and the French side were 11 points to the good.
Ospreys will reflect on a try by Biggar early in the first half which was ruled out for a forward pass, but a creaking scrummage and cool-headed performances from Stade's Sergio Parisse and Will Genia saw them come up short.
It was Stade's first win away from home this season.
Ospreys' defeat means there are no Welsh teams left in either of Europe's knockout tournaments, while Bath face a tricky trip to France for their semi-final.
Ospreys coach Steve Tandy: "I think we probably deserved to win the game in large aspects but ultimately we've paid for some inaccuracies, not finishing off opportunities and a little bit of ill-discipline in the first half,
"At the back end I think there was enough time and opportunities to chase the game down but ultimately we weren't accurate enough and probably forced one or two things that we probably didn't need to."
Ospreys: Sam Davies; Keelan Giles, Ashley Beck, Josh Matavesi, Dan Evans; Dan Biggar, Rhys Webb; Nicky Smith, Scott Baldwin, Brian Mujati, Lloyd Ashley, Rory Thornton, Sam Underhill, Justin Tipuric, Dan Baker.
Replacements: Scott Otten, Paul James, Ma'afu Fia, Tyler Ardron, James King, Olly Cracknell, Kieron Fonotia, Tom Habberfield
Stade Francais: Hugo Bonneval; Julien Arias, Geoffrey Doumayrou, Jonathan Danty Josaia Raisuqe; Jules Plisson, Will Genia; Zurabi Zhvania, Laurent Sempéré, Rabah Slimani, Hugh Pyle, Paul Gabrillagues, Antoine Burban, Sylvain Nicolas, Serge Parisse.
Replacements: Laurent Panis, Aled De Malmanche, Paul Alo Emile, Pascal Papé, Raphael Lakafia, Julien Dupuy, Morné Steyn, Herman Meyer Bosman.
Referee: Matthew Carley (England)
Touch Judges: Tim Wigglesworth (England) and Peter Allan (England)
TMO: Sean Davey (England)
Citing Commissioner: Alberto Recaldini (Italy)
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The idea of a Muslim database arose in November 2015, when Mr Trump told a reporter he would "certainly implement that. Absolutely".
Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the ADL, said: "If one day Muslim Americans will be forced to register their identities, then that is the day that this proud Jew will register as a Muslim".
His comments came at the group's Never Is Now conference on anti-Semitism, held in New York.
"We must stand with our fellow Americans who may be singled out for how they look, where they're from, who they love or how they pray," Mr Greenblatt said.
The ADL chief, who previously served in the White House as special assistant to President Barack Obama, told BBC News: "The bottom line here is - we in the Jewish community know what it is when you apply a litmus test based on faith - when you identify people and tag them based on faith...
"When you take one group and make all of them suspect. I feel we have more obligations to speak out."
Mr Trump's position on the proposed Muslim register is presently unclear.
In a statement on Thursday, a spokesman for the Trump transition team appeared to row back from his comments last year, saying Mr Trump had "never advocated for any registry or system that tracks individuals based on their religion, and to imply otherwise is completely false".
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Jason Miller was responding to new reports that Mr Trump's team was considering a database for US immigrants from Muslim countries.
Mr Greenblatt's pledge to register as Muslim struck a chord with many people on social media, who took up the hashtag #NeverIsNow.
Cornell W Brooks, president of African-American civil rights group the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), was among those to second the pledge.
"As a proud Christian & a card-carrying member of the @NAACP, I'll also register as a Muslim right behind @JGreenblattADL," he wrote.
"Never is now" refers to the "never again" vow made by Jews after World War Two, when they promised never to stay silent in the face of persecution.
According to an FBI report released this week, hate crimes on the basis of religion increased 23% between 2014 and 2015. This included a rise in reported anti-Jewish crimes, and a significant increase in anti-Muslim hate crimes.
The Southern Poverty Law Center, a non-profit group based in Alabama, reported 437 separate incidents of intimidation between the election on 8 November and 14 November, targeting ethnic minorities, Muslims, immigrants, women, and the LGBT community.
US Attorney General Loretta Lynch said the justice department was investigating whether recent reports of harassment, for instance at schools and churches, violated federal hate crime and other civil rights laws.
"Many Americans are concerned by a spate of recent news reports about alleged hate crimes and harassment," Ms Lynch said.
She urged the public to keep reporting such incidents, "so that our career investigators and prosecutors can take action to defend your rights".
The health minister has announced an amendment to a bill currently going through the assembly.
This would make it illegal to smoke when children are present in a vehicle.
A similar ban came into force in England and Wales in October and Scotland plans to legislate next year.
The Republic of Ireland has already approved a ban, but it has not been implemented yet.
Health Minister Simon Hamilton said he had taken note of the bans in other UK regions and he believes Northern Ireland should follow suit.
"I have listened carefully to the arguments made by many that Northern Ireland should follow the example of other parts of the United Kingdom, and I confirm to the house today that it is my intention to bring forward an amendment at consideration stage (of the legislation) to ban smoking in cars with children," he said.
The idea is to protect children from the harmful effects of second hand smoke which can increase the risk of asthma, meningitis and cot death.
According to the Department of Health, children are particularly vulnerable to the effects of second-hand smoke as they breathe more rapidly and inhale more pollutants per pound of body weight than adults.
Campaigners say the vast majority of people in Northern Ireland are in favour of introducing the measure.
In 2014, an opinion poll commissioned by NI Chest, Heart and Stroke showed 82% of those polled said the assembly should ban smoking in cars carrying children.
But some fear this is the state going too far, invading people's privacy and curtailing people's freedom.
The department said protecting the health of children in Northern Ireland must be a priority.
In England and Wales, drivers and passengers face a fine of £50 for breaking the law introduced two months ago.
However, police are operating a light touch approach when it comes to enforcement - issuing mainly fines as public awareness increases.
Former world champions Dave 'Boy' McAuley, Barry McGuigan and Wayne McCullough, three of Ireland's biggest boxing names, have all been involved in high-profile rematches with mixed results.
So will Frampton's gamble pay off in Las Vegas and propel 'The Jackal' to bigger and better things? Or will the Belfast fighter live to regret the decision after suffering his first career defeat?
McAuley's first professional fight would influence the rest of his career.
Before he fought Tanzania's John Mwaimu, he decided that if he lost, he would never fight again.
It finished in a draw and he continued to fight, although he carried the result around with him for the next few years.
"Down the line, after four or five fights, I thought I wanted to have a second crack at this guy because I thought I could beat him and the second time I fought him I beat him quite handy," said McAuley.
In his 14th professional fight, McAuley got a shot at the WBA world flyweight title.
Unbeaten until then, he faced a big step up by fighting one of the era's greatest flyweights, Colombia's Fidel Bassa.
"I was still very green behind the ears. I was tense the whole time and inexperience was the main reason that I lost," said McAuley.
The bout was named the 1987 'Fight of the Year' and many people thought he was crazy when he signed up for a rematch, although McAuley says he would have gone for a third fight if given the chance.
"I fought a title eliminator and got the chance to face him again. I had improved my fight game dramatically, but it wasn't enough," said McAuley.
"But I think if I had fought him a third time, I would have had the measure of him."
Frampton's manager McGuigan lost to Peter Eubanks on points in 1981. He then came back and beat him by TKO in December of the same year.
The 'Cyclone' said he simply wanted the blemish of defeat off his record and he was never tempted into a third fight.
Meanwhile, McCullough had two bouts with Oscar Larios in 2005. The 'Pocket Rocket' had lost on a unanimous decision in the first fight that February in California, only to get a rematch in July in Las Vegas.
"People had me winning that first fight. I thought I won it clearly, so I wanted to go back and prove myself in front of fair, commissioned judges in Vegas," he said.
However, McCullough lost out with the fight stopped controversially in the 10th round.
"I had been in the wars with Naseem Hamed and Erik Morales and been busted up but those fights weren't stopped, but here it was and there wasn't a mark on me."
Lose or draw, getting back in the ring is a chance to vindicate yourself as soon as possible. But what happens when you win the first fight and decide to take a rematch?
Faced with the same situation as Frampton is now, McAuley chose to have a rematch with Rodolfo Blanco in 1992, two years after beating him.
"The first fight could have gone either way. It was a tough, tough fight. I wanted to win the second fight because I wanted to prove that winning the first fight wasn't a fluke."
But this time Blanco came out as the victor. McAuley added: "I wanted to put all that negative stuff behind me. And I think I won the second fight pretty clearly, but not on the judges' scorecards unfortunately."
With Frampton's fight on Saturday night one of the year's most eagerly awaited, McAuley thinks the WBA world featherweight champion should win, citing Santa Cruz's possible negative mental state.
He also believes that Santa Cruz should have turned down the first fight with Frampton.
"It will be in the back of Santa Cruz's mind that he was beaten. And he'll be thinking 'what if it happens again?'.
"A voluntary defence means you fight someone you are more than capable of beating. I would have said no - you only fight the likes of Carl Frampton if you have to and they only realised that when they lost."
McCullough thinks Frampton is taking a calculated risk because of his ability to adapt.
"Coming off a win in the last one, Carl will win easier. He now knows what to expect and he will be smarter and have the measure of him this time."
On the possibility of a third meeting in Windsor Park, McAuley says there isn't much hope either way.
"They'll have to honour the first contract. If Carl Frampton wins, there could be a third ... probably not though. And if Santa Cruz wins he'll probably go elsewhere because his boys have drawn the contract up."
With that in mind, it might be unwise to hope for a trilogy, especially if Frampton wins again. Because if you beat someone twice, would it be worth going back for a third time?
The red Mercedes C-class could be seen with both rear wheels in the air off the side of the Victoria Road near Bready at about 15:00 BST.
The car's female driver was taken to hospital for a check-up. Her injuries were not thought to be serious.
Three fire engines were called to the scene, as well as the police and ambulance service.
It was not immediately clear what caused the crash.
Few would disagree with the foreign secretary when he says that Saudi Arabia and Iran are engaging in proxy wars in the Middle East.
Not everyone would use his language, accusing both countries of "puppeteering", but it is well known that both Riyadh and Tehran support opposing sides in several conflicts.
In Syria, the Saudis are providing arms to opposition rebels and Iran is supporting some of the many militias fighting alongside the Syrian army.
In Yemen, the Saudis lead a coalition of forces fighting the Houthi rebels who ousted the government and are being backed by Iran.
Across the region, the Sunni-Shia divide is one that sucks in outside nations like Saudi Arabia and Iran into a regional power play that many analysts fear could one day escalate.
Nor is the Foreign Secretary's wider analysis too controversial, that there is a lack of leadership and vision in the Middle East which creates conflicts and opportunities for outside powers to flex their muscles.
In foreign ministries across the world, for example, much thought is being given to how Iran may in the future want to use Hezbollah, the leading Lebanese Shia militia supporting President Assad's forces in Syria.
Where do they take their new-found experience and expertise in warfighting when the Syrian civil war subsides into an insurgency?
Nor is the foreign secretary saying anything that the Saudis have not heard before in private.
Foreign Office sources make clear that this is exactly what Mr Johnson has been telling his Saudi counterpart in their regular phone calls, the last of which was at the weekend.
Nor would Mr Johnson's predecessors, they say, have disagreed with much of his analysis, at least behind closed doors.
No, Mr Johnson's mistake was to say something in public that is normally said in private.
Officially, the British government does not regard the conflict in Yemen as a proxy war.
The UK sees it as a conflict of aggression by Houthi rebels that threatens the security of the Saudi people.
The Saudis are close allies; therefore the UK backs them in their campaign to protect their borders.
There is also a wider strategic interest in Yemen not becoming a failed state that ends up as a bolthole for al Qaeda and so-called Islamic State fighters.
But what has really stoked Downing Street's ire is the way Mr Johnson's faintly disobliging remarks about Saudi Arabia have undermined several days of hard work and diplomacy.
The prime minister has just come back from the Gulf where she has been promoting Britain's engagement with a part of the world whose trade will be hugely important after Brexit.
She has dined with the Saudi king, praised the kingdom for its reforms and given thanks for the vital intelligence the Saudi security services have provided Britain over the years.
And then Theresa May returned to hear her foreign secretary had dismissed the Saudis as "puppeteers" playing at "proxy wars".
It is little wonder that her official spokeswoman came down on Mr Johnson like a tonne of black-edged Downing Street bricks, saying that the foreign secretary was not expressing the government's position and he will have the opportunity to set out the correct government position when he visits Saudi Arabia at the weekend.
To his critics, Boris Johnson is this government's Shakespearean fool, an errant jester who wanders the globe telling jokes that insult as often as they amuse the Queen's allies.
But remember: the Bard often used his clowns to tell a wider truth, one that the players did not always want to hear.
The foreign secretary's problem is that truth is not always good diplomacy.
The teenager appears to have been bitten by an infected flea.
The authorities have sought to calm fears of an epidemic and have quarantined more than 100 people.
Bubonic plague, known as the Black Death when it killed an estimated 25 million people in Europe during the Middle Ages, is now rare.
World Health Organisation epidemic disease expert Eric Bertherat told the BBC there were about 400 cases of bubonic plague reported in 2012.
He said Africa accounted for more than 90% of cases worldwide - especially Madagascar and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Dr Bertherat said that bubonic plague in Central Asia was usually transmitted by fleas attached to small wild mammals, which meant that only those who lived in rural areas and worked outside for long hours were in danger of being affected.
"Because bubonic plague is such a rare event, local medical staff are not prepared to diagnose the disease and treat it appropriately," he said, "which means the first patient usually dies without even a diagnostic.
"If secondary cases occur, medical staff are aware and better able to treat patients with antibiotics."
The teenager, named as Temir Issakunov, came from a mountain village in the north-east of the country, close to the border with Kazakhstan.
"We suspect that the patient was infected with the plague through the bite of a flea," health ministry official Tolo Isakov said.
The BBC's Rayhan Demytrie says that doctors failed to correctly diagnose his illness until tests were made after his death last week.
Teams have been sent to the area to get rid of rodents, which host the fleas that can carry the deadly bacterium.
Reports suggest that the infected flea could have come from a marmot - a type of mountain squirrel sometimes hunted for food.
Kyrgyz authorities say that the availability of antibiotics means that there is no danger of an epidemic.
More than 2,000 people are being tested for bubonic plague in the Issik-Kul region.
Checkpoints have been set up and travel and livestock transport restricted.
Neighbouring Kazakhstan is reported to have tightened border controls to prevent the disease entering its territory.
There are three human plagues caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis of which bubonic plague is the most common.
The other two conditions are linked to bacteria in the blood - septicaemia - and bacteria in the respiratory system - pneumonia, which can be transmitted between humans by respiratory droplets.
During the last 20 years, at least three countries experienced outbreaks of human plague after dormant periods of about 30-50 years, experts say.
These areas were India in 1994 and 2002, Indonesia in 1997 and Algeria in 2003.
According to the World Health Organization, the last significant outbreak of bubonic plague was in Peru in 2010 when 12 people were found to have been infected.
The results mean that DR Congo sit top of Group B on six points while Angola are eliminated after two defeats.
Cameroon know a draw in their final match against DR Congo on Monday will be enough for them to go through.
Only a big win for Ethiopia against Angola coupled with a Cameroon loss gives them any chance of progressing.
Cameroon had the better of the first half, which was held-up for 10 minutes because of floodlight failure, while Ethiopia improved after the break.
However it was a dull encounter in Huye after the earlier game when DR Congo raced into a 3-0 lead by half-time against neighbours Angola.
Nelson Munganga (pictured), Elia Meschak and Jonathan Bolingi all found the target for the inaugural CHAN winners (in 2009).
Gelson and Yano hit back for Angola but in between those goals Merveille Bope struck DR Congo's fourth.
DR Congo have now scored 7 goals at the tournament after their 3-0 win over Ethiopia, who are yet to score in Rwanda.
Cameroon won their opening match 1-0 against Angola
US oil production has increased to a record high in recent years as high prices made investment worthwhile.
Prices halved over the past year as demand fell in line with slower economic growth.
Meanwhile, Opec producers, particularly Saudi Arabia, have maintained high levels of production.
US crude oil was trading at more than $90 a barrel a year ago, but now costs around $45. The UK's Brent crude has also halved in price from a year ago and is currently trading at about $48 a barrel.
Techniques such as fracking have helped US producers offset the falling oil price by lowering investment and production costs.
Slowing economic demand and high production have created a glut of oil that outstrips the world's current needs.
The IEA said the resulting lower oil prices would boost demand to a five-year high this year, a trend that the IEA said would help Opec countries.
Opec controls more than a third of the world's oil output. It typically cuts production when prices fall to attempt to push prices higher.
Its recent strategy has been to keep the taps turned on fully in an attempt to curb US output, which is uneconomical at lower prices.
The IEA said: "Oil's price collapse is closing down high-cost production from Eagle Ford in Texas to Russia and the North Sea, which may result in the loss next year of half a million barrels a day, the biggest decline in 24 years."
Non-Opec supply contracted by one million barrels a day in 1992 from the previous year after the Soviet Union broke apart.
The IEA expects US oil production to drop by 0.4 million barrels a day in 2016. It grew by 1.7 million barrels a day in 2014.
A window in the Wetherspoon Rodborough Buildings in Guildford was broken in two places in the attack on Wednesday.
"People were pretty frightened and were hiding under the tables and running down the stairs," said BBC Surrey reporter Adrian Harms.
Surrey Police said it was believed stones were thrown at the window.
"I did see people standing on the roof of the Friary Centre opposite who looked as though they were throwing objects in the direction of the pub," said Harms, who was in the pub at the time.
Police officers searched the area with the help of the National Police Air Service but no culprits were found.
Nobody was injured.
The town centre was closed for 45 minutes after the attack at 21:00 GMT.
Richard Potts, operations manager at The Friary, said: "We are aware of an incident that took place yesterday evening close to The Friary and have liaised with Surrey Police.
"The incident did not take place in The Friary, which was closed at the time, and The Friary opened this morning as usual."
Plants and drugs to the value of £30,000 were seized following a police raid on a remote property at Whisgills Farm near Newcastleton last July.
Mattias Berry, 45, Shelby Gilligan, 22, and Wayne Chadwick, 42, all from Manchester and Peter Leicester, 68, of Bury, had denied producing the drug.
Procurator Fiscal Graham Fraser said the Crown was deserting the case.
The four had also denied being concerned in the supply of cannabis and stealing a quantity of electricity.
Mr Leicester pled not guilty to knowingly permitting premises to be used for producing a controlled drug.
They were due to stand trial by jury at Jedburgh Sheriff Court next week.
However, it was confirmed at an intermediate hearing that the case against all of them was being deserted.
The £20m Leonardo AW189 - built in Yeovil, Somerset - is the first of two that will operate from Lee-on-the-Solent, near Portsmouth.
The aircraft will conduct training missions in the coming months before starting operational duties in April.
In the meantime the existing AW139 helicopters will continue to operate.
Bristow Helicopters, which operates the UK search and rescue (SAR) helicopter service on behalf of HM Coastguard, has been flying training missions to prepare for the aircraft entering service.
The remaining nine AW189s will be in operation at Prestwick, Lydd, St Athan and Inverness by May 2019.
The 11 AW189s have been specially fitted for UK SAR operations:
Jordan Haines, 14, from Roche, Cornwall ran in front of an oncoming car to grab the buggy, "without thinking".
The parents of three-month-old Josie Sztajnert were unloading shopping from a bus, on Saturday, when her pram came off the pavement.
Her father Pete Phillips said it was "a parent's worst nightmare".
Josie's parents, Mr Phillips and Vicky Sztajnert, had just returned from a shopping trip from St Austell with their two young children.
"I turned around for two seconds to pick the bags up, I just saw the buggy running off the pavement and Jordan pretty much leapt across the road," said Mr Phillips.
"It all happened so fast, I just froze so it was lucky Jordan was there to grab the buggy.
"I don't know what I can say to him to express how grateful we are," he said.
Jordan said he was "at the bus stop with mates messing around" when spotted the pushchair.
"I saw this Land Rover coming down the hill and I ran as fast as I could to the buggy not thinking of the traffic and saved the baby's life," he said.
"I feel proud of myself but I don't think other people would've done it", he said.
Jordan's mum Michelle Haines said: "I am so so proud of Jordan and to call him my son".
Scotland's chief statistician estimated services grew by 0.5% and production by 0.3% between April and June, while construction contracted by 1.9%.
UK output as a whole grew by 0.7% over the same period.
Over the past year, the Scottish economy grew by 0.7% - a third of the UK rate of 2.1%.
In the first three months of the year, there was no growth in Scotland.
Scottish GDP per person - which takes population changes into account - grew by 0.3% during the second quarter, compared with 0.4% for the UK.
The report indicated that growth in Scottish GDP over the past year was driven by growth in the services industry, particularly in business services and finance.
However, that was "tempered" by contractions in the construction and production industries, especially electricity and gas, following the closure in March of Scotland's last coal-fired power station.
It was estimated that the closure resulted in a reduction of Scottish GDP of about 0.2 percentage points in the second quarter.
The economic report added: "As this was a one-off closure it will not have an ongoing impact on the growth of the Scottish economy."
Reacting to the figures, Scottish Chambers of Commerce chief executive Liz Cameron said it was "good news" that Scotland's economic growth rate had increased but added that there was "still a great deal of work to be done".
She said: "To put this in perspective, the Scottish economy has grown in a year at almost the same rate that the UK economy has grown in just three months.
"These figures underline the fact that Scotland's economic performance has been significantly lower than that of the UK as a whole for a full year and, whilst we are now seeing welcome growth in our production and service sectors, construction has been contracting at a significant rate for two consecutive quarters."
Colin Borland, head of external affairs in Scotland for the Federation of Small Businesses, said: "These pre-referendum statistics might feel like a history lesson, but they teach us that Scottish growth was weak even before June's historic vote.
"Scotland needs to strive for growth levels at least as good as the UK average.
"We look forward to the SNP talking business when they meet in Glasgow this week.
"In addition, the UK government needs to put the welfare of the economy at the top of its priority list as it formulates its approach to leaving the EU.
"The litmus test for every Brexit policy must be the impact on our high streets, small businesses and local communities."
Analysis of pollen found on pottery buried with a young woman more than 4,100 years ago has identified plants used for medicinal purposes.
The woman's bones, including a skull and teeth, were discovered at Achavanich in Caithness 30 years ago.
Known as "Ava", an abbreviation of Achavanich, she is the subject of a long-term research project managed by archaeologist Maya Hoole.
Ms Hoole said the presence of the pollen "raises interesting questions".
Last year, forensic artist Hew Morrison created a facial reconstruction of Ava.
Now the results of other research have been published.
Analysis of pollen recovered from a decorated beaker buried with Ava identified various plants and trees.
Archaeologist Ms Hoole said: "Of the pollen recovered the majority were from trees and shrubs including birch, pine - most likely Scots pine - hazel and alder.
"Heather was also identified, as well as grasses, meadowsweet and St John's wort.
"The inclusion of meadowsweet proves interesting as it has also appeared at other Bronze Age burials elsewhere in Scotland.
"The presence of both meadowsweet and St John's wort may represent a deliberate inclusion of flowers within the burial. Interestingly, both of these plants are also considered to have medicinal properties."
The archaeologist added: "The presence of several different species of plant which are considered to have medicinal properties raises interesting questions: was this intentional, and was it in any way related to whatever caused the death of this individual?"
Other results of the latest research included:
Ava's remains, along with other artefacts found with her, are held in the care of Caithness Horizons museum in Thurso.
Unusually, the Bronze Age woman was buried in a pit dug into solid rock and her skull is an abnormal shape which some suggest was the result of deliberate binding.
It is believed Ava was part of a much wider European group known as the Beaker people.
Further research is to be done in an effort to shed more light on Ava and her burial.
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Delyn Labour MP David Hanson told MPs that 13-year-old George Atkinson had died when a pellet hit his head after an airgun went off accidentally.
Mr Hanson said the law should require airguns to be stored in metal gun cabinets, with trigger locks for the weapons further improving safety.
Policing Minister Brandon Lewis said he would consider the suggestions.
The teenager, from Pontblyddyn in Wales, near Mold, was playing with another boy when an air gun accidentally went off.
Mr Hanson said that the pain of that loss remained strong for the family and they wanted further tragedies to be prevented.
He said that in the last 27 years, 17 children had died as a result of airguns.
"Sadly the circumstances of George's death could be repeated today unless further action is taken," Mr Hanson said.
The MP also said that the RSPCA had reported a 49% increase in airgun attacks on animals over two years, and the charity wanted the legal age for unsupervised use of airguns to be raised from 14 to 17.
Mr Hanson said that securely locking away airguns in a metal gun cabinet when not in use, as with other firearms, would be a "small but important change" which would deter young people.
Requiring trigger locks on the weapons would further improve safety, he added.
Responding for the UK Government, Mr Lewis said that public safety was the top of his agenda, but that it was important to strike the right balance.
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"What is reasonable can and will vary according to the circumstances," Mr Lewis said.
The minister said the UK government recognised that there were legitimate uses for air weapons, such as shooting sports, but confirmed he would look again at Mr Hanson's ideas.
In Scotland it will be a criminal offence to have an air weapon without a licence or permit from 31 December 2016.
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The club is challenging a search-and-seizure order obtained by HM Revenue and Customs as part of a National Insurance fraud investigation.
A lawyer acting for the club said the warrants were "excessively wide" and other methods were available for obtaining information.
The hearing at London's High Court is expected to last two days.
In April, St James' Park - along with West Ham United's ground - was raided by HMRC in an investigation into football agents and payments made in transfer dealings between English and French clubs.
Richard Lissack QC, appearing for NUFC, told Lord Justice Beatson and Mrs Justice Whipple: "There were no reasonable grounds for believing Newcastle was engaged in suspected tax fraud."
It was also argued the legal procedures followed when the warrants were obtained at Leeds Crown Court were flawed, and no proper reasons were given.
The hearing continues.
The American top seed won 6-3 6-0 to claim the WTA title for the fifth time.
Williams also gained revenge for against Halep in the group stage.
The 33-year-old, who won her 18th Grand Slam singles title at the US Open in September, will end the year as world number one for the fourth time.
"I had to play more Serena-style tennis and just do what I do best," said Williams.
"I was expecting a much better player than I was in the earlier round. Being ready for that really was able to help me out."
Halep could have eliminated Williams in the group stage had she lost to Ana Ivanovic in straight sets, but the Romanian lost in three to throw the champion a lifeline.
"I have no regrets, because I did my job on court against Ivanovic," said Halep. "I tried to win the match. I couldn't, but I never thought that I have to lose in two sets against Ivanovic."
Both Williams and Halep were below their best in the final, which failed to live up to the American's but once she had clinched the first set there was little danger of Williams giving up her title.
She began the match in edgy fashion, having to save break point in her opening service game before being broken in her second, but Halep could not convert a chance to move 3-1 ahead and was pegged back.
With both players struggling to find any rhythm, Williams looked to have taken charge at 4-2 only to double-fault twice in handing the advantage straight back.
Halep was ranked as low as 64 in the world 18 months ago and has enjoyed an astonishing rise, but she could not reproduce the accurate hitting that took her to the French Open final in her first WTA Finals decider.
The Romanian, 23, sprayed a backhand wide to drop serve for the third time and Williams hammered down two aces on her way to serving out the set after 46 minutes.
Despite enjoying the support of much of the crowd, who were chanting "Simona! Simona!" at regular intervals, Halep could not withstand an improving Williams in the second set.
The American cut out the double-faults and attacked the Halep serve at will as she raced into a double-break lead, before a flashing forehand return made it 5-0 and prompted a victorious raised fist.
Williams lost her first championship point with a misjudged drop shot but wrapped up the win moments later, claiming her fifth WTA title 13 years after her first in Munich.
"I knew she will play better this match because she saw how I play, she saw what she has to do during the match, so she did really well today," added Halep.
Lifeboat volunteers said the man, in his 30s, jumped from about 6ft (1.8m) into murky water he thought was deeper, but hit the rocks below.
He broke his ankle and sustained cuts, but managed to swim to safety.
The RNLI administered oxygen until paramedics arrived.
Phil Missen of Porthcawl RNLI said: "This incident reminds us how dangerous jumping into water from height - or tombstoning - can be.
"Water changes depth with the tide, so the water may be shallower than it looks. Submerged items may not be visible and can cause serious injury or paralysis if you hit them.
"The water can be a lot colder than it looks so the shock of cold water may also make it difficult to swim and strong currents can sweep you away."
Ben Letham, 26, was on a solo flight near Queenstown on the South Island when he crashed on Saturday.
The professional pilot, who was originally from Lochgilphead in Argyll, came down in the grounds of a primary school.
Witnesses reported that Mr Letham, who had been flying for six years, had gone head over heels before landing on his back.
He was described by the owner of his paragliding company in New Zealand as "a really nice guy and a talented pilot".
Gavin Taylor, of GForce Paragliding, said: "Ben would have done thousands of flights at this site, both commercially and recreationally, but on this day he was flying with his own equipment using a single person wing.
"Our whole team is absolutely devastated by his death. He was a really nice guy, a talented pilot, and we're stunned to lose one of the youngest members of our team with his whole life ahead of him.
"We've lost a close colleague and friend who will be very sadly missed. Our thoughts and deepest sympathies go out to his partner, friends and family."
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office confirmed the death.
A spokesman said: "We are providing assistance to the family of a British man who sadly died in Queenstown, New Zealand."
Bilal Ahmed, of Tentercroft, Oldham, abused the vulnerable teenager when she was away from the care home.
University graduate Ahmed, 27, sexually abused the girl on two occasions during a week last September.
Two other men were also jailed at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court for abduction and facilitating abuse.
The victim told Greater Manchester Police about a "disgusting" experience she had endured with Ahmed.
The jury convicted him of two counts of child abduction and two of engaging in sexual activity with a child.
His friend Hassan Ali, 21, of no fixed address, was jailed for 12 months at an earlier hearing after he was convicted of abducting a 13-year-old boy.
Dilon Rasul, 24, of Worsley Street, Oldham, provided accommodation to Ahmed. He was jailed for two years after he was found guilty of facilitating sexual activity with a child.
A fourth man, Jubair Rahman, 23, of Waterman View, Rochdale, admitted child abduction at an earlier hearing and will be sentenced on Monday, police said.
After sentencing, Det Con Ben Harris said: "All four men befriended the children, who were extremely vulnerable and given drink and drugs.
"The offenders gained their trust before taking advantage of them to satisfy their own needs."
Neil Usher, prosecuting, told a previous court hearing that the children in the care of Rochdale Social Services - the 13-year-olds and a 15-year-old girl - went missing from separate care homes in September and October 2014.
The girls would meet each other and seek the company of older men, the court heard, staying out overnight occasionally and being given alcohol and cannabis.
On 21 September, the three teenagers caught a tram to Oldham where they arranged to meet Ali.
They were taken to a house party where the 13-year-old girl was sexually abused by Ahmed. She was abused again within a week.
The fee would have increased with add-ons and a potential sell-on clause, but the Scottish Championship club are determined to keep the striker.
Cummings, Hibs' top scorer last season with 25 goals, recently signed a new four-year contract.
And the Easter Road outfit see the 21-year-old as an integral part of their promotion challenge.
He has been part of the first team since the 2013-14 season, which ended in relegation from the top flight.
BBC Scotland has learned Hibs would not welcome any further approach from Peterborough.
"You can see why he's making the headlines, but he's our player and it'll remain that was for the foreseeable future," said Hibernian manager Neil Lennon following the 2-1 win over Falkirk.
"He's a great kid, and he's worked really hard on his fitness and I think you can see that. He could have had three or four without being disrespectful to Falkirk.
"Everyone has a price, but I would doubt a lot of clubs could match what we think of Jason at the minute."
A study of older Canadian adults found that past benzodiazepine use for three months or more was linked to an increased risk (up to 51%) of dementia.
NHS guidelines say the drugs should be used for eight to 12 weeks at most.
The French-Canadian team says while the link is not definitive, it is another warning that treatments should not exceed three months.
"Benzodiazepine use is associated with an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease," lead researcher, Sophie Billioti de Gage of the University of Bordeaux, France, and colleagues wrote in the BMJ.
"Unwarranted long-term use of these drugs should be considered as a public health concern."
The study involved about 2,000 cases of Alzheimer's disease in adults aged over 66 living in Quebec. All had been prescribed benzodiazepines.
They were compared with about 7,000 healthy people of the same age living in the same community.
While an increased risk was found in those on benzodiazepines, the nature of the link was unclear.
Dr Eric Karran, director of research at Alzheimer's Research UK, said: "This study shows an apparent link between the use of benzodiazepines and Alzheimer's disease although it's hard to know the underlying reason behind the link.
"One limitation of this study is that benzodiazepines treat symptoms such as anxiety and sleep disturbance, which may also be early indicators of Alzheimer's disease."
Prof Guy Goodwin, president of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, said the findings "could mean that the drugs cause the disease, but is more likely to mean that the drugs are being given to people who are already ill".
Dr James Pickett, head of research at the Alzheimer's Society, said with 1.5 million people in the UK being prescribed benzodiazepines at any one time, "evidence that their long-term use increases the risk of dementia is significant, and raises questions about their use".
Benzodiazepines are used to treat anxiety disorders and insomnia.
Despite published guidance on their appropriate use for short-term management, inappropriate prescribing of the drugs is still a concern.
Experts are calling for better monitoring of side-effects, particularly in older adults.
The pound soared after a survey indicated a strong rebound in manufacturing activity during August.
The pound rose 1% to $1.327 and was up nearly 1% against the euro at €1.187. The rise came after the Purchasing Managers' Index for manufacturing jumped to a 10-month high.
The compilers of the survey said the weakness of the pound following the Brexit vote had boosted exports.
However, it had also increased companies' costs.
On the stock market, shares of housebuilders were again in demand, with Berkeley Group up nearly 4%, Taylor Wimpey nearly 3% higher and Persimmon up by 2.5%.
Vodafone, GlaxoSmithKline and Shell were among the biggest fallers, all dropping by between 2% and 3% in value.
An explosion went off just after 10:30pm on Monday night as people were leaving the Manchester Arena.
Twenty-two people died and more than 50 people have been injured. Some of those involved are children.
Those who have been hurt are being looked after at local hospitals.
The Queen visited one of the hospitals, and told one girl: "I hope it doesn't take too long for you to mend."
The UK Prime Minister Theresa May has thanked the emergency services for working "tirelessly" to help people after the attack.
She said "every single one of us stands with the people of Manchester" after what happened, and that the spirit of the city "will never be broken".
The police have said the man responsible died in the attack.
A group called Islamic State have said they organised the attack, but police haven't said if that is true.
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Lots of people were given help very quickly by emergency services rushing to the area.
Around 400 police officers worked through the night.
Kal was at the Ariana Grande concert and told Jenny how the emergency services, and ordinary people, were helping.
Nearby hotels opened their doors to help people and a help centre has been set up by the police for anyone who was lost or injured.
Taxi drivers came out to work for free, to give people a lift home.
Greater Manchester Police thanked the emergency services and all the people who helped others.
Nearby hotels opened their doors to help people and a help centre has been set up by the police for anyone who was lost or injured.
Taxi drivers came out to work for free, to give people a lift home.
Greater Manchester Police thanked the emergency services and all the people who helped others.
Newsround spoke to children who go to school in Manchester about how they feel after the attack.
Prime Minister Theresa May says her thoughts are with the victims and their families.
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham said the city would "pull together".
World leaders have condemned the attack and offered their support to the people of Manchester, including US President Donald Trump, who called those responsible "evil losers".
Ariana Grande tweeted afterwards: "Broken. From the bottom of my heart, I am so so sorry. I don't have words."
Other music stars have been reacting too, Taylor Swift wrote: "My thoughts, prayers and tears for all those affected by the Manchester tragedy tonight. I'm sending my love."
And Harry Styles said: "I'm heartbroken over what happened in Manchester. Sending love to everyone involved. "
A vigil is planned at Manchester Town Hall this evening for people to come together to remember those who have died during the attack.
Schools that were due to have exams today have been told they can re-arrange them.
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The Rail, Maritime and Transport union said Piccadilly and Hammersmith & City line driver backed action over a breakdown in industrial relations.
Southern rail guards are due to walkout on the same days in a row over changes to the role of conductors.
LU called the strikes "premature" as there were talks scheduled for Friday.
The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) general secretary Mick Cash said: "The dispute on the Hammersmith & City line is about the basic issues of protecting working conditions of our members and defending agreements from attempts to drive a coach and horses through them.
"The management are out of control and the anger at their failure to follow procedures has boiled over.
"This breakdown in industrial relations should never have been allowed to happen and, if agreements and processes had been adhered to from the off, the package of issues at the heart of the dispute could have been resolved through the joint machinery.
"In the separate dispute involving drivers on the Piccadilly line, safety is again a major factor and is tied in with the ripping-up of policies and procedures and ignoring warnings from staff."
LU's Steve Griffiths said: "The announcement of strike dates is premature given that we have pre-arranged talks planned at (arbitration service) ACAS tomorrow to discuss the RMT's concerns on the Piccadilly line, and on the Hammersmith & City line we are waiting for the RMT's response to our proposals to end that dispute."
Passengers on Southern services have suffered months of delays and disruption caused by the industrial action over the introduction of Driver Only Operated trains.
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In a tight first half, it was the struggling Lions who created the best opening, but Jake Cassidy was foiled by Jake Cole in a one-on-one.
Scott Rendell did get the ball in the back of the net for Aldershot, but was adjudged to have infringed his marker.
A key moment occurred when Jake Lawlor received a second yellow card for a foul on Jake Gallagher, and was dismissed after 58 minutes.
The Shots applied constant pressure with the extra man and it was no surprise when Walker curled in the winner after 73 minutes.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Aldershot Town 1, Guiseley 0.
Second Half ends, Aldershot Town 1, Guiseley 0.
Substitution, Guiseley. Michael Rankine replaces Jake Cassidy.
Substitution, Guiseley. Oli Johnson replaces Nicky Clee.
Substitution, Guiseley. Jordan Preston replaces Adam Boyes.
Substitution, Aldershot Town. Liam Bellamy replaces Idris Kanu.
Goal! Aldershot Town 1, Guiseley 0. Charlie Walker (Aldershot Town).
Second yellow card to Jake Lawlor (Guiseley) for a bad foul.
Substitution, Aldershot Town. Iffy Allen replaces Bernard Mensah.
Second Half begins Aldershot Town 0, Guiseley 0.
First Half ends, Aldershot Town 0, Guiseley 0.
Jake Lawlor (Guiseley) is shown the yellow card.
Jake Gallagher (Aldershot Town) is shown the yellow card.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
The project includes a 100 mile-long subsea cable between Spittal in Caithness and Blackhillock in Moray.
The new transmission link could add up to 1.2 gigawatts of new renewable energy capacity to the grid.
It is being built by SSE subsidiary Scottish Hydro Electricity (SHE) Transmission.
The company is investing more than £1.1bn in the project, which is due for completion in 2018.
According to the European Investment Bank, the new link is expected to have sufficient capacity to meet the needs of about two million Scottish residents.
The laying of the subsea cable and associated onshore infrastructure works are expected to support 600 jobs during the construction phase.
SHE Transmission director David Gardner said: "This project represents the largest investment in electricity network in the north of Scotland since the hydro development era of the 1950s and we are proud to be an integral part of it; delivering value for money while reinforcing the network, allowing for the connection of new generation and providing a more resilient power supply to those who live and work in the area."
BBC Global News director Peter Horrocks said it appeared to be "deliberate censorship", adding that the BBC was complaining to the authorities.
Other major news websites were functioning as usual, and the reason for the blackout remained unclear.
Since the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the BBC's English-language site has been generally available.
However, other BBC services including its Chinese-language news website has been blocked largely since it was launched.
BBC World TV - as with all overseas broadcasters - suffers intermittent blackouts particularly when reporting China stories.
Mr Horrocks said: "The BBC provides impartial, trusted news to millions of people around the world, and attempts to censor our news services show just how important it is to get our accurate information to them."
The last time the BBC's English-language website was disrupted was during the corporation's coverage of activist Chen Guangcheng's escape from house arrest in April 2012.
The attack "spilled over from external incidents on a neighbourhood estate", a letter from Notre Dame School read.
Staff "intervened in the fight" and the student was left "shocked and bruised", head teacher Katherine White told parents.
Devon and Cornwall Police are investigating and school security has been increased for pupils' protection.
Get updates on this and other stories from Devon and Cornwall on the BBC Local Live page.
Mrs White's letter, dated Thursday 3 December, read: "Your daughters and sons may have told you about a serious incident that happened yesterday lunchtime in school."
"Three teenage female intruders came on to our site to find a particular year 11 Notre Dame student. One of the intruders physically assaulted that student just outside the basketball courts."
Mrs White said the school was "investigating the involvement of any Notre Dame student who may have instigated this recent aggression."
In a statement she told the BBC: "We have increased security measures for the protection of our pupils; in the short term this means locked gates with staff in attendance. We will be taking advice on further long term security measures this week."
"Our community was deeply shocked by the incident and we have taken serious and immediate action."
Devon and Cornwall Police spokesman said officers were called to a report of an assault at the school, at about 14:30 GMT on Wednesday.
"On arrival it was established that a 15-year-old female student had been assaulted by three girls from another school," he said.
"She was not seriously injured and police continue to investigate in conjunction with the school."
The move is part of a package of measures which state-run Xinhua news agency said would protect personal information.
But critics believe the government is trying to limit freedom of speech.
The announcement will be seen as evidence China's new leadership views the internet as a threat.
The Chinese authorities closely monitor internet content that crosses its borders and regularly block sensitive stories through use of what is known as the Great Firewall of China.
However, it has not stopped hundreds of millions of Chinese using the internet, many of them using micro-blogging sites to expose, debate and campaign on issues of national interest.
In recent months, the internet and social media have been used to orchestrate mass protests and a number of corrupt Communist Party officials have been exposed by individuals posting criticisms on the internet.
The new measures come a month after a new leadership, led by Xi Jinping, was installed by the ruling Communist Party.
The new man in charge of the internet, Liu Qibao, has a reputation for taking a hard line on media control. He recently called for "more research on how to strengthen the construction, operation and management of the Internet and promote mainstream online themes".
The new measures now formally require anyone signing agreements to access the internet, fixed-line telephone and mobile devices to provide network service operators with "genuine identification information", known as real-name registration, Xinhua reports.
Real-name registration was supposed to be have been implemented in 2011 but was not widely enforced.
China's biggest internet firm, Sina Corp, warned earlier this year in a public document that such a move would "severely reduce" traffic to its hugely-successful micro-blogging site Weibo, China's equivalent to Twitter with more than 300 million users.
Under the new rules, network service providers will also be required to "instantly stop the transmission of illegal information once it is spotted" by deleting the posts and saving the records "before reporting to supervisory authorities".
The measures are designed to "ensure internet information security, safeguard the lawful rights and interests of citizens... and safeguard national security and social public interests", and were approved by China's top legislature at the closing session of a five-day meeting on Friday, Xinhua reports.
The calls for tighter controls of the internet have been led by state media, which said that rumours spread on the web could harm the public and sow chaos and confusion.
The government has said officially that it welcomes the exposure of official abuses, but a new generation of ever bolder bloggers and commentators pose a threat that the leadership seems determined to counter, the BBC's Charles Scanlon reports.
After months of uncertainty 37-year-old Lee is hoping she will finally be able to send out her wedding invitations.
Currently the mum-of-two and her partner Anne Swift cannot be specific about the venue or the date of their ceremony.
They're holding back because on Saturday the general assembly of the United Reformed Church (URC) will decide whether same-sex marriage ceremonies can be held in its churches.
The URC has around 56,000 members in Britain, and if the motion is passed it will be the first major Christian denomination in the UK to allow such ceremonies to take place.
The motion is expected to gain the two-thirds majority it needs for approval - and church officials reckon the first weddings could take place in the autumn.
Lee, who lives in Manchester and is to begin training as a URC minister in September, is trying hard to contain her excitement.
"To be able to think that God could be involved in this ceremony for me is just overwhelming," says Lee, who is currently in a long-distance relationship with her partner Anne, who works as a doctor in Cambridge.
Lee, who was formerly in a civil partnership with someone else, says it's "completely illogical" for her to marry outside a church.
"I remember on my other wedding day it was like a major person missing out of the room," she explains.
"It didn't feel quite as it should do because there was this big part of me that was missing in the day, and so to be able to include God and have hymns is just for me a huge step forward."
The URC is not likely to be the only Christian denomination to approve gay marriages in its churches. Quakers allow gay marriages in their places of worship and clergy of some smaller congregations have been known to hold the ceremonies.
Meanwhile, the general synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church - which has about as many members as the URC - is set to make a decision on the matter next summer.
The Very Reverend Kelvin Holdsworth, the provost of St Mary's Cathedral in Glasgow, expects gay members of his congregation to tie the knot there.
"Obviously there's a sense of excitement that this could be the moment where it's going to happen," he says.
"It always used to be the case, of course, that people who couldn't get married in England would come running up to Scotland to get married at Gretna Green. And I suspect we'll get a bit of that going on."
And there stands a problem for the Church of England, whose general synod also meets this weekend, and whose 483 bishops, clergy and lay members will eject press and public for two days of private "shared conversations" about human sexuality.
The Reverend Andrew Foreshew-Cain, a gay north London vicar who flies a rainbow flag from his church's flagpole, will be taking part.
Members of the Church of England held similar shared conversations around the country over the past year - where Mr Foreshew-Cain says he wasn't always welcomed by traditionalists.
"For the most part it was a relatively comfortable experience. [But] there were some more conservative people there and that wasn't particularly comfortable," he says.
"I was told I was a false preacher and one person was unable to confirm I was a Christian at all when directly asked.
"That demonstrated for me that there is probably an absolute line in the church and some people within it think it's their way or no way, which is not, I think, ultimately going to change through these conversations," he explains.
Meanwhile, Susie Leafe, the chairwoman of a group called Reform, which aims to 'reform' the Church of England according to the Holy Scriptures, holds a different view.
She has advised fellow conservative evangelicals not to take part in those conversations.
"The Bible, which is God's word, is very, very clear, that the only place for sexual relationships is within heterosexual marriage," she says.
"That is what God blesses, and I believe that I want to stay with what God says and not what our culture says."
Somehow the Church of England's bishops will have reconcile these factions in their response to the conversations - which will come at a future synod meeting.
It will be up to the church's bishops to decide what to do about a liberal Anglican wing which is urging change.
The choice seems to be to upset its members by refusing to make concessions to them - or to upset traditionalists by doing just that.
The Rt Rev David Walker, the bishop of Manchester, describes the task as producing "order out of chaos".
"I really do hope and believe that the Church of England can get to a place where even if not absolutely every last single person can think yes that was a good place to get to, the vast majority, almost of all of us, will be able to hold together," he says.
The last big Church of England split - over women bishops - ended in 2014 when members of the synod pulled together in the name of unity and supported a complicated compromise.
There are now women bishops, but that took years to agree.
The church is prepared for difficult times ahead.
But Lee believes the Christian perception of LGBT people is changing.
"I don't think we're there yet, but I'm optimistic that we will get there. I think there has been a monumental societal shift within the LGBT community and that everybody widely accepts that this is about love," she says.
The once reclusive head of the Revolutionary Guards' elite Quds Force has emerged from a lifetime in the shadows directing covert operations abroad, to achieve almost celebrity status in Iran.
The man who, until a couple of years ago most Iranians would not have recognised on the street, is now the subject of documentaries, news reports and even pop songs.
One music video widely shared in Iran was made by Shia militia fighters in Iraq. It shows soldiers spray-painting the general's portrait on a wall and parading in front of it while stirring music plays in the background.
The general himself is currently in Salahuddin province in northern Iraq, commanding Iraqi and Shia militias as they try to recapture the city of Tikrit from Islamic State (IS).
Iran's Fars News agency has published photographs of him with the troops, and militia sources in Iraq have told BBC Persian he has been there for some time helping the Iraqis prepare for the mission.
It is not the first time Gen Soleimani has faced the jihadists.
In neighbouring Syria he is widely credited with delivering the strategy that has helped President Bashar al-Assad turn the tide against rebel forces and recapture key cities and towns.
Iran has always denied deploying boots on the ground in Syria and Iraq, but every now and then holds public funerals for security forces and "military advisers" who were killed in these two countries.
Qasem Soleimani has made a point of attending some of these ceremonies.
Iran and the United States may be arch-enemies on the ideological front, but the IS offensive in Iraq has led to indirect co-operation between the two.
It's a path Gen Soleimani has trodden before.
In 2001, Iran provided military intelligence to the US to support its invasion to overthrow the Taliban in Afghanistan, and in 2007 Washington and Tehran sent representatives to Baghdad for face-to-face talks over the deteriorating security situation there.
Back then former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki was battling spiralling sectarian violence.
In an interview for a BBC Persian documentary two years ago, former US ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker recalled the crucial behind-the-scenes role played by Gen Soleimani in the Baghdad talks.
"[Iran's ambassador to Iraq] called repeatedly for breaks," he said.
"I couldn't quite figure out why, and then later discovered that whenever I said something that he didn't have covered in his points, he would need to call back to Tehran for guidance - he was that tightly controlled. On the other end of the phone was Qasem Soleimani."
Mr Crocker also felt Gen Soleimani's influence when he served as US ambassador to Afghanistan.
"My Iranian interlocutors on Afghanistan made clear that while they kept the foreign ministry informed, ultimately it was Gen Soleimani that would make the decisions," he told the BBC.
Over the last few years, Gen Soleimani's role in Iran's foreign affairs has become more public.
He is no longer the hidden figure at the end of the phone line.
These days he is the proud face of Iran, the go-to man when a crisis happens.
Last month at the prestigious Fajr Film Festival in Tehran one of the winners dedicated his award to Gen Soleimani.
It was even announced that he would be one of the supervisors in the production of a new film Iran is making about his old adversary Saddam Hussein.
But not everyone is happy about the general's meteoric rise.
In December 2014 at the Manama Dialogue security summit, there was a sharp exchange of views between Canadian and Iranian participants over the role of Gen Soleimani.
Canada's then-foreign minister, John Baird, branded him an "agent of terror in the region disguised as a hero" fighting IS.
Iran's former nuclear negotiator Hassan Mousavian rose to the defence, accusing the minister of "spending time in palaces and luxury hotels while General Soleimani has risked his life to fight against IS terrorists".
Inside Iran a campaign has started among conservative bloggers for Gen Soleimani to go into politics. They have dubbed him Iran's most honest and least corrupt politician and are calling for him to put his uniform aside and stand for president in 2017.
Even the first deputy speaker of the Iranian Parliament has lent his support.
"His political analysis is no less than the Iranian Supreme Leader or Hassan Nasrallah, head of the Lebanese Hezbollah," said Mohammad-Reza Bahonar three months ago.
But not all Iranians share the enthusiasm.
Some political activists are deeply worried at the prospect of the Revolutionary Guards taking control of the presidential palace.
They point to Egypt where the military have reasserted control, warning that the general now fighting Islamic State could turn out to be the "al-Sisi" of Iran.
Everton midfielder Ross Barkley impressed in the middle of the park for the hosts, striker Harry Kane failed to score, while defender Gary Cahill captained England for the first time.
So how did England's players fare overall? Chief football writer Phil McNulty runs the rule over those on duty.
Barely in action. Has had plenty of quiet matches in this Euro 2016 campaign - might have been a night for Jack Butland to get a taste of the action.
Had plenty of time to get forward and deliver some crosses but actually had a fairly quiet game. Barely needed defensively.
Useful outing for the Southampton defender but very much down the pecking order of England left-backs. Competent.
Not much to do but elegant on the ball and one excellent clearance that could easily have been an own goal with poor technique.
Solid in defence but once again a night where he was never fully tested by an average Estonia side.
Tireless as ever but restricted by his role as a holding midfield player. Hodgson's Mr Reliable.
A dazzling, unpredictable talent. Still has flaws in decision-making but a real England game-changer and superb pass for Theo Walcott's goal.
Busy without making a serious impact on the game. Did not do enough to suggest he will be a starter when it matters.
Good night for the Arsenal striker as he got on the scoresheet. An increasingly reliable performer and offers England pace and adaptability.
Quiet night for the Spurs striker but has proved before he can get goals for England.
Good performance. Busy and showed real pace. Good for his confidence to get on the scoresheet with a simple late finish.
Very quiet cameo.
No rating but on long enough to set Sterling's goal up with a very unselfish pass.
A pointless substitution on Alli's debut.
Gayle was speaking to journalist Mel McLaughlin during a Big Bash League T20 match in Hobart on Monday.
"To see your eyes for the first time is nice. Hopefully we can have a drink afterwards. Don't blush baby," he said.
Gayle has said he is sorry, but that the reaction was "out of proportion".
Apparently making light of the episode, the cricketer later tweeted a photo of an empty bed, saying he was tired.
He then said his teammate Dwayne Bravo was buying him a meal because his "pockets were empty".
He also retweeted a comment from broadcaster and cricket fan Piers Morgan, who said he was "outraged at the outrage" at Gayle being "a bit cheeky to a female TV reporter".
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Gayle was answering questions from Network Ten's McLaughlin after a match when he made the remark, which was widely condemned as sexist.
The former West Indies Test captain told reporters on Tuesday: "There wasn't anything meant to be disrespectful or offensive to Mel. If she felt that way, I'm really sorry for that.
"It was a simple joke. The game was going on. Entertainment, things get out of proportion but these things happen."
McLaughlin has said his date request was "a little bit disappointing because I'm not used to seeing that".
"I don't really want to be the subject of such conversations," she told her network.
Cricket Australia boss James Sutherland said Gayle's comments could be equated with workplace harassment.
"It's not a nightclub, and I think one of the things that perhaps hasn't dawned on everyone is it's actually a workplace," he said.
Fox Sports reporter Neroli Meadows told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. that Gayle had said similar things to her and several other female reporters.
"He does this constantly... He has creepy behaviour and the way he did it to Mel was just that, and Mel knew it was going to happen," she said.
Chris Rogers, Gayle's former captain at Sydney Thunder, accused him of being a bad influence on younger players.
"This is a pattern of behaviour. If you know the guy, you see it over and over," said Rogers.
"It's not just him, there's a lot of this stuff in the sporting industry, and to defend it is not right at all."
The Melbourne Renegades said his comments were "completely inappropriate and disrespectful" and apologised to McLaughlin and to the public.
"Mel is an outstanding sports presenter," said Renegades chief executive Stuart Coventry. "We think of her very highly and the club and players will ensure we work with her in a professional and respectful manner in future."
"We've had several discussions with Chris over the past day and he has acknowledged that his comments were out of line," he said.
The A$10,000 fine will be donated to the McGrath Foundation, a breast cancer charity.
Network Ten Head of Sport David Barham said Gayle would no longer wear an on-field microphone or helmet-cam during live broadcasts.
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Jason Thomson (Raith Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Jason Thomson (Raith Rovers).
Jordan Marshall (Queen of the South) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Andy Dowie (Queen of the South) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Ross Callachan (Raith Rovers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Andy Dowie (Queen of the South).
Corner, Raith Rovers. Conceded by Andy Dowie.
Jason Thomson (Raith Rovers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Jordan Marshall (Queen of the South).
Attempt saved. Joseph Thomson (Queen of the South) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Ross Callachan (Raith Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jordan Marshall (Queen of the South).
Goal! Raith Rovers 1, Queen of the South 0. Ryan Hardie (Raith Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jason Thomson.
Attempt missed. Ross Callachan (Raith Rovers) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Foul by Declan McManus (Raith Rovers).
Darren Brownlie (Queen of the South) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Jean-Yves Mvoto (Raith Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Derek Lyle (Queen of the South).
Corner, Queen of the South. Conceded by Kyle Benedictus.
Corner, Queen of the South. Conceded by Ross Matthews.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Two tries from Mahe Fonua helped Hull take an early 18-0 lead before Liam Watts was controversially sent off for a high tackle on Luke Gale.
Tigers went in 20-14 behind at the break through Greg Minikin, Ben Roberts and Michael Shenton scores.
Roberts crossed again, but Carlos Tuimavave's try in the corner gave Hull back-to-back victories.
Mike McMeeken scored on the hooter for Cas, who missed the chance to extend their lead at the top of the table over Leeds, with the Rhinos in Challenge Cup action on Friday.
Prop Scott Taylor had put Hull on the board after great work from Albert Kelly and Fonua scored twice in the corner to give the hosts a real chance of victory, but Watts' dismissal changed the complexion of the game.
Less than one minute after Hull went down to 12 men, the Tigers scored their first try when Minikin rode the tackle of Sneyd for his 11th of the season.
Roberts then went over from close range for the Tigers after a break from Greg Eden, and Roberts' dash of his own allowed Shenton to score, after which Paul McShane scored the first of just two successful conversion attempts by his team.
Sneyd scored penalty goals either side of the break as Hull held out until the 58th minute, when Roberts' second brought them to within four points.
But Hull's defence continued to graft, forcing Junior Moors and McShane into errors on the try line, before Steve Michaels won a kick in the air, got the ball away to Tuimavave and he scored in the corner to make it 26-18.
McMeeken crossed too late to make a real difference for Cas, who could look back in frustration at their missed conversions.
Hull FC coach Lee Radford: "We're not making a big deal out of this win. We've been good, not great, but the time to be great is at the end of the season, like Wigan showed last season.
"We're not far away at all and when the big fixtures come we need to be ready.
"Until Liam's sending off we were well on top. I saw that in a different performance after we went down to 12 men, which was an unbelievable effort.
"I could sense confidence at half-time and we came up with try savers - and that builds more confidence."
Castleford coach Daryl Powell: "It was still doable, but we panicked. Hull were superb and started like a house on fire and we were nowhere to be seen, which was disappointing.
"When they went down to 12 men, we spoke about being calm - but they kept us out. I'm not taking anything away from Hull as it was a tremendous effort.
"To lose Gale was a blow and we lost some clarity as we couldn't get our combinations together and we made too many errors."
Hull FC: Shaul; Fonua, Tuimavave, Connor, Michaels; Kelly, Sneyd; Taylor, Washbrook, Watts, Manu, Minichiello, Ellis.
Replacements: Fash, Green, Thompson, Turgut.
Castleford: Hardaker; Minikin, Webster, Shenton, Eden; Roberts, Gale; Lynch, McShane, Springer, Holmes, McMeeken, Milner.
Replacements: Millington, Sene-Lefao, Moors, Monaghan.
Referee: Robert Hicks
Attendances at recent Ghana home games have been poor with fans perceiving the players are focused only on money rather than representing their country.
High-profile rows over players' bonuses have erupted regularly in recent years.
They damaged Ghana's preparations for the Africa Cup of Nations in 2012 and 2013, and at the 2014 World Cup the players threatened to boycott training before the Ghana Football Association flew $3m in cash out to the squad in Brazil to resolve the situation.
Ayew is aware there is work to be done to repair the relationship with the fans but feels some of the problems stem from some media reports, which he insists do not always accurately portray the players' attitudes.
"The players have always given 100%," Ayew told BBC Sport. "I don't blame our people in Ghana if they are not sure about that because that's the story they are told, it is the image that some people want to create about us.
We have the Nations Cup plus the World cup qualifiers so everybody needs to be focused and especially consistent
"But I always said if we are going to give our explanation and wait for people's speculation we are never going to get over this.
"We should just put it behind us and move forward because we, the players, love the country the same way the fans love the country.
"The players want to keep making the country proud and the only way we can do that is when we see the fans backing us.
"We want a return to the days when teams like Zambia and Egypt came to our home, saw the crowd and their passion and they knew they could not beat us because our supporters were with us."
The 26-year-old, who has played 67 times and scored 11 goals for the Black Stars, believes a new-found unity is required to help the team reach their fourth successive World Cup finals.
Ghana have been drawn in qualification Group E alongside Egypt, Congo and Uganda. Only the five group winners make it to the finals in Russia.
"We should be very careful because it's a very tough group," added Ayew, who plays his club football for English Premier League side Swansea.
"Uganda beat us and drew with us in the 2014 Nations Cup qualifying campaign. Congo are a good team especially at their home and away from home they can be dangerous on the counter-attack. Egypt are of the best African teams - like Ghana, Nigeria and Algeria.
"So it is a very difficult group and in football you cannot underestimate any team."
Ghana's qualification campaign begins in October but Ayew wants to ensure it is not their sole focus.
The 2017 Africa Cup of Nations begins in January in Gabon and the Black Stars are aiming to win the tournament for the first time since 1978.
"We don't have to jump steps. I think right now what is most important is the Nations Cup," said Ayew, the 2011 BBC African Footballer of the Year.
"Afterwards we will try to qualify for the World Cup and we will see what happens."
The pair, aged 25 and 32, were detained after officers searched a number of properties in the area.
The men are being held on suspicion of the preparation, commission or instigation of terrorist-related offences.
Their arrests are part of an ongoing investigation and there is no immediate threat to the public, the force said.
Under terrorism legislation officers have an initial 48 hours to question the suspects before charging, releasing or applying for a warrant of further detention.
Police were called after reports of a disturbance at a property in Hickling Road, Ilford, on Saturday night.
Florin Onea, 49, was taken to hospital with a stab wound and died on Monday.
Officers arrested a 34-year-old man at the scene, who was charged with GBH with intent to kill.
Detectives have begun a murder investigation.
Mr Onea's next of kin has been informed.
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) said it was "a unique strategic opportunity" to hold the event in the United States for the first time.
IAAF chief Lamine Diack said the decision was taken "in the interest of the global development of our sport".
Eugene missed out on the 2019 event.
Doha in Qatar was awarded that championships, but a recent presentation to the IAAF persuaded the governing body the American city is capable of staging a major event.
Diack added: "In granting the championships to Eugene the IAAF Council have made a clear choice on a strategic decision that enables us to take advantage of a unique opportunity that may never arise again.
"It will see public authorities, the private sector, the national Olympic Committee, NBC and a particularly enthusiastic public joining forces."
Eugene has strong links to sportswear giant Nike.
The company's co-founder Phil Knight - the 35th-richest person in the world - attended the University of Oregon in the city and has helped fund buildings at the campus. Nike's other co-founder, Bill Bowerman, was an athletics coach at the university.
Nike also sponsors the city's IAAF Prefontaine Classic, which is part of the Diamond League calendar.
The 2007 World Championships, held in Osaka, Japan, were also awarded without a bidding process.
Visually impaired skier Gallagher, who won gold at Sochi 2014, was testing the course on Monday with guide Gary Smith.
Organisers had altered the course after concerns were raised about the jump section where the 31-year-old crashed.
Gallagher landed her jump, but slid into netting, which caused the injury.
The Briton received treatment on the mountain before being airlifted to a local hospital, where she spent the night.
Speaking prior to the incident, Gallagher's team-mate Millie Knight told BBC Sport the conditions were "fantastic" and that the course was "amazing".
However, the Northern Irish skier's crash was preceded by another involving five-time Paralympic champion Henrieta Farkasova.
In a statement, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said that all athletes and coaches had inspected the course beforehand and that it was only after the crashes that concerns were raised.
"World Para Alpine Skiing takes the safety of athletes very seriously," said an IPC spokesperson.
"Following the feedback the jump was removed and another inspection by both the coaches and the athletes was carried out before training resumed.
"We wish Kelly a speedy recovery and hope she can return to competition very soon."
Knight and the other remaining British competitor Menna Fitzpatrick will be joined in the opening downhill and SuperG speed events by James Whitley, who competes in the men's standing class.
Each will then race in the final three technical events along with another British standing skier, Matt Short.
The World Para Alpine skiing championships, which run from 25-31 January, are the final major event for athletes in the sport ahead of next year's Winter Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
It starts on Wednesday with over 130 skiers from 30 nations competing.
Baverstock Academy, in Druids Heath, Birmingham, sent out a letter six weeks ago informing families of new rules making plain black shoes compulsory.
Parents said the expulsions were harsh and confusing, but the headteacher said they should have been aware of changes.
The school would not say how many pupils were sent home, but one parent reported a number in the hundreds.
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Sharon Manders, from Kings Norton, whose daughter Holly was one of the pupils affected, said cracking down on uniform should not be a target for the school which is in special measures.
"With the school going through all the problems as it is I don't think that footwear should be a priority," she said.
"I think it's a bit hypocritical when it's the school failing and not the children."
Anne-Marie Alder, from Druids Heath, had two of her four children sent home, with a third kept in an isolation unit from other pupils while she sat exams.
She said the "ridiculous" decision had led to "chaotic" scenes and about 300 children being sent home.
"The new headteacher's not even a permanent member of staff, but she's coming in and banning everything halfway through the year," she said.
"I said at a meeting I had no problem with it happening in September, but it's too disruptive doing it now because it's not fair on parents."
Defending the school's actions, interim executive principal Sylvia Thomas said enough notice of the changes had been given, adding parents had given their support to her over the new rules.
"We subscribe to a set of traditional values here at The Baverstock Academy which include a clear dress code for all, expectations of good attendance and punctuality and of course courtesy and respect," she said.
The R&B star was not at his home at the time of robbery, which took place in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Officials said the suspects, who were armed with handguns, got away from the Tarzana property with an unknown amount of money and some personal items.
Brown or his representatives have yet to comment on the matter.
According to reports, the 26-year-old was at a nightclub at the time of the incident.
It marks the second home invasion that Brown, the former boyfriend of pop star Rihanna, has suffered in recent months.
In May, he came home to another property to find a woman had allegedly broken in, cooked several meals and written "I love you" on walls.
Amira Ayeb, 21, subsequently pleaded not guilty to first-degree residential burglary, stalking and vandalism.
Officers said a man got on the 19:55 Helensburgh Central to Edinburgh service on Sunday 2 October and started to use his phone.
He went on to make comments about a nearby passenger which other people on the train perceived to be racist.
There was then an exchange of words between another male passenger and the man, who left the service at Carntyne station at 20:52.
The man, who boarded the train in Helensburgh, was white, aged between 55 and 65, with receding grey hair. He was wearing a green jacket, blue jeans and a grey checked shirt.
British Transport Police (BTP) officers are appealing for anyone with information to come forward.
PC Mark Harrington said: "We would like to find out a bit more about what happened on the service as we know there was some kind of altercation between passengers following a phone call made by this man.
"We know other passengers were watching the incident and so may have crucial information."
Two 13-year-old boys, a 16-year-old boy and a 24-year-old man were charged with violent disorder after an incident on 20 October.
A 17-year-old girl and a 20-year-old man were charged with breaching a dispersal order.
The order will remain in place this weekend and extra patrols will take place across Newport, police said.
The 24-year-old was remanded to appear in court on Saturday, while the three boys were bailed until 22 November.
The 17-year-old girl was bailed until 10 November and the 20-year-old man until 8 November.
Officers said they were still reviewing CCTV and asking for information about anyone involved.
The US Episcopal Church - which has an openly gay bishop - is to be barred from Anglican decision-making bodies.
Rhondda MP Chris Bryant said the church's stance on homosexuality would one day be seen to be as wrong as its 19th Century support for slavery.
He said Jesus preached peace and understanding, not hatred and division.
Anglican leaders from all over the world have been meeting in Canterbury to try to heal deep rifts within the church over issues such as same-sex marriage and gay clerics.
Bishops in African countries such as Uganda and Kenya oppose the more liberal stance on homosexuality taken by some churches in the west.
A statement issued on Thursday acknowledged "deep differences" over the understanding of marriage, but said the Episcopal Church's approval of gay marriage was "a fundamental departure from the faith and teaching" of the majority of Anglicans.
Before the meeting, more than 100 senior Anglicans had urged the Church of England to repent for "discriminating" against lesbian and gay Christians in an open letter.
Mr Bryant, a former curate and youth chaplain, later tweeted: "I've finally given up on Anglican church today after its love-empty decision on sexuality. One day it will seem wrong as supporting slavery."
Speaking to BBC Wales, he added: "The whole point of the Anglican communion is that we agree in the autonomy of its churches.
"I think we've behaved disgracefully to the American church.
"This is the established Church of England taking a stance against homosexuality.
"Ironically the Church in Wales is much more liberal on this issue.
"Church leaders should read the Bible - Jesus's message was not one of hatred and division, but one of peace and understanding."
Resuming on 36-2, the visitors were in trouble when Dawid Malan and Paul Stirling fell to leave them on 79-4.
But important knocks from Nick Compton (49), Ryan Higgins (45) and John Simpson (40) put Middlesex back on top.
Warwickshire hit back to reduce their opponents from 170-5 to 227-9, before Tim Murtagh hit the winning runs.
The result means the Bears are still without a win in the Championship this season, and they are 37 points adrift of safety at the bottom of the table with six games left to play.
Middlesex's victory takes the reigning county champions 30 points above the relegation places in Division One.
Swedish firm Minesto is fixing underwater energy "kites" in the sea off Holyhead to power 8,000 households.
It now wants to boost the size of the scheme from 10 to 80 MW (megawatts) so it can halve the cost of energy produced.
The Marine Management Organisation and Natural Resources Wales have been asked to approve the move.
Minesto's chief executive Dr Martin Edlund called it a "substantial scale-up" of the original plan that is due to be partly operational later this year.
The company said it has created 15 full-time jobs to date in Holyhead, and now aims to develop the site into an assembly and export hub for Minesto's international market expansion.
Economy Secretary Ken Skates AM said: "I am delighted by Minesto's progress and their commitment to make Anglesey their main technology deployment and trading hub and I welcome their ambitious plans to grow their business in Wales."
The technology uses tidal currents to force water through a turbine as the underwater kites "fly" through the sea.
But the firm's chief operating officer, in an interview for BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, said the first step is to "start paying women well".
She chose Beyonce's empowering Run The World (Girls) as her first song.
She said: "We start telling little girls not to lead at a really young age and we start to tell boys [to] lead at a very young age. That is a mistake."
"I believe everyone has inside them the ability to lead and we should let people chose that not based on their gender but on who they are and who they want to be."
In an emotional interview, Ms Sandberg also spoke of the sudden death of her husband in 2015 and the effect on her two young children.
"I didn't know anyone could cry this much," she said.
Ms Sandberg made headlines in 2013 with her book "Lean in" about female empowerment in the workplace.
It became a worldwide bestseller, but was criticised by some for being elitist and unrealistic for many women not in her privileged position.
In the interview, she also called for more to be done around the gender pay gap between men and women.
Ms Sandberg admitted she had struggled with self-doubt at Harvard and recognised that women more than men underestimated their own worth, preventing them from putting themselves forward or asking for a pay rise.
"We need to start paying women well and we need the public and the corporate policy to get there," she said.
"Certainly, women applying for jobs at the same rate as men, women running for office at the same rate as men, that has got to be part of the answer."
Following the sudden death of her husband Dave Goldberg, Ms Sandberg described herself a "different" person now.
She found him on the floor of a gym with a head injury after he had suffered a heart attack whilst they were on a weekend away.
Sometimes tearful, she said: "I'm sadder. I didn't know anyone could cry this much. I asked my sister - she is a doctor - and she said the majority of your body is water," she joked.
She chose One by U2 as the record she would keep if the other seven were washed away because Mr Goldberg had loved the band, adding that music had been incredibly important to them both - her husband was the founder of online music site, Launch Media.
Another of her eight tracks was Queen's You're My Best Friend in tribute to her group of close female friends whom she said helped support her through the ordeal.
Since his death, Ms Sandberg said she had become more empathetic and, at Facebook, doubled the amount of time Facebook employees can take off when an immediate family member dies to 20 days.
She said it was also important to support people and build their confidence if they wanted to come into work.
"I offer people time off, I say can we take that project off you, but when they want to be at work, let them.
"Sometimes for me, the memories of Dave are everywhere, but they are worse at home by far, so for me getting out of the house and having something else to do that was a lifeline.
"I have heard that from many people who have lost a spouse and children."
She said it was impossible to look ahead 10 years, but she wanted her husband's legacy to be one of "life, hope and joy".
When asked about her meeting with the Home Secretary Amber Rudd to discuss what Facebook was doing to fight terrorism, she said they were "aligned" in their aims.
"Complicated conversations" with governments about encrypted messages on WhatsApp, the social messaging platform that Facebook owns, were also continuing, she said.
Following the Westminster terror attack on 22 March, Ms Rudd wanted the police to have access to encrypted WhatsApp messages that suspects had sent each other.
Ms Sandberg's chosen book was the science fantasy novel "A Wrinkle in Time" written by American writer Madeleine L'Engle, because she said it was a triumph of "light against darkness," and her luxury was a journal.
President Obama is also close to expanding US air strikes against IS after seeking support from several EU allies, according to US officials.
Last week the UN said urgent action was needed to stop a massacre in Amerli.
The Iraqi town is at risk of falling into the hands of IS, who now control large swathes of Iraq and Syria.
The majority of Amerli's residents are Shia Turkmen, who are seen as apostates by IS.
It has been surrounded by IS fighters for two months and the UN says residents have no electricity or drinking water, and are running out of food and medical supplies.
About 12,000 to 15,000 people are estimated to be in the town, which is 170km (105 miles) north of Baghdad and sits in territory controlled by the Kurdish authorities.
Iraqi troops are said to be preparing to attempt to break the siege and several air strikes by Iraqi aircraft were reported in the area on Wednesday.
Three US defence officials, speaking on condition of anonymity to the AP news agency, said a US aid mission was under consideration but a timetable was not yet clear.
If President Obama authorises the aid drops it would be the second recent humanitarian intervention by US forces in Iraq.
Earlier this month, US planes dropped food and water to thousands of Yazidis stranded on Mount Sinjar in northern Iraq after IS fighters surrounded them.
But the US called off a planned rescue mission after a Special Forces team sent to the area said the number of those stranded was far lower than thought.
However, UK newspaper The Guardian said satellite imagery shows that around 2,000 Yazidis remain stranded on Mount Sinjar despite the US claiming that the siege was over on 14 August.
Salim Hassan, a Yazidi still on Mount Sinjar, told the newspaper that they "need weapons now more than food or water" to protect themselves from IS fighters.
His comments were echoed by Iraqi President Fuad Masum in an interview with BBC Arabic, who said his country's armed forces need more sophisticated weapons to defeat the extremist group.
On Wednesday, the Czech government approved supplying about $2 million (??1.2m) worth of ammunition and hand grenades to Kurdish forces, transported to Iraq by US forces.
Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Germany's government would make a decision by Sunday about what military aid it would send to Iraq.
Islamic State's advance across Iraq has displaced about 1.2 million people, with many flooding into Iraqi Kurdistan.
The BBC's Jim Muir in Irbil says the region is struggling to cope with the sudden influx amid the blistering heat of summer, with daytime temperatures above 45C (113F).
UK International Development Secretary Justine Greening visited one refugee camp in Kurdistan on Wednesday and said Britain "can do more, and will do more".
She announced an additional ??10 million ($16.5m) of emergency aid, bringing the UK's total relief package for displaced Iraqis to ??23 million ($38m).
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US employers added 235,000 jobs in February, exceeding forecasts of about 200,000.
Analysts said the buoyant employment figures made an increase in US interest rates almost inevitable.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average 0.2% to 20,902.98 points, while the S&P 500 gained 0.3% to 2,372.60 and the Nasdaq Composite was up 0.4% at 5,861.72.
The jobs data virtually guarantees higher interest rates "barring an asteroid strike on Washington", said Ian Shepherdson of Pantheon Macroeconomics.
The futures market for the key Federal fund interest rate puts the likelihood of a rate rise at between 98% and 100%, according to Bloomberg data.
However, stock indexes ended lower for the week, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq breaking a six-week streak of gains.
Jeffrey Kravetz, regional investment director at the Private Client Reserve of U.S. Bank, said the markets had already expected jobs growth to be strong in February.
"The reaction is not huge because the market was expecting a good number," he said.
Analysts also pointed to oil prices, which continued their recent slide, as weighing on investor sentiment.
Brent crude dropped 1.7% to $51.31 a barrel, while West Texas fell 1.8% to $48.38 a barrel.
She won the "excellence in fantasy film" prize for Mad Max: Fury Road.
Beavan, who previously won an Oscar in 1987, is also nominated for an Academy Award for her work on the Mad Max film.
Fry's comments on Beavan's choice of outfit after she won the best costume prize at the Baftas led to criticism on social media.
He told the audience at the ceremony: "Only one of the great cinematic costume designers would come to an awards ceremony dressed as a bag lady."
The former QI host, who had been presenting the show, later tweeted a picture of the pair and said she was a "dear friend" and had "got" the joke.
He has since left Twitter, saying the "fun is over".
If Beavan - who was presented with her award by British actress Kate Beckinsale - wins the Oscar this weekend, it would add to the statuette she was awarded for her work on period drama A Room with a View.
Jenny Eagan received the guild's contemporary film prize for Netflix drama Beasts of No Nation at the annual awards, while the "excellence in period film" award went to Paco Delgado for The Danish Girl.
Actress Cate Blanchett and director Quentin Tarantino were among the non-fashion designers recognised at Tuesday's event, held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.
Blanchett was given the Lacoste Spotlight Award, presented by costume designer Sandy Powell - with whom she worked on Carol, The Aviator and Cinderella.
Tarantino took home the distinguished collaborator award "in recognition of his creative partnerships with costume designers", the awards organisers said. His co-stars in The Hateful Eight, Kurt Russell and Jennifer Jason Leigh, presented the award.
Costume designer Ellen Mirojnick, who has worked on Wall Street, Basic Instinct and Behind the Candelabra, was awarded the career achievement award, with the distinguished service award given to Edwina Pellikka, "for her dedication to the craft and art of design".
Other awards went to Lou Eyrich for American Horror Story: Hotel, which won the outstanding contemporary television series award; Mirojnick for The Knick, for outstanding period television series; Michele Clapton for Game of Thrones, which won the outstanding fantasy television series award and Julie Vogel took home the excellence in short form design prize.
Zack Davies, from Mold, was arrested at the store and will appear at Wrexham Magistrates' Court later.
North Wales Police said the attack in Mold had left a 24-year-old man from Yorkshire with life-changing injuries.
Det Ch Insp Alun Oldfield said the victim and his family were being supported by specialist family liaison officers.
He said: "We are encouraged by the large number of witnesses who have so far come forward to help us build a complete picture of what took place. However, if others can also assist I'd ask they contact police."
The incident happened on Wednesday. The supermarket and its petrol station reopened the following morning.
Police say they are treating the incident as racially motivated.
Margaret Deacon, 67, died at the scene of the accident which happened at 11:15 on Saturday.
The crash involved a white Renault Traffic van and a white Mercedes Sprinter van.
Ms Deacon was a passenger in the Mercedes van. Another passenger, a 42-year-old woman from Kirkcolm, is being treated in Dumfries Infirmary.
She is understood to have a serious head injury.
A full crash investigation was carried out at the time.
Sgt Billy Broatch has appealed for anyone who may have been on the road at the time and may have information to contact police.
Mr Johnson, who is also a Conservative MP, was involved in an altercation at traffic lights in the footage obtained by the Sun.
A source close to the mayor told BBC political correspondent Ross Hawkins it was "a colourful choice of language" .
But the source added: "He was giving as good as he got to a guy who heckles him regularly."
It is understood the incident took place over a week ago.
The general secretary of the Licensed Taxi Drivers' Association, Steve McNamara, said: "This was an incident between two grown men.
"No children were about and no-one was offended. It's a bit of a storm in the tea-cup."
Behind this incident is a dispute that has been simmering for months.
The black cab trade blame London Mayor Boris Johnson and Transport for London for failing to do enough to protect them.
Cabbies say the rise of minicab phone apps - in particular Uber - and the increase in illegal minicab touting is putting them out of business.
Cabbies are unhappy that Uber uses a mobile app to work out the cost of journeys. They argue this is the same as a taxi meter, which only black cabs are legally entitled to use in London.
There have been protests on the roads and at City Hall - and radio phone-ins are inundated with aggrieved taxi drivers.
Now the mayor is talking about putting a cap on the number of minicab drivers in London.
But the relationship between some black cabbies and Mr Johnson is looking increasingly strained.
Ben Garnham, 37, was left motionless on the floor after a clown landed on his head and said he was lucky not to have been paralysed.
He suffered a cut head, swollen face and a headache and was taken to hospital after the accident at Circus Zyair's show in Blackwood, Caerphilly county, on Monday.
The circus has been asked to comment.
Mr Garnham, of Cefn Fforest, Blackwood, went to the circus with two of his three daughters, Jade and Amber, and Jade's fiancee, Lauren.
He was picked out of the crowd by the clown, Ben Coles, to take part in the show.
The clown asked Mr Garnham to grab his legs before appearing to attempt a back flip, but landed on top of him and knocked the self-employed DJ out.
Three other circus staff then rushed over and carried an unconscious Mr Garnham out of the ring.
He said: "I was very lucky. I could have died or been paralysed.
"I don't blame the clown. What I was upset about was the way I was carried off. I was manhandled when I could have been seriously injured."
He said the circus had offered to refund his family for their tickets and a free visit when it visits Carmarthen on Saturday - which he hopes to go to.
Plateau United Feeders were 79-0 victors over Akurba FC while Police Machine FC demolished Bubayaro FC 67-0.
"It is unacceptable - a scandal of huge proportions," said Muke Umeh, chairman of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) Organising Committee.
"The teams are suspended indefinitely, pending further sanctions."
Plateau United Feeders and Police Machine went into the matches level on points, with promotion to the lowest tier of the Nationwide League Division at stake.
Feeders scored 72 of their goals in the second half, while Police Machine reportedly scored 61 times after the break in their game.
The results meant that Plateau edged above Police Machine on goal difference.
Umeh added: "We will investigate this matter thoroughly and get to the bottom of it."
The NFF's director of competitions, Dr Mohammed Sanusi, gave assurances that the Organising Committee would hand out severe sanctions on all persons and institutions indicted by the investigation.
"The teams involved, their players and officials, match officials, coordinator and anyone found to have played some role in this despicable matter would be severely dealt with," Sanusi said.
Evans, 25, signed for German side Bayern in July 2015 from Bundesliga rivals Turbine Potsdam, who she joined from Glasgow City in 2012.
The former St Johnstone trainee has won 48 caps for Scotland, scoring 12 goals, and is part of their Euro 2017 squad.
"She has played at the top level for many years now and she joins us from a strong side," manager Pedro Martinez Losa told the club website.
Evans won the women's Bundesliga with Bayern in her first season at the club, in 2015-16. They finished runners-up to Wolfsburg last season.
Details of the length of her Arsenal contract have not been disclosed.
Tries from Kotaro Matsushima and Yoshikazu Fujita helped them into an 18-8 half-time lead, with Takudzwa Ngwenya crossing for the US.
Amanaki Mafi burst through for Japan's third try before Chris Wyles crossed to give the United States hope.
But Goromaru's third penalty late in the game gave Japan a clear lead.
After their thrilling opening win against South Africa, Japan went on to add the scalps of Samoa and the US, but their heavy defeat by Scotland left them third in the group, and they miss out on a place in the last eight.
The Eagles finish having lost all four of their matches.
Japan, who left Kingsholm to a standing ovation after a lap of honour, host the competition in four years' time and will go into that tournament buoyed by an excellent World Cup on English soil.
They had only ever won one match at a World Cup before, and their three victories in England represent a significant improvement.
Japan are the first non-tier-one team to win three matches at a single Rugby World Cup.
Full-back Ayumu Goromaru is the first player to score more than 50 points in a single RWC campaign for Japan. At the end of the pool stage, only Greig Laidlaw (60) has scored more than him in 2015 (58).
Eric Fry became the seventh player to get a yellow card for the USA in a RWC match.
Japan's win brought to an end a highly-competitive and entertaining pool stage. The quarter-finalists are now known as the 2015 tournament reaches the business end.
USA: Chris Wyles; Takudzwa Ngwenya, Seamus Kelly, Thretton Palamo, Zach Test, AJ MacGinty, Mike Petri; Eric Fry, Zach Fenoglio, Titi Lamositele, Hayden Smith, Greg Peterson, Al McFarland, Andrew Durutalo, Samu Manoa.
Replacements: Phil Thiel Thiel for Fenoglio (63), Cam Dolan for Smith (31), John Quill for Peterson (77).
Japan: Ayumu Goromaru; Yoshikazu Fujita, Harumichi Tatekawa, Craig Wing, Kotaro Matsushima, Kosei Ono, Fumiaki Tanaka; Keita Inagaki, Shota Horie, Hiroshi Yamashita, Luke Thompson, Justin Ives, Michael Leitch, Michael Broadhurst, Ryu Koliniasi Holani.
Replacements: Karne Hesketh for H. Ono (73), Masataka Mikami for Inagaki (59), Takeshi Kizu for Horie (77), Kensuke Hatakeyama for Yamashita (41), Shinya Makabe for Ives (68), Hendrik Tui for Broadhurst (73), Lelei Mafi for Holani (41).
Attendance: 14,578
Referee: Glen Jackson (New Zealand)
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Late-stage disease is found in about 25% of black African and 22% of black Caribbean breast cancer patients.
In white breast cancer patients, the figure is 13%.
Experts say there are many reasons for this. Vital ones to change are low awareness of symptoms and screening.
According to Cancer Research UK, black women are less likely than white women to go for a mammogram when invited by the NHS.
Spotting cancer early is important because the sooner it can be treated, the better the outcome.
A support group in Leeds helps women of black African and Caribbean descent who have either had breast cancer themselves or have loved ones who have.
One woman there told the BBC: "A lot of us black people bury our head in the sand. 'Oh, me, well, I don't need to go, there's nothing wrong with me.'"
Another said: "I find a lot of people, they'll find out something is wrong but they keep it to themselves and they're praying. They're praying that God will heal them."
Heather Nelson, who works for BME Cancer Voice, said: "Women, especially women of colour, are less likely to go for screening.
"You'll get leaflets through your door and they will be predominantly of white, middle-class women. There's no representation of South Asian, African descent et cetera.
"If you get information like that, you're going to look and think, 'That's not about me.'"
Most breast cancers are still diagnosed at an early stage, across all ethnic groups, the data for 2012-13 shows.
Dr Julie Sharp, of Cancer Research UK, said: "If you notice something that isn't normal for you, or you've a symptom that's not gone away or has got worse, getting it checked out promptly could save your life."
Lumps are not the only sign of possible breast cancer.
Women should also get checked if they notice any changes to their breasts such as nipple discharge or changes to the skin.
Breast screening (mammogram) is offered to all women in England aged 50-70.
The NHS is in the process of extending the programme as a trial, offering screening to some women aged 47-73.
Women over the age of 70 will stop receiving screening invitations but can arrange an appointment by contacting their local screening unit.
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Back in September 1963, when Sussex played Worcestershire in the first Gillette Cup final, Harold MacMillan was Prime Minister, The Beatles were poised to top the charts with 'She Loves You' and a gallon of petrol cost half a crown, the same price as a pint and a packet of cigarettes,
Meanwhile, the nation's police were busy hunting for the Great Train robbers (except for Ronnie Biggs, who had been arrested the previous day) and Bill Shankly's Liverpool were still eight months away from winning their first league title.
Much has changed since, and the game of cricket is very different to that played half a century ago.
Ask both winning wicketkeeper Jim Parks and Worcestershire spinner Norman Gifford where the biggest changes have come since Sussex's narrow 14-run victory at Lord's that day and, to a man, they both say out in the middle.
"The game as they play it is totally different to how it was then," Parks, now 82, told BBC Sport. "I still enjoy watching it though."
Gifford, 73, added: "There are things people don't like about cricket now. But the main thing is that, especially at international level, it still fills grounds and that's got to be good for the game."
Nevertheless, as can be judged from the wonderful stories told when Gifford was invited to join the seven Sussex survivors from that day in attending a 50th anniversary lunch in Hove last week, it does not stop either of the two former England players wistfully remembering the good old days.
When the two captains, Sussex's Ted Dexter and Worcestershire's Don Kenyon, trotted down the pavilion steps to toss up in September 1963, they did so wearing blazers, with their whites underneath, to decide who should take first use of a pitch for a 65-over contest, to be played out between the scheduled hours of 1100-1930.
This Saturday's final, only 40 overs per side, will be an hour and three-quarters - and 50 overs - shorter, which says a lot about modern-day over rates.
It only took a year before Gillette Cup cricket was whittled down to 60-a-side, the Benson & Hedges Cup then began its 30-year life in 1972 as a 55-over contest and, in 1999, the main Lord's final became a 50-over competition, to be brought in line with one-day internationals.
Next summer it all goes full circle again when the 40-over competition reverts to 50 overs.
On Saturday, if Glamorgan bat, it will be their number 28, Gareth Rees, who takes first strike. If they bowl, it will be their number 31 Michael Hogan running in from the Nursery End, clad in royal blue.
In 1963, Worcestershire's Jack Flavell bowled the first ball of the day to Sussex opener Richard Langridge, numbers 11 and one on the scorecard.
There were no coloured kits, no fielding circles, no powerplays, no loud music when a wicket fell and, given that marketing departments were still a thing of the future, neither team felt the need to tag any suffix to their name like Sharks, Royals, Dragons or Outlaws.
Most professional cricketers played from May to September, then spent the winter months plying a different trade, from selling insurance to paraffin or even, as in the case of one former Sussex player, Christmas trees.
Sussex played at Hove, not the BrightonandHoveJobs.com County Ground, while this year's finalists Glamorgan had not, by then even begun playing at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, let alone renamed it.
But, as both Gifford and Parks insist, what has changed most is the way they play the game.
"For us, that day at Lord's was only the fourth game of one-day cricket the county had ever played," recalls Parks. "But there has always been league cricket. And we were just lucky that we had a captain in Ted Dexter who had worked out how to play it.
"We'd done our homework. I was vice captain and we had sat down and worked out what we were going to do.
"When we played Kent at Tunbridge Wells in the first round, Colin Cowdrey was their captain.
"He kept in two slips all the way through and we piled up over 300.
"When they batted, Ted had players scattered all over the field, we won by 72 runs and we received an official letter from Kent, saying how disgusted they were with our tactics and that it was not in the spirit of cricket."
Cricket's first recorded 'Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells' or not, it would be two years before the rest cottoned on as Sussex went on to win both the first two one-day finals, following their victory over Worcestershire, by doing the same to Warwickshire a year later, in 1964.
While Parks was the top scorer in the match that day at Lord's in 1963 with 57, the man of the match award, rarely for someone on the losing team, actually went to Gifford, who took 4-33 in his 15 overs.
But Gifford generously maintains that they picked the wrong man.
"They should have given it to Jim," he said. "It was a sticky wicket, as they only had one cover for the wicket and rain had got underneath, and he batted magnificently.
"He was perfect for one-day cricket. He was a player who was never afraid to hit over the top."
Recalled Parks: "I did like to lift the ball. I remember once playing Yorkshire and putting Tony Nicholson four times over the square cover boundary for six.
"But we had to bat properly that day at Lord's. We were bowled out for 168 in the 61st over and you'd have thought that might not have been enough.
"But Ted came up with another inspired idea. Having seen what Giffy had done, he put on Alan Oakman, who was only then an occasional off spinner, who had not previously bowled in the competition. he took 1-17 in 13 overs, including the key wicket of Tom Graveney - and they came up short."
Gifford was able to cash in that day on the joys of uncovered pitches, as did many a decent spinner in his day, most notoriously Kent's 'Deadly' Derek Underwood.
But, despite the frustration of spending too much of his is career playing second fiddle to Underwood when it came to England selection, and a record of six times being a beaten finalist, Gifford's only regret remains that he did not get the chance to play more one-day cricket.
"I lost there four times with Worcestershire, once with Warwickshire and once more when I was coaching Sussex.
"Even my brother Dave lost there when he played there in the Village final for Lindal Moor in the 1977 final (ironically against Worcestershire side Cookley).
"So the Gifford family do not have a great track record at Lord's.
"But I loved it. In fact, if it had not been for one-day cricket, I might have packed in the game sooner than I did."
The American, 34, won 6-2 6-3 to pass Roger Federer in the all-time list of matches won at the tennis majors.
She moves on to the quarter-finals, where she will face Romanian fifth seed Simona Halep, who beat Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro 6-2 7-5.
"It's a huge number," Williams said of her record 308th win.
"I think it's very significant actually. I definitely never thought I would be playing still. Now I don't really see when I'm going to stop.
"I'm just enjoying these moments out here, getting to break records that I didn't even know existed or I didn't even know was possible.''
Halep has lost seven of eight matches against Williams but hopes that will at least keep the pressure off in their quarter-final.
Ana Konjuh, 18, became the first Croat to reach the women's quarter-finals at the US Open with a shock 6-4 6-4 win over fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska.
Konjuh hit 38 winners including six aces as she avenged a second-round loss to her Polish opponent at Wimbledon.
"It's been an incredible night," said the 2013 US Open junior champion after she made it past the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time.
"This time I got revenge, so I'm really happy."
Konjuh will now face Czech 10th seed Karolina Pliskova, who saved a match point as she beat Venus Williams 4-6 6-4 7-6 (7-3).
"Whenever you have a match point on someone else's serve, it's a little bit of an asterisk," said Williams. "I really have no regrets on that."
Police said the blue Ford transit van overturned into a hedge under a bridge on Maesgwyn Road, Fishguard, at about 10:15 BST on Tuesday.
It is believed the vehicle rolled down the road when it was empty and the man became trapped after running after it.
Fire crews used cutting equipment and airbags to free him.
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The winning designer will work will celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal to make their meal for British astronaut Major Tim Peake.
Ayshah's been speaking to Libby Jackson from the agency about the sort of things they eat at the moment and get some tips about the sort of thing they are looking for.
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Mr Greenwald recently published allegations that US officials monitored communications of the Brazilian President, Dilma Rousseff.
Another recent report accused US authorities of spying on Brazil's oil company Petrobras.
The firm's president and five Brazilian ministers are also expected to testify.
Mr Greenwald's partner, David Miranda, who was held for more than eight hours by British authorities at a London airport on his way back to Brazil, is also expected to testify to the parliamentary commission.
The Rio de Janeiro-based journalist's allegations are based on documents leaked by the fugitive American former intelligence worker, Edward Snowden.
Mr Greenwald spoke about the spying allegations before the Brazilian Congress in August.
Ms Rousseff is expected to go ahead with a planned visit to Washington in October, despite fierce criticism in Brazil over the allegations of spying by US officials.
The Brazilian investigative commission wants to probe whether the alleged spying on Petrobras could have compromised the integrity of the public auction of a major oil field in October.
The Senators will invite the Minister of Communications, Paulo Bernardo, the Justice Minister, Jose Eduardo Cardozo, the Defence Minister, Celso Amorim, the Foreign Relations Minister, Luiz Figueiredo, and the Minister of the Institutional Security Office, Jose Elito, to testify.
US President Barack Obama has already vowed to investigate allegations that the National Security Agency (NSA) spied on his Mexican and Brazilian counterparts.
Mr Greenwald, a reporter for the British Guardian newspaper, alleged the NSA spied on communications between aides of Ms Rousseff and accessed all internet content that she had visited online.
Mr Greenwald was the first journalist to reveal the secret documents leaked by Mr Snowden on 6 June. Since then, he has written a series of stories about surveillance by US and UK authorities.
She was one of Hollywood's best loved actresses, after portraying the galactic heroine who was known for being smart, feisty, and brave.
The American star first played the role in 1977, nearly 40 years ago, in the very first Star Wars film - "Episode IV -- A New Hope".
Since then, Star Wars has become one of the most successful film franchises of all time with eight films enjoyed by millions of fans around the world.
Most recently Carrie Fisher starred in "The Force Awakens" which was released in 2015.
You might even have spotted her in "Rogue One" which premiered this month, although her image had to be computer generated, because the character of Leia was very young in that film.
As well as acting, Carrie Fisher was famous for raising awareness about mental health, by speaking about her own problems and advising people on how to get help.
Actors and fans around the world have been paying tribute to the star.
Star Wars' creator George Lucas said: "She was our great and powerful princess. She will be missed by all."
Judges dismissed a government appeal against a Court of Appeal ruling in favour of Paul and Susan Rutherford, who care for their grandson Warren.
The Supreme Court ruled the housing benefit cut discriminated against them.
Mr Rutherford, of Clunderwen, Pembrokeshire, said: "We are happy and hugely relieved with today's result."
The Rutherfords argued the room was essential because it was used by carers who look after Warren overnight and said the £14 a week reduction to their benefits was unlawful.
Warren suffers from a rare genetic disorder which means he is unable to walk or talk and cannot feed himself and needs 24-hour care.
In the same hearing, Jacqueline Carmichael, from Southport, Merseyside, who has spina bifida, won a similar ruling.
Judges unanimously ruled "the scheme in relation to her is discriminatory".
However, judges rejected the cases of five others who have had their housing benefit reduced as a result of the government's changes.
A Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) spokesman said: "In the two specific cases where the court did not find in our favour, we will take steps to ensure we comply with the judgement in due course."
Sophie Earnshaw from the legal team at Child Poverty Action Group, which acted for the Rutherfords, said: "In this case, disabled children were being treated worse than adults.
"For Paul and Susan Rutherford, the judgment lifts an enormous burden of uncertainty about their grandson's future - an uncertainty they've had to live with since 2013 when the legal process started."
Mr Rutherford added: "It has been an extremely stressful and long three years and we are glad that it is has come to a close.
"We never imagined this would happen to us - our priority has always been Warren's happiness. We can now move on with our lives secure in the knowledge that we can continue to care for Warren at home."
Those who had their cases dismissed were:
The Seven Dials junction was labelled the "most accident prone" by Brighton and Hove City Council, with 20 accidents in the past three years.
An elm tree was due to be removed, but was saved after two protesters spent 48 hours up the tree in March.
The work included replacing a mini-roundabout and removing street clutter.
Guard railings have also been removed and the paving has been replaced.
The seven roads that meet at Seven Dials include the A2010, a major route through Brighton.
Bindon Bottom B&B, in West Lulworth, Dorset, beat competitors in Florida, Prague and Belgium to claim the crown.
Bridlington's South Lodge Guest House and Swallows Rest B&B, in Brigstock, Northants, came third and fifth.
A spokesperson for Visit England said the results were "fantastic news".
Lisa and Clive Orchard, who own Bindon Bottom B&B, said, "We are genuinely appreciative to be recognised again in this year's Travellers' Choice Awards, and we want to sincerely thank all of our guests for reviewing us so kindly."
The Orchard's guest house saw off competition from B&Bs in the US, Czech Republic, Italy and Belgium to claim the top spot. The B&B has received 929 excellent reviews out of a total of 940
TripAdvisor spokeswoman Hayley Coleman said the awards, now in their 15th year, are "unlike other hospitality awards".
"[The awards] are based on feedback from actual guests over the past year, which is what makes them so prized within the industry," she said.
Clare and David Petty, owners of Thornleigh Guest House, in Keswick said they were "delighted" to feature in the top ten.
"A huge thank you to all of our lovely guests for choosing to stay with us and writing such wonderful reviews."
Visit England said: "It is fantastic news that five of England's B&Bs are rated by travellers in the top 10 globally, including the top spot.
"This continues the upward trend we've seen in recent years demonstrating that our tourism, accommodation and service is not only exceeding customer expectations but up there competing with the world's very best."
The man, believed to be 29-year-old Egyptian Abdullah Hamamy, was shot in the stomach as, authorities say, he lunged at soldiers with the knives.
President Francois Hollande says there is little doubt it was a terrorist act.
But Mr Hamamy's father has challenged the French authorities' account of the incident.
Reda al-Hamamy, a retired Egyptian police general, said his son was not a terrorist and accused the soldier who fired of "using brute force with a poor young man".
French authorities say the suspect also shouted the Islamic phrase "Allahu Akbar" ("God is greatest") during the attack.
The suspect has been held at a Paris hospital since the attack near the museum, which houses numerous celebrated art works, including the Mona Lisa.
"The first interview took place this morning, but it turned out to be a short one. For the moment, he refuses to talk to investigators," the source at the prosecutor's office told Reuters.
Investigators have contacted Egyptian officials to try to confirm the suspect's identity through DNA testing, a source close to the inquiry told AFP news agency.
Reda al-Hamamy said his son was in Paris on a business trip, lives in the United Arab Emirates, and has a wife and a seven-month old son.
Police are also examining Mr Hamamy's Twitter account after around a dozen messages were posted in Arabic just minutes before the attack.
"In the name of Allah... for our brothers in Syria and fighters across the world," he wrote, before referring to the Islamic State jihadist group in another tweet a minute later, AFP says.
The suspect arrived in France on 26 January after obtaining a tourist visa in Dubai, Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said on Friday. He is believed to have bought two machetes after arriving.
Cans of spray paint, but no explosives, were found in his backpack.
Hundreds of visitors were inside the museum at the time of the attack and were evacuated.
US media reports said Russia has sent advisers and hardware to Syria, in what Washington fears is an expansion of its support for President Bashar al-Assad.
Any such development would "escalate the conflict", Mr Kerry told his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov.
Russia has been a key ally of Syria throughout its four-year civil war.
The New York Times cited US officials as saying Russia had despatched an advance military team to Syria, as well as housing units and an air traffic control centre to an airfield.
The officials quoted admitted they were unsure of Moscow's intentions, but said the deployments could enable Russia to use the airbase to facilitate supply of military gear or to launch air strikes against Mr Assad's enemies.
Mr Kerry made his concerns over the reports known to the Russian Foreign Minister in a phone call.
"If such reports were accurate, these actions could further escalate the conflict, lead to greater loss of innocent life, increase refugee flows and risk confrontation with the anti-Isil coalition operating in Syria," the state department said, using an alternative acronym for Islamic State (IS).
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday it was "premature" to talk about Moscow getting involved in direct fighting.
Russia and the US disagree sharply on Syria. While Russia has backed the Syrian government, and provided it with arms, the US wants to see the removal of President Assad.
In the latest fighting on the ground, at least 47 people died in fierce clashes between IS militants and other rebels in the northern town of Marea.
At least six members of Syria's security forces were shot dead in the south-western city of Sweida, after a prominent cleric in the minority Druze community died in a car bomb blast.
22 Jump Street and Whiplash have five.
In the running for the best male performance category is Bradley Cooper (American Sniper) and Miles Teller (Whiplash).
Channing Tatum (Foxcatcher), Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy) and Ansel Elgort (The Fault in Our Stars) make up the rest of the list.
British star Rosamund Pike is flying the flag for the UK with three nominations, including a nod for breakthrough performance.
Those nominations are for her role in Gone Girl, in which she starred alongside Ben Affleck.
Despite picking up the best actor Oscar last month, Eddie Redmayne got one nomination for his performance as Professor Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything for best on-screen transformation.
British star of the Martin Luther King Jr-inspired film Selma, David Oyelowo, is nominated for best breakthrough performance despite being snubbed at both the Oscars and Baftas.
Model Kate Upton is the only female in the best shirtless performance.
She'll be going up against the likes of Zac Efron, Chris Pratt, Channing Tatum and Ansel Elgort.
The ceremony, which is due to be held on 12 April at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, will be hosted by comedian Amy Schumer.
See the full list of nominations on MTV's website
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Sir Michael said it had been a mistake to drop the tests (known as Sats) at the end of Key Stage 3 in 2008.
He also said Sats taken at age seven should be externally moderated - at present teachers conduct assessments.
Giving his annual report, said he was "strongly urging" ministers to re-introduce external tests for both ages.
He said it was vital that youngsters' progress in English and maths was regularly checked.
Last week, international rankings showed the UK was falling behind global rivals in international tests taken by 15-year-olds, failing to make the top 20 in maths, reading and science. Shanghai in China came top in the OECD's Pisa tests.
Speaking as he published his report, Sir Michael said it was important to know how pupils were doing at certain stages of their education if England was to keep up with the rest of the world.
"I am calling on the government to re-introduce more formal external testing at the end of Key Stage 1. Indeed, I would strongly urge the government to re-introduce external testing at Key Stage 3 as well.
"Talk to any good head teacher and they will tell you it was a mistake to abolish those tests. That's because good teachers use those tests to make sure every child learns well.
"In getting rid of the tests, we conceded too much ground to vested interests. Our education system should be run for the benefit of children, and no-one else.
"With the proposed abandonment of national curriculum levels, it is vital that children's progress and outcomes are benchmarked at regular intervals in their school career.
"If we are serious about raising standards and catching up with the best in the world, we need to know how pupils are doing at seven, 11, 14 and 16."
The Ofsted chief said the watchdog had evidence that some in-school assessment at the end of Key Stage 1 (age seven) was unreliable.
He said sometimes schools were depressing results at this age so that progress by the end of Key Stage 2 (age 11) looked better.
A spokesman for the Department for Education said: "The department launched a consultation on the primary accountability system and will be responding in due course.
"We expect teachers to take professional responsibility for the accurate assessment of pupils."
Sir Michael said the decision to abolish national curriculum tests for children in England at the end of Key Stage 3 (Year 9) had been a mistake.
The tests were dropped in October 2008 by the then Labour Education Secretary, Ed Balls, following a debacle over the marking these external assessments.
ETS Europe, the company charged with administering the tests, had its contract terminated in the summer of 2008 following delayed results and concerns about quality.
But Sir Michael said: "Our inspectors say there is a hiatus between Key Stage 2 and 4, a drop-off in the pace of learning, progress slows, pupils mark time.
"The reintroduction of Key Stage 3 tests will speed things up, develop more pace in lessons."
Asked if he feared that more testing would encourage teachers to "teach to the test", he said he had never worried about tests as a teacher and a head.
"What I worried about was the quality of teaching in the classroom. If heads are doing that then you know the test results are going to be okay."
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Clement, who replaced Bob Bradley as manager at the Liberty Stadium, left his post as FC Bayern assistant boss, with the German champions set to face Arsenal in the Champions League.
"I was at Arsenal on Boxing Day as a Bayern member of staff watching them play, so I have my notes," he said.
"Hopefully we take advantage."
Clement says he does not think he needs to update his observations.
"We would have been due to play them in the Champions League with Bayern. I'll be using the notes for Swansea instead of Bayern," he said.
"The notes are the same, just looking what they do and hopefully take advantage and I'll send (Bayern boss) Carlo (Ancelotti) a photocopy."
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Clement believes it will be important to create stability at Swansea as he settles in as their third boss of a torrid season.
"I am their third coach of the season and they have come off some really tough results, so confidence is low and we need to get that back up," Clement explained.
"The best way to do that is to be well-prepared. How do you get someone feeling more confident? By making sure they are as well-prepared as possible.
"I will go into a game satisfied if I know I have done everything I can to prepare the team.
"If I arrive at a game feeling I have not prepared as well as I can I will not feel so confident.
"That is my objective, to get to 3:00pm on Saturday knowing I have done everything I can.
"That might mean not giving the players too much info, just the right amount."
Clement is looking for a quick response from the players and believes Swansea must focus on fixing their defence.
"Defensive work is important because it gives you a foundation," said Clement.
"If you're difficult to beat it gives you a much better chance of winning games.
"I'm not a coach who would particularly enjoy 4-3 and 5-4 wins.
"When I coached at Derby, particularly up to the half-way point of 23 games, we had an outstanding defensive record."
The Court of Cassation rejected an appeal against their convictions for weapons possession, incitement and taking part in illegal demonstrations.
Dr Ali al-Ekri was sentenced to five years and the eight others were given between a month and three years.
Nine other medics had their convictions overturned in June and two are hiding.
The case against the medics has drawn international condemnation and has been seen as a test of the government's commitment to reform.
It dates back to February and March 2011, when they worked at the Salmaniya Medical Centre in Manama.
The hospital treated many of those hurt when the security forces crushed protests demanding more democracy and an end to discrimination against the majority Shia Muslim community by the Sunni royal family.
During the unrest, some medics at the Salmaniya Medical Centre spoke out against the crackdown in interviews with foreign media after treating the wounded, or took part in protests after ambulances were fired at.
After King Hamad declared a state of emergency and brought in troops from neighbouring Sunni Gulf states, at least 95 health workers were arrested, according to Physicians for Human Rights.
In September 2011, 20 of them were convicted by the National Safety Court, a military tribunal, of attempting to bring down the government and sentenced to up to 15 years in prison. Two were tried in absentia.
The medics and human rights groups dismissed the convictions as political and aimed at stifling dissent. Many of the defendants said they had been harassed by the security forces and then tortured in prison, simply for trying to treat people wounded in anti-government protests.
The UN's secretary general also expressed concern about the "harsh sentences" and "serious due process irregularities", and called for their release.
In November, the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI) - a panel of human rights experts asked to look into the unrest - called for civilian retrials for those who had been convicted by military tribunals. It confirmed that medical personnel were tortured in custody.
The medics' cases were then referred to the Criminal Court of Appeal, which in June upheld the convictions of the nine doctors. The court did, however, reduce the sentences imposed by the National Safety Court.
Dr Ekri was sentenced to five years for possession and concealment of "white weaponry" - a term used to describe non-firearms - to serve a terrorist purpose, and for participating in illegal gatherings, while his colleague Dr Ibrahim Damastani was given three years for possession of a "white weapon" and illegal assembly.
The other seven medics were sentenced to between one month and a year for taking part in illegal gatherings, holding public officials hostage, inciting sectarian hatred and destruction of hospital property. Five were immediately released on time served but still appealed.
On Monday, Deputy Attorney General Abdul Rahman al-Sayyed announced that the Court of Cassation had rejected the doctors' appeals.
He said the defendants had "used the security conditions that prevailed at the time, and violated the duties and ethics of their sacred profession, and undermined the security, safety and unity of the Bahraini people".
Panic founder Steven Frank admitted in a blog post that it happened after he downloaded an infected copy of the video encoding tool Handbrake.
He said there was no sign that any customer data was accessed and that Panic's web server was not affected.
Users have been warned to download Panic's apps only from its website or the Apple App Store.
Panic is the creator of web editing and file transfer apps Coda and Transmit, and the video game Firewatch.
On 2 May Handbrake was hacked, with the Mac version of the app on one of the site's download servers replaced by a malicious copy.
The infected app was discovered and removed on 6 May.
In what Mr Frank called "a case of extraordinarily bad luck", he downloaded the malicious version of Handbrake and launched it "without stopping to wonder why Handbrake would need admin privileges… when it hadn't before".
"And that was that, my Mac was completely, entirely compromised in three seconds or less."
The attacker then used his password to access other private files and copy the source code for several of Panic's products stored on the infected computer.
The theft was confirmed when Panic received an email containing some of the files and demanding a ransom for the return of the complete code.
"We're working on the assumption that there's no point in paying," Mr Frank wrote, saying that "the attacker has no reason to keep their end of the bargain".
The FBI is investigating the incident and Panic has been working with Apple to make sure that no malicious or fake versions of the apps get into the App Store.
"I feel like a monumental idiot for having fallen for this," Mr Frank admitted.
"It's a good reminder though — no matter how experienced you might be with computers, you're human and mistakes are easily made."
Cardinal Alojzije Stepinac, who died in 1960, initially supported the pro-Nazi Ustasha regime during World War Two, when he was Archbishop of Zagreb.
Critics say he should have done more to stop the Ustasha regime killing Jews, Serbs and Roma. In a 1942 mass he did however denounce racist attacks.
Catholics want him declared a saint.
The Zagreb County Court overturned the 1946 verdict on Friday, with Judge Ivan Turudic saying it had violated the right to a fair trial, prohibition of forced labour and the right to appeal. He said the goal had been "revenge against Stepinac".
The ruling is likely to fuel tensions with neighbouring Serbia.
In 1998 the late Pope John Paul II controversially beatified Stepinac - putting him on the road to sainthood - during a visit to Croatia, where many Catholics see Stepinac as a hero who resisted communism.
After the communist partisans won the war in Yugoslavia they put Stepinac on trial in 1946 and sentenced him to 16 years in jail as a collaborator. He was also given forced labour. He died of thrombosis, under house arrest, aged 61.
The Ustasha puppet regime murdered tens of thousands in concentration camps - mainly Jews, Serbs and Roma. Serbia strongly objects to Croatia's moves to get Stepinac canonised.
History records that, in 1941, while Archbishop of Zagreb, Cardinal Alojzije Stepinac supported Croatia's Nazi-backed government.
But by the following year, he was making speeches against the regime's genocidal policies, which led to the deaths of thousands of Serbs, Jews, Gypsies and Croat opponents.
Critics say his condemnation was not public enough or strong enough. In 1946, he fell foul of the communist rulers of the new Yugoslavia - of which Croatia was a part.
In a trial that Catholics have long maintained was a farce, he was convicted of collaborating with the Nazis.
He was still under house arrest 14 years later, when he died. Mystery continues to surround his death, with many Croatian Catholics believing he was murdered.
The blast happened in the Sorkhrot district of Nangarhar province.
The recruits were travelling to the capital Kabul when the bus was hit by a remote-control device in a motorbike, a local official told the BBC.
Other reports suggested a suicide bomber had rammed the bus on the motorbike.
A Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said the Islamist group had carried out the attack, according to the Reuters news agency.
Taliban militants have previously targeted officials in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar.
Ahsanullah Shinwari, head of the Jalalabad hospital, told the Associated Press that 12 bodies had been brought to the hospital.
He said another 38 people were wounded, most of them in critical condition.
No group has yet claimed responsibility. Suicide attacks regularly take place in Jalalabad, as a number of anti-government insurgent groups are based in the province.
Hours earlier, a bomb hit a minibus carrying Education Ministry workers in eastern Kabul, killing two people and wounding seven, a defence ministry spokesman told Reuters.
Two districts in the Nangarhar province are controlled, or at least influenced, by the so-called Islamic State (IS).
Centre Party councillor Cecilia Cato, in the town of Tingsryd, says some are so concerned that they refuse to use the toilet all day.
She raised the musical solution in a proposal to the council.
"I don't think it's just about number two on the toilet, but many also don't do number one," Ms Cato told The Local.
"I've worked in the world of education for many years and know through the students that this is a problem, above all in junior and senior high school.
"I myself experienced this when I was young and now that it's being talked about many others confirm that they did too. It's not something you talk completely openly about..."
Swedish broadcaster SVT spoke to local students who confirmed they fretted about being overheard answering nature's call.
One noted that adding music would be environmentally friendly, as it would stop people running the taps or using excessive toilet paper to cover the sound.
Ms Cato was inspired by a new music school in Tingsryd, which has tuneful distractions in every toilet.
The local authority will now take a vote on her suggestion.
TalkTalk joins a lengthening global list of companies that have suffered major data breaches, including Ashley Madison, eBay, AOL, Target, Home Depot, Sony, Anthem and JPMorgan Chase.
Google and McAfee estimate there are 2,000 cyber-attacks every day around the world, costing the global economy about £300bn ($460bn) a year.
Yet more than two thirds of firms say they feel inadequately protected against increasingly sophisticated hackers looking to extort money through blackmail or steal data to sell on the black market.
So what should businesses be doing to improve their security? Technology of Business canvassed cybersecurity experts for their views.
Our ideas about corporate cybersecurity are out-of-date, many experts warn.
Concentrating on shoring up the castle walls is not enough, yet 87% of security budgets is still spent on firewall technology, says Tim Grieveson, chief cyber strategist at Hewlett-Packard.
Forget the gate and drawbridge idea, there are now hundreds of potential entrances to the castle because businesses are connected to customers, suppliers, and employees over the internet. Not only that, but it's as if everyone who comes in and out of the castle has a key to unlock all the doors as well.
Breaches are inevitable, comes the stark warning, so protect the data that matters.
"The bottom line is, CIOs [chief information officers] need to accept their company will be breached and shift their security strategy from 'breach prevention' to 'breach acceptance'," says Jason Hart, chief technology officer at digital security specialist, Gemalto.
Tom Patterson, general manager of global security solutions for IT services firm Unisys, calls this new approach micro-segmentation - building lots of little walls around those parts of your business containing data you can't afford to lose.
This involves cryptographically signing each bit of digital information - the packet data - with a code unique to each segment of the business. So if hackers break in, all they get access to is the data specific to that community or segment.
"A small breach is easier to manage - they may steal a little bit, or disrupt a little bit, but they don't take down the whole corporation," says Mr Patterson.
But the challenge, says Mr Grieveson, is "knowing what data to prioritise."
But many businesses don't even know what data they have stored on their systems, let alone how important it is, such is the complexity of their legacy computer systems and the recent proliferation of digital data from mobile and "internet of things" devices.
According to a recent survey by information management firm Veritas, 59% of the data in UK IT systems is unclassified "dark data".
Yet knowing what you have is key to any security strategy, says Mr Grieveson. "Businesses need to understand the risk of different types of data being lost."
Once you've done this you can then employ "best practice data protection - attaching security directly to the data itself, using multi-factor authentication and data encryption, as well as securely managing encryption keys," says Mr Hart.
"That way, if the data is stolen, it is useless to the thieves."
It's all too easy to concentrate on the attacks coming from outside and ignore the risks posed - wittingly or unwittingly - by people inside your organisation.
And insider attacks can also be more difficult to detect and deal with. "In reality it takes about 70 days to remediate an insider cyber-attack," says Mr Grieveson.
Employees clicking on email attachments they believe are from trusted sources is "the number one threat for organisations", says Gary Steele, boss of Proofpoint, a secure email specialist.
"A company can spend millions on investments in security solutions, but all it takes is one click on one link by one employee, and the company is compromised," he says.
Hackers are becoming very clever at using personal information gleaned from social media and other sources - so-called social engineering - to convince employees that emails are from people they know. Educating staff about this threat should be a priority, experts advise.
When it comes to employees in the pay of criminal gangs, predictive analytics tools can try to spot anomalies in their behaviour on a corporate network, but such tools can be expensive and time-consuming to manage.
Companies can achieve a lot simply by monitoring their systems more effectively, says Gavin Millard, technical director at Tenable Network Security.
This includes the "patching of easily exploitable bugs, robust filtering of inbound and outbound communications, up-to-date malware defence, encryption of sensitive information, and a good password policy," he summarises.
At the very least, firms should make sure network security certificates and antivirus and firewall software is up-to-date.
"Investing in monitoring controls to detect when an attack occurs is probably of most importance from a technology perspective," says AlienVault's Javvad Malik. "From a non-technology perspective, security training for staff can go a long way."
If staff use their own mobile devices for work purposes, firms should at the least restrict access to critical data and systems, the IT professionals say.
At best, firms should switch to a centrally-controlled system giving IT departments the ability to wipe devices remotely if they are lost or stolen.
"Organisations need to embrace a zero-trust philosophy," says Jason Garbis of security company, Cryptzone.
Cybersecurity firms with products and services to sell would say this, wouldn't they? But even TalkTalk chief executive Dido Harding admitted that she would be "spending more money and more time on cybersecurity because it is the number one risk".
Big companies with sensitive consumer data to protect are increasingly appointing chief security officers, often to board level positions, in an acknowledgement that cybersecurity has to be built in to all business processes.
Cybersecurity is everyone's problem, not just the responsibility of IT departments.
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Plans being considered by Gwent Police could see a non-residential area of Pill specified for use by prostitutes.
This follows a similar pilot scheme in the north of England.
A police spokeswoman said: "Local officers and councillors are realistic about the fact that prostitution will always exist and it has been shown that enforcement alone is not an effective solution."
The force said the plans were in the early stages and no decision would be made until officers looked at evidence from other initiatives and consulted with residents, businesses and the council.
"The number of prostitutes in Gwent is small but the small number that operate do so mostly in the Pill area of Newport, which is impacting the lives of local residents," the spokeswoman added.
"While we closely monitor and work with individuals involved in off-street prostitution, on-street prostitution has proven more difficult."
Gwent Police said similar schemes had increased the reporting of offences against prostitutes and allowed other agencies to work with women to help them leave the sex industry.
GHA Coaches, based in Ruabon, Wrexham, went into administration in July with the loss of 320 jobs after failing to pay a tax bill.
Local councils are seeking new contractors to run routes, while 200 buses and coaches are being sold off.
But many passengers are still facing disruption.
The company operated public and school services across north Wales, Cheshire and Shropshire.
Now it has been revealed GHA's former directors, Arwyn Lloyd Davies and his brother Gareth, are involved in two companies which have won contracts from Wrexham council to run eight former services in the county borough.
The subsidised services will be run by RJ's of Wem Limited and RML2418 Ltd, subject to Traffic Commissioner approval.
Both companies have registered offices in Ruabon. Companies House records show the brothers have been directors since May last year.
Plaid Cymru North Wales AM Llyr Gruffydd said he was pleased to hear replacement services were being provided.
However, he added: "There has to be concern that the same directors that saw GHA go to the wall are also now in charge of RJs of Wem, which itself, only last December, came within a whisker of being struck off the Companies House register."
This was a reference to the company allegedly failing to comply with Companies House rules.
Mr Gruffydd added: "I would hope that Wrexham council has done its due diligence checks to ensure that this new company won't go the same way as GHA Coaches and leave staff and passengers in the lurch once again."
Wrexham council's lead member for transport, David A Bithell, said: "We were aware of the interests of RJ's of Wem through the tendering process.
"As with all tenders, there is a procurement procedure to follow, and this will be subject to all statutory procedures.
"RJ's of Wem will also need approval from the office of the Traffic Commissioner."
The BBC has attempted to contact the Davies brothers for comment.
Meanwhile, administrators Grant Thornton, who are winding up GHA Coaches, have organised an on-line auction next week.
A representative said the vehicles would be auctioned over three days and money raised from the sale would go towards paying creditors.
A report presented to the Police and Crime Commissioner gave the current system a "no assurance" rating.
It also said staffing issues at the force's control room added to delays in non-emergency calls being answered.
Ass Chief Const Jason Harwin called the delays "unacceptable" but said the new system would "make a real difference".
The report said the 15-year-old system had experienced a series of "disruptive incidents" since March 2015 as a result of a software update.
It went on to say that as a result the "age and relative fragility" of the associated hardware and software "will continue to pose a threat to operational continuity until they are replaced".
The report said the average waiting time for calls made to the 101 non-emergency service since May had reduced from three minutes and 13 seconds to two minutes and 12 seconds.
However, one man said he waited 34 minutes to get through earlier this month.
"I actually drove home made a cup of tea for me and my wife, made my tea and was sat down eating it before they answered," Dave Gaugtier told BBC Radio Sheffield.
"The service is brilliant but the contact number is garbage."
The report said that in May there were 24 vacancies in the control room, resulting in 23 police officers and eight "adjusted duties officers" being drafted in to help.
Mr Harwin said the force was working to address the issues.
"We recognise the issues that we've got, we are bringing in extra staff in, we're doubling the amount of recruits we're bringing in to our control room, but, just as importantly, we're introducing new technology that will make a real difference," he said.
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Most of them had hidden the migrants in their own cars, prosecutors say.
Car and van drivers, instead of lorry drivers, are increasingly being recruited by smuggling gangs.
The deputy prosecutor for the Calais region's main court said she saw between five and 10 smugglers from the UK every month.
Julie Colaert told the BBC's File on 4 programme that people from the UK now made up a quarter of those brought before the court - second only to smugglers from Eastern Europe.
"In the last two years we have seen more and more English smugglers," she said.
"Trafficking gangs are employing them to take people across in their own cars.
"The migrants pay a lot of money because it's sold as guaranteed passage to the UK."
She estimated that up to 100 people from the UK had been convicted by the court in the past 12 months.
She gave an estimated figure because, she said, in France it is illegal to record statistics by nationality.
In the most recent case, Basir Haji, from Preston in Lancashire, was sentenced to 12 months in prison.
He was caught at the Calais ferry terminal with two Iraqi men hiding in the boot of his car.
He admitted agreeing to smuggle them to the UK for £500 (698 euros).
The Iraqi men told the police that their families had each paid £4,500 for them to be transported to the UK.
Haji was convicted of trying to facilitate the entrance of foreign citizens in circumstances incompatible with human dignity.
Haji spoke to the BBC before he was taken to a prison south of Calais.
"I'm in debt. That's why I did it. I've been playing a lot of money in the casino," he said.
The judges suspected Haji may have successfully smuggled migrants into the UK on a previous day trip to Calais, in April.
Haji told the court there were three men above him in the smuggling network.
And he told the BBC he believed the head of the gang was based in England.
Julie Colaert said that the number of Britons charged with smuggling migrants across the Channel had increased significantly in the last two years.
In the past criminal gangs had hidden migrants in lorries, but now the use of private cars and vans was more common, as people believed they were less likely to be stopped or searched.
Europol, the European Union's law enforcement agency, has confirmed that organised criminal gangs and opportunistic individuals based in the UK are involved in smuggling illegal immigrants into the country.
The French lawyer who represented Basir Haji at his trial said the recruitment of people smugglers had evolved in recent years.
Emmanuelle Osmont said that mafia organisations were now targeting students with financial difficulties, and bar owners and shopkeepers whose businesses were struggling.
The criminals start by presenting people-smuggling as a means of making extra money.
"The first approach might be in a café," said Ms Osmont.
"They make friends... and bit by bit they become interested in them, asking them about their personal and professional situation.
"It can take weeks, but when they have formed enough of a bond, they present the human trafficking as a way of helping friends or family fleeing war or persecution."
The drivers recruited by the gangs earn between about £2,100 and £2,800 per trip.
Many may make one trip without being caught, but are stopped on a second or third attempt.
The sentences they receive range from six months to two years in prison.
According to Ms Osmont, the recruits know that their behaviour is illegal but are told that the risk of being caught is minimal.
But working with these mafia gangs, who are armed and dangerous, is risky in itself.
"They threaten people and their children. Once you start working with them, they'll never let you go," Ms Osmont warned.
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And that, in turn, needs one reform that is simple to understand but really hard to put into practice - bankers need to be clear about their responsibilities and held properly to account when things go wrong.
To to achieve that, it recommends:
1) a whole new regulatory system for licensing or approving bankers
2) financial incentives, bonuses, that are dished out over as long as ten years and are easy to cancel when things go wrong
And 3) a new criminal offence of managing a bank recklessly.
The commission is in a sense responding to public unease that no one responsible for the banking meltdown has gone to prison, and the failed, discredited bankers remain very wealthy.
But it is more than that. The Lords and MPs on the commission want banks and bankers that take a long term view and don't take dangerous risks in the pursuit of big rewards.
There is, of course, a danger in setting much higher standards of conduct for bankers than for other business people - which is that few in their right minds might choose banking as a career.
It is the British Polling Council's attempt to find out why all the pollsters spotted that the Scottish National Party was going to do well and the Liberal Democrats were going to do quite badly, but failed to spot the size of the gap between Labour and the Conservatives and predicted a hung parliament.
Indeed, the way they all got pretty much the same wrong answer made it look as if they had been copying each others' homework.
It was an extraordinary get-together of top polling organisations to say they had messed up and suggest reasons why.
The star of the show was Martin Boon from ICM, who asked the unaskable question: is it still possible to get a representative sample over the telephone?
The way phone polling has been done for a long time is that the polling organisation will work its way down a list of random phone numbers asking questions until it has asked the right number of people for the poll.
The idea is that if you ask enough randomly selected people you will get a sample of responses that represents what the whole population thinks.
They now include 15% or 20% mobile numbers with the rest landlines.
But the problem, according to Mr Boon, is that in order to get responses from 2,000 people, they had been forced to call about 30,000 random numbers.
When the response rate is that low, there is a real danger that there is a reason why people are responding, which is stopping the sample being representative.
Adam Drummond, from Opinium, suggested that the people who agreed to be interviewed were so politically enthusiastic that they would even vote in elections for the European Parliament.
The political engagement of respondents is important because pollsters have to find out not only which party will be supported by an individual, but also how likely they are to vote.
Mr Drummond said the polls had overstated how likely people were to vote, especially younger people who were more likely to vote Labour.
Gideon Skinner from Ipsos Mori said that general election turnout was usually 10% lower than raw polls suggested it would be, but that in this election it had been 16% lower.
This seems like a Groucho Marx problem - people answering the phone and agreeing to answer questions about their political opinions automatically means they are too politically engaged to be representative.
This is a criticism that has been made in the past of online polling. Online polls are answered by a database of volunteers who have signed up to be on a panel and who the company knows a lot about. When the company is commissioned to do a poll it can be sure that the people it is asking have the same features as the whole population in - for example, the proportion of men and women, or the age profile or income distribution.
The online polls came out with much the same inaccuracies as the phone ones. Does people's willingness to be on a panel automatically make them unrepresentative?
If it does then the only type of polling available is face-to-face, which is the blue riband of polling, but is much more expensive than the other two methods.
No wonder Mr Boon said there were "genuine reasons to worry about the future of political polling".
It seems unlikely that the final report on 1 March 2016 will conclude that phone polling is unacceptable, but I would be surprised if the problem of overstating people's likelihood to vote is not identified as a big area for further investigation.
The Russian, 28, tested positive for meldonium in January and has been provisionally suspended from 12 March.
Sharapova has been suspended from "any planned activities while the investigation continues," said the United Nations Development Programme.
She has held the role since 2007 and a UNDP spokesperson added it "remains grateful for her support of our work".
According to the UNDP website, the organisation "works in some 170 countries and territories, helping to achieve the eradication of poverty, and the reduction of inequalities and exclusion".
The former world number one said she has been taking meldonium for health reasons for the past 10 years.
The drug was added to the World Anti-Doping Agency's (Wada) banned list on 1 January and Sharapova provided a positive test at the Australian Open later in the month.
Sportswear company Nike, Swiss watchmaker Tag Heuer and German carmaker Porsche had already halted their relationships with Sharapova.
Alison Cope knows first hand how damaging knife crime can be.
In September 2013, her son Joshua Ribera was stabbed to death at a party to commemorate the life of a friend who had died in a stabbing the previous year.
The 18-year-old was a well known Birmingham rapper.
To his fans around the country and to people around the world who knew him he was Depzman, an up and coming grime artist who had just produced his first album and was building his career, appearing on BBC Radio 1Xtra.
But to his mum he was much more. "I say Joshua, not Depzman, not a grime MC, because Joshua is my little boy, my only son," she says.
"That little boy was a new born baby in my arms, a toddler, and a totally obnoxious teenager who grew into the most beautiful young man.
"So I need you to understand that Depzman was nothing to me. Joshua was everything to me."
He became involved in a row over a girl which spiralled into a fight and his rival, Armani Mitchell, left the club but then returned with a knife.
He said he wanted to cut Josh on the arm, but as he pulled the knife, Joshua raised his arm to protect himself and Mitchell plunged the knife into his heart.
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Knife crime rates rising
As a passionate anti-knife campaigner, Alison has now dedicated her life to convincing teenagers there is another path in life.
Speaking to pupils at City of Birmingham school, which looks after children permanently excluded from mainstream education for a whole range of reasons - including having knives - she tells them the harsh reality of what happened to her son.
"He fought back, seven heart attacks, multiple blood transfusions, they were cutting his body open from top to bottom and all the way across desperately trying to save his life," she says to the class.
"But on the morning of 21 September at 05:58, my son gave up on life and he died. That changed everything for my family.
"But it also changed the life of another 18-year-old boy, Armani Mitchell. He worked and was at college part-time.
"He is now in a category-A prison, serving a life sentence. Two 18-year-old boys went on a night out and neither of them came home."
Rapping was Joshua Ribera's route to success. Now Alison encourages teenagers and younger children to take part in sessions at a recording studio in Birmingham, to help harness their creativity and develop a sense of self-worth in the hope it will keep them away from gangs and knives.
At the studio, another of those also trying to help the next generation is 27-year-old Nathan Chin, whose rap name is Lil Fella.
As well as being a rapper, he is trying to set up a charity called Unity Each 1, Teach 1, to support people struggling to get into education and employment.
Nathan spent most of his teenage years in and out of young offender institutions.
He has been in prison for knife crime, but has tried to turn his life around believing people like him are well placed to try to stop teenagers carrying knives.
"People who have gone to prison, real people who have been in situations, are the best people to help reform people," he says.
Alison's final message to the teenagers is simple: "With the help of your teachers and your family, you have every chance of being an amazing successful individual. You have got a choice.
"Make the best of your life."
Ibrahimovic - who is one off Carlos Bianchi's record of 37 league goals in a season for PSG - headed home Angel di Maria's cross.
Nicolas Pallois levelled for Bordeaux to leave the visitors on 93 points.
Ibrahimovic is PSG's all-time top scorer with 152 goals in four years.
The 34-year-old Sweden captain, who has scored 46 goals this season for PSG in all competitions - another club record - is expected to leave this summer at the end of his contract.
The capital club have two games left - Nantes at home in the league on Saturday and Marseille in the French Cup final a week later.
Trains last stopped in Carno, near Newtown, and Bow Street, near Aberystwyth, in the 1960s.
But Mid Wales Transportation, a group working with the Welsh Government, said there was a strong case for future investment in both the stations.
The Welsh Government said it had received the group's report.
Campaigners in both villages have been fighting to reopen their local rail links.
Mid Wales Transportation, also known by its Welsh name of Trafnidiaeth Canolbarth Cymru (TraCC), assists the Welsh Government in delivering its national transport policies in the region.
It has carried out an appraisal into the possibilities of reopening Carno and Bow Street stations.
Its chairman, Trevor Roberts said: "TraCC has responded positively to the request of the National Assembly's Enterprise and Learning Committee and has completed the WelTAG report (transport appraisal).
"The final report clearly demonstrates that there is a strong case for the Welsh Government and rail industry in Wales to include plans for these two new stations in their future investment programmes and I would urge them to do so at their earliest opportunity."
Transport projects seeking funding, such as Carno and Bow Street, are appraised under a scheme funded by the assembly government.
The appraisal is then presented to officials so it can be considered for the assembly government's national transport plan.
A Welsh Government spokeswoman said: "Welsh Government provided assistance to develop the business case for both Carno and Bow Street Station.
"We have received TraCC's conclusion of the business case appraisal, and look forward to future discussion of this with them to identify how they want to prioritise this scheme within their regional transport plan."
Supporters of the campaigns in Carno and Bow Street were unavailable for comment.
The 35-year-old's current Cardiff Blues deal is until the summer of 2017 and he hopes to extend his Welsh record of 126 international caps in November.
"I was lucky enough to start two games in New Zealand," he said.
"There is a lot of competition but I still have ambitions to keep going at that level."
Jenkins is the most-capped international still playing at the highest level and the triple Grand Slam winner hopes coach Warren Gatland will pick him in Wales' squad for their autumn games against Australia, Argentina, Japan and South Africa.
"I enjoy that level, it's a big test of your physical and mental attributes and I want to keep going at that level," said Jenkins, who started in Wales' first two defeats by New Zealand in June before missing the third Test with a calf injury.
"I will hopefully get selected for the autumn, but my focus is getting back for the Cardiff Blues.
"It's always on the back of a coach's mind that he needs to bring players through for the next World Cup and I suppose that happened during the Six Nations where I was on the bench for all of the games.
"I'd just like to think I've still got a bit to offer and my experience will hopefully rub off on players that are coming through and pushing for that position. Hopefully I can leave the jersey in a good place then."
Jenkins is "honoured" to be given a testimonial year and says it will be a "celebration" of a career that has spanned 16 years since his debut for Pontypridd.
Jenkins has won four Six Nations titles and three Grand Slams in an illustrious career and, with Rob Howley, he is one of just two Welsh rugby players to have won both European cups.
The Beddau-bred loose-head helped Blues win the Challenge Cup in 2010 and Toulon win the Heineken Cup in 2013.
"Every player will say that their first cap for Wales is a massive achievement," said Jenkins.
"You still cherish every jersey and every game you play. You don't know what it is until you've lost it.
"Looking back sometimes it does give me memories to cherish.
"The Grand Slam in 2005 against Ireland, the first one in Wales for 27 years, was probably the best game I've ever played in. It was the best atmosphere, the best atmosphere round town."
About 25 firefighters were involved in tackling the flames aboard the Tranquility. No-one was injured.
A search was launched by Peterhead's lifeboat at about 22:30 on Thursday, to look for potential casualties in the water.
One man was rescued from the harbour but he was not believed to have been aboard the fishing vessel.
The cause of the fire will be investigated.
Adam Simmonds is on trial at Southwark Crown Court, where he denies recklessly breaching the data protection act.
It is alleged he disclosed information about a fraud investigation involving Wellingborough MP Peter Bone.
Mr Simmonds said he had asked others about the probe, believing the information was in the public domain.
Talking about a conversation with Northampton North MP Michael Ellis, Mr Simmonds, who is no longer Northamptonshire PCC, said he had himself been "frustrated" about the length of time the investigation into Mr Bone was taking.
He said he had been worried Mr Bone would be "vilified" if the information had entered the media before a decision was made to charge him.
Mr Simmonds told the court: "I felt I owed something to someone under investigation to make sure the system was working."
He said he had spoken to Mr Ellis as a "mentor".
Mr Simmonds added: "I believed the information was in the public domain. People had been talking about it.
"I don't think it [the conversation] was unlawful, unhelpful, unreasonable."
Mr Simmonds, of Northcote Road in Leicester, admits having conversations with a number of Conservative colleagues including Mr Ellis, Daventry MP Christopher Heaton-Harris, former Wellingborough Borough Council leader Paul Bell and the then Northampton Borough Council leader David Mackintosh - about the investigation into fellow Tory Mr Bone.
The court heard Mr Bone had been "quite shocked" after undergoing four hours of questioning from police over allegations he and his wife Jeanette were engaged in fraud involving the care of an elderly relative in 2013.
The investigation was dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service in March 2014.
The trial continues.
Stuart Campbell, 59, an uncle of the teenager, was jailed for life for her abduction and murder in 2002.
Danielle, 15, was last seen at a bus stop near her home in East Tilbury on 18 June 2001.
Ground penetrating radar is currently being used by Essex Police to scan the garage site in Stifford Clays.
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On Monday, Essex Police confirmed a "non specific" lead about the garages between Goddard Road and Crammavill Street had been passed to them in 2001.
However, despite this the garages were not searched at the time.
Assistant Chief Constable Steve Worron, head of the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate, said on the second day of the latest search: "I'm pleased with the progress we've made so far and today the focus of our activity is to work with some national search specialists and forensic archaeologists to identify once and for all whether Danielle's body has been buried here for the last 16 years.
"That work will include the use of ground-penetrating radar (GPR) and there will also be some excavation work that will be undertaken following the GPR work under way at the moment."
"It's important for me to stress, I put no timescale about how long the work is going to take to complete."
Campbell, a builder and father-of-two, was told he would serve at least 20 years of his life sentence for murder.
He was also sentenced to 10 years for Danielle's abduction, which he is serving concurrently.
Campbell will be eligible for parole in four years' time.
The British Hospitality Association (BHA) said that thousands of businesses are facing having to drastically reduce their dependence on EU workers.
Staff from the EU make up nearly a quarter of all jobs in the sector.
Immigration is set to be one of the most controversial issues to be settled during the Brexit negotiations.
The hospitality industry represents 3 million workers and about a tenth of the UK's economic wealth.
In the first major business intervention since the triggering of Article 50, a report by KPMG for the BHA says that it will take 10 years to reduce the need for EU workers by training British staff, targeting older workers and encouraging younger people to take jobs in the sector.
But with the UK economy approaching full employment, the report says that there are no easy pools of labour to exploit and that EU nationals will still make up a large part of the workforce.
The KPMG study - which has been sent to Number 10 - says that 75% of waiting staff in the UK, 37% of house-keeping staff and a quarter of all chefs are from the EU.
Last month the sandwich and coffee chain Pret a Manger revealed that only one in fifty of its applicants was British and 65% of its workforce were EU nationals.
The company's head of human resources, Andrea Wareham, said it would be virtually impossible to recruit enough staff if heavy controls were applied to EU nationals wanting to work in the UK.
"It is clear that hospitality and tourism face major problems in recruitment if there is any major cut in the number of workers allowed to enter from the EU," Ufi Ibrahim, head of the BHA, said.
"We want to avoid there being any cliff edge but the government must be aware that in the medium to long term we will still need considerable numbers of EU workers, who have contributed so much to our industry and the UK economy in general.
"We are aware of our responsibility to encourage more UK nationals to see the career opportunities available in hospitality and tourism.
"We do need the government to play its part too, by recognising our employment needs and recognising how important this industry, the fourth largest, is to the country."
Ms Ibrahim is meeting officials from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport to discuss the report.
Theresa May has been careful not to reveal the government's approach to immigration during the Brexit negotiations and has been reluctant to repeat an earlier government pledge that overall immigration would fall below 100,000.
One option being considered by the Home Office is to allow for preferential access to EU nationals after Britain leaves the EU.
I wrote about that last month and it was clear from Andrew Neil's interview with the Prime Minister on Wednesday that no decisions on the total number of EU nationals who will be able to come to Britain have been agreed.
Senior industry figures said that the Home Office was "desperate for data" on which sectors would be most affected by limits on EU immigration.
"They just don't have the information," one executive in the hospitality sector told me.
Number 10 and the Treasury are well aware that sectors such as hospitality and agriculture rely on EU immigrants.
However, critics have said that there has been an over-reliance on cheaper labour from Eastern Europe rather than using UK workers.
And senior ministers have told me that allowing preferential access to EU nationals might give the UK better access to the single market, but would undermine efforts to strike trade deals with countries such as India which want to see a "level playing field" for all workers coming to the UK.
The government said it had consulted with business leaders, including in the hospitality sector, over the last nine months about their concerns over Brexit.
"We want businesses to have access to the skills they need which is why we are working with employers to invest in opportunities such as apprenticeships and high-quality technical education," a government spokesperson said.
"While we will end free-movement as it is now, we will design a new immigration system that is in the national interest," they added.
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"Taekwondo is really easy to understand; it is just two people trying to kick each other."
Taekwondo's physical aspect doesn't deter more than 60 million people worldwide from enjoying the sport and its popularity led to it becoming an official Olympic event at the 2000 Games.
Britain had to wait until 2008 for its first official taekwondo medal, courtesy of then-world champion Sarah Stevenson, who clinched bronze. Jade Jones maintained that momentum when she won gold for GB at London 2012.
With its roots in ancient Korean martial arts, it is not surprising that Korea tops the Olympic medal list. But the fact that medals have also gone to Australia, Iran, Greece, Cuba, Afghanistan and the USA demonstrates the sport's global appeal.
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Taekwondo burns approximately 730 calories per session and helps improve fitness levels, balance, coordination and flexibility. For those not wanting to take part in combat, the moves involved in the sport can still be done as conditioning and strength-building exercises.
The moves involved in taekwondo often require your arms and legs to work together in unison, while using a number of different muscle groups at the same time. For example, upright kicking moves require flexibility in the legs, plus core and spinal strength.
The strikes and evasive manoeuvres involved provide an effective form of self-defence training. It also lowers peoples risk of sustaining serious injury in other sports as taekwondo teaches people how to fall in a safe manner.
Although it is an individual sport, taekwondo is an excellent way to develop communication skills and learn to work effectively with other people as you train in groups. Clubs also offer a variety of social events beyond simply playing the sport.
Taekwondo is good for the mind as well as the body. Specific rules ensure you will build self-confidence, self-discipline and respect for yourself and others.
Taekwondo is a fun and challenging activity, enjoyed by approximately 50,000 people of all ages and abilities in the United Kingdom.
There are several ways to get involved in taekwondo beyond the sparring sessions on show at the Olympics. Poomsae is a non-combat version whereby a taekwondo instructor runs people through a sequence of moves and attacks.
Self-defence lessons are taught using taekwondo-based techniques, as well as breaking competitions where athletes demonstrate their power, speed and technique by shattering wooden boards or bricks.
It is vital that taekwondo sessions are overseen by a qualified instructor to ensure the correct techniques are taught, and guarantee safety. The best way to do this is to join your local club.
Information about where you can locate your nearest club can be found on the British Taekwondo, Taekwondo Association of Northern Ireland, Taekwondo Scotland and Taekwondo Cymru websites.
For those beginning sparring sessions, you must buy your own gum shield. Clubs can also offer the hire of head protectors, groin guards, shin guards, forearm guards and hand protectors in the early stages before you can decide whether to buy your own.
Every new skill and technique you learn contributes to your grading. As you progress, you will be given a new coloured belt to denote the rank ('geup') you have reached.
More on the GB Taekwondo website
Taekwondo is a traditional Korean martial art dating back to 50BC. It began as a defence-based martial art called "subak" or "taekkyon," and developed as a way of training under the name of "sunbae."
In the middle ages, the practice of martial arts were restricted to just the military and people in Korea began to lose interest in the discipline.
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The situation changed during the Japanese occupation from 1910-1945 where all traditional Korean sports and martial arts were banned.
The Korean martial art 'soobakgi' was practiced in secret, while Japanese martial arts such as karate, judo, kendo and aikido were taught in schools.
This sparked a revival in the martial arts in Korea and the different disciplines of Korean martial arts were unified under the name, taekwondo in April 1955.
In 1962, the Korean Amateur Sports Association recognized the Korean Taekwondo Union, which later became known as the Korean Taekwondo Association (KTA).
The World Taekwondo Federation was founded in 1973 and the first world championships were held in Seoul that year.
It made its debut as a demonstration Olympic sport at the 1988 Seoul Games and, at Barcelona in 1992, Great Britain's Jane Broadbent won an (unofficial) Olympic bronze.
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A pink variation will be used in the first day-night Test between Australia and New Zealand in November, but day-time matches use only a red ball.
A red ball can be difficult to see when floodlights are used, like in England's draw with Pakistan on Saturday.
"It may be that we use a different coloured ball for all Tests," said ICC chief executive Dave Richardson.
Though the pink-ball Test between Australia and New Zealand is scheduled to take place under floodlights, restrictions are currently in place on how red-ball cricket continues under artificial lighting.
These are enforced by the umpires, with no consultation to the players, as occurred on Saturday, when England were denied the opportunity to hit the 25 runs required for victory under floodlights in Abu Dhabi.
"It's not ideal for the game," added former South Africa wicketkeeper Richardson. "How we solve it I'm not so sure. We've tried various methods
"We are pinning some hope on developing a ball, a different-coloured ball. At this stage it would be a pink ball.
"If we can use it for day-night Test cricket, if the quality is good enough and it stays in decent enough condition, long term we can use that different-coloured ball for all Test matches."
On Monday, Richardson was quoted in the Times suggesting a "greeny-yellow" ball could be used, but the 56-year-old clarified these comments in a press conference.
"I was just talking about a different-coloured ball, and said 'pink, yellow, green, whatever' - nothing specific."
It was only the very brave, riding modified Indian brands like the Royal Enfields and Rajdoots, who dared to take on India's highways on just two wheels.
But in recent years, international motorcycle brands have entered India and made their presence felt.
With clever marketing that feeds off India's admiration for American pop culture, brands like Harley Davidson are taking the Indian market seriously.
Photographer Rahul Dhankani, along with Madhumita Nandi, chronicles India's latest wave of motorcyclists.
The plans, submitted by Southern Solar Ltd, will be considered by Reigate and Banstead Borough Council.
Jonathan Essex, who is a Green borough and county councillor, said he objected to the farm as it would be sited on greenbelt land.
Southern Solar said the farm would provide enough electricity for 3,500 homes.
Howard Johns, from the company, said: "We have taken pains to site this in what we hope is the most sensitive place in the area on this particular farm."
However, Mr Essex, who represents Redhill East, said despite his party's support for solar power, solar farms still needed to be built "in the right place".
"Our first view when looking at this proposal is that it is on land that can be used for arable, it's in the green belt, it's in an area of great landscape value - it's not the ideal place to put something of this scale," he said.
"It would make more sense to put solar panels on farm buildings first and farmland second."
Tim Swiel's late penalty was the difference for Quins after the lead changed hands several times.
Quins' Tim Visser and Bath's Kane Palma-Newport scored first-half tries as the hosts led 11-10 at the break.
Karl Dickson extended Quins' lead before Nathan Catt bundled over to put Bath back in front, but Swiel's third penalty secured the win.
Swiel replaced regular kicker Nick Evans after just 14 minutes - the veteran New Zealander going off with an injury on his 200th club appearance.
The 23-year-old proved to be no less accurate with the boot than Quins' all-time leading Premiership points scorer Evans, slotting the winning kick from 40 metres.
Bath, Premiership finalists in 2015, have been resurgent under new director of rugby Todd Blackadder this season, after finishing a disappointing ninth in 2015-16.
However, they went behind early when returning Scotland international Visser crossed in the corner, before big prop Palma-Newport crashed over just before half-time.
The game continued to switch from end to end after the break, Quins' Dickson flying over after a fine break from Marland Yarde, and Catt's converted try making it 20-18 to Bath 15 minutes from time.
But Swiel kept his cool to give Harlequins their fifth victory of the season and Bath slipped to third in the table.
Harlequins: Morris; Yarde, Alofa, Marchant, Visser; Evans (capt), Dickson; Lambert, Buchanan, Collier, Merrick, Matthews, Chisholm, Wallace, Clifford.
Replacements: Ward, Murphy, Jones, South, Naoupu, Mulchrone, Swiel, Walker.
Bath: Homer; Rokoduguni, Clark, Tapuai, Brew; Bowden, Allinson; Catt, Dunn, Palma-Newport, Garvey (capt), Attwood, Ellis, G. Mercer, Z. Mercer.
Replacements: Batty, Obano, Lahiff, Grant, Douglas, Homer, Hastings, Banahan.
Referee: Dean Richards.
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If some teachers interpret their new role as propagandists for this kingdom's existing system of governance, that would be a shame, because right now our democracy is not serving this country particularly well.
Far from providing the stability and legitimacy it promises, our peculiar democratic system has served to expose and deepen social divides.
It has contrived to leave our country perilously vulnerable at a critical moment in its history.
Rather than seeking to close down critical challenge of our form of democracy, we need a serious and urgent conversation about how we can improve matters.
No-one voted for a country led by a wounded prime minister, without a clear negotiating position on Brexit with days to go before the talks on our country's fate begin, having to do humiliating backroom deals to get even the most routine domestic legislation through Parliament.
The rest of the world looks on bewildered at Britain's capacity to turn a huge political challenge into a potential catastrophe.
Yes, turnout was the highest since 1997, and there are signs that young people may have participated in larger numbers than in previous elections.
These must be encouraging signs for the democratic process.
But almost a third of the electorate still didn't bother to exercise their democratic right.
And for nine out of 10 of those that did last week, the victorious party in their constituency didn't change.
In many seats, that has been the case for decades.
The overall result may have been unexpected and even "extraordinary", but for the vast majority of voters, the local outcome could be construed as suggesting people were quite happy with the status quo.
"No-one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise," Winston Churchill told the House of Commons in 1947.
"Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government, except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time."
Most people would probably agree with that, and David Cameron was surely right to argue that democracy is a keystone in the curtain wall that defines our nation's character, a feature of British life that must be defended.
But a democracy's strength is not measured only in its ability to withstand external attack. It must be loved and cherished by those within.
Talk to people the length and breadth of the United Kingdom, and you will hear the argument that the system ignores ordinary people, that their voice is not being heard by the distant elites.
Democracy, they say, is failing them.
At a time in world history when power is shifting further away from the ordinary citizen to international institutions and global corporations, this sense of democratic deficit is felt even more keenly.
National and local democratic structures need to be more responsive, but in Britain people feel they are increasingly remote.
This snap election will have done little to restore people's faith in the democratic process.
There were few if any winners, no clarity, no sense of national purpose on the eve of battle.
If people felt their voice was irrelevant before, they are unlikely to think the system is any better now.
Our two main political parties were founded and evolved to deal with the social and economic challenges of the industrial revolution.
Conservative and Labour, left and right, capitalism and socialism - these ideological movements were a response to the economic and cultural challenges of power moving from the field to the factory.
But power is moving again, from the national to the multinational.
How citizens think we should respond to that shift is the new divide in our politics.
It is less about left v right and more about nationalism v globalism.
The 9.5% increase in the vote share for Jeremy Corbyn's Labour party and the 6% increase in Theresa May's Conservative support might be held up as evidence that the British electorate is once again becoming more "tribal" in left-right terms.
But I suspect old-fashioned political tribalism is actually on the wane.
Frustrated by the profound limitations of a first-past-the-post electoral system, voters are striving to get their voice heard as best they can.
On the cost of living, on trade, on public services, on climate change, on our future prosperity - we are living in dangerously uncertain times.
Smaller parties that face no realistic chance of power, however attractive, get squeezed out at such moments.
Protest votes can seem like a luxury.
The Corbyn-May manifestos were hardly notable for their ideological purity either.
Labour proposed protecting rich pensioners, while the Tories pointedly did not.
The Conservatives proposed taxing businesses for using foreign workers, the Labour party promised to work with business to identify skill shortages.
You will hear commentators suggesting that the result of this election sends a clear message to our political leaders.
But the idea that the final electoral arithmetic gives effect to some silent national consensus on what Britain wants is just absurd.
A weakened government exclusively wooing one small party's MPs, politicians that 99.4% of the public didn't vote for - to imagine that this somehow reflects the "will of the people" is self-evidently fanciful.
So what is the will of the people?
Analysing what happened last Thursday reveals all kinds of contradictory and opaque views within the voting patterns.
There are deep divides between young and old, town and country, north and south, rich and poor.
There was no definable message from the electorate last Thursday.
A British general election is a very blunt democratic tool.
The nuanced opinions that the country and, indeed, every voter holds are impossible to explain from a simple "X" in a single box.
And the diminution of local government in England, the weakening of the trade union movement, the impotence of political protest movements, the increasing centralisation of overarching authority to one house in Downing Street - these add to the sense that the "demos" (people) are increasingly excluded from the "kratos" (power).
The defining feature of our democracy, this cornerstone of British values, is that citizens have a participatory role in political and civic life. The people have a voice.
The debate we must have now is how to convince the populace that the United Kingdom does have a democracy that allows that voice to be listened to, understood and acted upon.
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Wood, who gave Peake her first break in TV series Dinnerladies, was a role model to the actor from a young age.
"I was petrified of her, not because she was scary but I spent two years being overwhelmed... I regret I didn't make more of an effort," she said.
Victoria Wood died in April 2016 after a short battle with cancer. She was 62.
In an interview for BBC Local Radio documentary Victoria Wood As Not Seen On TV, Peake revealed she was filming in Shropshire when she received a text from her sister letting her know Wood had died.
"I had the little radio on in my room and I turned it on... even though I knew she was ill I couldn't believe that she was gone", she said.
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Peake discovered that Wood was ill just six weeks before her death.
"It was never divulged what the problem was, and then I didn't know what to do and I regret not sending an email... Vic was very private," she said.
Asked what she regretted, she added: "That I didn't get to know Vic better and get over my fear… I do get overwhelmed when people have got talent like that.
"She was so young and so vibrant - and had so much more to give."
Victoria Wood first appeared on the ITV talent show New Faces in 1974, and later established herself as a comedy star with her sketch show Victoria Wood: As Seen On TV.
Peake, whose TV credits include acclaimed dramas such as Shameless and Silk, was still at drama school when she got the call for the Dinnerladies audition that led to her breakthrough.
"I didn't take it seriously... so I just went to the audition and thought 'I'm going to sit in a room with Victoria Wood and that's my career sorted, I can retire tomorrow'," she added.
"She had an amazing effect on me, in fact I'm doing what I'm doing because of Vic."
Victoria Wood As Not Seen On TV can be heard on BBC Radio 4 Extra at 12:00 GMT on 24 December 2016.
The UK government said it would lay regulations in parliament on Thursday which will devolve some of the powers to MSPs from 5 September.
It means when the parliament sits again after recess, MSPs will be able to create new benefits in devolved areas.
They will also be able to top-up existing payments such as Universal Credit, tax credits and Child Benefit.
The new powers mean Scotland can make changes to the timings of payments for Universal Credit and alter employment support as well.
The move was agreed in the Scotland Act 2016 which was passed in March.
SNP ministers are currently scheduled to bring forward a Social Security Bill, which will establish a new welfare agency for Scotland, during the 2016-17 parliamentary session.
Analysis by BBC Scotland's home affairs correspondent Reevel Alderson
At the moment the Scottish government has limited powers over welfare. They are:
The new benefits for Holyrood will not be introduced immediately. When MSPs return to work they will begin the process of legislating for the new powers. So it will take a while before it all comes to fruition. Once there is legislation, they will be able to change:
Scottish Secretary David Mundell, said: "The transfer of a range of welfare powers is a key milestone in giving the Scottish parliament the ability, for the first time, to legislate on benefits and create a welfare system tailored to local needs.
"This includes the ability to create entirely new welfare benefits - a very significant new power - and I look forward to seeing how the Scottish government will use this."
He added: "Crucially, these powers are being transferred while maintaining for people in Scotland the benefits of being part of a United Kingdom. Scotland has two governments, each with different but complementary responsibilities, and it is vital that we continue to work closely together in the national interest."
Other new powers coming to Holyrood will mean that from 21 August, the Scottish government will be able to appoint a member of the board at the communications watchdog Ofcom.
MSPs will assume control over income tax rates and bands in Scotland from 1 April 2017, with Scottish ministers becoming responsible for Air Passenger Duty in April 2018.
Keith Brown, the Scottish government's Secretary for Economy, Jobs and Fair Work, said the Scotland Act was the most "substantial change" to the powers of the parliament since devolution.
"While we are already working to use these powers as quickly as possible to improve people's lives in Scotland, we are well aware of the scale of this task and our top priority is the safe and secure transfer of these powers to ensure anyone in receipt of benefits receives the right payment at the right time," he said.
"We have already committed to extending winter fuel payments to families with severely disabled children and reform assessments for disability benefits.
"While the Scotland Act does not go as far as we would wish, we will always use all the powers available to us in the best interests of Scotland."
Bill Scott from Inclusion Scotland said the changes could make a big difference to the poorest people in Scotland.
He told BBC Scotland's Good Morning Scotland programme: "Child benefit top-up would be a real boost to families that have been really hard hit, and that includes families with disabled children.
"There is real destitution in Scotland now, with people going without the basic necessities - to eat, to keep a roof over their head, to clothe themselves and heat their homes. Without that, we're going to see families literally on the streets - third world-type poverty in Scotland."
Dozzell headed in Liam Feeney's cross in the 1-1 draw at Sheffield Wednesday.
"He had two efforts in the old v young game on Friday. One, Gerks (keeper Dean Gerken) came out and was going to punch his head off," said McCarthy.
"The next one he thought Gerks was coming and got worried and missed both, so I teased him about his headers."
McCarthy continued to BBC Radio Suffolk: "But the nice thing was he was trying to head them on Friday and done them again in the match. He'll remember that goal for the rest of his career.
"I still remember scoring on my debut but it was in the League Cup against Chesterfield at Oakwell when we were in the fourth division. It stays with you."
Dozzell's father Jason became the youngest goalscorer in the top flight 32 years ago when he also scored on his debut, for the same club, at the age of 16.
And McCarthy, whose side are now eight points off the play-off places with just four games to play, says the England Under-17 international midfielder has the right attitude.
"His dad Jason's a coach and they're a nice family, he's got his feet on the ground, there's no flash about him at all," said McCarthy.
"He is a kid but he plays with a far greater maturity than a kid."
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It took place on Thursday, with more than 800 live events taking place across the UK.
It was held to celebrate 'the power of music' for all ages.
Jenny went to Portsmouth, where the world record attempt was underway.
Officers turned to Twitter in a bid to find a thief who stole £600 worth of cosmetics from a local Boots store.
"We are looking for a 40-year-old man who looks 20, glowing skin, long eyelashes, raised eyebrows & pronounced lips," they added.
In response, one pun-loving joker replied: "Is there any foundation to these allegations?"
End of Twitter post by @MonklandsPol
The post by Monklands police sparked a series of witty responses from their followers on the social media platform.
Referring to a popular brand of make-up, one asked: "If you put him in an identity parade, will he be No 7 in the line up?"
Another said: "When questioned as to why he had allegedly stolen £600 of cosmetics the suspect simply answered 'Because I'm worth it.'"
The theft happened at Boots in Main Street, Coatbridge, at about 12:30 on Thursday.
Anyone with information is asked to call Police Scotland on 101 or Crimestoppers.
L/Cpl James Ashworth, 23, from the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, from Kettering, Northamptonshire, was killed in Nahr-e-Saraj District.
He was described as an "outstanding soldier" and the regiment "will never forget this quite exceptional man".
The number of British troops killed in Afghanistan since 2001 stands at 418.
L/Cpl Ashworth was on patrol to disrupt insurgent activity when he was caught in the blast from a grenade. He died despite receiving immediate medical treatment.
His father Duane served in the Grenadier Guards and his brother, Coran, 21, is serving with the Army in Northern Ireland.
He lived with his mother Kerryann and his girlfriend Emily and also leaves sisters Lauren and Paige, brother Karl and four-year-old niece Darcy.
His family said in statement: "We are devastated by the loss of our son, brother, uncle and boyfriend.
"He meant the world to everyone and has left an irreplaceable hole in our hearts. We ask that we are given time to grieve and we sincerely thank everyone for their condolences."
Lt Col James Bowder, commanding officer, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, said L/Cpl Ashworth was an "outstanding soldier whose loss has moved us all".
"A real self-starter, he excelled in everything that he undertook. Fit, strong and brilliant at his job, he set the bar very high. Indeed, such was his calmness under pressure, his charisma, and his selflessness that he made an exemplary junior leader.
"L/Cpl Ashworth's death leaves a hole in the battalion - we have lost one of our very best soldiers. The battalion, and indeed the broader regiment, will never forget this quite exceptional man."
Capt Mike Dobbin, commander of Reconnaissance Platoon, Nijmegen Company, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, said L/Cpl Ashworth was killed trying to protect his colleagues.
"He was killed while fighting his way through compounds; leading his fire team from the front, whilst trying to protect his men and he showed extraordinary courage to close on a determined enemy. His professionalism under pressure and ability to remain calm in what was a chaotic situation is testament to his character.
"L/Cpl Ashworth was a pleasure to command and I will sorely miss his calming influence on the battlefield. Softly spoken, he stepped up to every task thrown in his direction."
L/Cpl Ashworth joined the Army at the age of 17 and completed a stint of ceremonial duty in London after joining Nijmegen Company Grenadier Guards.
He spent three years with the Guards' Parachute Platoon, part of 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment, deploying in Afghanistan with them. He returned to the Grenadiers, serving in Canada with The Queen's Company before moving to the Reconnaissance Platoon.
L/Cpl Ashworth had recently been promoted to the role of non-commissioned officer.
The 66-year-old announced last week that he would leave his roles as first minister and Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader within weeks.
Several MLAs paid tribute to him during Monday's session and wished him well.
He described the experience as surreal, saying it was "as if one was dead and listening to the obituary".
As assembly speaker Mitchel McLaughlin wished Mr Robinson well, a number of MLAs from Stormont's two main parties rose in applause.
Lagan Valley MLA Paul Givan said his grandfather had helped found the DUP in the 1970s alongside Mr Robinson, and added that the departing leader "transcends three generations of my family".
"I want to thank him for the legacy that he has left us and left Northern Ireland more secure than ever before within the union," Mr Givan said.
"It has been a privilege to serve with him in this assembly."
David McIlveen, an MLA for North Antrim, recognised his party leader's "four decades of faithful service".
"I have no hesitation in saying that whenever books are being written about Mr Robinson many of his critics will be lucky to get a footnote," he added.
Jim Allister, a former DUP MEP who split from the party to form the Traditional Unionist Voice, also wished Mr Robinson a "long and healthy" retirement.
DUP members gave Mr Robinson a standing ovation as he gave his final speech as leader at the party's annual conference on Saturday.
The gold was seized during an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) into a £9m smuggling plot.
The investigation saw the gang's leader, Chaudry Ali of Middlesex, England, jailed for nine years in 2012.
The most expensive lot for sale at the auction, held in Mallusk, County Antrim, was a 24 carat, 12.5kg solid gold bar worth £300,000.
Other entries included Asian gold bracelets, necklaces, rings, a statue and smaller gold bars, still worth tens of thousands of pounds.
Mike Parkinson, assistant director of the HMRC's Fraud Investigation Service said: "This was part of a VAT fraud.
"The individuals that were involved in this were bringing this gold in from Dubai, but then working it through from Frankfurt in Germany and therefore not declaring it for VAT purposes."
To carry out the fraud, Ali recruited two couriers who would fly to Dubai, via Frankfurt, to collect large amounts of gold jewellery.
The couriers would leave the UK in the afternoon, arriving in Dubai early the next morning.
They would collect the gold then leave Dubai the same evening returning to Frankfurt, and meet Ali in an airside lounge. They would then swap bags - Ali leaving with the gold and the courier leaving with a bag of clothes.
Previous auctions have already raised £700,000. Friday's auction at Wilsons Auctions, Mallusk, is expected to raise well over £1m, with bids coming in from millionaires and billionaires from across the globe.
Aidan Larkin, asset recovery department manager for Wilsons Auctions, said: "It's over to us now to make as much money as possible and put it back into the public purse."
Both Ali and his courier would take separate flights back to the UK, passing through the European Union (EU) entry channel at UK arrivals.
In case he was stopped by officers, Ali carried forged paperwork that claimed he was a legitimate VAT-registered gold trader who had travelled to Europe with the gold in his bag. As he had not left the EU, no duty would be payable on the gold.
During the investigation HMRC officers uncovered over 200 similar flights where it is believed gold had been smuggled into the UK using this set up.
You have to imagine the scene.
You are in the crowd at Old Trafford and Manchester United are about to play Coventry City.
On to the pitch walks George Best and his team-mates - but you only have eyes for George with his beard and shoulder-length hair; you follow his every movement, and only his.
That's what the German film director, Helmmuth Costard did in his film over 40 years ago with his eight 16mm film cameras.
Matthew Nolan, a lecturer in film studies in Dublin, who first saw Costard's work ten years ago says he was awe-struck by what he witnessed.
"It was an amazing stylistic approach," he said.
"This notion that you could track a player in mid-shot or even close-up for the entirety of the football match was astonishing to me.
"And I've been thinking about the film from a pseudo-creative and musical perspective for nigh on a decade now."
So, Matthew decided the film needed a musical score to be played live for its audience; in many ways a throw-back to the days of the silent movies.
And over the last two days Matthew, who is also a guitarist, and five other have been rehearsing for the performance in Carlow.
Among the performers, on cello, is Ernst Reijseger, the Dutch maestro who has written music for the movies of German director, Werner Herzog.
During the rehearsals, he jokes that the five musicians are a democratic collective.
This is because the cameras' focus is only on George Best. You don't get a sense of the match, only of him as he walks runs, dribbles and shoots.
The musicians, like Ernst, give their impressionistic take on what he might be thinking.
"What do we as musicians have in common with a football player?" he asks, and then answers: "Actually quite a lot.
"You have to be alert. You have to support your team mates in order to perform well.
"It's not a solo show. You see in the film what George Best is doing. He is aware, alert and very much alive within the game and you feel that."
The Costard movie long pre-dates a similar film about the Real Madrid star, Zinedine Zidane, in 2006.
For the record, Manchester United won 2-0 and George scored one goal and assisted Bobby Charlton with the other.
Mathew Nolan says the project has the blessing of the Best family and he hopes to bring the movie and musicians to Belfast in the not too distant future.
The Democratic front-runner for US president took a forceful position, calling for no-fly zones over Syria, more sustained air strikes and ground troops from allies to push back against IS. In her words, she would "defeat the organisation".
"This is a time for American leadership. No other country can rally the world to defeat [IS]. Only the United States can mobilise common action on a global scale," she said on Thursday. "The entire world must be part of this fight, but we must lead it."
Ms Clinton's experience as secretary of state, her detailed knowledge of the issues and her views on US leadership were on display on Thursday. However they are both an asset and a liability.
Her command of the subject matter sets her apart from many of the Republican candidates who still struggle to speak with confidence about foreign policy issues.
But having served in President Barack Obama's cabinet makes her time as secretary of state an easy line of attack for Republicans.
They describe her as part and parcel of a failed foreign policy that has weakened the US on the global stage and is responsible for letting IS grow out of control in Syria.
That said, Ms Clinton is much more assertive than Mr Obama on the need to project US power and was often frustrated with the president's reluctant style of leadership on the global stage.
Her views could appeal to centrist voters and independents who care more about national security more than the average Democratic voter.
Ms Clinton's performance on Saturday, a day after the Paris attacks, reflected her struggle balancing between her instincts about foreign policy and the need to stay aligned with the president.
It ended up putting her in the odd position of sometimes sounding more reluctant on world affairs than her more dovish democratic rivals with no foreign-policy experience.
Ms Clinton opened herself up to criticism, saying that battling IS was not an American fight during the debate. Though she had added in follow up answers that the US had to lead the fight in a coalition, Republican candidates have seized on the sound bite.
Former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley replied to Ms Clinton's comment by saying "this actually is America's fight" and self-described socialist and Vietnam War objector Senator Bernie Sanders was at his most animated when he said: "This world, with American leadership, can and must come together to destroy [IS]. We can do that."
Immediately after the debate, Jennifer Palmieri, the Clinton campaign's communications director, pushed back against the suggestion that Ms Clinton was struggling with the balancing act.
"I don't think she has to prove her bona fides or her principles when it comes to national security. There are times when has disagreed with the president and she has been very upfront about those," Palmieri told the BBC.
Ms Palmieri said that Clinton disagreed with those who thought there was a strategic advantage to distancing herself from the president.
Ms Clinton's cautious comments on stage at the Democratic debate, viewed by eight million people, reflected the mood of Democratic primary voters who are more focused on the economy. These voters express no appetite for a more forceful US role in conflicts such as Syria.
In the 2008 campaign, Ms Clinton's vote in support of the 2003 Iraq war was a key factor in losing the nomination contest to Mr Obama. While it's unlikely she could lose the nomination this time, she still needs to make sure she doesn't alienate a Democratic base that she will need to come out in force on Election Day in November 2016.
On Thursday, Ms Clinton refused to take the bait when she was asked whether Mr Obama had underestimated IS.
She said: "It was not useful to go back and re-plough old ground." When asked whether the Paris attacks complicated her alignment with the president, she dismissed the question saying they had had their differences but that they had made a good team.
But her speech and comments were rife with examples of where she differed with her former boss, from having advocated arming the Syrian rebels early on in the conflict to calling today for a no-fly zone in Syria on Friday.
There's no doubt that after the Paris attacks, national security is back in focus in the presidential race.
But what's unclear is for how long - much depends on whether there are more attacks against Western capitals. Republicans are likely to do everything they can to keep that discussion alive and lay the responsibility of the unfolding chaos in the Middle East at both her and the president's door.
In September, a Gallup poll showed that 52% of Americans think that the Republican Party does a better job at protecting the country from "international terrorism and military threats" compared with 36% support for the Democratic Party.
The two parties are almost tied when it comes to the question of who does a "better job keeping the US prosperous".
Ms Clinton's aides are banking on that a year from now the economy will still be voters' primary concern. In the frenzied aftermath of the Paris attacks, it's easy to overestimate the impact of the attacks on the presidential race in the US. But Democrats, and Ms Clinton, could also end up underestimating it.
The move comes two days after gunmen opened fire at an Ivory Coast beach resort killing 18 people, including four French citizens.
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) said it carried out the assault.
Militants have also launched attacks in Burkina Faso and Mali recently.
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French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve made the announcement on a visit to Abidjan to show France's support for Ivory Coast. He was joined by Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault.
There, they visited some of the wounded from Sunday's attack on the Grand-Bassam resort, the first jihadist attack in Ivory Coast and the third in the region since November.
"The desire to position this (gendarmerie) team in Ouagadougou is to enable us to immediately dispense advice and co-ordinate other actions in the event of a terrorist crisis," Mr Cazeneuve said.
France has about 3,500 troops to combat militants across the Sahel region. Its Operation Barkhane succeeded Operation Serval, launched in 2013 to oust extremists from northern Mali.
AQIM threatened France and its allies in Mali, saying they would "receive a response", with their "criminal leaders" and interests targeted.
The al-Qaeda linked group has also claimed two other similar attacks - an assault on a cafe and a hotel in Burkina Faso in January that killed 30 people, and a hostage siege at a hotel in Mali in November that left 30 dead.
The double Olympic gold medallist suffered the injury in a crash in the opening stage on Saturday.
The Team Sky rider is lying in 194th place after Monday's third stage, nearly 27 minutes behind leader Jan Bakelants.
"I've been better," Thomas admitted after completing the stage in Calvi.
"Simon Gerrans did a great job to get the stage win. It was Daryl Impey who led him out and they got it absolutely perfect. The sprint was so close. Without that team support Gerrans would not have won.
"Mark Cavendish was not around to contest the finish and he did not take the intermediate sprint that seriously earlier in the day. He has expressed an interest in the green jersey but Peter Sagan and Marcel Kittel have got a big buffer on him now in the points category which is going to take some overhauling.
"At the back of the race, Geraint Thomas rode very bravely with a fractured pelvis. Team Sky's head of business operations Fran Millar says they are going to stop telling people to 'man up' and tell them to 'gee up' instead. It's a nice little phrase and very apt.
"I'm no doctor but I don't imagine any pain can be coming from the fracture itself because, if so, you just could not ride a bike. The pain is probably coming from all the tissue around it. So with any luck, after three or four days he might start to feel better and be able to get through this race."
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The fracture was revealed by an MRI scan on Sunday after initial X-rays had shown no injury.
"It explains a lot, because yesterday was one of the worst days I've had on bikes," said Thomas.
"But I've done so much to lose weight and get fit for this and I'm not just going to give up straight away.
"The experts said it's not going to get any worse, so we'll give it a few days to see if the pain goes down, then we'll see.
"I'm definitely going to give it a good go.
"My mum doesn't want me to, but it's the Tour, it's not your average race, and I'm definitely going to keep fighting."
Thomas started stage three in last place and finished nine minutes 15 seconds behind stage winner Simon Gerrans - a result that lifted the Welshman two places in the general classification.
However, he is unlikely to be of help to Team Sky in the team time trial in Nice on Tuesday.
But team principal David Brailsford was full of praise for Thomas's efforts.
"We all have different tolerances to pain but the determination and level of suffering required to ride on a course like this, with its twists and turns where you can never get into any kind of rhythm, was really considerable," he said.
"He suffered an awful, awful lot - he deserves every bit of recognition and support for his suffering."
Thomas himself summed up his day in a matter of fact manner: "It felt a lot better today than yesterday and it felt a lot better than it did at the start," he said.
"I can feel it slowly getting better, but I've got a crack in the bone [so] I guess it's always going to hurt a bit isn't it?"
The centre lines up for Edinburgh tomorrow against Munster in the Pro12.
And despite missing the quarter-final through injury Scott says he is desperate to play this weekend and get the disappointment out of his system.
"It was a tough week, I think the whole nation felt the heartbreak of that game," Scott said.
"Just running through the 'what ifs' - what if we'd done this, what if that happened - that made it especially tough just to know how small a margin it was. That's rugby."
Scotland attracted praise for their World Cup campaign, which was ended by Bernard Foley's controversial last minute penalty for Australia in their last-eight encounter at Twickenham.
Scott says Scotland's performances in the tournament should ensure they are taken more seriously on the international stage.
"We were a bit unlucky with the (penalty) decision at the end which could have gone our way," he said.
"It was in our hands and that's the main thing so we were disappointed not to close it out but extremely proud of the effort we put in.
"I think we gained a lot of respect and people may be taking us a bit seriously now.
"We could have very easily been a semi-final team and a semi-final against Argentina is one that we could have one. That's a very frustrating way to look at it."
Scott's fellow Scotland centre Mark Bennett shares his pain at the manner of the World Cup exit, but the Glasgow Warrior hopes his return to Pro12 action this weekend will shake off the demons of that late heartache against the Wallabies.
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His side take on Cardiff Blues before travelling to France the following week for their opening European Rugby Champions Cup fixture with Racing 92 in Paris.
The centre is one of six internationals returning to the Glasgow side who travel to Wales on Saturday.
Finn Russell and Jonny Gray - both of whom committed to new contracts with the club this week - will appear alongside Stuart Hogg, Josh Strauss and Ryan Grant, who have all been away on international duty.
But the 22-year-old admits there may still be lingering thoughts of "what if" for him too, and asked if he has managed to move on, he was not fully committed to his own answer.
"Yes. I'll say yes, but there's still obviously thoughts now and again in the head but I'm just really focused on getting out there this weekend and getting back into it," said Bennett, whose late try looked to have put the Scots on course for the World Cup semi-final.
"It was an unbelievable experience and I can't wait to get involved again, it's been a long couple of weeks since and I'm raring to go."
Bennett is optimistic that getting back into regular games will help heal the World Cup wounds, and added: "I'd like to think that after the game this weekend it will be out of the mind and it's gone."
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